Municipalities in Granada province by active companies

Granada had the highest active companies of 169 municipalities in 2017, at 18,950. Gobernador had the lowest, at 4. The median was 53 and the figure for Granada province was 58,436. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest18,950Granada

Lowest4Gobernador

Median53169 municipalities

Granada province58,436History

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	Granada	18,950	+3.5%
2	Motril	3,286	+0.7%
3	Almuñécar	1,925	+3.6%
4	Albolote	1,580	+0.1%
5	Baza	1,570	+0.4%
6	Armilla	1,537	+7.3%
7	Maracena	1,330	+1.8%
8	Loja	1,263	+2.5%
9	Guadix	1,230	+0.2%
10	Atarfe	1,221	+3.7%
11	La Zubia	1,202	+4.6%
12	Las Gabias	1,154	+7.1%
13	Ogíjares	1,088	+6.4%
14	Peligros	1,037	+0.3%
15	Churriana de la Vega	951	+4.2%
16	Santa Fe	936	-0.5%
17	Huétor Vega	797	+1%
18	Salobreña	640	+1.6%
19	Padul	549	+5.4%
20	Monachil	543	+4.6%
21	Alhendín	529	+7.3%
22	Vegas del Genil	522	+5.2%
23	Cenes de la Vega	514	+2%
24	Huétor Tájar	503	-2.1%
24	Pinos Puente	503	+2.4%
26	Villa de Otura	498	+6.4%
27	Huéscar	494	-0.4%
28	Íllora	467	+3.3%
29	Cúllar Vega	465	+4%
29	Dúrcal	465	+1.3%
31	Gójar	359	+2.6%
32	Chauchina	356	+5.6%
33	Alfacar	345	+1.8%
34	Alhama de Granada	344	+2.1%
35	Pulianas	332	-1.5%
36	Órgiva	325	+2.2%
37	Cájar	309	+6.2%
38	Iznalloz	252	+2%
39	Fuente Vaqueros	249	+3.8%
40	Montefrío	237	+3.9%
41	Cúllar	236	-3.7%
42	Caniles	235	+1.7%
43	Albuñol	232	-0.4%
44	Lanjarón	206	+6.2%
45	Jun	202	+0.5%
46	Láchar	190	+2.7%
47	Moraleda de Zafayona	184	0%
48	Cijuela	178	+3.5%
49	Benalúa	175	-0.6%
50	Güevéjar	143	+1.4%
51	Ugíjar	138	+1.5%
52	Purullena	136	-2.9%
53	Gualchos	132	-4.3%
54	Moclín	131	-5.1%
55	Güéjar Sierra	130	0%
56	Lecrín	128	+3.2%
57	Vélez de Benaudalla	123	+2.5%
58	Valle del Zalabí	119	+8.2%
59	Villanueva Mesía	115	+12.7%
59	Zújar	115	-4.2%
61	Salar	114	+5.6%
62	Huétor de Santillán	108	-10%
63	Castril	107	0%
63	Zafarraya	107	+3.9%
65	Puebla de Don Fadrique	105	0%
66	Benamaurel	104	-3.7%
67	Pinos Genil	100	+11.1%
68	Deifontes	95	+4.4%
68	Valderrubio	95	-1%
70	Cádiar	89	-1.1%
71	Cuevas del Campo	88	-2.2%
72	Dílar	87	-5.4%
73	Algarinejo	81	+8%
74	Montejícar	79	-1.3%
75	Molvízar	75	+1.4%
76	Cortes de Baza	71	+9.2%
76	La Malahá	71	+16.4%
78	Trevélez	68	+1.5%
79	Cogollos de la Vega	64	+1.6%
80	Nigüelas	63	+1.6%
81	Orce	61	+10.9%
82	Castilléjar	58	-3.3%
83	Capileira	55	+3.8%
84	Huéneja	54	+3.8%
85	Villamena	53	-10.2%
86	Colomera	51	+2%
87	Campotéjar	50	0%
87	Galera	50	-2%
87	Nevada	50	0%
87	Polopos	50	+4.2%
91	Benalúa de las Villas	48	+2.1%
92	Freila	47	+9.3%
93	Darro	46	+7%
94	Arenas del Rey	45	+25%
94	Beas de Granada	45	+2.3%
94	La Peza	45	0%
94	Válor	45	0%
98	Jérez del Marquesado	44	+2.3%
98	La Taha	44	-4.3%
100	Escúzar	43	+4.9%
101	El Valle	42	-2.3%
101	Víznar	42	-6.7%
103	Guadahortuna	41	-6.8%
103	Nívar	41	-2.4%
105	Bubión	40	+14.3%
105	La Calahorra	40	0%
107	Chimeneas	39	0%
107	Dólar	39	-11.4%
109	Alpujarra de la Sierra	38	-5%
109	Jayena	38	-7.3%
111	Diezma	37	-2.6%
111	Zagra	37	+12.1%
113	Aldeire	36	-5.3%
113	Bérchules	36	+12.5%
113	Otívar	36	+9.1%
116	Albondón	35	0%
117	Fonelas	34	+3%
117	Pedro Martínez	34	-5.6%
119	Cortes y Graena	33	+32%
119	Montillana	33	+6.5%
121	Gor	32	0%
121	Pampaneira	32	+6.7%
123	Torvizcón	31	-6.1%
123	Ventas de Huelma	31	0%
125	Cogollos de Guadix	29	+7.4%
125	Píñar	29	+3.6%
125	Quéntar	29	0%
128	Torre-Cardela	28	0%
129	Calicasas	27	-6.9%
129	Santa Cruz del Comercio	27	+28.6%
131	El Pinar	25	-10.7%
131	Jete	25	+4.2%
133	Ítrabo	24	-20%
134	Los Guájares	22	-4.3%
134	Pórtugos	22	-4.3%
136	Busquístar	21	+23.5%
137	Alquife	20	+11.1%
137	Villanueva de las Torres	20	-9.1%
139	Lentegí	18	+12.5%
140	Albuñuelas	17	-26.1%
140	Lanteira	17	-10.5%
142	Ferreira	16	+45.5%
142	Murtas	16	-11.1%
144	Sorvilán	15	+25%
145	Albuñán	14	+16.7%
145	Lújar	14	+16.7%
145	Morelábor	14	-30%
148	Alamedilla	13	+8.3%
148	Almegíjar	13	-7.1%
148	Beas de Guadix	13	+44.4%
148	Cacín	13	+30%
148	Rubite	13	+18.2%
153	Dehesas de Guadix	12	-14.3%
153	Lugros	12	-14.3%
155	Dúdar	11	-8.3%
155	Gorafe	11	-15.4%
155	Marchal	11	+57.1%
155	Turón	11	+22.2%
159	Juviles	10	0%
160	Huélago	9	+12.5%
161	Alicún de Ortega	8	-11.1%
162	Agrón	7	-12.5%
162	Cáñar	7	0%
162	Soportújar	7	0%
165	Carataunas	6	+20%
165	Polícar	6	-25%
167	Cástaras	5	0%
167	Lobras	5	+25%
169	Gobernador	4	n/a

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. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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, 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 Granada 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/granada-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 Granada 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/granada-province-municipalities?period=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/granada-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_granada_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Granada province by active companies, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Granada, with 18,950 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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