Municipalities in Galicia by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 313 municipalities in 2019, at 23,320. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 7. The median was 177 and the figure for Galicia was 200,972. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest23,320Vigo

Lowest7Negueira de Muñiz

Median177313 municipalities

Galicia200,972History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Vigo	23,320	-0.5%
2	A Coruña	21,050	-0.5%
3	Santiago de Compostela	9,380	-0.3%
4	Ourense	9,267	-0.5%
5	Lugo	8,676	-0.9%
6	Pontevedra	6,747	+1.7%
7	Ferrol	3,728	-0.8%
8	Oleiros	2,970	+2.9%
9	Carballo	2,613	-1.2%
10	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,583	-0.4%
11	Arteixo	2,366	-1.8%
12	Ames	2,307	+0.3%
13	Narón	2,266	+0.9%
14	Culleredo	2,214	+1%
15	Cambre	1,888	-0.5%
16	O Porriño	1,803	-1.4%
17	Ponteareas	1,764	+1.4%
18	Lalín	1,753	-0.8%
19	Redondela	1,747	-1.5%
20	Sanxenxo	1,619	+1.7%
21	Cangas	1,607	+1.9%
22	Ribeira	1,582	-0.4%
23	A Estrada	1,568	+1%
24	Nigrán	1,490	+4.3%
25	Monforte de Lemos	1,464	+1.7%
26	O Carballiño	1,400	+1.8%
27	Tui	1,378	+0.1%
28	Teo	1,370	+0.1%
29	Mos	1,300	-3.5%
30	Marín	1,290	+3.3%
31	Sarria	1,264	0%
32	Sada	1,235	+4.7%
33	Poio	1,199	+0.8%
34	Moaña	1,178	+2.3%
35	Verín	1,157	-1%
36	Boiro	1,143	-1.8%
37	Vilalba	1,115	+1.3%
38	Cambados	1,054	0%
39	Gondomar	1,047	+4.4%
40	O Barco de Valdeorras	1,027	-1%
41	Noia	1,017	-1%
42	Viveiro	993	+0.2%
43	Betanzos	992	-3.8%
44	Ordes	969	-1%
45	Xinzo de Limia	952	+0.2%
46	Ribadeo	896	-1.3%
47	Tomiño	890	+0.1%
48	Baiona	885	+0.7%
49	O Grove	844	+0.4%
50	Bergondo	835	-2.8%
51	San Cibrao das Viñas	781	-2.4%
52	Silleda	776	+0.6%
53	Caldas de Reis	766	+0.5%
54	Padrón	756	+1.5%
55	Santa Comba	755	-0.9%
56	Chantada	753	+0.8%
57	Melide	746	+1.5%
58	Vilanova de Arousa	742	+1.6%
59	Barbadás	725	-0.1%
60	A Laracha	721	-3%
61	A Guarda	707	+0.7%
62	Foz	706	+2.2%
63	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	704	+0.1%
64	Bueu	696	+1.6%
65	Burela	661	+0.2%
66	Fene	634	-1.2%
67	Vimianzo	623	+1.3%
68	Salceda de Caselas	614	+3.4%
69	Salvaterra de Miño	611	+5.2%
70	Rianxo	596	+0.8%
71	A Pobra do Caramiñal	591	+1.9%
72	Cee	564	+0.2%
73	Oroso	547	-0.9%
74	Porto do Son	533	+1.1%
75	Allariz	522	-0.2%
76	Cedeira	510	+4.1%
77	Pontedeume	493	-0.6%
78	Brión	490	-1.2%
79	Carral	486	+2.5%
80	O Pereiro de Aguiar	467	-1.7%
81	Celanova	466	+0.2%
82	Miño	465	+4.5%
83	Negreira	463	+3.1%
84	Soutomaior	450	+3.9%
85	Arzúa	447	+3.2%
86	Meaño	444	-2.6%
86	Muros	444	-2%
88	Malpica de Bergantiños	432	-1.1%
89	Ribadavia	427	-1.4%
90	Ribadumia	421	-1.2%
91	Zas	419	+1.2%
92	O Rosal	408	+0.7%
93	Vila de Cruces	401	+0.8%
94	Ortigueira	400	-1.2%
95	Vilaboa	393	-3%
96	Ponteceso	392	0%
97	Outes	384	+4.1%
98	Outeiro de Rei	383	+7%
99	Coristanco	379	+1.3%
100	Vedra	372	+1.6%
101	A Rúa	371	+0.8%
101	Valdoviño	371	+3.3%
103	Abegondo	368	-1.1%
104	Meis	364	+3.1%
105	Cerceda	360	+3.4%
106	Ponte Caldelas	358	-1.9%
107	Camariñas	355	+5.3%
108	A Cañiza	343	+3.9%
109	Curtis	336	+1.8%
110	Guitiriz	328	+0.3%
111	Barro	324	+3.5%
112	Cuntis	315	-1.9%
113	Oza-Cesuras	309	+0.3%
114	Castro de Rei	305	+0.7%
114	Cospeito	305	-2.6%
116	Cerdedo-Cotobade	293	-1%
117	Boqueixón	292	-2.3%
117	Mondoñedo	292	+0.3%
119	Monterroso	290	+2.5%
120	Cabana de Bergantiños	289	0%
121	Valga	285	-2.1%
122	Muxía	283	+3.3%
123	Rois	274	+1.5%
