Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies

Jaén had the highest active companies of 97 municipalities in 2021, at 7,188. Larva had the lowest, at 11. The median was 124 and the figure for Jaén province was 34,754. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest7,188Jaén

Lowest11Larva

Median12497 municipalities

Jaén province34,754History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Jaén	7,188	-1.1%
2	Linares	2,716	-0.7%
3	Úbeda	2,350	-1.1%
4	Andújar	2,201	+0.5%
5	Alcalá la Real	1,362	-1.4%
6	Martos	1,254	+3.2%
7	Bailén	1,076	+1.3%
8	Baeza	1,046	+0.7%
9	Torredelcampo	811	-0.9%
10	Torredonjimeno	780	-0.5%
11	La Carolina	737	-0.8%
12	Mancha Real	645	-2.6%
12	Mengíbar	645	+2.1%
14	Alcaudete	552	-0.2%
15	Villacarrillo	503	-2.1%
16	Cazorla	454	-4%
17	Villanueva del Arzobispo	423	-1.9%
18	Jódar	399	+0.8%
19	Torreperogil	369	-0.8%
20	Peal de Becerro	351	+2.6%
21	Porcuna	338	+4.3%
22	Marmolejo	332	-2.6%
23	La Guardia de Jaén	317	+0.3%
24	Arjona	297	+3.1%
25	Quesada	294	+0.7%
26	Beas de Segura	286	-2.7%
27	Pozo Alcón	285	+4%
28	Los Villares	264	-1.1%
29	Huelma	261	+2.8%
30	Santisteban del Puerto	230	+7%
31	Navas de San Juan	223	+5.2%
32	Sabiote	215	-2.7%
33	Fuensanta de Martos	194	+0.5%
34	Vilches	193	+7.8%
35	Lopera	187	-1.6%
36	Arjonilla	185	-0.5%
37	Castillo de Locubín	184	+2.8%
38	Valdepeñas de Jaén	178	-1.7%
39	Rus	177	0%
40	Begíjar	162	+11%
41	Castellar	161	+2.5%
42	Guarromán	152	+1.3%
43	Jamilena	141	+1.4%
44	Villatorres	136	-5.6%
45	Pegalajar	134	+2.3%
46	La Puerta de Segura	131	-5.8%
47	Puente de Génave	129	+1.6%
48	Arroyo del Ojanco	126	+0.8%
49	Siles	124	-2.4%
50	Ibros	119	+1.7%
50	Villanueva de la Reina	119	+0.8%
52	Santiago-Pontones	117	0%
53	Segura de la Sierra	115	+5.5%
54	Orcera	112	+3.7%
55	Campillo de Arenas	107	-3.6%
56	Baños de la Encina	105	+2.9%
57	Bedmar y Garcíez	104	0%
58	Santo Tomé	102	+2%
59	Canena	96	+6.7%
60	Cambil	95	-5.9%
61	Huesa	89	-8.2%
62	Arquillos	87	+8.8%
63	La Iruela	85	-7.6%
63	Noalejo	85	-1.2%
65	Torres	80	+1.3%
66	Frailes	76	+1.3%
67	Torreblascopedro	74	-1.3%
68	Bélmez de la Moraleda	71	+14.5%
69	Cabra del Santo Cristo	69	+9.5%
70	Chilluévar	66	+10%
71	Jabalquinto	65	+3.2%
72	Cárcheles	62	-7.5%
73	Fuerte del Rey	58	0%
74	Jimena	55	-6.8%
75	Montizón	52	+8.3%
76	Lahiguera	50	-5.7%
77	Escañuela	41	0%
78	Santa Elena	40	+11.1%
79	Albanchez de Mágina	38	-5%
80	Sorihuela del Guadalimar	37	-14%
81	Higuera de Calatrava	36	+9.1%
82	Benatae	33	-5.7%
83	Chiclana de Segura	30	+11.1%
84	Torres de Albánchez	27	-6.9%
84	Villardompardo	27	-10%
86	Santiago de Calatrava	25	-3.8%
87	Cazalilla	24	+4.3%
88	Iznatoraf	23	-14.8%
88	Lupión	23	+4.5%
90	Espeluy	21	+23.5%
90	Hornos	21	-8.7%
92	Carboneros	19	0%
93	Aldeaquemada	17	-5.6%
93	Génave	17	-5.6%
93	Hinojares	17	+21.4%
96	Villarrodrigo	14	0%
97	Larva	11	+22.2%

Other periods

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies, 2021}},
  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=2021. 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?

Jaén, with 7,188 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Larva, with 11 in 2021.

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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.