Municipalities in Galicia by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 313 municipalities in 2018, at 23,446. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 6. The median was 178 and the figure for Galicia was 200,801. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest23,446Vigo

Lowest6Negueira de Muñiz

Median178313 municipalities

Galicia200,801History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Vigo	23,446	+1.5%
2	A Coruña	21,154	+1.3%
3	Santiago de Compostela	9,411	+1.9%
4	Ourense	9,311	+0.5%
5	Lugo	8,756	+1.5%
6	Pontevedra	6,635	+0.6%
7	Ferrol	3,759	+0.6%
8	Oleiros	2,887	+2.9%
9	Carballo	2,646	+1%
10	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,594	+1.2%
11	Arteixo	2,409	+1.9%
12	Ames	2,301	+2.8%
13	Narón	2,245	+1.2%
14	Culleredo	2,191	+1.2%
15	Cambre	1,898	+0.8%
16	O Porriño	1,829	+1.1%
17	Redondela	1,773	+1.5%
18	Lalín	1,767	-0.5%
19	Ponteareas	1,739	-0.2%
20	Sanxenxo	1,592	+0.2%
21	Ribeira	1,588	+2.3%
22	Cangas	1,577	+1%
23	A Estrada	1,552	+0.8%
24	Monforte de Lemos	1,440	+0.1%
25	Nigrán	1,429	+0.2%
26	Tui	1,377	+0.4%
27	O Carballiño	1,375	+0.1%
28	Teo	1,369	+2.4%
29	Mos	1,347	+1.2%
30	Sarria	1,264	+0.9%
31	Marín	1,249	-0.7%
32	Poio	1,189	+3.1%
33	Sada	1,180	+1.5%
34	Verín	1,169	+1.9%
35	Boiro	1,164	+0.3%
36	Moaña	1,152	+1.6%
37	Vilalba	1,101	+0.3%
38	Cambados	1,054	+0.7%
39	O Barco de Valdeorras	1,037	-0.4%
40	Betanzos	1,031	-0.1%
41	Noia	1,027	-0.1%
42	Gondomar	1,003	+0.1%
43	Viveiro	991	+0.5%
44	Ordes	979	-0.2%
45	Xinzo de Limia	950	+3.7%
46	Ribadeo	908	+1.7%
47	Tomiño	889	+1.4%
48	Baiona	879	+4.8%
49	Bergondo	859	+1.2%
50	O Grove	841	-2.7%
51	San Cibrao das Viñas	800	+6.2%
52	Silleda	771	-0.5%
53	Caldas de Reis	762	-0.9%
53	Santa Comba	762	+0.7%
55	Chantada	747	+0.7%
56	Padrón	745	0%
57	A Laracha	743	-2.9%
58	Melide	735	+1.2%
59	Vilanova de Arousa	730	-1.1%
60	Barbadás	726	-1.5%
61	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	703	-1.1%
62	A Guarda	702	+0.6%
63	Foz	691	+1.2%
64	Bueu	685	-0.3%
65	Burela	660	+0.9%
66	Fene	642	-0.3%
67	Vimianzo	615	-0.3%
68	Salceda de Caselas	594	-2.1%
69	Rianxo	591	-1.2%
70	Salvaterra de Miño	581	-0.5%
71	A Pobra do Caramiñal	580	+1.4%
72	Cee	563	-2.8%
73	Oroso	552	+2.6%
74	Porto do Son	527	+1.7%
75	Allariz	523	-0.8%
76	Brión	496	+5.1%
76	Pontedeume	496	+3.3%
78	Cedeira	490	+4.9%
79	O Pereiro de Aguiar	475	+2.8%
80	Carral	474	-0.4%
81	Celanova	465	+1.5%
82	Meaño	456	+1.3%
83	Muros	453	+0.2%
84	Negreira	449	+0.7%
85	Miño	445	+0.5%
86	Malpica de Bergantiños	437	-4.2%
87	Arzúa	433	0%
87	Ribadavia	433	+0.2%
87	Soutomaior	433	-4.4%
90	Ribadumia	426	+3.9%
91	Zas	414	-1%
92	O Rosal	405	+2.3%
92	Ortigueira	405	-4.3%
92	Vilaboa	405	+7.1%
95	Vila de Cruces	398	-3.6%
96	Ponteceso	392	-4.6%
97	Coristanco	374	+1.1%
98	Abegondo	372	+1.4%
99	Outes	369	+1.9%
100	A Rúa	368	+1.1%
101	Vedra	366	+2.5%
102	Ponte Caldelas	365	+5.5%
103	Valdoviño	359	+5.3%
104	Outeiro de Rei	358	+5.6%
105	Meis	353	+1.1%
106	Cerceda	348	+1.2%
107	Camariñas	337	+2.1%
108	A Cañiza	330	-1.2%
108	Curtis	330	-1.8%
110	Guitiriz	327	-5.5%
111	Cuntis	321	+2.2%
112	Barro	313	+4.7%
112	Cospeito	313	-1.6%
114	Oza-Cesuras	308	+5.5%
115	Castro de Rei	303	+6.3%
116	Boqueixón	299	+1%
117	Cerdedo-Cotobade	296	n/a
118	Mondoñedo	291	+2.8%
118	Valga	291	-3.6%
120	Cabana de Bergantiños	289	-2%
121	Monterroso	283	+1.8%
