Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies

Jaén had the highest active companies of 97 municipalities in 2016, at 7,063. Larva had the lowest, at 11. The median was 121 and the figure for Jaén province was 33,250. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest7,063Jaén

Lowest11Larva

Median12197 municipalities

Jaén province33,250History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Jaén	7,063	+1.4%
2	Linares	2,651	+2.8%
3	Úbeda	2,275	+1.7%
4	Andújar	2,124	+0.8%
5	Alcalá la Real	1,325	+0.8%
6	Martos	1,196	+0.6%
7	Bailén	1,040	+2.1%
8	Baeza	966	+1.4%
9	Torredonjimeno	788	+1.5%
10	Torredelcampo	779	-2%
11	La Carolina	690	+3.1%
12	Mancha Real	625	+1.3%
13	Mengíbar	540	-1.5%
14	Alcaudete	535	+3.1%
15	Villacarrillo	473	-1.7%
16	Cazorla	457	+1.3%
17	Jódar	386	-1%
18	Torreperogil	381	+3.3%
19	Villanueva del Arzobispo	372	-1.1%
20	Peal de Becerro	323	+1.3%
21	Marmolejo	318	+1.3%
22	Porcuna	303	-3.8%
23	Arjona	294	+5%
24	Pozo Alcón	285	-4.7%
25	La Guardia de Jaén	272	+4.2%
26	Quesada	260	+0.8%
27	Huelma	251	-0.8%
28	Beas de Segura	249	-4.6%
29	Los Villares	222	-11.9%
30	Santisteban del Puerto	198	+4.2%
31	Navas de San Juan	196	-2%
32	Vilches	191	+7.3%
33	Sabiote	188	+3.9%
34	Fuensanta de Martos	174	+4.2%
35	Lopera	172	-6.5%
36	Arjonilla	168	-2.3%
37	Castillo de Locubín	167	-7.7%
38	Rus	166	0%
39	Valdepeñas de Jaén	164	-6.3%
40	Guarromán	159	+5.3%
41	La Puerta de Segura	150	-3.2%
42	Villatorres	142	+3.6%
43	Castellar	141	-3.4%
44	Villanueva de la Reina	135	+2.3%
45	Begíjar	134	-5.6%
46	Jamilena	132	-3.6%
47	Puente de Génave	124	-0.8%
48	Arroyo del Ojanco	123	+2.5%
49	Pegalajar	121	-3.2%
50	Santiago-Pontones	117	+0.9%
51	Segura de la Sierra	112	+3.7%
52	Siles	111	+3.7%
53	Orcera	106	-1.9%
54	Ibros	104	-1%
55	Bedmar y Garcíez	103	-5.5%
56	Campillo de Arenas	100	-2%
57	Santo Tomé	99	-6.6%
58	Canena	94	-2.1%
59	Baños de la Encina	91	+12.3%
60	La Iruela	83	-5.7%
61	Cambil	79	-6%
62	Huesa	78	-10.3%
62	Noalejo	78	-3.7%
64	Torres	77	+5.5%
65	Arquillos	74	-5.1%
66	Torreblascopedro	73	-8.8%
67	Frailes	71	0%
68	Jimena	64	-4.5%
69	Cabra del Santo Cristo	63	-3.1%
70	Cárcheles	62	+3.3%
70	Fuerte del Rey	62	+12.7%
72	Jabalquinto	58	+11.5%
73	Montizón	56	+1.8%
74	Chilluévar	50	-9.1%
75	Bélmez de la Moraleda	48	-14.3%
75	Lahiguera	48	-4%
77	Sorihuela del Guadalimar	39	-13.3%
78	Santa Elena	35	+6.1%
79	Escañuela	32	+10.3%
80	Albanchez de Mágina	31	+10.7%
81	Benatae	30	-6.3%
81	Higuera de Calatrava	30	-3.2%
83	Torres de Albánchez	28	-3.4%
84	Iznatoraf	27	+3.8%
84	Villardompardo	27	+3.8%
86	Espeluy	26	+18.2%
87	Hornos	22	0%
87	Santiago de Calatrava	22	-4.3%
89	Aldeaquemada	21	+16.7%
89	Cazalilla	21	-4.5%
89	Chiclana de Segura	21	-4.5%
92	Carboneros	17	0%
92	Génave	17	0%
92	Lupión	17	+21.4%
95	Hinojares	14	+7.7%
96	Villarrodrigo	13	-7.1%
97	Larva	11	0%

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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 Jaén province by active companies, 2016) [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 Jaén province by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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 Jaén province by active companies, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2016.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_jaen_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies, 2016}},
  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/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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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Jaén, with 7,063 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Larva, with 11 in 2016.

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