Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies

Jaén had the highest active companies of 97 municipalities in 2024, at 6,833. Larva had the lowest, at 12. The median was 116 and the figure for Jaén province was 33,645. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest6,833Jaén

Lowest12Larva

Median11697 municipalities

Jaén province33,645History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Jaén	6,833	+0.4%
2	Linares	2,567	-1.2%
3	Úbeda	2,257	-0.8%
4	Andújar	2,085	-1.4%
5	Alcalá la Real	1,313	-2.2%
6	Martos	1,222	-0.1%
7	Bailén	1,071	+3.1%
8	Baeza	1,010	-1.8%
9	Torredelcampo	821	-1.6%
10	Torredonjimeno	727	-3.2%
11	La Carolina	658	-1.6%
12	Mancha Real	630	-3.4%
13	Mengíbar	594	+0.2%
14	Alcaudete	531	-0.6%
15	Villacarrillo	529	+2.7%
16	Cazorla	459	+2.5%
17	Villanueva del Arzobispo	403	-1%
18	Jódar	389	-0.8%
19	Torreperogil	386	-0.3%
20	Peal de Becerro	360	+0.6%
21	Marmolejo	337	-0.6%
22	La Guardia de Jaén	334	+2.8%
23	Porcuna	320	-5.3%
24	Pozo Alcón	292	+3.9%
25	Arjona	280	+2.6%
26	Los Villares	276	+3.8%
27	Beas de Segura	265	0%
28	Quesada	253	-7%
29	Huelma	251	-0.8%
30	Santisteban del Puerto	239	+3%
31	Navas de San Juan	232	-2.9%
32	Fuensanta de Martos	203	+0.5%
32	Vilches	203	+4.1%
34	Arjonilla	197	+3.7%
35	Sabiote	190	-5%
36	Castillo de Locubín	187	+3.3%
37	Valdepeñas de Jaén	177	0%
38	Rus	174	-4.4%
39	Lopera	170	-6.6%
40	Castellar	155	+2.6%
41	Guarromán	151	+5.6%
41	Villatorres	151	+10.2%
43	Jamilena	146	-0.7%
44	Begíjar	139	-7.3%
45	La Puerta de Segura	138	-3.5%
46	Puente de Génave	136	0%
47	Arroyo del Ojanco	128	+4.1%
48	Santo Tomé	119	+7.2%
49	Ibros	116	-2.5%
50	Pegalajar	115	-6.5%
51	Baños de la Encina	114	+3.6%
52	La Iruela	113	+8.7%
52	Siles	113	+0.9%
54	Santiago-Pontones	109	-2.7%
54	Segura de la Sierra	109	-1.8%
56	Campillo de Arenas	108	-2.7%
57	Noalejo	103	+10.8%
57	Orcera	103	+8.4%
59	Villanueva de la Reina	102	-6.4%
60	Bedmar y Garcíez	98	0%
60	Huesa	98	-1%
62	Cambil	93	-10.6%
63	Frailes	85	+3.7%
64	Canena	83	-3.5%
65	Cabra del Santo Cristo	78	+5.4%
66	Arquillos	76	-2.6%
66	Chilluévar	76	+4.1%
68	Torres	72	-7.7%
69	Torreblascopedro	69	-9.2%
70	Jabalquinto	64	+3.2%
71	Cárcheles	58	+1.8%
72	Fuerte del Rey	56	+7.7%
73	Bélmez de la Moraleda	55	+1.9%
73	Jimena	55	+1.9%
73	Lahiguera	55	-1.8%
76	Montizón	47	-11.3%
77	Albanchez de Mágina	40	-7%
78	Santa Elena	39	+14.7%
79	Sorihuela del Guadalimar	38	0%
80	Higuera de Calatrava	37	-7.5%
81	Escañuela	34	0%
82	Chiclana de Segura	32	+18.5%
83	Torres de Albánchez	31	+10.7%
84	Iznatoraf	29	-3.3%
84	Villardompardo	29	0%
86	Hornos	23	+15%
86	Lupión	23	-17.9%
88	Santiago de Calatrava	22	-8.3%
89	Benatae	20	-9.1%
89	Espeluy	20	0%
91	Aldeaquemada	19	-13.6%
91	Carboneros	19	-9.5%
91	Cazalilla	19	-13.6%
91	Hinojares	19	+18.8%
95	Génave	16	-15.8%
96	Villarrodrigo	13	-13.3%
97	Larva	12	0%

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Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/jaen-province-municipalities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_jaen_province_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Jaén province by active companies, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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 6,833 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Larva, with 12 in 2024.

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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.