Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 34 municipalities in 2016, at 26,782. Artenara had the lowest, at 21. The median was 1,047 and the figure for Las Palmas province was 70,613. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,782Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest21Artenara

Median1,04734 municipalities

Las Palmas province70,613History

All municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	26,782	+0.9%
2	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,212	+5.2%
3	Telde	5,196	+1.7%
4	Arrecife	3,932	+1.8%
5	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,025	+4.6%
6	Puerto del Rosario	2,827	+1.4%
7	Tías	2,065	+2%
8	La Oliva	1,990	+7.3%
9	Mogán	1,769	-0.2%
10	Teguise	1,735	+2.7%
11	Agüimes	1,691	+3.7%
12	Arucas	1,651	+2.7%
13	Santa Brígida	1,371	+1.1%
14	Ingenio	1,311	+1.6%
15	San Bartolomé	1,242	+0.8%
16	Yaiza	1,128	+6.4%
17	Pájara	1,084	+3.8%
18	Gáldar	1,009	+0.3%
19	Antigua	720	+5.6%
20	Tuineje	715	+5.8%
21	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	641	+1.4%
22	Teror	639	+4.6%
23	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	498	-2.2%
24	Vega de San Mateo	380	-1%
25	Moya	377	-2.3%
26	Tinajo	339	+8.3%
27	Firgas	334	-0.6%
28	Haría	255	+1.6%
29	La Aldea de San Nicolás	219	+1.4%
30	Agaete	192	-1%
31	Valleseco	171	+7.5%
32	Tejeda	54	-8.5%
33	Betancuria	38	+5.6%
34	Artenara	21	+23.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

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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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies, 2016) [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 Las Palmas province by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/las-palmas-province-municipalities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/las-palmas-province-municipalities?period=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/las-palmas-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_las_palmas_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies, 2016}},
  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/las-palmas-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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?

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 26,782 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 21 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.