Municipalities in Gipuzkoa province by active companies

Donostia/San Sebastián had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2017, at 15,809. Orexa had the lowest, at 4. The median was 131 and the figure for Gipuzkoa province was 48,284. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest15,809Donostia/San Sebastián

Lowest4Orexa

Median13188 municipalities

Gipuzkoa province48,284History

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	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,809	-6%
2	Irun	4,421	-9.6%
3	Errenteria	2,011	-7.7%
4	Zarautz	1,640	-8.4%
5	Eibar	1,492	-8.6%
6	Hernani	1,337	-8.8%
7	Tolosa	1,185	-7.5%
8	Hondarribia	1,129	-4.9%
9	Oiartzun	1,032	-4.6%
10	Azpeitia	1,012	-7.2%
11	Arrasate/Mondragón	1,003	-10.1%
12	Lasarte-Oria	979	-9.9%
13	Pasaia	848	-4.6%
14	Andoain	842	-8.5%
15	Bergara	831	-6%
16	Beasain	791	-10.3%
17	Elgoibar	729	-8.5%
18	Astigarraga	677	-3.7%
19	Azkoitia	619	-7.5%
20	Ordizia	556	-8.1%
21	Zumaia	543	-9.7%
22	Oñati	528	-6%
23	Usurbil	491	-3%
24	Lezo	490	-3.9%
25	Urnieta	459	-3.6%
26	Zumarraga	449	-6.8%
27	Urretxu	428	-7.4%
28	Legazpi	411	-12%
29	Deba	382	-8.6%
30	Orio	353	-5.1%
31	Aretxabaleta	308	-9.4%
32	Villabona	279	-5.4%
33	Lazkao	270	-7.2%
34	Zestoa	251	-3.5%
35	Mutriku	241	-5.1%
36	Ibarra	238	-13.1%
37	Getaria	188	-4.1%
38	Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas	186	-5.6%
39	Aia	173	-1.7%
40	Eskoriatza	170	-11.9%
41	Asteasu	156	-4.9%
42	Zizurkil	148	-14%
43	Irura	144	-5.3%
44	Idiazabal	134	-3.6%
45	Mendaro	128	-1.5%
46	Anoeta	117	-0.8%
47	Alegia	99	-16.8%
48	Zaldibia	91	-8.1%
49	Antzuola	90	-12.6%
50	Aduna	87	-7.4%
51	Olaberria	82	-10.9%
52	Zegama	79	-6%
53	Ormaiztegi	77	-7.2%
54	Elgeta	76	-16.5%
55	Ataun	73	-14.1%
56	Legorreta	69	-5.5%
57	Berastegi	67	+3.1%
58	Ezkio-Itsaso	66	-1.5%
59	Amezketa	58	-7.9%
60	Segura	53	-11.7%
61	Belauntza	52	-1.9%
62	Aizarnazabal	47	-14.5%
63	Altzo	35	-5.4%
63	Gabiria	35	-5.4%
65	Errezil	34	-22.7%
65	Lizartza	34	-10.5%
67	Leaburu	33	-15.4%
68	Itsasondo	31	-3.1%
69	Bidania-Goiatz	28	-24.3%
70	Ikaztegieta	27	-22.9%
71	Alkiza	23	+9.5%
72	Abaltzisketa	22	+4.8%
73	Larraul	20	-13%
74	Albiztur	19	-13.6%
74	Hernialde	19	+5.6%
76	Arama	18	+12.5%
77	Berrobi	17	-22.7%
78	Beizama	16	0%
78	Zerain	16	+6.7%
80	Altzaga	13	+18.2%
80	Elduain	13	-13.3%
82	Leintz-Gatzaga	12	+9.1%
83	Mutiloa	11	-21.4%
84	Orendain	10	+11.1%
85	Gaztelu	9	+28.6%
86	Baliarrain	7	+16.7%
87	Gaintza	4	-20%
87	Orexa	4	-20%

Other periods

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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. 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 Gipuzkoa province 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 Gipuzkoa province 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/gipuzkoa-province-municipalities?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Gipuzkoa province by active companies, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/gipuzkoa-province-municipalities?period=2017.

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BibTeX

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Gipuzkoa province by active companies, 2017}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Donostia/San Sebastián, with 15,809 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Orexa, with 4 in 2017.

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