Municipalities in Galicia by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 315 municipalities in 2014, at 22,052. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 11. The median was 171 and the figure for Galicia was 191,745. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest22,052Vigo

Lowest11Negueira de Muñiz

Median171315 municipalities

Galicia191,745History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Vigo	22,052	-1.5%
2	A Coruña	20,431	-0.8%
3	Ourense	8,941	-0.6%
4	Santiago de Compostela	8,797	-1%
5	Lugo	8,272	+0.2%
6	Pontevedra	6,259	-1.5%
7	Ferrol	3,701	-2.6%
8	Oleiros	2,628	-1.5%
9	Carballo	2,522	-1.4%
10	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,391	-2%
11	Arteixo	2,364	-0%
12	Culleredo	2,153	+1.5%
13	Narón	2,112	+1.1%
14	Ames	2,018	-0.1%
15	Cambre	1,839	+0.6%
16	Lalín	1,750	+0.3%
17	O Porriño	1,733	+2.3%
18	Redondela	1,725	+0.3%
19	Ponteareas	1,602	-2%
20	Sanxenxo	1,508	-0.9%
21	A Estrada	1,504	-0.9%
22	Cangas	1,500	+0.5%
23	Ribeira	1,498	-1.1%
24	Monforte de Lemos	1,344	-5.4%
25	O Carballiño	1,313	+1.2%
26	Tui	1,310	-1.1%
27	Nigrán	1,294	+1%
28	Teo	1,268	-1.2%
29	Mos	1,267	+0.1%
30	Sarria	1,235	-2.8%
31	Marín	1,221	-3.1%
32	Verín	1,177	-2.1%
33	Sada	1,156	+0.9%
34	Boiro	1,114	-0.3%
35	Moaña	1,076	+1.2%
36	Vilalba	1,055	-1.6%
37	Betanzos	1,030	+0.1%
38	Poio	1,028	-3.2%
39	O Barco de Valdeorras	1,016	+0.1%
40	Cambados	1,004	-1.6%
41	Gondomar	975	+0.9%
42	Ordes	955	-2.9%
43	Noia	947	-2.4%
44	Xinzo de Limia	925	-0.1%
45	Viveiro	920	-3.6%
46	Bergondo	847	+1.8%
47	Ribadeo	831	0%
48	Tomiño	826	+3%
49	O Grove	795	-2.6%
50	Baiona	761	-0.8%
51	Santa Comba	757	-0.5%
52	Caldas de Reis	754	+0.5%
53	A Laracha	750	-0.8%
54	Silleda	749	+3.3%
55	San Cibrao das Viñas	725	+3%
56	Vilanova de Arousa	721	-1.8%
57	Melide	712	-2.1%
58	Barbadás	704	+5.5%
59	Chantada	698	-2.5%
60	A Guarda	686	+1.2%
61	Padrón	685	+2.2%
62	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	675	+2.9%
63	Burela	651	+0.9%
64	Bueu	649	-1.1%
65	Foz	634	-4.9%
66	Vimianzo	616	+2.5%
67	Rianxo	613	-0.6%
68	Fene	611	-1.8%
69	Cee	595	-0.3%
70	Salceda de Caselas	572	+0.7%
71	Salvaterra de Miño	571	-0.9%
72	A Pobra do Caramiñal	558	-0.5%
73	Oroso	522	-1.9%
74	Porto do Son	493	+2.9%
75	Allariz	485	+2.1%
76	Pontedeume	462	+1.3%
77	Malpica de Bergantiños	455	+3.4%
78	Celanova	452	+0.2%
79	O Pereiro de Aguiar	449	-1.8%
80	Carral	448	-2.4%
81	Muros	446	-1.3%
82	Cedeira	445	+2.1%
83	Ortigueira	444	-0.2%
84	Arzúa	443	-0.9%
85	Negreira	442	-4.7%
86	Ribadavia	437	-0.9%
87	Meaño	434	+0.2%
88	Soutomaior	419	+1.9%
89	Miño	402	+5.5%
90	Brión	399	-0.5%
91	Ponteceso	397	+1.5%
92	Zas	395	-2.9%
93	A Rúa	384	+2.4%
93	Vila de Cruces	384	-4%
95	O Rosal	380	+4.7%
96	Vilaboa	371	-4.6%
97	Ribadumia	370	+2.5%
98	Coristanco	369	-0.5%
99	Outes	349	-2.5%
100	Cerceda	342	+3.6%
101	Guitiriz	336	0%
102	Ponte Caldelas	335	+0.3%
103	Camariñas	334	+4%
104	Vedra	333	+2.5%
105	A Cañiza	330	+2.8%
106	Curtis	326	+0.6%
107	Abegondo	323	+1.3%
108	Valdoviño	321	-0.9%
109	Cospeito	320	+0.6%
110	Meis	316	-1.6%
111	Outeiro de Rei	307	+1.3%
112	Cuntis	299	-4.8%
113	Boqueixón	294	+5.8%
114	Castro de Rei	291	-1.7%
114	Neda	291	-1.7%
116	Monterroso	288	-1.7%
117	Cabana de Bergantiños	286	-0.7%
117	Mondoñedo	286	-1.4%
119	Valga	281	-2.8%
120	Muxía	275	+0.7%
121	O Saviñao	268	-5.6%
122	O Pino	260	-2.6%
