Municipalities in Galicia by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 313 municipalities in 2022, at 22,859. Chandrexa de Queixa had the lowest, at 9. The median was 182 and the figure for Galicia was 196,530. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest22,859Vigo

Lowest9Chandrexa de Queixa

Median182313 municipalities

Galicia196,530History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Vigo	22,859	+1.1%
2	A Coruña	20,175	+1%
3	Santiago de Compostela	9,161	+1.5%
4	Ourense	8,787	-0.2%
5	Lugo	8,312	-0.5%
6	Pontevedra	6,526	+0.5%
7	Ferrol	3,466	-0.5%
8	Oleiros	3,013	+1.1%
9	Carballo	2,611	+1.3%
10	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,606	+1.1%
11	Ames	2,330	+1.8%
12	Arteixo	2,310	+2.3%
13	Narón	2,202	+1.1%
14	Culleredo	2,183	+0.9%
15	Cambre	1,834	+1.2%
16	O Porriño	1,781	+1.5%
17	Redondela	1,774	+1.2%
18	Lalín	1,713	+0.7%
19	Sanxenxo	1,700	+2.6%
20	Ponteareas	1,694	-0.5%
21	Cangas	1,622	+1.6%
22	A Estrada	1,538	+1.9%
23	Ribeira	1,508	+1.3%
24	Nigrán	1,500	+1.9%
25	Monforte de Lemos	1,406	+0.4%
26	Teo	1,386	+2.7%
27	O Carballiño	1,371	+1.6%
28	Tui	1,316	+1.8%
29	Marín	1,288	+1.4%
30	Sarria	1,254	+0.4%
31	Mos	1,251	+1.5%
32	Sada	1,242	+1.9%
33	Poio	1,158	+1.6%
34	Moaña	1,157	+1.4%
35	Boiro	1,140	+2.5%
36	Verín	1,103	-0.5%
37	Vilalba	1,079	+0.2%
38	Cambados	1,077	+1.7%
39	Gondomar	1,067	+3.4%
40	Noia	1,000	+1.4%
41	O Barco de Valdeorras	980	+0.4%
42	Betanzos	971	+1.5%
43	Viveiro	960	+1.2%
44	Ordes	958	+0.8%
45	Baiona	889	+1.9%
46	Ribadeo	888	+1.3%
47	O Grove	879	+3.7%
48	Xinzo de Limia	858	-2.5%
49	Tomiño	855	+1.7%
50	Bergondo	802	+2%
51	San Cibrao das Viñas	772	+3.2%
52	Vilanova de Arousa	769	+4.5%
53	Silleda	760	+1.7%
54	Santa Comba	756	+1.5%
55	Padrón	749	+0.8%
56	Caldas de Reis	747	-1.5%
57	Barbadás	720	+0.8%
58	A Guarda	719	+3.9%
58	Chantada	719	-0.4%
60	Bueu	715	+2.4%
60	Melide	715	+2.3%
62	Foz	698	+3.3%
63	A Laracha	683	+1%
64	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	670	+1.5%
65	Fene	651	+4.3%
66	Burela	649	+2.9%
67	Salvaterra de Miño	636	+4.3%
68	Vimianzo	603	-1%
69	Rianxo	595	+2.6%
70	A Pobra do Caramiñal	578	+1.4%
70	Salceda de Caselas	578	-2%
72	Cee	565	+3.7%
73	Porto do Son	527	-1.1%
74	Cedeira	502	+3.3%
74	Oroso	502	0%
76	Allariz	497	-1.4%
77	Miño	487	+1.2%
77	O Pereiro de Aguiar	487	+2.3%
79	Soutomaior	486	+1.5%
80	Pontedeume	482	+2.1%
81	Carral	481	+1.7%
82	Negreira	476	0%
83	Brión	475	+2.2%
84	Celanova	463	-0.2%
85	Ribadavia	435	+3.3%
86	Arzúa	430	-0.2%
87	Meaño	428	+0.5%
88	O Rosal	425	-0.2%
89	Muros	422	-0.5%
90	Ribadumia	417	+0.2%
91	Zas	396	-1.5%
92	Malpica de Bergantiños	395	-2%
93	Ponteceso	379	+3%
94	Vila de Cruces	377	-3.3%
95	Vilaboa	371	-4.1%
96	Outeiro de Rei	369	+0.8%
97	Abegondo	366	-0.8%
97	Valdoviño	366	+2.8%
99	Outes	365	+3.7%
100	Ortigueira	364	-2.7%
100	Ponte Caldelas	364	+0.6%
102	Coristanco	362	-0.5%
103	A Rúa	356	+0.6%
104	Meis	354	-2.7%
105	Camariñas	353	-0.3%
105	Vedra	353	+2%
107	Guitiriz	340	+2.1%
108	Cerceda	338	-0.9%
109	Curtis	326	+3.8%
110	A Cañiza	324	+3.5%
111	Mondoñedo	313	+4%
112	Barro	311	+1.3%
113	Fisterra	304	+6.7%
114	Cospeito	299	+1.4%
115	Castro de Rei	298	+0.3%
115	Oza-Cesuras	298	+1.4%
117	Boqueixón	293	+1.7%
118	Cuntis	291	-3%
119	Cerdedo-Cotobade	289	+1.8%
120	Cabana de Bergantiños	287	+1.1%
