Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 34 municipalities in 2017, at 27,658. Artenara had the lowest, at 20. The median was 1,103 and the figure for Las Palmas province was 73,570. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest27,658Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest20Artenara

Median1,10334 municipalities

Las Palmas province73,570History

All municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	27,658	+3.3%
2	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,468	+4.9%
3	Telde	5,420	+4.3%
4	Arrecife	4,099	+4.2%
5	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,188	+5.4%
6	Puerto del Rosario	2,950	+4.4%
7	La Oliva	2,160	+8.5%
8	Tías	2,143	+3.8%
9	Mogán	1,893	+7%
10	Teguise	1,808	+4.2%
11	Agüimes	1,761	+4.1%
12	Arucas	1,675	+1.5%
13	Santa Brígida	1,454	+6.1%
14	Ingenio	1,394	+6.3%
15	San Bartolomé	1,294	+4.2%
16	Yaiza	1,194	+5.9%
17	Pájara	1,149	+6%
18	Gáldar	1,056	+4.7%
19	Antigua	768	+6.7%
20	Tuineje	767	+7.3%
21	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	663	+3.4%
22	Teror	657	+2.8%
23	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	510	+2.4%
24	Moya	407	+8%
25	Vega de San Mateo	395	+3.9%
26	Tinajo	342	+0.9%
27	Firgas	341	+2.1%
28	Haría	257	+0.8%
29	La Aldea de San Nicolás	227	+3.7%
30	Agaete	188	-2.1%
31	Valleseco	169	-1.2%
32	Tejeda	60	+11.1%
33	Betancuria	35	-7.9%
34	Artenara	20	-4.8%

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, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

MLA 9

Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_las_palmas_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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 27,658 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 20 in 2017.

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.