122	Neda	282	-3.8%
123	O Pino	277	+3.7%
124	Muxía	274	-2.1%
125	Rois	270	-1.5%
126	Val do Dubra	267	+3.9%
127	Fisterra	260	+5.7%
128	Cariño	257	+2%
129	Moraña	256	-1.2%
130	Cabanas	250	+1.6%
131	O Saviñao	248	-0.4%
132	Ares	247	+1.2%
133	Mugardos	244	+3.8%
134	Palas de Rei	239	+0.8%
135	Barreiros	231	-2.9%
136	A Illa de Arousa	223	-1.8%
136	Quiroga	223	-1.3%
138	O Corgo	222	-1.3%
139	Mazaricos	220	+1.4%
140	A Fonsagrada	219	+2.8%
140	Becerreá	219	-2.2%
142	Carnota	218	-7.2%
142	Laxe	218	-2.7%
144	Coles	217	-1.4%
145	Mondariz	212	-1.9%
146	Pontecesures	208	0%
147	A Pontenova	206	-1.4%
148	Forcarei	204	-6%
149	Cervo	200	-1.5%
150	Meira	199	-0.5%
151	Friol	198	+6.5%
151	Lourenzá	198	-1.5%
151	Maside	198	+2.6%
154	Maceda	190	-2.1%
155	Oia	184	+5.7%
156	As Neves	182	-1.1%
157	Castroverde	178	-2.7%
158	Catoira	177	+3.5%
159	Touro	175	-6.9%
160	San Cristovo de Cea	172	-1.7%
161	Viana do Bolo	171	-0.6%
162	Baralla	170	+4.3%
162	Trazo	170	-1.7%
164	Begonte	167	-0.6%
165	A Pastoriza	165	-1.2%
165	San Sadurniño	165	+4.4%
167	Agolada	161	-1.8%
168	A Pobra de Trives	160	+1.3%
169	Taboada	159	0%
170	Láncara	158	+4.6%
171	Rodeiro	157	-7.1%
171	Tordoia	157	+1.9%
173	Lousame	154	+2%
173	Xove	154	+4.1%
175	A Baña	153	-0.6%
175	Dumbría	153	+2%
177	Mesía	151	+0.7%
178	Dodro	150	0%
179	Arbo	149	-4.5%
180	Paderne	141	-0.7%
181	Amoeiro	140	+0.7%
182	Rábade	138	-9.2%
183	Portas	135	-3.6%
184	Frades	134	-2.9%
185	Pazos de Borbén	130	+4.8%
186	A Merca	126	+2.4%
186	Vilamarín	126	+0.8%
188	Cartelle	123	-2.4%
189	Coirós	122	+4.3%
190	Corcubión	121	-0.8%
191	Guntín	119	+1.7%
192	Carballeda de Valdeorras	117	+5.4%
193	Toén	115	-0.9%
194	Abadín	114	0%
195	A Lama	112	+5.7%
195	Sober	112	+0.9%
197	Alfoz	110	-3.5%
197	Antas de Ulla	110	-3.5%
197	Carballedo	110	+0.9%
197	Pantón	110	+3.8%
201	Leiro	109	-2.7%
202	Boimorto	107	+0.9%
202	O Valadouro	107	-1.8%
204	A Gudiña	106	-4.5%
204	Sobrado	106	-4.5%
206	Taboadela	105	+6.1%
207	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	102	-1%
208	Covelo	101	-1%
209	Monfero	99	+1%
209	Paradela	99	+3.1%
211	Nogueira de Ramuín	98	+11.4%
212	Castro Caldelas	96	+5.5%
212	Xermade	96	+5.5%
214	Portomarín	94	+1.1%
215	Carballeda de Avia	93	-6.1%
216	Bande	92	+5.7%
217	A Pobra do Brollón	90	+4.7%
217	Riotorto	90	-10%
219	Bóveda	88	+11.4%
219	Campo Lameiro	88	+6%
219	Lobios	88	+7.3%
222	Monterrei	87	0%
223	Aranga	86	-2.3%
223	Santiso	86	-5.5%
225	Moeche	83	+7.8%
225	Padrenda	83	-3.5%
227	Ramirás	81	+1.3%
228	O Incio	80	+9.6%
228	O Vicedo	80	-1.2%
228	Oímbra	80	+14.3%
231	Crecente	79	-3.7%
231	Entrimo	79	+8.2%
233	Cortegada	78	-1.3%
234	Xunqueira de Ambía	77	-8.3%
235	A Peroxa	76	+4.1%
236	Boborás	75	+5.6%
236	Mañón	75	0%
238	Navia de Suarna	74	+1.4%
238	Piñor	74	-14%
240	Cenlle	71	+2.9%
240	Samos	71	-10.1%
240	Trabada	71	+6%
240	Vilasantar	71	-1.4%
244	Baleira	70	-1.4%
245	Castrelo de Miño	69	-6.8%
245	Cerdido	69	-10.4%
247	Riós	68	-8.1%
248	Pol	66	+11.9%
249	A Capela	65	-5.8%
249	A Mezquita	65	+4.8%

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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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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Galicia by active companies, 2018}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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