Municipalities in Granada province by active companies

Granada had the highest active companies of 173 municipalities in 2022, at 19,783. Cástaras had the lowest, at 4. The median was 59 and the figure for Granada province was 62,568. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest19,783Granada

Lowest4Cástaras

Median59173 municipalities

Granada province62,568History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Granada	19,783	+2.1%
2	Motril	3,373	+2.7%
3	Almuñécar	2,130	+4.5%
4	Albolote	1,705	+3.3%
5	Armilla	1,702	-0.9%
6	Baza	1,517	-0.8%
7	Maracena	1,397	+3.5%
8	La Zubia	1,371	+1.9%
9	Atarfe	1,342	+2.7%
9	Las Gabias	1,342	+3.6%
11	Loja	1,277	+2.3%
12	Guadix	1,214	+0.5%
13	Ogíjares	1,101	+1.9%
14	Peligros	1,092	+4%
15	Churriana de la Vega	1,042	+2%
16	Santa Fe	975	+2.6%
17	Huétor Vega	885	+2.2%
18	Salobreña	702	+4%
19	Monachil	676	+8.5%
20	Alhendín	627	+3.5%
21	Padul	625	+5.9%
22	Vegas del Genil	600	+2.7%
23	Huétor Tájar	572	+5.3%
24	Villa de Otura	566	+0.2%
25	Cenes de la Vega	542	-1.5%
26	Huéscar	521	+0.2%
27	Cúllar Vega	514	+3.6%
28	Pinos Puente	504	+5.2%
29	Dúrcal	497	+4.4%
30	Íllora	486	+1.5%
31	Órgiva	427	-0.7%
32	Gójar	408	+3.3%
33	Chauchina	392	+4.8%
34	Pulianas	388	+6.9%
35	Alfacar	377	+4.1%
36	Alhama de Granada	372	-1.6%
37	Cájar	357	+7.2%
38	Fuente Vaqueros	276	+0.4%
39	Iznalloz	263	+4.8%
40	Jun	247	-0.4%
41	Montefrío	243	+2.5%
42	Caniles	238	-0.8%
43	Cúllar	228	-0.9%
44	Albuñol	221	-0.5%
45	Cijuela	219	+6.8%
45	Lanjarón	219	0%
47	Láchar	207	+5.1%
48	Moraleda de Zafayona	196	-4.9%
49	Gualchos	186	+8.1%
50	Benalúa	164	-4.7%
51	Güéjar Sierra	152	+0.7%
52	Lecrín	148	+2.1%
53	Vélez de Benaudalla	143	+1.4%
54	Güevéjar	142	+5.2%
55	Zújar	140	+0.7%
56	Purullena	139	-2.1%
57	Moclín	134	-2.9%
58	Salar	129	0%
59	Ugíjar	127	-2.3%
60	Dílar	123	+10.8%
61	Valderrubio	118	+5.4%
62	Castril	116	+0.9%
63	Benamaurel	115	+6.5%
64	Valle del Zalabí	114	-4.2%
65	Pinos Genil	113	+0.9%
66	Villanueva Mesía	112	-1.8%
67	Huétor de Santillán	110	+1.9%
68	Cádiar	106	+7.1%
69	Zafarraya	104	-1.9%
70	Puebla de Don Fadrique	103	+1%
71	Deifontes	96	-1%
72	Torrenueva Costa	94	-1.1%
73	Cuevas del Campo	87	+7.4%
74	La Malahá	86	+3.6%
74	Nigüelas	86	-2.3%
76	Montejícar	81	+5.2%
77	Cortes de Baza	80	-2.4%
77	Molvízar	80	-1.2%
79	Algarinejo	78	+1.3%
80	Cogollos de la Vega	72	+4.3%
81	Escúzar	71	+6%
82	Trevélez	66	-2.9%
83	Galera	62	+3.3%
84	Capileira	61	+7%
84	Castilléjar	61	+1.7%
84	Freila	61	+5.2%
87	Orce	59	-4.8%
87	Villamena	59	-1.7%
89	Polopos	58	+3.6%
90	Campotéjar	57	-1.7%
90	La Taha	57	+11.8%
90	Nívar	57	+9.6%
93	Darro	56	+12%
94	Colomera	55	+10%
94	Guadahortuna	55	+10%
94	Huéneja	55	+5.8%
94	Víznar	55	+12.2%
98	Válor	53	-1.9%
99	El Valle	51	+13.3%
100	Benalúa de las Villas	50	-2%
101	Cortes y Graena	45	+7.1%
101	Nevada	45	0%
103	Beas de Granada	44	-8.3%
103	Bubión	44	-8.3%
103	Chimeneas	44	-6.4%
106	Ventas de Huelma	43	+22.9%
107	Jérez del Marquesado	42	-4.5%
108	Calicasas	41	+13.9%
108	El Pinar	41	+13.9%
108	Jayena	41	-2.4%
108	La Peza	41	+7.9%
112	Diezma	40	0%
112	Montillana	40	+25%
114	Zagra	38	0%
115	Albondón	37	0%
115	Alpujarra de la Sierra	37	+2.8%
115	Otívar	37	+5.7%
118	Gor	36	0%
118	La Calahorra	36	+2.9%
120	Bérchules	35	+9.4%
120	Dólar	35	0%
120	Píñar	35	+16.7%
123	Torvizcón	34	-8.1%
124	Fonelas	33	-8.3%
124	Jete	33	+3.1%
124	Pampaneira	33	-5.7%
127	Quéntar	32	0%
128	Pedro Martínez	31	-8.8%
129	Cogollos de Guadix	30	-6.3%
130	Alquife	29	-3.3%
131	Aldeire	27	-10%
131	Los Guájares	27	0%
133	Arenas del Rey	26	+13%
133	Busquístar	26	-3.7%
133	Santa Cruz del Comercio	26	+4%
133	Torre-Cardela	26	+4%
137	Albuñuelas	25	+19%
138	Ítrabo	23	-8%
138	Pórtugos	23	+4.5%
140	Lentegí	20	+11.1%
141	Dúdar	18	+5.9%
141	Morelábor	18	+5.9%
143	Gorafe	17	+13.3%
144	Albuñán	16	+6.7%
144	Lanteira	16	+6.7%
144	Lújar	16	+6.7%
144	Murtas	16	0%
144	Soportújar	16	+23.1%
144	Sorvilán	16	0%
150	Cacín	15	+25%
150	Villanueva de las Torres	15	-6.3%
152	Lugros	14	+7.7%
152	Rubite	14	-6.7%
154	Dehesas de Guadix	13	-7.1%
154	Ferreira	13	0%
156	Alamedilla	12	0%
156	Almegíjar	12	+9.1%
156	Marchal	12	0%
159	Fornes	11	+10%
160	Alicún de Ortega	10	+25%
160	Cáñar	10	+11.1%
160	Dehesas Viejas	10	+42.9%
160	Huélago	10	-16.7%
160	Juviles	10	-9.1%
160	Turón	10	-9.1%
166	Játar	9	0%
167	Beas de Guadix	8	0%
167	Carataunas	8	-11.1%
169	Polícar	7	+16.7%
170	Agrón	6	0%
171	Gobernador	5	0%
171	Lobras	5	-16.7%
173	Cástaras	4	-50%

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

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_granada_province_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Granada province by active companies, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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 19,783 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Cástaras, with 4 in 2022.

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