Municipalities in Galicia by active companies, 2025

Vigo had the highest active companies of 313 municipalities in 2025, at 21,112. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 11. The median was 173 and the figure for Galicia was 186,951. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest21,112Vigo

Lowest11Negueira de Muñiz

Median173313 municipalities

Galicia186,951History

Top 40 municipalities, 2025

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2025 count	Change on 2024
1	Vigo	21,112	+0.4%
2	A Coruña	19,100	+1.9%
3	Santiago de Compostela	8,751	+1.5%
4	Ourense	8,096	+0.8%
5	Lugo	7,635	+1%
6	Pontevedra	6,090	+0.2%
7	Ferrol	3,127	+0.6%
8	Oleiros	2,987	+2.8%
9	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,531	+0.4%
10	Carballo	2,461	-1.3%
11	Ames	2,288	+1.6%
12	Arteixo	2,162	-0.1%
13	Culleredo	2,143	+0.6%
14	Narón	2,003	-1.8%
15	O Porriño	1,745	+0.1%
16	Redondela	1,729	+0.8%
17	Sanxenxo	1,724	-0.6%
18	Cambre	1,694	+1.1%
19	Ponteareas	1,631	+0.7%
20	Lalín	1,630	+0.7%
21	Cangas	1,601	+0.6%
22	Ribeira	1,470	0%
23	Nigrán	1,449	-1.2%
24	A Estrada	1,387	-0.4%
25	Monforte de Lemos	1,341	0%
26	Teo	1,289	+0.1%
27	O Carballiño	1,252	-1.6%
28	Mos	1,247	+4.2%
29	Tui	1,244	+4.6%
30	Sada	1,234	+1.4%
31	Marín	1,191	+0.2%
32	Sarria	1,188	-0.5%
33	Boiro	1,164	+3.2%
34	Moaña	1,155	+2.7%
35	Poio	1,132	+0.7%
36	Cambados	1,041	0%
37	Gondomar	1,037	-0.5%
38	Verín	1,025	-0.1%
39	Vilalba	985	-2.6%
40	Noia	933	+0.4%
41	Baiona	910	+2.9%
42	Ordes	895	+2.8%
43	Betanzos	889	-0.1%
44	Viveiro	885	+0.3%
45	O Barco de Valdeorras	871	-1.6%
46	Bergondo	868	+4.6%
47	O Grove	865	+1.8%
48	Ribadeo	835	+0.1%
49	Tomiño	827	-0.4%
50	Xinzo de Limia	800	+1.1%
51	Bueu	738	+2.5%
52	Vilanova de Arousa	727	+0.4%
53	San Cibrao das Viñas	725	-4%
54	Santa Comba	722	-1.4%
54	Silleda	722	-1.8%
56	Caldas de Reis	718	+2.1%
57	A Guarda	703	-0.6%
58	Padrón	693	-0.1%
59	Chantada	683	-0.9%
60	Melide	682	+0.6%
61	A Laracha	681	+1.2%
62	Foz	671	-0.9%
63	Barbadás	666	-0.4%
64	Salvaterra de Miño	631	+2.3%
65	Salceda de Caselas	616	+3.2%
66	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	611	-0.8%
67	Fene	605	0%
68	Vimianzo	594	+0.8%
69	Burela	578	+0.5%
70	Rianxo	577	+0.9%
71	A Pobra do Caramiñal	557	+2.2%
72	Porto do Son	540	+2.1%
73	Cee	539	+0.4%
74	Brión	506	+5%
75	Allariz	502	+1.6%
76	Miño	493	+1.9%
77	O Pereiro de Aguiar	488	-0.2%
78	Oroso	483	+1.9%
79	Cedeira	462	-1.9%
79	Negreira	462	-0.9%
81	Arzúa	460	+5.5%
81	Celanova	460	+0.4%
81	Pontedeume	460	+0.2%
84	Ribadumia	442	+0.2%
85	Carral	441	-1.8%
86	Muros	436	-0.2%
87	O Rosal	429	-0.7%
88	Meaño	426	-0.5%
88	Soutomaior	426	-1.4%
90	Abegondo	412	+6.5%
91	Ponte Caldelas	396	+3.1%
92	Outeiro de Rei	390	+3.2%
93	Ribadavia	385	+1%
94	Malpica de Bergantiños	380	-2.1%
95	Ponteceso	368	-4.7%
96	Vila de Cruces	367	+2.8%
97	Vedra	362	+0.8%
98	Valdoviño	361	+2%
99	Cerceda	357	+2.9%
99	Zas	357	+1.1%
101	Outes	356	+1.4%
101	Vilaboa	356	+1.1%
103	Ortigueira	353	+0.6%
104	Camariñas	344	-0.6%
105	Barro	340	+3.7%
105	Meis	340	+5.3%
107	A Cañiza	336	+4.3%
107	Guitiriz	336	0%
109	A Rúa	324	0%
110	Coristanco	323	+4.5%
111	Curtis	320	+2.2%
112	Oza-Cesuras	312	+4.7%
113	Fisterra	291	+3.2%
114	Valga	289	-0.7%
115	Cabana de Bergantiños	283	-0.7%
115	O Pino	283	+2.9%
117	Castro de Rei	282	+0.4%
117	Mondoñedo	282	-1.7%
119	Muxía	281	+2.6%
120	Cerdedo-Cotobade	276	0%
121	Cariño	270	-0.7%
122	Boqueixón	269	-2.2%
123	Cospeito	268	-1.1%
123	Cuntis	268	+0.8%
123	Moraña	268	+3.5%
126	Ares	256	+2.8%
127	Mugardos	255	+2%
128	Mazaricos	246	+3.4%
129	Palas de Rei	245	+2.9%
