Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 378 municipalities in 2023, at 9,338. Valdecañas de Tajo had the lowest, at 4. The median was 40 and the figure for Extremadura was 63,094. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,338Badajoz

Lowest4Valdecañas de Tajo

Median40378 municipalities

Extremadura63,094History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Badajoz	9,338	-9.2%
2	Cáceres	6,499	-7.6%
3	Mérida	3,890	-7.5%
4	Plasencia	2,736	-7%
5	Almendralejo	2,444	-3.7%
6	Don Benito	2,394	-5.9%
7	Villanueva de la Serena	1,423	-6.5%
8	Zafra	1,135	-6%
9	Navalmoral de la Mata	1,064	-5.6%
10	Montijo	858	-5.5%
11	Coria	817	-9.1%
12	Villafranca de los Barros	734	-3.7%
13	Trujillo	667	-5%
14	Miajadas	634	-4.5%
15	Jerez de los Caballeros	631	-5.1%
16	Olivenza	624	-8.1%
17	Moraleja	511	-6.2%
18	Azuaga	477	-3.6%
19	Castuera	463	-2.3%
20	Los Santos de Maimona	456	-4.2%
21	Llerena	443	-4.3%
22	Talayuela	395	-11%
23	Jaraíz de la Vera	390	-5.6%
24	Montehermoso	378	-5.7%
25	Fregenal de la Sierra	370	-9.5%
25	Fuente del Maestre	370	-6.3%
27	San Vicente de Alcántara	366	-7.3%
28	Monesterio	345	+0.3%
29	Talavera la Real	344	-6%
30	Aceuchal	343	-5.8%
31	Puebla de la Calzada	341	-0.3%
32	Valencia de Alcántara	340	-6.3%
33	Guareña	339	-4%
34	Fuente de Cantos	336	-2%
35	Hervás	303	-7.1%
36	Oliva de la Frontera	301	-7.7%
37	Malpartida de Plasencia	300	+2%
38	Quintana de la Serena	296	-6%
39	Calamonte	293	-5.8%
40	Alburquerque	288	+3.2%
41	Arroyo de la Luz	287	-5.3%
42	Santa Marta	263	-1.5%
43	Jarandilla de la Vera	257	-7.6%
44	Campanario	254	-7%
45	Cabeza del Buey	249	-1.6%
46	Arroyo de San Serván	246	-6.5%
46	Casar de Cáceres	246	-9.9%
48	Santa Amalia	243	-2.8%
49	Valverde de Leganés	237	+0.9%
50	Malpartida de Cáceres	236	-10.3%
51	Navalvillar de Pela	233	-9.7%
52	Zalamea de la Serena	226	-4.6%
53	Ribera del Fresno	221	-4.3%
54	La Zarza	219	-3.5%
55	Barcarrota	205	-8.9%
56	Talarrubias	204	+1.5%
57	Herrera del Duque	203	0%
58	Villanueva de la Vera	196	+1%
59	Hornachos	195	+0.5%
60	Losar de la Vera	193	-13.1%
61	Orellana la Vieja	180	+1.1%
62	Torrejoncillo	162	-8.5%
63	Madroñera	157	+1.9%
64	Zarza de Granadilla	154	-6.1%
65	Villanueva del Fresno	150	-5.1%
66	Burguillos del Cerro	147	-5.2%
67	Zahínos	145	-2%
68	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	142	-5.3%
69	Berlanga	141	-4.7%
70	Fuentes de León	138	-2.1%
70	Higuera la Real	138	-6.8%
72	Valdelacalzada	136	-2.2%
73	Madrigal de la Vera	135	-10%
73	Torremejía	135	-3.6%
75	Valverde del Fresno	133	-1.5%
76	Cañamero	132	+4.8%
77	Guadiana	129	-7.9%
78	Navaconcejo	123	-3.1%
79	Brozas	116	-4.9%
80	Salvatierra de los Barros	115	+1.8%
81	Cabezuela del Valle	113	+0.9%
