Municipalities in Granada province by active companies

Granada had the highest active companies of 166 municipalities in 2015, at 18,082. Polícar had the lowest, at 5. The median was 52 and the figure for Granada province was 55,740. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest18,082Granada

Lowest5Polícar

Median52166 municipalities

Granada province55,740History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Granada	18,082	+2.8%
2	Motril	3,235	0%
3	Almuñécar	1,819	+3.5%
4	Albolote	1,539	+3.7%
5	Baza	1,531	+2.4%
6	Armilla	1,393	+4.6%
7	Guadix	1,250	+1.5%
8	Maracena	1,247	+6.8%
9	Loja	1,195	+2.5%
10	La Zubia	1,103	+1.4%
11	Atarfe	1,097	+2.1%
12	Las Gabias	1,035	+6.9%
13	Peligros	990	+0.5%
14	Ogíjares	953	+3.1%
15	Santa Fe	931	+1.2%
16	Churriana de la Vega	874	+3.2%
17	Huétor Vega	749	+4.3%
18	Salobreña	638	+3.2%
19	Pinos Puente	606	+0.5%
20	Monachil	512	-1.7%
21	Vegas del Genil	508	+1.6%
22	Padul	504	+2.2%
23	Huétor Tájar	502	+2.4%
24	Huéscar	496	+2.7%
25	Cenes de la Vega	469	+9.6%
26	Alhendín	466	+0.6%
27	Íllora	463	+0.2%
28	Villa de Otura	462	+6.7%
29	Dúrcal	458	+5%
30	Cúllar Vega	429	0%
31	Gójar	339	+4.3%
32	Pulianas	334	+7.1%
33	Chauchina	330	+1.2%
34	Alfacar	324	-0.9%
35	Alhama de Granada	321	+1.9%
36	Órgiva	314	+0.3%
37	Cájar	290	+5.1%
38	Iznalloz	242	-3.2%
39	Cúllar	236	+0.4%
40	Albuñol	234	+3.5%
40	Fuente Vaqueros	234	+5.4%
42	Caniles	230	+4.5%
43	Montefrío	222	+0.9%
44	Jun	207	-1.9%
45	Lanjarón	195	-1.5%
46	Láchar	186	+1.6%
47	Benalúa	179	-0.6%
48	Moraleda de Zafayona	175	-7.4%
49	Cijuela	168	+0.6%
50	Moclín	136	+7.1%
51	Purullena	135	+0.7%
52	Ugíjar	133	+1.5%
53	Güevéjar	126	+12.5%
54	Lecrín	124	+0.8%
55	Gualchos	122	-2.4%
55	Güéjar Sierra	122	-5.4%
57	Huétor de Santillán	117	+30%
58	Castril	114	+5.6%
59	Zújar	113	-6.6%
60	Vélez de Benaudalla	111	+7.8%
61	Zafarraya	108	-1.8%
62	Valle del Zalabí	107	-2.7%
63	Puebla de Don Fadrique	105	-8.7%
63	Villanueva Mesía	105	+4%
65	Benamaurel	104	-6.3%
66	Salar	98	-2%
67	Pinos Genil	97	+3.2%
68	Cádiar	89	+3.5%
69	Deifontes	86	+6.2%
70	Cuevas del Campo	85	-2.3%
71	Dílar	81	+14.1%
72	Montejícar	80	-4.8%
73	Molvízar	76	+1.3%
74	Algarinejo	73	-3.9%
75	Cortes de Baza	67	+4.7%
76	Trevélez	66	-2.9%
77	La Malahá	65	-7.1%
78	Cogollos de la Vega	64	+6.7%
79	Castilléjar	62	-3.1%
80	Nigüelas	58	-3.3%
81	Orce	56	+3.7%
82	Villamena	55	0%
83	Capileira	53	+3.9%
84	Galera	51	+4.1%
84	Huéneja	51	-3.8%
86	Polopos	49	-2%
87	Válor	48	0%
88	Colomera	47	-6%
89	Escúzar	46	+21.1%
89	La Taha	46	+12.2%
91	Campotéjar	45	+7.1%
91	Guadahortuna	45	0%
93	Benalúa de las Villas	44	+7.3%
93	Nevada	44	+10%
95	Darro	43	-8.5%
95	Nívar	43	+7.5%
95	Víznar	43	-6.5%
98	Chimeneas	42	+2.4%
99	Beas de Granada	41	+10.8%
99	Jérez del Marquesado	41	-8.9%
101	Alpujarra de la Sierra	40	-4.8%
101	Arenas del Rey	40	+11.1%
101	Bubión	40	0%
101	Diezma	40	-4.8%
101	El Valle	40	-11.1%
101	Jayena	40	+21.2%
101	La Peza	40	-7%
108	Aldeire	39	+18.2%
108	La Calahorra	39	-2.5%
110	Dólar	38	+8.6%
110	Freila	38	-13.6%
110	Torvizcón	38	+8.6%
113	Albondón	35	-2.8%
113	Montillana	35	-2.8%
115	Bérchules	34	-2.9%
115	Zagra	34	-2.9%
117	Cortes y Graena	32	+3.2%
117	Pedro Martínez	32	-8.6%
117	Ventas de Huelma	32	0%
120	Gor	31	0%
121	Fonelas	30	-9.1%
121	Píñar	30	+15.4%
123	Pampaneira	29	0%
124	Calicasas	28	-3.4%
124	Quéntar	28	+27.3%
126	Cogollos de Guadix	27	+28.6%
126	Otívar	27	+28.6%
128	El Pinar	26	+4%
129	Villanueva de las Torres	24	+9.1%
130	Albuñuelas	23	0%
130	Jete	23	-4.2%
130	Lanteira	23	+4.5%
130	Pórtugos	23	-4.2%
134	Ítrabo	22	+15.8%
135	Torre-Cardela	21	-12.5%
136	Busquístar	20	-9.1%
136	Los Guájares	20	-20%
138	Alquife	18	-10%
138	Morelábor	18	-10%
140	Dehesas de Guadix	17	+6.3%
141	Murtas	15	-16.7%
141	Santa Cruz del Comercio	15	-6.3%
143	Almegíjar	14	0%
144	Lentegí	13	-7.1%
144	Lugros	13	0%
146	Albuñán	12	+9.1%
146	Dúdar	12	+20%
146	Gorafe	12	+33.3%
146	Lújar	12	0%
146	Rubite	12	+50%
151	Alamedilla	11	-8.3%
151	Juviles	11	+22.2%
153	Cacín	10	-9.1%
153	Ferreira	10	+11.1%
153	Sorvilán	10	-16.7%
156	Agrón	9	0%
156	Alicún de Ortega	9	+12.5%
156	Beas de Guadix	9	+28.6%
156	Huélago	9	0%
156	Marchal	9	0%
156	Turón	9	0%
162	Soportújar	7	0%
163	Cáñar	5	+25%
163	Carataunas	5	-16.7%
163	Cástaras	5	-16.7%
163	Polícar	5	-16.7%

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. 7 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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 Granada province by active companies, 2015) [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 Granada province by active companies, 2015. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/granada-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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 Granada province by active companies, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/granada-province-municipalities?period=2015.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Granada province by active companies, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/granada-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_granada_province_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Granada province by active companies, 2015}},
  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/granada-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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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Granada, with 18,082 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Polícar, with 5 in 2015.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 municipalities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.