Municipalities in Galicia by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 313 municipalities in 2024, at 21,029. Chandrexa de Queixa had the lowest, at 11. The median was 172 and the figure for Galicia was 185,554. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest21,029Vigo

Lowest11Chandrexa de Queixa

Median172313 municipalities

Galicia185,554History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Vigo	21,029	+0.2%
2	A Coruña	18,742	+0.2%
3	Santiago de Compostela	8,621	+0.7%
4	Ourense	8,033	-0.2%
5	Lugo	7,560	-0.7%
6	Pontevedra	6,076	0%
7	Ferrol	3,108	-1.3%
8	Oleiros	2,905	-0.2%
9	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,520	+2.1%
10	Carballo	2,494	-0.6%
11	Ames	2,251	-0.8%
12	Arteixo	2,165	-0.6%
13	Culleredo	2,131	+1.8%
14	Narón	2,039	-0.9%
15	O Porriño	1,743	+2.8%
16	Sanxenxo	1,735	+2.5%
17	Redondela	1,715	-0.7%
18	Cambre	1,675	-0.5%
19	Ponteareas	1,620	-1%
20	Lalín	1,618	-0.1%
21	Cangas	1,592	+0.3%
22	Ribeira	1,470	+2.2%
23	Nigrán	1,467	-0.2%
24	A Estrada	1,392	-2.6%
25	Monforte de Lemos	1,341	-0.9%
26	Teo	1,288	-1.9%
27	O Carballiño	1,273	-0.5%
28	Sada	1,217	-0.2%
29	Mos	1,197	-0.7%
30	Sarria	1,194	+0.3%
31	Marín	1,189	-0.2%
31	Tui	1,189	-1.3%
33	Boiro	1,128	+3.1%
34	Moaña	1,125	-0.4%
35	Poio	1,124	+0.6%
36	Gondomar	1,042	+1.8%
37	Cambados	1,041	-1.2%
38	Verín	1,026	-0.9%
39	Vilalba	1,011	-1.2%
40	Noia	929	+1.2%
41	Betanzos	890	-2%
42	O Barco de Valdeorras	885	+0.6%
43	Baiona	884	+1%
44	Viveiro	882	-1.2%
45	Ordes	871	-1.1%
46	O Grove	850	-0.9%
47	Ribadeo	834	0%
48	Bergondo	830	+4.7%
48	Tomiño	830	+0.2%
50	Xinzo de Limia	791	-0.6%
51	San Cibrao das Viñas	755	+0.1%
52	Silleda	735	+2.1%
53	Santa Comba	732	-0.8%
54	Vilanova de Arousa	724	+0.8%
55	Bueu	720	+4.2%
56	A Guarda	707	-1.5%
57	Caldas de Reis	703	+0.6%
58	Padrón	694	+0.4%
59	Chantada	689	+0.7%
60	Melide	678	+0.1%
61	Foz	677	+2%
62	A Laracha	673	+1.8%
63	Barbadás	669	-1.8%
64	Salvaterra de Miño	617	+1.8%
65	As Pontes de García Rodríguez	616	-1.4%
66	Fene	605	-1.3%
67	Salceda de Caselas	597	+5.5%
68	Vimianzo	589	+3.2%
69	Burela	575	-2.5%
70	Rianxo	572	-0.7%
71	A Pobra do Caramiñal	545	+1.7%
72	Cee	537	+2.9%
73	Porto do Son	529	+3.1%
74	Allariz	494	-1.4%
75	O Pereiro de Aguiar	489	-1.2%
76	Miño	484	+5%
77	Brión	482	+1.7%
78	Oroso	474	-1.7%
79	Cedeira	471	-2.9%
80	Negreira	466	-1.7%
81	Pontedeume	459	+0.7%
82	Celanova	458	+2.5%
83	Carral	449	-0.9%
84	Ribadumia	441	+5%
85	Muros	437	+5.3%
86	Arzúa	436	+2.6%
87	O Rosal	432	+1.4%
87	Soutomaior	432	-1.1%
89	Meaño	428	+1.4%
90	Malpica de Bergantiños	388	0%
91	Abegondo	387	+1%
92	Ponteceso	386	0%
93	Ponte Caldelas	384	+3.8%
94	Ribadavia	381	-1.6%
95	Outeiro de Rei	378	+1.6%
96	Vedra	359	+2.9%
97	Vila de Cruces	357	-0.3%
98	Valdoviño	354	-1.1%
99	Zas	353	+0.3%
100	Vilaboa	352	0%
101	Ortigueira	351	+2.9%
101	Outes	351	-0.6%
103	Cerceda	347	+4.5%
104	Camariñas	346	+4.5%
105	Guitiriz	336	+4%
106	Barro	328	+2.5%
107	A Rúa	324	-3.3%
108	Meis	323	-3%
109	A Cañiza	322	+2.9%
110	Curtis	313	-2.8%
111	Coristanco	309	-2.2%
112	Oza-Cesuras	298	+2.4%
113	Valga	291	+3.2%
114	Mondoñedo	287	-3.4%
115	Cabana de Bergantiños	285	-2.7%
116	Fisterra	282	-3.1%
117	Castro de Rei	281	-3.4%
118	Cerdedo-Cotobade	276	+1.1%
119	Boqueixón	275	+0.4%
