Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 376 municipalities in 2022, at 10,289. Sancti-Spíritus had the lowest, at 4. The median was 42 and the figure for Extremadura was 67,254. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,289Badajoz

Lowest4Sancti-Spíritus

Median42376 municipalities

Extremadura67,254History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

count. Source: INE, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Badajoz	10,289	+1.8%
2	Cáceres	7,032	+0.7%
3	Mérida	4,206	+3.1%
4	Plasencia	2,943	+0.9%
5	Don Benito	2,544	+2.3%
6	Almendralejo	2,537	+2.3%
7	Villanueva de la Serena	1,522	+0.5%
8	Zafra	1,207	+1.7%
9	Navalmoral de la Mata	1,127	+0.6%
10	Montijo	908	+5.1%
11	Coria	899	+2.3%
12	Villafranca de los Barros	762	+3.3%
13	Trujillo	702	+1.7%
14	Olivenza	679	+2.1%
15	Jerez de los Caballeros	665	+0.9%
16	Miajadas	664	+1.4%
17	Moraleja	545	+0.4%
18	Azuaga	495	+0.8%
19	Los Santos de Maimona	476	-0.4%
20	Castuera	474	-1.9%
21	Llerena	463	-0.6%
22	Talayuela	444	+1.6%
23	Jaraíz de la Vera	413	-3.5%
24	Fregenal de la Sierra	409	+1.7%
25	Montehermoso	401	-0.5%
26	Fuente del Maestre	395	+2.9%
26	San Vicente de Alcántara	395	-0.5%
28	Talavera la Real	366	+3.1%
29	Aceuchal	364	+0.3%
30	Valencia de Alcántara	363	-1.4%
31	Guareña	353	-1.1%
32	Monesterio	344	+1.8%
33	Fuente de Cantos	343	+7.5%
34	Puebla de la Calzada	342	+1.8%
35	Hervás	326	+4.5%
35	Oliva de la Frontera	326	+4.5%
37	Quintana de la Serena	315	+1%
38	Calamonte	311	+1%
39	Arroyo de la Luz	303	-0.3%
40	Malpartida de Plasencia	294	-2.3%
41	Alburquerque	279	-2.1%
42	Jarandilla de la Vera	278	0%
43	Campanario	273	0%
43	Casar de Cáceres	273	+0.4%
45	Santa Marta	267	+1.1%
46	Arroyo de San Serván	263	+7.3%
46	Malpartida de Cáceres	263	-1.1%
48	Navalvillar de Pela	258	-3.4%
49	Cabeza del Buey	253	-2.3%
50	Santa Amalia	250	+1.2%
51	Zalamea de la Serena	237	+0.4%
52	Valverde de Leganés	235	+3.5%
53	Ribera del Fresno	231	+2.7%
54	La Zarza	227	+2.7%
55	Barcarrota	225	+4.2%
56	Losar de la Vera	222	+0.9%
57	Herrera del Duque	203	-2.4%
58	Talarrubias	201	0%
59	Hornachos	194	+2.6%
59	Villanueva de la Vera	194	+5.4%
61	Orellana la Vieja	178	+2.3%
62	Torrejoncillo	177	+1.1%
63	Zarza de Granadilla	164	+4.5%
64	Villanueva del Fresno	158	-0.6%
65	Burguillos del Cerro	155	0%
66	Madroñera	154	+2%
67	Madrigal de la Vera	150	+4.2%
67	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	150	+4.2%
69	Berlanga	148	-2.6%
69	Higuera la Real	148	-2%
69	Zahínos	148	+3.5%
72	Fuentes de León	141	+5.2%
73	Guadiana	140	+0.7%
73	Torremejía	140	0%
75	Valdelacalzada	139	+6.1%
76	Valverde del Fresno	135	-1.5%
77	Navaconcejo	127	+3.3%
78	Cañamero	126	-1.6%
79	Guadalupe	123	-0.8%
