Municipalities in Granada province by active companies

Granada had the highest active companies of 173 municipalities in 2019, at 19,202. Lobras had the lowest, at 4. The median was 53 and the figure for Granada province was 60,020. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest19,202Granada

Lowest4Lobras

Median53173 municipalities

Granada province60,020History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Granada	19,202	+0.5%
2	Motril	3,248	-1.6%
3	Almuñécar	2,043	+5%
4	Armilla	1,694	+4.3%
5	Albolote	1,627	-0.5%
6	Baza	1,541	-1.3%
7	Maracena	1,356	+2.3%
8	Atarfe	1,302	+2%
9	La Zubia	1,291	+3.4%
10	Las Gabias	1,257	+2.4%
11	Loja	1,237	-0.5%
12	Guadix	1,222	-1.1%
13	Ogíjares	1,106	+0.7%
14	Peligros	1,020	+0.3%
15	Santa Fe	982	+4.8%
16	Churriana de la Vega	978	+0.6%
17	Huétor Vega	845	+4.6%
18	Salobreña	656	+0.5%
19	Monachil	612	+7.7%
20	Padul	589	+3.9%
21	Alhendín	550	+1.3%
22	Vegas del Genil	547	+2.6%
23	Villa de Otura	533	+7.5%
24	Cenes de la Vega	531	+2.1%
25	Huétor Tájar	530	+2.9%
26	Huéscar	520	+3%
27	Pinos Puente	494	0%
28	Cúllar Vega	486	+2.7%
29	Dúrcal	475	+2.4%
30	Íllora	464	-1.7%
31	Gójar	382	+11%
32	Chauchina	381	+5%
33	Órgiva	370	+8.2%
34	Alfacar	349	+3.3%
35	Alhama de Granada	344	+1.2%
36	Pulianas	343	0%
37	Cájar	332	+10.7%
38	Fuente Vaqueros	256	+3.6%
39	Montefrío	237	+1.7%
40	Iznalloz	234	-2.1%
41	Albuñol	233	+1.3%
42	Caniles	232	-3.3%
43	Jun	228	+1.8%
44	Cúllar	227	-0.4%
45	Lanjarón	202	-0.5%
46	Moraleda de Zafayona	194	+9%
47	Láchar	188	-1.1%
48	Cijuela	176	+4.8%
49	Benalúa	173	+0.6%
50	Gualchos	161	+5.9%
51	Purullena	141	-0.7%
52	Ugíjar	140	+6.1%
53	Moclín	135	-5.6%
54	Güéjar Sierra	134	+1.5%
55	Vélez de Benaudalla	132	+2.3%
56	Güevéjar	130	-7.1%
56	Lecrín	130	+0.8%
58	Zújar	126	+4.1%
59	Valle del Zalabí	124	+10.7%
60	Salar	117	+4.5%
61	Pinos Genil	116	+3.6%
62	Huétor de Santillán	111	+3.7%
63	Villanueva Mesía	110	0%
64	Castril	109	-2.7%
65	Benamaurel	105	+4%
65	Valderrubio	105	0%
67	Puebla de Don Fadrique	102	0%
68	Deifontes	98	+8.9%
68	Zafarraya	98	-3.9%
70	Cádiar	95	+4.4%
71	Dílar	88	-2.2%
72	Torrenueva Costa	87	n/a
73	Montejícar	85	+4.9%
74	Cuevas del Campo	79	+3.9%
75	La Malahá	77	+8.5%
76	Algarinejo	75	0%
76	Cortes de Baza	75	-3.8%
76	Molvízar	75	+2.7%
79	Nigüelas	74	+10.4%
80	Trevélez	67	-5.6%
81	Capileira	64	+20.8%
82	Cogollos de la Vega	62	-1.6%
83	Galera	59	+7.3%
84	Orce	58	+1.8%
85	Castilléjar	57	-3.4%
86	Huéneja	54	+1.9%
87	Colomera	53	0%
87	Víznar	53	+6%
89	Villamena	52	+4%
90	Campotéjar	51	+2%
91	Guadahortuna	50	+8.7%
91	Nívar	50	+19%
91	Polopos	50	+2%
94	Escúzar	49	-27.9%
95	Jérez del Marquesado	48	+9.1%
95	La Taha	48	+2.1%
97	Darro	46	-2.1%
97	Nevada	46	+2.2%
99	Benalúa de las Villas	45	-6.3%
99	Bubión	45	+9.8%
101	Beas de Granada	44	+2.3%
101	Freila	44	-10.2%
103	Jayena	43	+4.9%
104	Cortes y Graena	42	+2.4%
104	Válor	42	-10.6%
106	El Valle	41	-6.8%
107	Bérchules	40	+8.1%
107	La Peza	40	-9.1%
109	Alpujarra de la Sierra	39	0%
109	Chimeneas	39	0%
109	Diezma	39	+5.4%
112	Montillana	38	0%
113	Dólar	37	-5.1%
113	Fonelas	37	+2.8%
113	Torvizcón	37	+5.7%
116	Aldeire	36	-5.3%
116	La Calahorra	36	0%
118	Albondón	35	0%
118	Gor	35	+12.9%
120	Calicasas	34	+41.7%
120	Zagra	34	-5.6%
122	Otívar	33	+3.1%
122	Pampaneira	33	+6.5%
122	Píñar	33	+3.1%
125	Cogollos de Guadix	32	-5.9%
125	Pedro Martínez	32	-11.1%
125	Quéntar	32	+3.2%
128	Ventas de Huelma	31	+6.9%
129	Santa Cruz del Comercio	30	+15.4%
130	El Pinar	27	+8%
131	Jete	25	+4.2%
131	Torre-Cardela	25	-3.8%
133	Arenas del Rey	24	-40%
134	Los Guájares	23	0%
135	Alquife	22	-8.3%
135	Ítrabo	22	0%
137	Albuñuelas	21	+10.5%
137	Busquístar	21	-8.7%
139	Pórtugos	20	+11.1%
140	Villanueva de las Torres	18	0%
141	Lentegí	16	0%
141	Lújar	16	-5.9%
141	Murtas	16	0%
144	Ferreira	15	0%
144	Rubite	15	+25%
146	Dehesas de Guadix	14	0%
147	Albuñán	13	+18.2%
147	Dúdar	13	+30%
147	Juviles	13	+18.2%
150	Marchal	12	0%
150	Morelábor	12	-14.3%
150	Sorvilán	12	-14.3%
153	Alamedilla	11	0%
153	Gorafe	11	-8.3%
153	Huélago	11	+22.2%
153	Lanteira	11	-26.7%
157	Almegíjar	10	-16.7%
157	Cacín	10	-23.1%
157	Cáñar	10	+66.7%
157	Lugros	10	-16.7%
161	Turón	9	-10%
162	Alicún de Ortega	8	+14.3%
162	Carataunas	8	+60%
162	Cástaras	8	+60%
162	Fornes	8	n/a
162	Gobernador	8	+100%
162	Soportújar	8	+14.3%
168	Agrón	7	+16.7%
168	Játar	7	n/a
168	Polícar	7	0%
171	Beas de Guadix	6	-25%
172	Dehesas Viejas	5	-16.7%
173	Lobras	4	-20%

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

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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 Granada province by active companies, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/granada-province-municipalities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_granada_province_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Granada province by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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 19,202 in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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