119	O Pino	275	+5.8%
121	Muxía	274	+4.2%
122	Cariño	272	+4.2%
123	Cospeito	271	0%
124	Cuntis	266	-2.9%
125	Moraña	259	-1.1%
126	Monterroso	254	-0.4%
127	Mugardos	250	+4.2%
128	Ares	249	-3.5%
129	Rois	240	+2.6%
130	Val do Dubra	239	-7%
131	Mazaricos	238	+6.7%
131	Palas de Rei	238	-3.3%
133	Coles	235	+5.4%
133	Neda	235	+0.9%
135	Barreiros	233	+1.7%
136	A Illa de Arousa	231	+3.6%
137	Cabanas	228	0%
138	Carnota	222	+4.2%
139	O Saviñao	217	+2.8%
140	O Corgo	215	-1.8%
141	Friol	213	+7%
142	Laxe	211	+1.9%
143	Pontecesures	207	+2%
144	Mondariz	206	-2.8%
145	A Pontenova	196	-3.4%
145	Quiroga	196	-1%
147	Forcarei	194	+3.7%
148	Becerreá	192	-5%
149	A Fonsagrada	191	-3.5%
150	Baralla	185	+5.1%
151	Cervo	183	-0.5%
152	Oia	181	+2.3%
153	Maceda	178	+9.2%
154	As Neves	177	-5.3%
154	Castroverde	177	+4.7%
156	Maside	174	+6.1%
157	Viana do Bolo	172	-4.4%
158	Touro	169	+0.6%
159	Meira	168	-3.4%
160	Lourenzá	167	-2.3%
161	Dumbría	165	+5.1%
161	Láncara	165	+1.9%
163	Portas	164	-2.4%
164	Arbo	163	-0.6%
165	Begonte	160	-0.6%
166	Catoira	157	+1.9%
167	Xove	155	-3.1%
168	Paderne	154	-0.6%
169	San Sadurniño	153	-3.2%
170	A Pobra de Trives	152	+1.3%
171	Trazo	149	-8.6%
172	Lousame	148	+5.7%
173	A Pastoriza	146	-2%
173	Amoeiro	146	-0.7%
175	A Baña	145	-6.5%
175	San Cristovo de Cea	145	+2.8%
175	Tordoia	145	+0.7%
178	Pazos de Borbén	142	+0.7%
179	Agolada	139	+3.7%
180	Pantón	138	+8.7%
181	Rodeiro	133	+2.3%
182	Taboada	132	-9%
183	Rábade	128	+1.6%
184	Mesía	126	+1.6%
185	Cartelle	125	+5%
185	Sober	125	+0.8%
187	Covelo	124	+4.2%
188	Coirós	123	-3.9%
189	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	122	+7%
190	Dodro	118	0%
191	A Lama	117	+3.5%
191	Corcubión	117	+0.9%
193	Abadín	115	+0.9%
193	Carballedo	115	+1.8%
195	Frades	114	-1.7%
196	Guntín	113	+2.7%
197	A Merca	112	-6.7%
198	Portomarín	111	+7.8%
198	Taboadela	111	+5.7%
200	Toén	110	+0.9%
201	Vilamarín	103	+5.1%
202	Alfoz	99	+4.2%
203	Boimorto	97	-1%
204	Antas de Ulla	94	+2.2%
204	Paradela	94	-4.1%
204	Sobrado	94	-6.9%
207	Nogueira de Ramuín	93	-2.1%
208	Campo Lameiro	92	-5.2%
209	Leiro	89	+2.3%
209	Monfero	89	-7.3%
211	Aranga	87	+3.6%
211	Boborás	87	-1.1%
213	Castro Caldelas	85	+3.7%
213	O Vicedo	85	-5.6%
213	Riotorto	85	+7.6%
216	O Valadouro	84	+5%
217	Lobios	83	+16.9%
218	A Gudiña	82	0%
219	Ramirás	81	+3.8%
220	Bóveda	78	-3.7%
220	Crecente	78	+1.3%
220	Santiso	78	-6%
223	Bande	77	+5.5%
223	Moeche	77	+4.1%
223	Xunqueira de Ambía	77	+6.9%
226	A Pobra do Brollón	76	+7%
227	Monterrei	74	-5.1%
227	Riós	74	-1.3%
229	Carballeda de Valdeorras	73	+1.4%
229	Pol	73	-2.7%
229	Vilarmaior	73	-1.4%
232	Navia de Suarna	72	+2.9%
233	Entrimo	71	0%
233	Padrenda	71	+12.7%
235	Fornelos de Montes	69	-4.2%
236	Irixoa	68	+3%
236	Mañón	68	-9.3%
238	Piñor	67	-1.5%
239	Avión	66	0%
239	Baños de Molgas	66	+1.5%
239	Cortegada	66	-1.5%
239	O Incio	66	+3.1%
239	Oímbra	66	-7%
239	Rubiá	66	+10%
245	Paderne de Allariz	65	-5.8%
245	Vilasantar	65	-5.8%
247	A Capela	64	-4.5%
247	A Peroxa	64	0%
247	Samos	64	-3%
247	Xermade	64	-14.7%

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 2024 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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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