Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies

Jaén had the highest active companies of 97 municipalities in 2023, at 6,805. Larva had the lowest, at 12. The median was 119 and the figure for Jaén province was 33,777. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest6,805Jaén

Lowest12Larva

Median11997 municipalities

Jaén province33,777History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Jaén	6,805	-6.4%
2	Linares	2,597	-5.6%
3	Úbeda	2,276	-4%
4	Andújar	2,115	-5.8%
5	Alcalá la Real	1,342	-3.8%
6	Martos	1,223	-4.2%
7	Bailén	1,039	-4.4%
8	Baeza	1,028	-3.6%
9	Torredelcampo	834	-0.5%
10	Torredonjimeno	751	-3.5%
11	La Carolina	669	-7.7%
12	Mancha Real	652	-2.7%
13	Mengíbar	593	-7.9%
14	Alcaudete	534	-6%
15	Villacarrillo	515	-1%
16	Cazorla	448	-2%
17	Villanueva del Arzobispo	407	-7.9%
18	Jódar	392	-3.2%
19	Torreperogil	387	+0.8%
20	Peal de Becerro	358	+2.3%
21	Marmolejo	339	-0.6%
22	Porcuna	338	-2.3%
23	La Guardia de Jaén	325	-5.5%
24	Pozo Alcón	281	-5.4%
25	Arjona	273	-5.5%
26	Quesada	272	-8.4%
27	Los Villares	266	+1.9%
28	Beas de Segura	265	-13.7%
29	Huelma	253	-5.2%
30	Navas de San Juan	239	+1.3%
31	Santisteban del Puerto	232	-2.1%
32	Fuensanta de Martos	202	0%
33	Sabiote	200	-8.7%
34	Vilches	195	+4.3%
35	Arjonilla	190	+3.3%
36	Lopera	182	-5.7%
36	Rus	182	-2.2%
38	Castillo de Locubín	181	-2.7%
39	Valdepeñas de Jaén	177	-4.8%
40	Castellar	151	-4.4%
41	Begíjar	150	-3.8%
42	Jamilena	147	0%
43	Guarromán	143	-5.9%
43	La Puerta de Segura	143	+2.1%
45	Villatorres	137	-6.8%
46	Puente de Génave	136	-3.5%
47	Arroyo del Ojanco	123	-4.7%
47	Pegalajar	123	-3.1%
49	Ibros	119	-0.8%
50	Santiago-Pontones	112	-2.6%
50	Siles	112	-11.1%
52	Campillo de Arenas	111	-9.8%
52	Santo Tomé	111	-6.7%
52	Segura de la Sierra	111	-2.6%
55	Baños de la Encina	110	-5.2%
56	Villanueva de la Reina	109	-9.9%
57	Cambil	104	-2.8%
57	La Iruela	104	+8.3%
59	Huesa	99	0%
60	Bedmar y Garcíez	98	0%
61	Orcera	95	-11.2%
62	Noalejo	93	+10.7%
63	Canena	86	-4.4%
64	Frailes	82	+1.2%
65	Arquillos	78	-3.7%
65	Torres	78	-1.3%
67	Torreblascopedro	76	-1.3%
68	Cabra del Santo Cristo	74	+2.8%
69	Chilluévar	73	+10.6%
70	Jabalquinto	62	-7.5%
71	Cárcheles	57	-5%
72	Lahiguera	56	+1.8%
73	Bélmez de la Moraleda	54	-21.7%
73	Jimena	54	-8.5%
75	Montizón	53	+1.9%
76	Fuerte del Rey	52	-1.9%
77	Albanchez de Mágina	43	+4.9%
78	Higuera de Calatrava	40	-2.4%
79	Sorihuela del Guadalimar	38	+2.7%
80	Escañuela	34	-12.8%
80	Santa Elena	34	0%
82	Iznatoraf	30	+11.1%
83	Villardompardo	29	+16%
84	Lupión	28	+3.7%
84	Torres de Albánchez	28	-3.4%
86	Chiclana de Segura	27	0%
87	Santiago de Calatrava	24	+14.3%
88	Aldeaquemada	22	-4.3%
88	Benatae	22	-18.5%
88	Cazalilla	22	-21.4%
91	Carboneros	21	+5%
92	Espeluy	20	+5.3%
92	Hornos	20	-13%
94	Génave	19	0%
95	Hinojares	16	+6.7%
96	Villarrodrigo	15	0%
97	Larva	12	-7.7%

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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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_jaen_province_2023,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies, 2023}},
  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=2023. 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 6,805 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Larva, with 12 in 2023.

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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.