80	Brozas	122	-1.6%
80	Granja de Torrehermosa	122	+4.3%
82	La Garrovilla	118	+9.3%
83	Logrosán	117	-4.9%
83	Montánchez	117	+2.6%
83	Solana de los Barros	117	+1.7%
86	Alcuéscar	116	+1.8%
87	Salvatierra de los Barros	113	0%
88	Cabezuela del Valle	112	-3.4%
88	Lobón	112	-2.6%
88	Pinofranqueado	112	+4.7%
88	Sierra de Fuentes	112	+4.7%
92	Monterrubio de la Serena	105	-1.9%
92	Segura de León	105	+5%
94	Alange	104	+4%
94	La Albuera	104	0%
94	Siruela	104	0%
94	Villar del Rey	104	+9.5%
98	Aldeanueva de la Vera	101	+8.6%
99	Ahigal	98	+5.4%
99	Bienvenida	98	-1%
101	Valencia del Ventoso	96	+4.3%
102	Medellín	95	-1%
103	Torreorgaz	92	-3.2%
104	Aliseda	90	+2.3%
105	La Codosera	88	+7.3%
105	Trujillanos	88	-3.3%
107	Garrovillas de Alconétar	87	-4.4%
108	Ceclavín	84	+1.2%
109	Cilleros	83	+2.5%
110	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	81	+9.5%
111	Almoharín	80	0%
111	Carcaboso	80	+2.6%
113	Usagre	79	+6.8%
114	Rosalejo	78	+8.3%
114	Valdefuentes	78	0%
116	Cañaveral	77	+1.3%
117	La Roca de la Sierra	76	-10.6%
118	Alcántara	75	-8.5%
118	Jerte	75	+2.7%
120	Madrigalejo	74	-2.6%
121	Alconchel	73	+2.8%
121	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	73	0%
123	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	72	+1.4%
124	Peraleda de la Mata	71	-4.1%
125	Cabeza la Vaca	70	+1.4%
126	Aldeanueva del Camino	69	-1.4%
126	Puebla de Alcocer	69	+1.5%
128	Casas de Don Pedro	68	0%
128	Cuacos de Yuste	68	-2.9%
130	Bodonal de la Sierra	67	+4.7%
130	Calera de León	67	+1.5%
130	Castañar de Ibor	67	-4.3%
130	Gata	67	0%
130	Guijo de Galisteo	67	-1.5%
130	Navas del Madroño	67	+6.3%
130	Salvaleón	67	-1.5%
130	Tornavacas	67	+1.5%
130	Valdecaballeros	67	-1.5%
139	Almaraz	66	+1.5%
139	Caminomorisco	66	-2.9%
141	Almendral	64	-5.9%
141	Torrecillas de la Tiesa	64	-5.9%
141	Villalba de los Barros	64	+1.6%
144	Higuera de Vargas	62	-4.6%
144	La Parra	62	-3.1%
146	Campillo de Llerena	61	+3.4%
146	Feria	61	-1.6%
146	Serradilla	61	0%
149	Casar de Palomero	59	-6.3%
149	Casatejada	59	+7.3%
149	Castilblanco	59	+5.4%
149	La Coronada	59	+5.4%
149	La Haba	59	-6.3%
149	Piornal	59	-3.3%
155	Baños de Montemayor	58	+1.8%
155	Oliva de Mérida	58	+3.6%
157	Hoyos	57	-14.9%
157	Riolobos	57	-1.7%
159	Deleitosa	56	-1.8%
159	Santibáñez el Bajo	56	+3.7%
159	Zarza la Mayor	56	+3.7%
159	Zorita	56	-5.1%
163	Nuñomoral	55	-3.5%
164	Puebla de Obando	54	-1.8%
165	Garganta la Olla	52	+6.1%
165	Villar de Rena	52	-3.7%
167	Montemolín	51	+2%
168	Acebo	50	-3.8%
169	Esparragalejo	49	+4.3%
169	Medina de las Torres	49	-3.9%
169	Mohedas de Granadilla	49	0%
169	Villagonzalo	49	+11.4%
173	Acehúche	48	-4%
173	Don Álvaro	48	+9.1%
173	Galisteo	48	0%
176	Tiétar	46	-4.2%
177	Casas del Monte	45	+9.8%