130	Monterroso	244	-3.9%
130	Val do Dubra	244	+2.1%
132	Rois	242	+0.8%
133	Coles	238	+1.3%
134	Barreiros	236	+1.3%
135	Neda	232	-1.3%
136	Cabanas	229	+0.4%
137	Carnota	228	+2.7%
138	O Corgo	227	+5.6%
139	O Saviñao	224	+3.2%
140	Laxe	221	+4.7%
141	A Illa de Arousa	220	-4.8%
142	Mondariz	219	+6.3%
143	Friol	214	+0.5%
144	Pontecesures	204	-1.4%
145	Forcarei	192	-1%
146	A Pontenova	190	-3.1%
147	Becerreá	189	-1.6%
147	Cervo	189	+3.3%
149	A Fonsagrada	188	-1.6%
150	Oia	186	+2.8%
151	Baralla	183	-1.1%
152	Maceda	182	+2.2%
153	As Neves	180	+1.7%
154	Quiroga	179	-8.7%
155	Meira	178	+6%
156	Láncara	174	+5.5%
157	Castroverde	173	-2.3%
158	Viana do Bolo	172	0%
159	Maside	169	-2.9%
160	Touro	168	-0.6%
161	Lourenzá	162	-3%
162	Dumbría	160	-3%
162	Paderne	160	+3.9%
164	Begonte	158	-1.3%
165	Portas	157	-4.3%
166	Amoeiro	156	+6.8%
166	Catoira	156	-0.6%
168	Xove	155	0%
169	Arbo	154	-5.5%
170	Lousame	148	0%
171	A Baña	147	+1.4%
171	San Sadurniño	147	-3.9%
173	Trazo	144	-3.4%
174	Pazos de Borbén	143	+0.7%
175	A Pastoriza	142	-2.7%
175	A Pobra de Trives	142	-6.6%
177	Tordoia	140	-3.4%
178	San Cristovo de Cea	139	-4.1%
179	Agolada	138	-0.7%
180	Rodeiro	137	+3%
181	Pantón	133	-3.6%
181	Rábade	133	+3.9%
181	Taboada	133	+0.8%
184	Sober	129	+3.2%
185	Mesía	128	+1.6%
186	Covelo	127	+2.4%
187	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	124	+1.6%
188	Dodro	121	+2.5%
189	Coirós	120	-2.4%
190	Corcubión	119	+1.7%
191	Cartelle	118	-5.6%
192	Toén	117	+6.4%
193	A Lama	114	-2.6%
193	Frades	114	0%
195	Abadín	113	-1.7%
195	Carballedo	113	-1.7%
197	A Merca	112	0%
197	Portomarín	112	+0.9%
199	Taboadela	109	-1.8%
200	Guntín	107	-5.3%
201	Vilamarín	104	+1%
202	Sobrado	101	+7.4%
203	Boimorto	100	+3.1%
204	Alfoz	99	0%
205	Paradela	93	-1.1%
206	Campo Lameiro	92	0%
207	Lobios	91	+9.6%
208	Boborás	89	+2.3%
208	Monfero	89	0%
210	Antas de Ulla	88	-6.4%
211	Aranga	86	-1.1%
211	Castro Caldelas	86	+1.2%
213	Leiro	85	-4.5%
214	A Gudiña	83	+1.2%
214	Moeche	83	+7.8%
214	Nogueira de Ramuín	83	-10.8%
217	Riotorto	82	-3.5%
217	Santiso	82	+5.1%
219	Bande	81	+5.2%
219	Bóveda	81	+3.8%
219	Crecente	81	+3.8%
222	O Valadouro	80	-4.8%
222	Xunqueira de Ambía	80	+3.9%
224	O Vicedo	79	-7.1%
225	Pol	78	+6.8%
226	A Pobra do Brollón	77	+1.3%
227	Ramirás	76	-6.2%
228	Entrimo	74	+4.2%
229	Carballeda de Valdeorras	73	0%
229	Monterrei	73	-1.4%
229	Rubiá	73	+10.6%
232	Irixoa	72	+5.9%
232	Trabada	72	+14.3%
234	Vilarmaior	71	-2.7%
235	Cortegada	70	+6.1%
235	Riós	70	-5.4%
237	A Capela	69	+7.8%
237	Mañón	69	+1.5%
237	Navia de Suarna	69	-4.2%
240	Avión	68	+3%
240	Fornelos de Montes	68	-1.4%
242	O Incio	67	+1.5%
242	Oímbra	67	+1.5%
242	Padrenda	67	-5.6%
245	Baleira	66	+4.8%
245	Paderne de Allariz	66	+1.5%
245	Vilasantar	66	+1.5%
248	A Peroxa	65	+1.6%
248	Castrelo de Miño	65	+18.2%
248	Xermade	65	+1.6%

Showing the top 250 of 313. The Excel download has every row.

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

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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 Galicia by active companies, 2025) [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 Galicia by active companies, 2025. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/galicia-municipalities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_galicia_by_2025,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Galicia by active companies, 2025}},
  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/galicia-municipalities. 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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