Municipalities in Galicia by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 314 municipalities in 2016, at 22,843. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 10. The median was 177 and the figure for Galicia was 197,538. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest22,843Vigo

Lowest10Negueira de Muñiz

Median177314 municipalities

Galicia197,538History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Vigo	22,843	+1.4%
2	A Coruña	21,106	+1.1%
3	Ourense	9,235	+1.3%
4	Santiago de Compostela	9,143	+1.8%
5	Lugo	8,562	+1.7%
6	Pontevedra	6,506	+2.1%
7	Ferrol	3,735	-0.7%
8	Oleiros	2,713	+2.7%
9	Carballo	2,616	+2.3%
10	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,516	+1.1%
11	Arteixo	2,340	-1.8%
12	Narón	2,224	+2.3%
13	Culleredo	2,206	+1.4%
14	Ames	2,169	+2.6%
15	Cambre	1,925	+3.1%
16	O Porriño	1,790	+0.7%
17	Redondela	1,778	+0.7%
18	Lalín	1,773	-0.8%
19	Ponteareas	1,715	+1.2%
20	A Estrada	1,543	-0.1%
20	Sanxenxo	1,543	+0.2%
22	Cangas	1,514	+0.3%
23	Ribeira	1,513	-1.2%
24	Monforte de Lemos	1,420	+3.8%
25	Nigrán	1,413	+4.1%
26	Tui	1,360	+2.3%
27	O Carballiño	1,355	+1.2%
28	Teo	1,323	+1.8%
29	Mos	1,298	+1.3%
30	Marín	1,262	+0.2%
31	Sarria	1,247	-1.7%
32	Verín	1,183	+0.3%
33	Sada	1,157	-1%
34	Moaña	1,141	+2.5%
35	Boiro	1,129	0%
36	Poio	1,103	+1.8%
37	Vilalba	1,076	+1.7%
38	O Barco de Valdeorras	1,056	+1.7%
39	Betanzos	1,041	+0.4%
40	Cambados	1,040	-1%
41	Noia	1,014	+3%
42	Gondomar	984	-0.7%
43	Ordes	983	0%
44	Viveiro	962	+3.8%
45	Xinzo de Limia	920	-0.4%
46	Ribadeo	866	+2.9%
47	Tomiño	860	+2.6%
48	Bergondo	855	+0.1%
49	O Grove	842	+1.3%
50	Baiona	795	+2.4%
51	Silleda	767	+0.5%
52	Vilanova de Arousa	765	+3.2%
53	A Laracha	764	-2.4%
54	Santa Comba	761	-0.8%
55	Caldas de Reis	750	-1.1%
56	San Cibrao das Viñas	740	+1%
57	Barbadás	733	+1%
58	Padrón	730	+1.4%
59	Chantada	719	+0.7%
60	Melide	713	+2.6%
61	A Guarda	697	0%
62	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	696	+0.3%
63	Foz	688	+0.4%
64	Bueu	680	+2.9%
65	Burela	662	+2.2%
66	Vimianzo	629	+1.8%
67	Fene	617	+2%
68	Rianxo	615	-0.8%
69	Salceda de Caselas	596	+3.7%
70	Salvaterra de Miño	593	-2.1%
71	Cee	587	-2.3%
72	A Pobra do Caramiñal	578	+0.3%
73	Oroso	553	+2%
74	Porto do Son	515	+2.4%
75	Allariz	510	0%
76	O Pereiro de Aguiar	465	+4.3%
77	Muros	464	-1.3%
77	Pontedeume	464	0%
79	Negreira	462	+3.8%
80	Cedeira	456	-0.7%
81	Celanova	453	-1.7%
82	Carral	450	-1.7%
83	Soutomaior	449	+4.2%
84	Arzúa	444	+0.7%
85	Miño	443	+7%
86	Brión	442	+3.8%
86	Malpica de Bergantiños	442	-2.2%
88	Meaño	438	-2%
89	Ortigueira	429	-0.2%
90	Ribadavia	416	-6.9%
91	Zas	409	-1.9%
92	Ribadumia	401	+2.6%
93	Ponteceso	397	-0.3%
93	Vila de Cruces	397	+3.1%
95	O Rosal	384	-1.3%
96	Vilaboa	371	-0.8%
97	A Rúa	366	-1.1%
98	Outes	363	+0.6%
99	Coristanco	354	-2.7%
100	Cerceda	350	+0.9%
101	Abegondo	347	+1.5%
102	Guitiriz	342	-0.6%
102	Meis	342	+5.2%
104	Ponte Caldelas	339	-0.6%
104	Valdoviño	339	-3.1%
106	Curtis	334	0%
107	Vedra	332	0%
108	Camariñas	331	-1.2%
109	A Cañiza	330	+0.6%
110	Cospeito	324	+0.9%
111	Outeiro de Rei	321	+0.3%
112	Oza-Cesuras	304	+0.7%
113	Valga	301	+10.7%
114	Mondoñedo	300	-1.3%
115	Cuntis	299	+0.7%
116	Cabana de Bergantiños	294	+1.4%
117	Boqueixón	288	0%
118	Neda	287	+0.3%
119	Castro de Rei	286	0%
120	Monterroso	283	+0.4%
121	Barro	280	+5.3%
122	Muxía	271	+0.7%
123	Rois	266	+1.5%
124	O Pino	264	-2.2%