81	Solana de los Barros	113	-3.4%
83	Alcuéscar	112	-3.4%
84	Granja de Torrehermosa	111	-9%
84	Pinofranqueado	111	-0.9%
84	Sierra de Fuentes	111	-0.9%
87	La Garrovilla	107	-9.3%
88	Lobón	106	-5.4%
88	Monterrubio de la Serena	106	+1%
90	Guadalupe	104	-15.4%
90	Logrosán	104	-11.1%
90	Montánchez	104	-11.1%
93	Medellín	101	+6.3%
94	Segura de León	98	-6.7%
94	Siruela	98	-5.8%
96	Ahigal	97	-1%
96	Alange	97	-6.7%
96	La Albuera	97	-6.7%
99	Torreorgaz	95	+3.3%
100	Aldeanueva de la Vera	93	-7.9%
101	Villar del Rey	91	-12.5%
102	Bienvenida	89	-9.2%
102	Valencia del Ventoso	89	-7.3%
104	Aliseda	88	-2.2%
105	La Codosera	84	-4.5%
106	Almoharín	81	+1.3%
107	Carcaboso	80	0%
108	Trujillanos	78	-11.4%
109	Ceclavín	76	-9.5%
109	Garrovillas de Alconétar	76	-12.6%
111	Guijo de Galisteo	75	+11.9%
111	Madrigalejo	75	+1.4%
113	Aldeanueva del Camino	72	+4.3%
113	Cañaveral	72	-6.5%
113	Valdefuentes	72	-7.7%
116	Jerte	71	-5.3%
117	Bodonal de la Sierra	70	+4.5%
118	Cabeza la Vaca	69	-1.4%
118	Calera de León	69	+3%
118	Cilleros	69	-16.9%
118	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	69	-5.5%
122	Castañar de Ibor	68	+1.5%
122	Peraleda de la Mata	68	-4.2%
122	Rosalejo	68	-12.8%
125	Alcántara	67	-10.7%
125	La Roca de la Sierra	67	-11.8%
125	Puebla de Alcocer	67	-2.9%
125	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	67	-17.3%
125	Usagre	67	-15.2%
125	Villalba de los Barros	67	+4.7%
131	Alconchel	66	-9.6%
131	Tornavacas	66	-1.5%
133	Gata	65	-3%
134	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	64	-11.1%
134	Valdecaballeros	64	-4.5%
136	Caminomorisco	63	-4.5%
136	Casas de Don Pedro	63	-7.4%
136	Cuacos de Yuste	63	-7.4%
139	Almendral	61	-4.7%
140	Almaraz	60	-9.1%
140	Baños de Montemayor	60	+3.4%
142	Feria	59	-3.3%
142	Torrecillas de la Tiesa	59	-7.8%
144	Navas del Madroño	58	-13.4%
144	Serradilla	58	-4.9%
146	Deleitosa	57	+1.8%
146	La Parra	57	-8.1%
146	Riolobos	57	0%
146	Salvaleón	57	-14.9%
150	Campillo de Llerena	56	-8.2%
150	Hoyos	56	-1.8%
150	La Coronada	56	-5.1%
150	La Haba	56	-5.1%
150	Piornal	56	-5.1%
150	Puebla de Obando	56	+3.7%
156	Casatejada	54	-8.5%
156	Oliva de Mérida	54	-6.9%
156	Zarza la Mayor	54	-3.6%
156	Zorita	54	-3.6%
160	Santibáñez el Bajo	53	-5.4%
161	Acehúche	52	+8.3%
161	Medina de las Torres	52	+6.1%
161	Nuñomoral	52	-5.5%
164	Esparragalejo	51	+4.1%
165	Acebo	50	0%
165	Higuera de Vargas	50	-19.4%
165	Villagonzalo	50	+2%
165	Villar de Rena	50	-3.8%
169	Casar de Palomero	49	-16.9%
170	Castilblanco	48	-18.6%
171	Montemolín	47	-7.8%
172	Galisteo	46	-4.2%
172	Garganta la Olla	46	-11.5%
172	Perales del Puerto	46	+7%
175	Mohedas de Granadilla	45	-8.2%
176	Casas del Monte	44	-2.2%
176	Eljas	44	0%
178	Don Álvaro	43	-10.4%
