Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies

Jaén had the highest active companies of 97 municipalities in 2017, at 7,195. Larva had the lowest, at 13. The median was 124 and the figure for Jaén province was 33,842. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest7,195Jaén

Lowest13Larva

Median12497 municipalities

Jaén province33,842History

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	Jaén	7,195	+1.9%
2	Linares	2,666	+0.6%
3	Úbeda	2,322	+2.1%
4	Andújar	2,137	+0.6%
5	Alcalá la Real	1,348	+1.7%
6	Martos	1,212	+1.3%
7	Bailén	1,035	-0.5%
8	Baeza	1,004	+3.9%
9	Torredelcampo	795	+2.1%
10	Torredonjimeno	790	+0.3%
11	La Carolina	708	+2.6%
12	Mancha Real	649	+3.8%
13	Mengíbar	569	+5.4%
14	Alcaudete	532	-0.6%
15	Villacarrillo	487	+3%
16	Cazorla	475	+3.9%
17	Jódar	399	+3.4%
18	Villanueva del Arzobispo	394	+5.9%
19	Torreperogil	374	-1.8%
20	Peal de Becerro	338	+4.6%
21	Marmolejo	320	+0.6%
22	Porcuna	317	+4.6%
23	Arjona	301	+2.4%
24	Pozo Alcón	292	+2.5%
25	La Guardia de Jaén	265	-2.6%
26	Quesada	261	+0.4%
27	Huelma	258	+2.8%
28	Beas de Segura	250	+0.4%
29	Los Villares	225	+1.4%
30	Sabiote	204	+8.5%
31	Santisteban del Puerto	202	+2%
32	Navas de San Juan	199	+1.5%
33	Vilches	182	-4.7%
34	Fuensanta de Martos	181	+4%
35	Arjonilla	177	+5.4%
36	Rus	175	+5.4%
37	Valdepeñas de Jaén	173	+5.5%
38	Lopera	166	-3.5%
39	Castillo de Locubín	163	-2.4%
40	Guarromán	150	-5.7%
41	Castellar	146	+3.5%
41	La Puerta de Segura	146	-2.7%
43	Villatorres	144	+1.4%
44	Begíjar	142	+6%
45	Villanueva de la Reina	134	-0.7%
46	Pegalajar	133	+9.9%
47	Jamilena	131	-0.8%
48	Puente de Génave	125	+0.8%
49	Arroyo del Ojanco	124	+0.8%
50	Segura de la Sierra	123	+9.8%
51	Santiago-Pontones	114	-2.6%
52	Bedmar y Garcíez	107	+3.9%
52	Orcera	107	+0.9%
54	Siles	103	-7.2%
55	Ibros	101	-2.9%
56	Santo Tomé	100	+1%
57	Campillo de Arenas	98	-2%
58	Canena	95	+1.1%
59	Baños de la Encina	91	0%
60	Cambil	87	+10.1%
60	Huesa	87	+11.5%
62	La Iruela	86	+3.6%
63	Noalejo	81	+3.8%
64	Torreblascopedro	80	+9.6%
65	Torres	78	+1.3%
66	Arquillos	77	+4.1%
67	Frailes	73	+2.8%
68	Cárcheles	68	+9.7%
69	Fuerte del Rey	65	+4.8%
70	Jimena	62	-3.1%
71	Cabra del Santo Cristo	60	-4.8%
72	Montizón	58	+3.6%
73	Bélmez de la Moraleda	54	+12.5%
73	Jabalquinto	54	-6.9%
75	Lahiguera	51	+6.3%
76	Chilluévar	50	0%
77	Sorihuela del Guadalimar	37	-5.1%
78	Albanchez de Mágina	36	+16.1%
79	Escañuela	34	+6.3%
80	Benatae	32	+6.7%
80	Higuera de Calatrava	32	+6.7%
82	Santa Elena	31	-11.4%
83	Torres de Albánchez	30	+7.1%
84	Iznatoraf	26	-3.7%
85	Villardompardo	25	-7.4%
86	Espeluy	24	-7.7%
87	Cazalilla	23	+9.5%
87	Hornos	23	+4.5%
87	Santiago de Calatrava	23	+4.5%
90	Chiclana de Segura	22	+4.8%
91	Aldeaquemada	21	0%
92	Génave	19	+11.8%
93	Carboneros	18	+5.9%
93	Lupión	18	+5.9%
95	Hinojares	16	+14.3%
96	Villarrodrigo	14	+7.7%
97	Larva	13	+18.2%

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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 Jaén 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 Jaén 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/jaen-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 Jaén 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/jaen-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 Jaén 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/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_jaen_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Jaén 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/jaen-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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