120	Valga	287	-1%
122	Val do Dubra	285	+5.9%
123	Muxía	275	+0.4%
124	Monterroso	274	+0.4%
125	O Pino	269	+2.7%
126	Ares	268	+2.3%
127	Moraña	262	+1.6%
128	Palas de Rei	259	+2.4%
129	Cariño	257	+3.6%
130	Rois	246	-4.7%
131	Mazaricos	245	+2.9%
132	A Illa de Arousa	239	+1.3%
133	Cabanas	237	+0.9%
133	Coles	237	+1.3%
135	Neda	236	-4.5%
136	O Saviñao	234	-4.5%
137	Mugardos	233	-1.3%
138	O Corgo	223	+0.5%
139	Barreiros	222	-1.8%
140	Becerreá	220	0%
141	Laxe	219	+2.8%
142	Quiroga	218	0%
143	Carnota	216	-1.4%
144	A Pontenova	212	+2.4%
145	Mondariz	210	+7.1%
146	Friol	207	+3.5%
147	A Fonsagrada	206	-1%
148	Forcarei	201	+0.5%
149	Pontecesures	196	+3.2%
150	Oia	193	+4.9%
151	Meira	192	-1%
152	Lourenzá	189	+1.1%
152	Maside	189	+1.1%
154	Baralla	185	+6.3%
155	As Neves	184	+1.7%
156	Castroverde	182	-0.5%
156	Cervo	182	0%
156	Maceda	182	-5.7%
159	Viana do Bolo	181	+4.6%
160	Touro	176	+2.9%
161	Trazo	171	-4.5%
162	Catoira	169	0%
162	Láncara	169	-1.2%
164	Arbo	167	+1.8%
165	San Sadurniño	165	+1.9%
165	Tordoia	165	+0.6%
167	Portas	163	+3.8%
168	A Pobra de Trives	159	+3.2%
169	Dumbría	158	+0.6%
170	A Baña	157	-0.6%
170	Xove	157	-1.9%
172	Begonte	156	0%
172	Rodeiro	156	+2%
174	A Pastoriza	155	-2.5%
175	Paderne	152	-3.2%
175	San Cristovo de Cea	152	-3.2%
177	Taboada	150	+2.7%
178	Lousame	148	-0.7%
179	Rábade	147	+2.8%
180	Pazos de Borbén	145	+4.3%
181	Amoeiro	143	-2.1%
182	Agolada	134	+1.5%
183	Coirós	130	+6.6%
183	Dodro	130	+2.4%
185	Mesía	127	-3.1%
186	Covelo	126	+3.3%
187	Pantón	125	+3.3%
188	Sober	124	+3.3%
189	Frades	121	+2.5%
189	Toén	121	+5.2%
191	Cartelle	120	-0.8%
191	Corcubión	120	-2.4%
193	Carballedo	118	+1.7%
194	A Merca	116	-0.9%
194	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	116	+10.5%
196	A Lama	112	+0.9%
197	Abadín	110	-0.9%
197	Antas de Ulla	110	-0.9%
199	Guntín	109	-3.5%
199	Vilamarín	109	0%
201	Portomarín	104	+3%
202	Sobrado	103	+3%
203	Paradela	102	-1.9%
204	Alfoz	101	-1.9%
204	Boimorto	101	-1%
204	Leiro	101	0%
204	Taboadela	101	+2%
208	Nogueira de Ramuín	100	-2%
209	Monfero	99	+1%
210	O Valadouro	95	-5%
211	Campo Lameiro	93	-4.1%
212	A Gudiña	92	0%
212	Aranga	92	+2.2%
214	Castro Caldelas	90	-4.3%
215	Riotorto	88	+3.5%
215	Xermade	88	-9.3%
217	Santiso	87	+2.4%
218	O Vicedo	86	+1.2%
219	Boborás	84	+9.1%
219	Ramirás	84	-3.4%
221	Lobios	83	+2.5%
221	Monterrei	83	+1.2%
223	Bóveda	81	-3.6%
224	A Pobra do Brollón	80	0%
224	Riós	80	+12.7%
226	Moeche	79	-2.5%
227	Bande	78	-8.2%
227	Piñor	78	+5.4%
229	Crecente	77	+11.6%
230	Oímbra	76	0%
231	A Peroxa	75	-2.6%
231	Carballeda de Valdeorras	75	-1.3%
233	Mañón	74	-2.6%
233	Vilasantar	74	+4.2%
235	Pol	73	+5.8%
236	Cortegada	72	+4.3%
236	Entrimo	72	+2.9%
236	Xunqueira de Ambía	72	-2.7%
239	Baños de Molgas	71	-1.4%
239	Cenlle	71	-1.4%
239	Trabada	71	0%
239	Vilarmaior	71	+2.9%
243	Castrelo de Miño	69	-2.8%
244	Navia de Suarna	68	+1.5%
245	Carballeda de Avia	67	-2.9%
245	O Incio	67	-8.2%
245	Padrenda	67	-6.9%
248	Samos	66	-2.9%
248	Trasmiras	66	+6.5%
250	A Capela	65	0%

Showing the top 250 of 313. The Excel download has every row.

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Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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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