Municipalities in Las Palmas province by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 34 municipalities in 2023, at 25,337. Artenara had the lowest, at 22. The median was 1,040 and the figure for Las Palmas province was 70,871. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest25,337Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest22Artenara

Median1,04034 municipalities

Las Palmas province70,871History

All 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	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	25,337	-12.1%
2	Telde	5,432	-6.4%
3	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	4,911	-11.9%
4	Arrecife	3,772	-13.3%
5	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,348	-5.5%
6	Puerto del Rosario	2,767	-13.3%
7	La Oliva	2,616	-1.7%
8	Teguise	1,961	-0.3%
9	Tías	1,921	-9.3%
10	Agüimes	1,839	-3.8%
11	Arucas	1,788	-3.6%
12	Mogán	1,657	-11.1%
13	Ingenio	1,399	-5.8%
14	Santa Brígida	1,351	-8%
15	San Bartolomé	1,295	-6%
16	Yaiza	1,244	-2.9%
17	Pájara	1,078	-8%
18	Gáldar	1,001	-4.2%
19	Antigua	820	-6.3%
20	Tuineje	766	-8.9%
21	Teror	682	-0.4%
22	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	659	-4.2%
23	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	540	-5.1%
24	Moya	415	-1.7%
25	Tinajo	411	+0.5%
26	Vega de San Mateo	408	-6.4%
27	Firgas	388	-1.3%
28	Haría	312	-1.3%
29	Agaete	240	+1.7%
29	La Aldea de San Nicolás	240	-1.6%
31	Valleseco	153	+1.3%
32	Tejeda	65	-5.8%
33	Betancuria	33	-17.5%
34	Artenara	22	0%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 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/las-palmas-province-municipalities?period=2023.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Las Palmas 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/las-palmas-province-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_las_palmas_2023,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Las Palmas 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/las-palmas-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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 25,337 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 22 in 2023.

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.