124	Neda	272	-3.5%
124	O Pino	272	-1.8%
126	Val do Dubra	267	0%
127	Fisterra	262	+0.8%
128	Cariño	260	+1.2%
129	Cabanas	259	+3.6%
130	Moraña	256	0%
131	O Saviñao	251	+1.2%
132	Ares	248	+0.4%
133	Palas de Rei	245	+2.5%
134	Barreiros	239	+3.5%
135	Mugardos	236	-3.3%
136	Mazaricos	234	+6.4%
137	Coles	232	+6.9%
138	Laxe	229	+5%
138	O Corgo	229	+3.2%
140	A Illa de Arousa	223	0%
141	Becerreá	221	+0.9%
142	Carnota	219	+0.5%
143	A Fonsagrada	216	-1.4%
144	Quiroga	215	-3.6%
145	Mondariz	210	-0.9%
146	Forcarei	207	+1.5%
147	A Pontenova	203	-1.5%
148	Pontecesures	202	-2.9%
149	Cervo	197	-1.5%
150	Maside	196	-1%
151	Friol	195	-1.5%
151	Lourenzá	195	-1.5%
151	Maceda	195	+2.6%
154	Meira	193	-3%
155	As Neves	185	+1.6%
156	Castroverde	184	+3.4%
157	Baralla	177	+4.1%
158	Oia	176	-4.3%
159	Viana do Bolo	175	+2.3%
160	Touro	174	-0.6%
161	Trazo	171	+0.6%
162	San Sadurniño	167	+1.2%
163	Catoira	166	-6.2%
164	Begonte	165	-1.2%
165	Lousame	163	+5.8%
166	Láncara	161	+1.9%
166	San Cristovo de Cea	161	-6.4%
166	Xove	161	+4.5%
169	Rodeiro	160	+1.9%
170	Taboada	159	0%
171	Arbo	157	+5.4%
172	Tordoia	156	-0.6%
173	A Pastoriza	155	-6.1%
173	Paderne	155	+9.9%
175	Dumbría	154	+0.7%
176	Agolada	152	-5.6%
176	Amoeiro	152	+8.6%
178	A Baña	151	-1.3%
179	Mesía	150	-0.7%
180	A Pobra de Trives	149	-6.9%
180	Dodro	149	-0.7%
182	Portas	148	+9.6%
183	Rábade	144	+4.3%
184	Pazos de Borbén	134	+3.1%
185	Frades	132	-1.5%
186	Cartelle	127	+3.3%
187	Coirós	126	+3.3%
188	A Merca	124	-1.6%
188	Corcubión	124	+2.5%
188	Pantón	124	+12.7%
191	Vilamarín	119	-5.6%
192	Guntín	118	-0.8%
193	Sober	116	+3.6%
194	Toén	115	0%
195	Abadín	112	-1.8%
195	Antas de Ulla	112	+1.8%
195	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	112	+9.8%
198	A Lama	111	-0.9%
198	Boimorto	111	+3.7%
200	Carballedo	109	-0.9%
200	O Valadouro	109	+1.9%
202	Paradela	108	+9.1%
203	Covelo	105	+4%
203	Leiro	105	-3.7%
205	Alfoz	104	-5.5%
206	Portomarín	103	+9.6%
207	Nogueira de Ramuín	101	+3.1%
207	Sobrado	101	-4.7%
207	Taboadela	101	-3.8%
210	A Gudiña	100	-5.7%
211	Monfero	97	-2%
212	Xermade	96	0%
213	Castro Caldelas	92	-4.2%
214	Campo Lameiro	91	+3.4%
215	Bóveda	89	+1.1%
215	Padrenda	89	+7.2%
217	Aranga	88	+2.3%
217	Bande	88	-4.3%
217	Carballeda de Valdeorras	88	-24.8%
220	Riotorto	87	-3.3%
221	A Pobra do Brollón	85	-5.6%
222	Lobios	84	-4.5%
222	Monterrei	84	-3.4%
222	Santiso	84	-2.3%
225	Ramirás	81	0%
226	Xunqueira de Ambía	79	+2.6%
227	A Peroxa	78	+2.6%
227	Carballeda de Avia	78	-16.1%
227	Entrimo	78	-1.3%
227	O Incio	78	-2.5%
231	O Vicedo	77	-3.8%
232	Cortegada	76	-2.6%
232	Crecente	76	-3.8%
234	Moeche	75	-9.6%
234	Piñor	75	+1.4%
236	Mañón	74	-1.3%
237	Castrelo de Miño	73	+5.8%
237	Samos	73	+2.8%
239	Navia de Suarna	72	-2.7%
239	Oímbra	72	-10%
239	Riós	72	+5.9%
239	Vilasantar	72	+1.4%
243	Baleira	71	+1.4%
243	Cerdido	71	+2.9%
245	Boborás	70	-6.7%
245	Trabada	70	-1.4%
247	Irixoa	69	+16.9%
247	Pol	69	+4.5%
249	Cenlle	68	-4.2%
250	Vilar de Santos	65	+1.6%

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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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_galicia_by_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Galicia by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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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