Municipalities in Galicia by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 314 municipalities in 2017, at 23,097. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 9. The median was 179 and the figure for Galicia was 198,923. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest23,097Vigo

Lowest9Negueira de Muñiz

Median179314 municipalities

Galicia198,923History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Vigo	23,097	+1.1%
2	A Coruña	20,876	-1.1%
3	Ourense	9,264	+0.3%
4	Santiago de Compostela	9,233	+1%
5	Lugo	8,629	+0.8%
6	Pontevedra	6,593	+1.3%
7	Ferrol	3,737	+0.1%
8	Oleiros	2,805	+3.4%
9	Carballo	2,619	+0.1%
10	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,564	+1.9%
11	Arteixo	2,363	+1%
12	Ames	2,239	+3.2%
13	Narón	2,218	-0.3%
14	Culleredo	2,166	-1.8%
15	Cambre	1,883	-2.2%
16	O Porriño	1,809	+1.1%
17	Lalín	1,775	+0.1%
18	Redondela	1,746	-1.8%
19	Ponteareas	1,742	+1.6%
20	Sanxenxo	1,589	+3%
21	Cangas	1,561	+3.1%
22	Ribeira	1,553	+2.6%
23	A Estrada	1,539	-0.3%
24	Monforte de Lemos	1,439	+1.3%
25	Nigrán	1,426	+0.9%
26	O Carballiño	1,373	+1.3%
27	Tui	1,372	+0.9%
28	Teo	1,337	+1.1%
29	Mos	1,331	+2.5%
30	Marín	1,258	-0.3%
31	Sarria	1,253	+0.5%
32	Sada	1,162	+0.4%
33	Boiro	1,160	+2.7%
34	Poio	1,153	+4.5%
35	Verín	1,147	-3%
36	Moaña	1,134	-0.6%
37	Vilalba	1,098	+2%
38	Cambados	1,047	+0.7%
39	O Barco de Valdeorras	1,041	-1.4%
40	Betanzos	1,032	-0.9%
41	Noia	1,028	+1.4%
42	Gondomar	1,002	+1.8%
43	Viveiro	986	+2.5%
44	Ordes	981	-0.2%
45	Xinzo de Limia	916	-0.4%
46	Ribadeo	893	+3.1%
47	Tomiño	877	+2%
48	O Grove	864	+2.6%
49	Bergondo	849	-0.7%
50	Baiona	839	+5.5%
51	Silleda	775	+1%
52	Caldas de Reis	769	+2.5%
53	A Laracha	765	+0.1%
54	Santa Comba	757	-0.5%
55	San Cibrao das Viñas	753	+1.8%
56	Padrón	745	+2.1%
57	Chantada	742	+3.2%
58	Vilanova de Arousa	738	-3.5%
59	Barbadás	737	+0.5%
60	Melide	726	+1.8%
61	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	711	+2.2%
62	A Guarda	698	+0.1%
63	Bueu	687	+1%
64	Foz	683	-0.7%
65	Burela	654	-1.2%
66	Fene	644	+4.4%
67	Vimianzo	617	-1.9%
68	Salceda de Caselas	607	+1.8%
69	Rianxo	598	-2.8%
70	Salvaterra de Miño	584	-1.5%
71	Cee	579	-1.4%
72	A Pobra do Caramiñal	572	-1%
73	Oroso	538	-2.7%
74	Allariz	527	+3.3%
75	Porto do Son	518	+0.6%
76	Pontedeume	480	+3.4%
77	Carral	476	+5.8%
78	Brión	472	+6.8%
79	Cedeira	467	+2.4%
80	O Pereiro de Aguiar	462	-0.6%
81	Celanova	458	+1.1%
82	Malpica de Bergantiños	456	+3.2%
83	Soutomaior	453	+0.9%
84	Muros	452	-2.6%
85	Meaño	450	+2.7%
86	Negreira	446	-3.5%
87	Miño	443	0%
88	Arzúa	433	-2.5%
89	Ribadavia	432	+3.8%
90	Ortigueira	423	-1.4%
91	Zas	418	+2.2%
92	Vila de Cruces	413	+4%
93	Ponteceso	411	+3.5%
94	Ribadumia	410	+2.2%
95	O Rosal	396	+3.1%
96	Vilaboa	378	+1.9%
97	Coristanco	370	+4.5%
98	Abegondo	367	+5.8%
99	A Rúa	364	-0.5%
100	Outes	362	-0.3%
101	Vedra	357	+7.5%
102	Meis	349	+2%
103	Guitiriz	346	+1.2%
103	Ponte Caldelas	346	+2.1%
105	Cerceda	344	-1.7%
106	Valdoviño	341	+0.6%
107	Outeiro de Rei	339	+5.6%
108	Curtis	336	+0.6%
109	A Cañiza	334	+1.2%
110	Camariñas	330	-0.3%
111	Cospeito	318	-1.9%
112	Cuntis	314	+5%
113	Valga	302	+0.3%
114	Barro	299	+6.8%
115	Boqueixón	296	+2.8%
116	Cabana de Bergantiños	295	+0.3%
117	Neda	293	+2.1%
118	Oza-Cesuras	292	-3.9%