177	Villagarcía de la Torre	45	0%
179	Alagón del Río	44	-4.3%
179	Eljas	44	+4.8%
179	Peñalsordo	44	-8.3%
182	La Pesga	43	+13.2%
182	Perales del Puerto	43	-6.5%
182	Valdetorres	43	+4.9%
182	Valle de Santa Ana	43	+4.9%
186	Monroy	42	-8.7%
186	Táliga	42	+7.7%
186	Torremenga	42	-8.7%
189	Aldeacentenera	41	+2.5%
189	El Torno	41	+10.8%
189	Mirandilla	41	+2.5%
189	Talaván	41	0%
189	Torrequemada	41	+7.9%
194	Esparragosa de Lares	40	+11.1%
194	Maguilla	40	-7%
194	Valle de la Serena	40	+2.6%
197	Escurial	38	0%
197	Esparragosa de la Serena	38	-2.6%
197	San Martín de Trevejo	38	-2.6%
197	Tejeda de Tiétar	38	-2.6%
197	Torrejón el Rubio	38	+2.7%
202	Albalá	37	+27.6%
202	Arroyomolinos	37	+2.8%
202	Campo Lugar	37	-9.8%
202	Casas del Castañar	37	+2.8%
202	Higuera de la Serena	37	-7.5%
207	Alía	36	+2.9%
207	Llera	36	+9.1%
209	Corte de Peleas	35	+2.9%
210	Belvís de Monroy	34	-10.5%
210	Magacela	34	+3%
210	Nogales	34	-2.9%
213	Benquerencia de la Serena	33	+3.1%
213	La Morera	33	+6.5%
215	Ahillones	32	-13.5%
215	Cordobilla de Lácara	32	-15.8%
215	Jaraicejo	32	-3%
215	Majadas	32	+3.2%
215	Membrío	32	0%
215	Saucedilla	32	+10.3%
215	Valverde de Mérida	32	+3.2%
222	Bohonal de Ibor	31	+6.9%
222	Cheles	31	-6.1%
224	Helechosa de los Montes	30	+7.1%
224	Holguera	30	0%
224	Navezuelas	30	+11.1%
224	Torre de Don Miguel	30	+3.4%
224	Torrecilla de los Ángeles	30	+3.4%
229	Acedera	29	+11.5%
229	Aldea del Cano	29	+16%
229	Guijo de Granadilla	29	-9.4%
229	Ibahernando	29	-3.3%
229	La Cumbre	29	-6.5%
229	La Nava de Santiago	29	+11.5%
229	Malpartida de la Serena	29	-6.5%
229	Pasarón de la Vera	29	+7.4%
229	Puebla del Prior	29	+3.6%
229	Valdastillas	29	+11.5%
229	Valdeobispo	29	+3.6%
240	Salorino	28	+7.7%
240	Valdelacasa de Tajo	28	0%
242	Alconera	27	+8%
242	Mirabel	27	+3.8%
242	San Pedro de Mérida	27	-3.6%
242	Vegaviana	27	-12.9%
246	Calzadilla de los Barros	26	-13.3%
246	Garciaz	26	0%
246	Guijo de Santa Bárbara	26	+4%
246	Hinojosa del Valle	26	+18.2%
246	Puebla de la Reina	26	-3.7%

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Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 11 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2022. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/extremadura-municipalities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_extremadura_by_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/extremadura-municipalities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Badajoz, with 10,289 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Sancti-Spíritus, with 4 in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 11 municipalities have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.