Municipalities in Huelva province by active companies

Huelva had the highest active companies of 78 municipalities in 2018, at 7,573. Villanueva de las Cruces had the lowest, at 7. The median was 101 and the figure for Huelva province was 24,668. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest7,573Huelva

Lowest7Villanueva de las Cruces

Median10178 municipalities

Huelva province24,668History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Huelva	7,573	+1.7%
2	Lepe	1,289	+1.4%
3	Almonte	1,136	-0.3%
4	Ayamonte	1,087	+0.4%
5	Aljaraque	1,042	-0.9%
6	Moguer	873	+3.2%
7	Cartaya	849	+1.3%
8	Isla Cristina	837	+0.7%
9	Punta Umbría	753	-0.5%
10	Valverde del Camino	700	+2.8%
11	Bollullos Par del Condado	695	-3.7%
12	Aracena	593	0%
13	Palos de la Frontera	518	+2.2%
14	La Palma del Condado	497	+1.2%
15	Gibraleón	476	-1%
16	San Juan del Puerto	434	+4.1%
17	Trigueros	357	+2.3%
18	Rociana del Condado	278	+1.1%
19	Bonares	271	-2.2%
20	Cortegana	250	+5%
21	Nerva	224	-1.8%
22	Beas	201	+1.5%
23	Niebla	185	+0.5%
24	San Bartolomé de la Torre	154	+10.8%
25	Villanueva de los Castillejos	151	+2.7%
26	Hinojos	149	+0.7%
27	Calañas	136	-2.9%
28	Villalba del Alcor	134	+0.8%
29	Paterna del Campo	132	0%
30	Puebla de Guzmán	130	+4%
31	Minas de Riotinto	127	-0.8%
31	Villablanca	127	+2.4%
33	Zalamea la Real	123	-0.8%
34	Alosno	121	+1.7%
35	Santa Olalla del Cala	117	-6.4%
36	Jabugo	110	-4.3%
37	Cumbres Mayores	109	+0.9%
38	Aroche	102	+2%
38	Escacena del Campo	102	0%
40	Lucena del Puerto	100	-4.8%
41	Manzanilla	91	+4.6%
42	El Cerro de Andévalo	89	-7.3%
43	Galaroza	86	-2.3%
43	Rosal de la Frontera	86	+8.9%
45	Villarrasa	85	-1.2%
46	Chucena	75	+4.2%
47	El Campillo	73	+5.8%
48	Higuera de la Sierra	66	+1.5%
49	Almonaster la Real	62	0%
50	Encinasola	57	-8.1%
51	Cala	51	-1.9%
52	Santa Bárbara de Casa	50	+8.7%
53	Fuenteheridos	47	+4.4%
54	Alájar	46	+4.5%
55	Arroyomolinos de León	43	-2.3%
56	Paymogo	41	-2.4%
57	El Almendro	37	-7.5%
58	Zufre	32	-3%
59	Corteconcepción	29	+26.1%
60	Campofrío	25	-7.4%
61	Santa Ana la Real	24	-7.7%
62	Cortelazor	19	+46.2%
62	El Granado	19	-5%
62	Los Marines	19	+26.7%
62	San Silvestre de Guzmán	19	+5.6%
62	Sanlúcar de Guadiana	19	+5.6%
67	Cabezas Rubias	18	0%
68	Castaño del Robledo	16	-11.1%
69	Linares de la Sierra	15	0%
70	Hinojales	14	-6.7%
71	Puerto Moral	13	0%
72	Valdelarco	10	+11.1%
73	Cumbres de San Bartolomé	9	+28.6%
73	La Nava	9	+50%
75	Berrocal	8	0%
75	Cañaveral de León	8	0%
75	La Granada de Río-Tinto	8	+60%
78	Villanueva de las Cruces	7	-30%

Other periods

About this ranking

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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Huelva province by active companies, 2018) [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 Huelva province by active companies, 2018. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/huelva-province-municipalities?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Huelva province by active companies, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/huelva-province-municipalities?period=2018.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Huelva province by active companies, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/huelva-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_huelva_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Huelva province by active companies, 2018}},
  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/huelva-province-municipalities?period=2018. 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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Huelva, with 7,573 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Villanueva de las Cruces, with 7 in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

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. 1 municipalities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.