Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies

Jaén had the highest active companies of 97 municipalities in 2020, at 7,266. Larva had the lowest, at 9. The median was 125 and the figure for Jaén province was 34,791. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest7,266Jaén

Lowest9Larva

Median12597 municipalities

Jaén province34,791History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Jaén	7,266	+1.1%
2	Linares	2,736	+1%
3	Úbeda	2,376	+2.5%
4	Andújar	2,189	+0.6%
5	Alcalá la Real	1,382	+1.5%
6	Martos	1,215	+4.2%
7	Bailén	1,062	-0.4%
8	Baeza	1,039	+1.7%
9	Torredelcampo	818	+0.5%
10	Torredonjimeno	784	-0.1%
11	La Carolina	743	-0.8%
12	Mancha Real	662	+3%
13	Mengíbar	632	+4.8%
14	Alcaudete	553	+3%
15	Villacarrillo	514	+3.4%
16	Cazorla	473	-1.5%
17	Villanueva del Arzobispo	431	+1.7%
18	Jódar	396	-0.3%
19	Torreperogil	372	+0.3%
20	Peal de Becerro	342	+1.5%
21	Marmolejo	341	+1.8%
22	Porcuna	324	+4.5%
23	La Guardia de Jaén	316	+3.6%
24	Beas de Segura	294	+8.1%
25	Quesada	292	+2.1%
26	Arjona	288	+0.7%
27	Pozo Alcón	274	-2.1%
28	Los Villares	267	+3.5%
29	Huelma	254	-1.9%
30	Sabiote	221	+6.3%
31	Santisteban del Puerto	215	+7%
32	Navas de San Juan	212	-0.9%
33	Fuensanta de Martos	193	+4.3%
34	Lopera	190	+14.5%
35	Arjonilla	186	+11.4%
36	Valdepeñas de Jaén	181	+3.4%
37	Castillo de Locubín	179	+2.3%
37	Vilches	179	+1.7%
39	Rus	177	+5.4%
40	Castellar	157	+6.8%
41	Guarromán	150	0%
42	Begíjar	146	-0.7%
43	Villatorres	144	-6.5%
44	Jamilena	139	+3.7%
44	La Puerta de Segura	139	0%
46	Pegalajar	131	+2.3%
47	Puente de Génave	127	0%
47	Siles	127	+7.6%
49	Arroyo del Ojanco	125	+11.6%
50	Villanueva de la Reina	118	-4.1%
51	Ibros	117	+10.4%
51	Santiago-Pontones	117	+5.4%
53	Campillo de Arenas	111	+3.7%
54	Segura de la Sierra	109	-3.5%
55	Orcera	108	+5.9%
56	Bedmar y Garcíez	104	-1.9%
57	Baños de la Encina	102	+4.1%
58	Cambil	101	+8.6%
59	Santo Tomé	100	0%
60	Huesa	97	+2.1%
61	La Iruela	92	-8%
62	Canena	90	-1.1%
63	Noalejo	86	+3.6%
64	Arquillos	80	+2.6%
65	Torres	79	-3.7%
66	Frailes	75	+1.4%
66	Torreblascopedro	75	+5.6%
68	Cárcheles	67	+1.5%
69	Cabra del Santo Cristo	63	-1.6%
69	Jabalquinto	63	+3.3%
71	Bélmez de la Moraleda	62	-1.6%
72	Chilluévar	60	+1.7%
73	Jimena	59	+5.4%
74	Fuerte del Rey	58	-4.9%
75	Lahiguera	53	+12.8%
76	Montizón	48	-2%
77	Sorihuela del Guadalimar	43	+22.9%
78	Escañuela	41	+20.6%
79	Albanchez de Mágina	40	+5.3%
80	Santa Elena	36	+2.9%
81	Benatae	35	0%
82	Higuera de Calatrava	33	+6.5%
83	Villardompardo	30	+11.1%
84	Torres de Albánchez	29	+26.1%
85	Chiclana de Segura	27	+8%
85	Iznatoraf	27	-3.6%
87	Santiago de Calatrava	26	+4%
88	Cazalilla	23	0%
88	Hornos	23	+9.5%
90	Lupión	22	+10%
91	Carboneros	19	0%
92	Aldeaquemada	18	-10%
92	Génave	18	+5.9%
94	Espeluy	17	0%
95	Hinojares	14	+16.7%
95	Villarrodrigo	14	+7.7%
97	Larva	9	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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_jaen_province_2020,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies, 2020}},
  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=2020. 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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RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Jaén, with 7,266 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Larva, with 9 in 2020.

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