Municipalities in Galicia by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 314 municipalities in 2015, at 22,530. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 9. The median was 174 and the figure for Galicia was 195,595. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest22,530Vigo

Lowest9Negueira de Muñiz

Median174314 municipalities

Galicia195,595History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Vigo	22,530	+2.2%
2	A Coruña	20,880	+2.2%
3	Ourense	9,114	+1.9%
4	Santiago de Compostela	8,979	+2.1%
5	Lugo	8,420	+1.8%
6	Pontevedra	6,372	+1.8%
7	Ferrol	3,762	+1.6%
8	Oleiros	2,642	+0.5%
9	Carballo	2,558	+1.4%
10	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,489	+4.1%
11	Arteixo	2,382	+0.8%
12	Culleredo	2,176	+1.1%
13	Narón	2,173	+2.9%
14	Ames	2,114	+4.8%
15	Cambre	1,867	+1.5%
16	Lalín	1,787	+2.1%
17	O Porriño	1,778	+2.6%
18	Redondela	1,765	+2.3%
19	Ponteareas	1,694	+5.7%
20	A Estrada	1,545	+2.7%
21	Sanxenxo	1,540	+2.1%
22	Ribeira	1,531	+2.2%
23	Cangas	1,509	+0.6%
24	Monforte de Lemos	1,368	+1.8%
25	Nigrán	1,357	+4.9%
26	O Carballiño	1,339	+2%
27	Tui	1,330	+1.5%
28	Teo	1,300	+2.5%
29	Mos	1,281	+1.1%
30	Sarria	1,268	+2.7%
31	Marín	1,260	+3.2%
32	Verín	1,180	+0.3%
33	Sada	1,169	+1.1%
34	Boiro	1,129	+1.3%
35	Moaña	1,113	+3.4%
36	Poio	1,083	+5.4%
37	Vilalba	1,058	+0.3%
38	Cambados	1,051	+4.7%
39	O Barco de Valdeorras	1,038	+2.2%
40	Betanzos	1,037	+0.7%
41	Gondomar	991	+1.6%
42	Noia	984	+3.9%
43	Ordes	983	+2.9%
44	Viveiro	927	+0.8%
45	Xinzo de Limia	924	-0.1%
46	Bergondo	854	+0.8%
47	Ribadeo	842	+1.3%
48	Tomiño	838	+1.5%
49	O Grove	831	+4.5%
50	A Laracha	783	+4.4%
51	Baiona	776	+2%
52	Santa Comba	767	+1.3%
53	Silleda	763	+1.9%
54	Caldas de Reis	758	+0.5%
55	Vilanova de Arousa	741	+2.8%
56	San Cibrao das Viñas	733	+1.1%
57	Barbadás	726	+3.1%
58	Padrón	720	+5.1%
59	Chantada	714	+2.3%
60	A Guarda	697	+1.6%
61	Melide	695	-2.4%
62	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	694	+2.8%
63	Foz	685	+8%
64	Bueu	661	+1.8%
65	Burela	648	-0.5%
66	Rianxo	620	+1.1%
67	Vimianzo	618	+0.3%
68	Salvaterra de Miño	606	+6.1%
69	Fene	605	-1%
70	Cee	601	+1%
71	A Pobra do Caramiñal	576	+3.2%
72	Salceda de Caselas	575	+0.5%
73	Oroso	542	+3.8%
74	Allariz	510	+5.2%
75	Porto do Son	503	+2%
76	Muros	470	+5.4%
77	Pontedeume	464	+0.4%
78	Celanova	461	+2%
79	Cedeira	459	+3.1%
80	Carral	458	+2.2%
81	Malpica de Bergantiños	452	-0.7%
82	Meaño	447	+3%
82	Ribadavia	447	+2.3%
84	O Pereiro de Aguiar	446	-0.7%
85	Negreira	445	+0.7%
86	Arzúa	441	-0.5%
87	Soutomaior	431	+2.9%
88	Ortigueira	430	-3.2%
89	Brión	426	+6.8%
90	Zas	417	+5.6%
91	Miño	414	+3%
92	Ponteceso	398	+0.3%
93	Ribadumia	391	+5.7%
94	O Rosal	389	+2.4%
95	Vila de Cruces	385	+0.3%
96	Vilaboa	374	+0.8%
97	A Rúa	370	-3.6%
98	Coristanco	364	-1.4%
99	Outes	361	+3.4%
100	Valdoviño	350	+9%
101	Cerceda	347	+1.5%
102	Guitiriz	344	+2.4%
103	Abegondo	342	+5.9%
104	Ponte Caldelas	341	+1.8%
105	Camariñas	335	+0.3%
106	Curtis	334	+2.5%
107	Vedra	332	-0.3%
108	A Cañiza	328	-0.6%
109	Meis	325	+2.8%
110	Cospeito	321	+0.3%
111	Outeiro de Rei	320	+4.2%
112	Mondoñedo	304	+6.3%
113	Oza-Cesuras	302	n/a
114	Cuntis	297	-0.7%
115	Cabana de Bergantiños	290	+1.4%
116	Boqueixón	288	-2%
117	Castro de Rei	286	-1.7%
117	Neda	286	-1.7%
119	Monterroso	282	-2.1%
120	Valga	272	-3.2%
121	O Pino	270	+3.8%
122	Muxía	269	-2.2%
123	Barro	266	+4.3%