125	Moraña	260	-0.8%
126	Val do Dubra	257	+2.4%
127	O Saviñao	255	-3.8%
128	Cariño	248	-1.2%
129	Fisterra	245	+8.4%
130	Palas de Rei	242	-1.6%
131	Ares	239	-4%
132	A Illa de Arousa	237	+3%
133	Carnota	235	-1.7%
134	Barreiros	229	0%
134	Quiroga	229	-0.9%
136	Mugardos	228	+1.3%
137	Cabanas	227	+2.7%
138	Laxe	225	+3.2%
139	Becerreá	224	+1.4%
140	Coles	222	-0.9%
140	O Corgo	222	+0.9%
142	Cotobade	219	+5.3%
143	Mazaricos	215	-4%
144	Forcarei	210	-0.5%
144	Lourenzá	210	-0.5%
146	A Pontenova	208	+0.5%
146	Pontecesures	208	+0.5%
148	A Fonsagrada	207	-6.3%
149	Mondariz	204	+2%
149	Touro	204	+0.5%
151	Cervo	203	+2%
152	Meira	199	+1.5%
153	Maceda	191	-2.1%
154	Friol	190	+0.5%
155	Maside	189	+1.6%
156	Oia	177	+7.9%
156	Viana do Bolo	177	+0.6%
158	As Neves	176	+2.3%
158	San Cristovo de Cea	176	0%
160	Castroverde	174	+2.4%
161	Trazo	172	+3.6%
162	Catoira	170	+5.6%
163	Baralla	169	+1.8%
164	A Baña	164	+5.1%
165	Agolada	163	+1.2%
165	Dumbría	163	+3.2%
167	Begonte	161	-3%
168	Rodeiro	160	-0.6%
169	A Pobra de Trives	158	+1.3%
169	Tordoia	158	-8.1%
169	Xove	158	-4.2%
172	Taboada	157	-0.6%
173	San Sadurniño	156	+2.6%
174	A Pastoriza	155	-1.9%
175	Mesía	153	-6.1%
176	Láncara	152	+5.6%
177	Rábade	151	-2.6%
178	Arbo	149	0%
179	Dodro	148	-2%
180	Frades	146	-2%
181	Lousame	142	+0.7%
182	Amoeiro	135	-0.7%
183	Portas	134	-6.9%
184	Paderne	130	-3%
185	Cartelle	124	+0.8%
186	Vilamarín	123	-6.1%
187	A Merca	122	-3.2%
187	Coirós	122	+4.3%
187	Corcubión	122	+3.4%
190	Pazos de Borbén	118	-3.3%
191	Guntín	115	+7.5%
192	Alfoz	113	-3.4%
192	Carballeda de Valdeorras	113	+1.8%
192	Toén	113	-1.7%
195	Leiro	112	+0.9%
196	Pantón	111	+1.8%
197	Abadín	110	+3.8%
197	O Valadouro	110	+0.9%
197	Sober	110	+7.8%
200	Carballedo	108	+8%
201	Riotorto	107	+3.9%
202	Sobrado	106	0%
203	Boimorto	105	+1.9%
203	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	105	+7.1%
205	A Gudiña	104	-1.9%
205	Antas de Ulla	104	+6.1%
207	Covelo	100	-1%
208	Paradela	99	0%
209	Portomarín	95	+4.4%
210	A Lama	94	+10.6%
211	Aranga	93	+2.2%
212	Taboadela	92	-6.1%
213	Carballeda de Avia	90	+8.4%
213	Castro Caldelas	90	-3.2%
215	Monfero	89	+4.7%
215	Santiso	89	-1.1%
215	Xunqueira de Ambía	89	+3.5%
218	Campo Lameiro	88	+2.3%
218	Nogueira de Ramuín	88	-5.4%
220	Padrenda	87	-3.3%
220	Ramirás	87	-3.3%
220	Xermade	87	0%
223	A Pobra do Brollón	84	+3.7%
223	Bóveda	84	+5%
225	Lobios	83	+6.4%
226	Samos	82	-3.5%
227	Monterrei	80	-1.2%
228	Bande	79	-9.2%
228	Crecente	79	+6.8%
230	Boborás	78	+4%
230	Cerdido	78	-2.5%
230	Piñor	78	+2.6%
233	Cortegada	77	+1.3%
233	O Vicedo	77	-6.1%
235	Castrelo de Miño	76	-6.2%
235	Entrimo	76	0%
237	Vilar de Barrio	74	-1.3%
238	A Peroxa	73	-2.7%
238	Moeche	73	-12%
238	Vilasantar	73	+1.4%
241	Cerdedo	71	+1.4%
241	Irixoa	71	-1.4%
241	Mañón	71	+6%
241	Riós	71	-1.4%
245	Baleira	70	-1.4%
245	Baños de Molgas	70	+1.4%
245	Navia de Suarna	70	+1.4%
245	O Incio	70	-9.1%
245	Vilar de Santos	70	+9.4%
250	Trabada	69	-2.8%

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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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_galicia_by_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Galicia by active companies, 2016}},
  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=2016. 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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