119	Castro de Rei	285	-0.3%
120	Mondoñedo	283	-5.7%
121	Muxía	280	+3.3%
122	Monterroso	278	-1.8%
123	Rois	274	+3%
124	O Pino	267	+1.1%
125	Moraña	259	-0.4%
126	Val do Dubra	257	0%
127	Cariño	252	+1.6%
128	O Saviñao	249	-2.4%
129	Cabanas	246	+8.4%
129	Fisterra	246	+0.4%
131	Ares	244	+2.1%
132	Barreiros	238	+3.9%
133	Palas de Rei	237	-2.1%
134	Carnota	235	0%
134	Mugardos	235	+3.1%
136	A Illa de Arousa	227	-4.2%
137	Quiroga	226	-1.3%
138	O Corgo	225	+1.4%
139	Becerreá	224	0%
139	Laxe	224	-0.4%
141	Coles	220	-0.9%
142	Forcarei	217	+3.3%
142	Mazaricos	217	+0.9%
144	Mondariz	216	+5.9%
145	A Fonsagrada	213	+2.9%
146	A Pontenova	209	+0.5%
147	Pontecesures	208	0%
148	Cervo	203	0%
148	Cotobade	203	-7.3%
150	Lourenzá	201	-4.3%
151	Meira	200	+0.5%
152	Maceda	194	+1.6%
153	Maside	193	+2.1%
154	Touro	188	-7.8%
155	Friol	186	-2.1%
156	As Neves	184	+4.5%
157	Castroverde	183	+5.2%
158	San Cristovo de Cea	175	-0.6%
159	Oia	174	-1.7%
160	Trazo	173	+0.6%
161	Viana do Bolo	172	-2.8%
162	Catoira	171	+0.6%
163	Rodeiro	169	+5.6%
164	Begonte	168	+4.3%
165	A Pastoriza	167	+7.7%
166	Agolada	164	+0.6%
167	Baralla	163	-3.6%
168	Taboada	159	+1.3%
169	A Pobra de Trives	158	0%
169	San Sadurniño	158	+1.3%
171	Arbo	156	+4.7%
172	A Baña	154	-6.1%
172	Tordoia	154	-2.5%
174	Rábade	152	+0.7%
175	Láncara	151	-0.7%
175	Lousame	151	+6.3%
177	Dodro	150	+1.4%
177	Dumbría	150	-8%
177	Mesía	150	-2%
180	Xove	148	-6.3%
181	Paderne	142	+9.2%
182	Portas	140	+4.5%
183	Amoeiro	139	+3%
184	Frades	138	-5.5%
185	Cartelle	126	+1.6%
186	Vilamarín	125	+1.6%
187	Pazos de Borbén	124	+5.1%
188	A Merca	123	+0.8%
189	Corcubión	122	0%
190	Coirós	117	-4.1%
190	Guntín	117	+1.7%
192	Toén	116	+2.7%
193	Abadín	114	+3.6%
193	Alfoz	114	+0.9%
193	Antas de Ulla	114	+9.6%
196	Leiro	112	0%
197	A Gudiña	111	+6.7%
197	Carballeda de Valdeorras	111	-1.8%
197	Sober	111	+0.9%
197	Sobrado	111	+4.7%
201	Carballedo	109	+0.9%
201	O Valadouro	109	-0.9%
203	A Lama	106	+12.8%
203	Boimorto	106	+1%
203	Pantón	106	-4.5%
206	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	103	-1.9%
207	Covelo	102	+2%
208	Riotorto	100	-6.5%
209	Carballeda de Avia	99	+10%
209	Taboadela	99	+7.6%
211	Monfero	98	+10.1%
212	Paradela	96	-3%
213	Portomarín	93	-2.1%
214	Castro Caldelas	91	+1.1%
214	Santiso	91	+2.2%
214	Xermade	91	+4.6%
217	Aranga	88	-5.4%
217	Nogueira de Ramuín	88	0%
219	Bande	87	+10.1%
219	Monterrei	87	+8.8%
221	A Pobra do Brollón	86	+2.4%
221	Padrenda	86	-1.1%
221	Piñor	86	+10.3%
224	Xunqueira de Ambía	84	-5.6%
225	Campo Lameiro	83	-5.7%
226	Crecente	82	+3.8%
226	Lobios	82	-1.2%
228	Cerdedo	81	+14.1%
228	O Vicedo	81	+5.2%
230	Ramirás	80	-8%
231	Bóveda	79	-6%
231	Cortegada	79	+2.6%
231	Samos	79	-3.7%
234	Cerdido	77	-1.3%
234	Moeche	77	+5.5%
236	Mañón	75	+5.6%
237	Castrelo de Miño	74	-2.6%
237	Riós	74	+4.2%
239	A Peroxa	73	0%
239	Entrimo	73	-3.9%
239	Navia de Suarna	73	+4.3%
239	O Incio	73	+4.3%
243	Vilasantar	72	-1.4%
244	Baleira	71	+1.4%
244	Boborás	71	-9%
246	Oímbra	70	+6.1%
247	A Capela	69	+16.9%
247	Cenlle	69	+9.5%
249	Baños de Molgas	67	-4.3%
249	Trabada	67	-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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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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