124	O Saviñao	265	-1.1%
125	Moraña	262	+4.4%
125	Rois	262	+3.1%
127	Cariño	251	-3.1%
127	Val do Dubra	251	+4.6%
129	Ares	249	+0.8%
130	Palas de Rei	246	+3.8%
131	Carnota	239	-0.4%
132	Quiroga	231	+0.4%
133	A Illa de Arousa	230	+0.4%
134	Barreiros	229	-0.9%
135	Fisterra	226	-3.8%
136	Mugardos	225	+3.2%
137	Coles	224	+3.2%
137	Mazaricos	224	+4.2%
139	A Fonsagrada	221	+0.5%
139	Becerreá	221	+1.8%
139	Cabanas	221	+2.8%
142	O Corgo	220	+1.4%
143	Laxe	218	-4.4%
144	Forcarei	211	0%
144	Lourenzá	211	+2.9%
146	Cotobade	208	+6.7%
147	A Pontenova	207	-1.4%
147	Pontecesures	207	-3.7%
149	Touro	203	+8%
150	Mondariz	200	-2%
151	Cervo	199	+1%
152	Meira	196	+4.8%
153	Maceda	195	+1.6%
154	Friol	189	+5%
155	Maside	186	-3.6%
156	San Cristovo de Cea	176	0%
156	Viana do Bolo	176	+10%
158	As Neves	172	-2.3%
158	Tordoia	172	+3.6%
160	Castroverde	170	-0.6%
161	Baralla	166	0%
161	Begonte	166	-2.4%
161	Trazo	166	+1.2%
164	Xove	165	+3.8%
165	Oia	164	-0.6%
166	Mesía	163	+0.6%
167	Agolada	161	0%
167	Catoira	161	+1.9%
167	Rodeiro	161	+2.5%
170	A Pastoriza	158	-1.3%
170	Dumbría	158	+5.3%
170	Taboada	158	+1.3%
173	A Baña	156	+6.1%
173	A Pobra de Trives	156	+0.6%
175	Rábade	155	-1.9%
176	San Sadurniño	152	+7.8%
177	Dodro	151	+2%
178	Arbo	149	+8%
178	Frades	149	+3.5%
180	Láncara	144	-4%
180	Portas	144	+6.7%
182	Lousame	141	+6.8%
183	Amoeiro	136	+17.2%
184	Paderne	134	+1.5%
185	Vilamarín	131	+6.5%
186	A Merca	126	+5%
187	Cartelle	123	-6.1%
188	Pazos de Borbén	122	+8%
189	Corcubión	118	+6.3%
190	Alfoz	117	+0.9%
190	Coirós	117	+4.5%
192	Toén	115	-1.7%
193	Carballeda de Valdeorras	111	+0.9%
193	Leiro	111	+6.7%
195	O Valadouro	109	+4.8%
195	Pantón	109	+7.9%
197	Guntín	107	-2.7%
198	A Gudiña	106	+6%
198	Abadín	106	0%
198	Sobrado	106	-0.9%
201	Boimorto	103	+1%
201	Riotorto	103	+7.3%
203	Sober	102	+9.7%
204	Covelo	101	+2%
205	Carballedo	100	-7.4%
206	Paradela	99	+3.1%
207	Antas de Ulla	98	+11.4%
207	Taboadela	98	+5.4%
207	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	98	-10.9%
210	Castro Caldelas	93	-2.1%
210	Nogueira de Ramuín	93	+3.3%
212	Aranga	91	-7.1%
212	Portomarín	91	-2.2%
214	Padrenda	90	-2.2%
214	Ramirás	90	-1.1%
214	Santiso	90	0%
217	Bande	87	-10.3%
217	Xermade	87	+1.2%
219	Campo Lameiro	86	-2.3%
219	Xunqueira de Ambía	86	+2.4%
221	A Lama	85	-1.2%
221	Monfero	85	+9%
221	Samos	85	-1.2%
224	Carballeda de Avia	83	0%
224	Moeche	83	+3.8%
226	O Vicedo	82	+2.5%
227	A Pobra do Brollón	81	+2.5%
227	Castrelo de Miño	81	+12.5%
227	Monterrei	81	0%
230	Bóveda	80	-5.9%
230	Cerdido	80	+3.9%
232	Lobios	78	-3.7%
233	O Incio	77	+5.5%
234	Cortegada	76	-2.6%
234	Entrimo	76	+8.6%
234	Piñor	76	-5%
237	A Peroxa	75	+5.6%
237	Boborás	75	-3.8%
237	Vilar de Barrio	75	+5.6%
240	Crecente	74	-3.9%
241	Irixoa	72	+10.8%
241	Riós	72	-8.9%
241	Vilasantar	72	-7.7%
244	Baleira	71	+10.9%
244	Trabada	71	-4.1%
246	Cerdedo	70	+4.5%
247	Baños de Molgas	69	+4.5%
247	Navia de Suarna	69	+3%
249	Oímbra	68	+11.5%
249	Rubiá	68	-2.9%

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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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_galicia_by_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Galicia by active companies, 2015}},
  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=2015. 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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