Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies

Jaén had the highest active companies of 97 municipalities in 2018, at 7,233. Larva had the lowest, at 12. The median was 118 and the figure for Jaén province was 34,030. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest7,233Jaén

Lowest12Larva

Median11897 municipalities

Jaén province34,030History

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	Jaén	7,233	+0.5%
2	Linares	2,689	+0.9%
3	Úbeda	2,348	+1.1%
4	Andújar	2,167	+1.4%
5	Alcalá la Real	1,362	+1%
6	Martos	1,192	-1.7%
7	Bailén	1,063	+2.7%
8	Baeza	1,006	+0.2%
9	Torredelcampo	791	-0.5%
10	Torredonjimeno	765	-3.2%
11	La Carolina	722	+2%
12	Mancha Real	642	-1.1%
13	Mengíbar	569	0%
14	Alcaudete	534	+0.4%
15	Villacarrillo	499	+2.5%
16	Cazorla	485	+2.1%
17	Jódar	389	-2.5%
17	Villanueva del Arzobispo	389	-1.3%
19	Torreperogil	373	-0.3%
20	Peal de Becerro	339	+0.3%
21	Marmolejo	320	0%
22	Porcuna	312	-1.6%
23	La Guardia de Jaén	299	+12.8%
24	Arjona	290	-3.7%
25	Quesada	278	+6.5%
26	Pozo Alcón	274	-6.2%
27	Huelma	264	+2.3%
28	Beas de Segura	256	+2.4%
29	Los Villares	230	+2.2%
30	Navas de San Juan	206	+3.5%
31	Santisteban del Puerto	202	0%
32	Sabiote	195	-4.4%
33	Vilches	191	+4.9%
34	Fuensanta de Martos	179	-1.1%
34	Valdepeñas de Jaén	179	+3.5%
36	Arjonilla	176	-0.6%
37	Rus	170	-2.9%
38	Lopera	167	+0.6%
39	Castillo de Locubín	162	-0.6%
40	Castellar	155	+6.2%
41	Villatorres	154	+6.9%
42	La Puerta de Segura	145	-0.7%
43	Guarromán	144	-4%
44	Begíjar	142	0%
45	Pegalajar	132	-0.8%
46	Puente de Génave	130	+4%
47	Jamilena	129	-1.5%
48	Villanueva de la Reina	128	-4.5%
49	Arroyo del Ojanco	118	-4.8%
50	Santiago-Pontones	116	+1.8%
51	Segura de la Sierra	115	-6.5%
52	Orcera	107	0%
53	Siles	106	+2.9%
54	Bedmar y Garcíez	102	-4.7%
55	Campillo de Arenas	101	+3.1%
55	Santo Tomé	101	+1%
57	Ibros	100	-1%
58	La Iruela	99	+15.1%
59	Baños de la Encina	95	+4.4%
60	Huesa	91	+4.6%
61	Cambil	90	+3.4%
62	Canena	87	-8.4%
63	Torres	82	+5.1%
64	Noalejo	81	0%
65	Torreblascopedro	78	-2.5%
66	Frailes	77	+5.5%
67	Arquillos	76	-1.3%
68	Cárcheles	72	+5.9%
69	Jabalquinto	61	+13%
70	Cabra del Santo Cristo	60	0%
70	Fuerte del Rey	60	-7.7%
72	Bélmez de la Moraleda	56	+3.7%
72	Chilluévar	56	+12%
72	Jimena	56	-9.7%
75	Montizón	55	-5.2%
76	Lahiguera	48	-5.9%
77	Sorihuela del Guadalimar	40	+8.1%
78	Escañuela	36	+5.9%
79	Albanchez de Mágina	33	-8.3%
79	Santa Elena	33	+6.5%
81	Higuera de Calatrava	32	0%
82	Benatae	31	-3.1%
83	Iznatoraf	29	+11.5%
84	Torres de Albánchez	26	-13.3%
84	Villardompardo	26	+4%
86	Santiago de Calatrava	24	+4.3%
87	Cazalilla	23	0%
88	Chiclana de Segura	22	0%
88	Hornos	22	-4.3%
88	Lupión	22	+22.2%
91	Espeluy	21	-12.5%
92	Carboneros	19	+5.6%
92	Génave	19	0%
94	Aldeaquemada	18	-14.3%
95	Hinojares	16	0%
96	Villarrodrigo	14	0%
97	Larva	12	-7.7%

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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, 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 Jaén 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/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2018. 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, 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/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_jaen_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Jaén 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/jaen-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.},
}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Jaén, with 7,233 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Larva, with 12 in 2018.

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