123	Cariño	259	+1.2%
124	Barro	255	+1.6%
125	Rois	254	-1.6%
126	Moraña	251	+1.2%
127	Ares	247	-3.9%
128	Carnota	240	+4.3%
128	Val do Dubra	240	-6.6%
130	Palas de Rei	237	+3.9%
131	Fisterra	235	+2.2%
132	Barreiros	231	+2.2%
133	Quiroga	230	-0.9%
134	A Illa de Arousa	229	+2.2%
135	Laxe	228	+3.2%
136	A Fonsagrada	220	-3.9%
137	Mugardos	218	+2.8%
138	Becerreá	217	-1.8%
138	Coles	217	-1.4%
138	O Corgo	217	-1.4%
141	Cabanas	215	-1.4%
141	Mazaricos	215	-3.2%
141	Pontecesures	215	+1.9%
144	Forcarei	211	+4.5%
145	A Pontenova	210	-5.8%
146	Lourenzá	205	-5.1%
147	Mondariz	204	0%
148	Oza dos Ríos	199	+4.2%
149	Cervo	197	-3.9%
150	Cotobade	195	+2.6%
151	Maside	193	-3.5%
152	Maceda	192	-3%
153	Touro	188	-1.1%
154	Meira	187	+5.1%
155	Friol	180	+0.6%
156	As Neves	176	-5.4%
156	San Cristovo de Cea	176	+2.3%
158	Castroverde	171	-4.5%
159	Begonte	170	+3.7%
160	Baralla	166	+5.7%
160	Tordoia	166	-1.2%
162	Oia	165	-2.4%
163	Trazo	164	+2.5%
164	Mesía	162	+2.5%
165	Agolada	161	-2.4%
166	A Pastoriza	160	-2.4%
166	Viana do Bolo	160	-5.3%
168	Xove	159	-3%
169	Catoira	158	+1.9%
169	Rábade	158	+3.9%
171	Rodeiro	157	-1.9%
172	Taboada	156	+0.6%
173	A Pobra de Trives	155	+1.3%
174	Dumbría	150	-6.3%
174	Láncara	150	-2%
176	Dodro	148	+1.4%
177	A Baña	147	-2%
178	Frades	144	-1.4%
179	San Sadurniño	141	+3.7%
180	Arbo	138	+0.7%
181	Portas	135	+2.3%
182	Lousame	132	+2.3%
182	Paderne	132	+1.5%
184	Cartelle	131	-0.8%
185	Vilamarín	123	+7.9%
186	A Merca	120	+7.1%
187	Toén	117	+8.3%
188	Alfoz	116	+4.5%
188	Amoeiro	116	-0.9%
190	Pazos de Borbén	113	-2.6%
191	Coirós	112	+6.7%
192	Corcubión	111	+0.9%
193	Carballeda de Valdeorras	110	-0.9%
193	Guntín	110	+3.8%
193	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	110	-2.7%
196	Carballedo	108	-5.3%
197	Sobrado	107	-4.5%
198	Abadín	106	-3.6%
199	Leiro	104	-1%
199	O Valadouro	104	-2.8%
201	Boimorto	102	+3%
202	Pantón	101	-8.2%
203	A Gudiña	100	-2%
204	Covelo	99	0%
205	Aranga	98	-1%
206	Bande	97	+5.4%
207	Paradela	96	0%
207	Riotorto	96	-5.9%
209	Castro Caldelas	95	-5%
210	Portomarín	93	+1.1%
210	Sober	93	-10.6%
210	Taboadela	93	-2.1%
213	Padrenda	92	-5.2%
214	Ramirás	91	-2.2%
215	Nogueira de Ramuín	90	-7.2%
215	Santiso	90	+2.3%
217	Antas de Ulla	88	-5.4%
217	Campo Lameiro	88	+3.5%
219	A Lama	86	+1.2%
219	Cesuras	86	+2.4%
219	Samos	86	-8.5%
219	Xermade	86	-1.1%
223	Bóveda	85	-6.6%
224	Xunqueira de Ambía	84	-1.2%
225	Carballeda de Avia	83	-4.6%
226	Lobios	81	-6.9%
226	Monterrei	81	-9%
228	Moeche	80	+6.7%
228	O Vicedo	80	+1.3%
228	Piñor	80	-4.8%
231	A Pobra do Brollón	79	-1.3%
231	Riós	79	+5.3%
233	Boborás	78	-3.7%
233	Cortegada	78	+2.6%
233	Monfero	78	+6.8%
233	Vilasantar	78	+1.3%
237	Cerdido	77	+8.5%
237	Crecente	77	0%
239	Trabada	74	+4.2%
240	O Incio	73	-15.1%
241	Castrelo de Miño	72	+4.3%
242	A Peroxa	71	-7.8%
242	Vilar de Barrio	71	-1.4%
244	Entrimo	70	+4.5%
244	Mañón	70	0%
244	Rubiá	70	+4.5%
247	Cerdedo	67	+8.1%
247	Navia de Suarna	67	-5.6%
247	Vilar de Santos	67	+9.8%
250	Baños de Molgas	66	0%

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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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Galicia by active companies, 2014}},
  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?period=2014. 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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