178	El Torno	43	+4.9%
180	Mirandilla	42	+2.4%
180	Monroy	42	0%
180	Torremenga	42	0%
180	Valle de Santa Ana	42	-2.3%
180	Villagarcía de la Torre	42	-6.7%
185	Aldeacentenera	41	0%
185	Esparragosa de Lares	41	+2.5%
187	Esparragosa de la Serena	40	+5.3%
187	Maguilla	40	0%
187	Peñalsordo	40	-9.1%
187	Torrequemada	40	-2.4%
191	Belvís de Monroy	39	+14.7%
191	Higuera de la Serena	39	+5.4%
191	Valdetorres	39	-9.3%
191	Valle de la Serena	39	-2.5%
195	Alagón del Río	38	-13.6%
195	Arroyomolinos	38	+2.7%
195	La Pesga	38	-11.6%
195	Tiétar	38	-17.4%
199	Nogales	37	+8.8%
199	Táliga	37	-11.9%
199	Valverde de Mérida	37	+15.6%
202	Casas del Castañar	36	-2.7%
203	Talaván	35	-14.6%
203	Torrejón el Rubio	35	-7.9%
205	Alía	34	-5.6%
205	Campo Lugar	34	-8.1%
205	Cordobilla de Lácara	34	+6.3%
205	Llera	34	-5.6%
205	Membrío	34	+6.3%
210	Puebla del Prior	33	+13.8%
210	San Martín de Trevejo	33	-13.2%
210	Tejeda de Tiétar	33	-13.2%
210	Villasbuenas de Gata	33	+26.9%
214	Cheles	32	+3.2%
214	Escurial	32	-15.8%
214	Torre de Don Miguel	32	+6.7%
217	Ahillones	31	-3.1%
217	Albalá	31	-16.2%
217	Corte de Peleas	31	-11.4%
217	Holguera	31	+3.3%
217	Navezuelas	31	+3.3%
217	Valdelacasa de Tajo	31	+10.7%
223	Aldea del Cano	30	+3.4%
223	Malpartida de la Serena	30	+3.4%
223	Puebla de la Reina	30	+15.4%
223	Saucedilla	30	-6.3%
227	Acedera	29	0%
227	Jaraicejo	29	-9.4%
227	Majadas	29	-9.4%
230	Helechosa de los Montes	28	-6.7%
230	Mirabel	28	+3.7%
230	Pasarón de la Vera	28	-3.4%
230	Vegaviana	28	+3.7%
234	Garciaz	27	+3.8%
234	Guijo de Granadilla	27	-6.9%
234	La Cumbre	27	-6.9%
234	La Morera	27	-18.2%
234	Magacela	27	-20.6%
234	Torrecilla de los Ángeles	27	-10%
240	Benquerencia de la Serena	26	-21.2%
240	Bohonal de Ibor	26	-16.1%
240	Hinojosa del Valle	26	0%
240	Villar del Pedroso	26	0%
244	Guijo de Santa Bárbara	25	-3.8%
244	La Nava de Santiago	25	-13.8%
244	Torre de Santa María	25	0%
244	Valdastillas	25	-13.8%
244	Valdeobispo	25	-13.8%
249	Alconera	24	-11.1%
249	Casas de Millán	24	0%

Showing the top 250 of 378. The Excel download has every row.

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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. 9 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_extremadura_by_2023,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2023}},
  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=2023. 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 9,338 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Valdecañas de Tajo, with 4 in 2023.

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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. 9 municipalities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.