Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 196 municipalities in 2014, at 9,594. Villamol had the lowest, at 4. The median was 27 and the figure for León province was 31,134. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,594León

Lowest4Villamol

Median27196 municipalities

León province31,134History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	León	9,594	-2.2%
2	Ponferrada	5,415	-0.6%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,633	-0.5%
4	Villaquilambre	1,015	-1.6%
5	La Bañeza	902	-2%
6	Astorga	901	-2.8%
7	Bembibre	558	-5.1%
8	Villablino	456	-4.4%
9	Valverde de la Virgen	375	+0.8%
10	Sariegos	372	-1.1%
11	Valencia de Don Juan	362	-3.5%
12	Cacabelos	358	+2.3%
13	Camponaraya	334	+1.8%
14	Santa María del Páramo	294	-5.5%
15	Valdefresno	255	0%
16	Villafranca del Bierzo	242	-1.6%
17	Onzonilla	239	-3.2%
18	Cistierna	230	-0.4%
18	Sahagún	230	+1.8%
20	Fabero	212	+1.4%
21	Carracedelo	210	-6.7%
21	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	210	+2.4%
23	Villarejo de Órbigo	204	-2.4%
24	Carrizo	188	+1.1%
25	Benavides	170	0%
25	La Robla	170	-11%
25	Toral de los Vados	170	-1.7%
28	Villaturiel	158	+3.9%
29	Mansilla de las Mulas	144	-3.4%
30	Boñar	137	-2.8%
31	Chozas de Abajo	135	-2.2%
32	La Pola de Gordón	128	-6.6%
33	Toreno	124	-3.1%
34	Cabañas Raras	115	-0.9%
34	Vega de Espinareda	115	-3.4%
36	Soto de la Vega	114	+5.6%
37	Puente de Domingo Flórez	112	0%
38	San Justo de la Vega	104	+2%
39	Valderas	102	-2.9%
40	Santa Marina del Rey	101	-6.5%
41	Congosto	100	+9.9%
42	Cuadros	95	+13.1%
43	Cubillos del Sil	89	-2.2%
44	Villadangos del Páramo	85	-1.2%
45	Torre del Bierzo	76	-5%
46	Matallana de Torío	71	-6.6%
47	Villasabariego	70	+1.4%
48	Hospital de Órbigo	68	+4.6%
49	Garrafe de Torío	65	-12.2%
50	Valderrueda	64	-5.9%
51	Santa Elena de Jamuz	63	0%
51	Valdepolo	63	-1.6%
53	Castropodame	62	+6.9%
53	Villamañán	62	-1.6%
55	Laguna de Negrillos	60	-3.2%
55	Turcia	60	+5.3%
55	Valdevimbre	60	+11.1%
58	Molinaseca	55	-5.2%
58	Vega de Valcarce	55	+5.8%
58	Villaquejida	55	0%
61	Santas Martas	53	-3.6%
62	Encinedo	51	+2%
62	Soto y Amío	51	0%
64	Sabero	50	+2%
65	Castrocalbón	47	-6%
65	Riaño	47	-4.1%
67	Castrocontrigo	46	-8%
68	Puebla de Lillo	45	-4.3%
69	Priaranza del Bierzo	43	+10.3%
70	Llamas de la Ribera	42	-2.3%
70	Villamanín	42	-2.3%
72	El Burgo Ranero	41	-4.7%
73	Cimanes del Tejar	40	-9.1%
74	Bustillo del Páramo	39	+2.6%
74	Riego de la Vega	39	+5.4%
76	Carrocera	38	+2.7%
76	Páramo del Sil	38	-5%
78	Folgoso de la Ribera	37	+2.8%
78	Val de San Lorenzo	37	-5.1%
80	Arganza	36	+12.5%
81	Vegas del Condado	35	0%
82	Corullón	34	+6.3%
82	San Emiliano	34	+9.7%
84	Cabrillanes	33	+26.9%
84	Carucedo	33	0%
84	Palacios del Sil	33	+6.5%
87	Cabreros del Río	32	0%
88	Quintana del Castillo	31	+10.7%
89	Bercianos del Páramo	30	0%
89	Crémenes	30	+3.4%
89	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	30	-3.2%
92	Igüeña	29	0%
92	La Vecilla	29	-3.3%
92	Luyego	29	+7.4%
95	Boca de Huérgano	28	0%
95	Villazala	28	-3.4%
97	Alija del Infantado	27	-6.9%
97	Vega de Infanzones	27	-3.6%
99	Gradefes	26	0%
99	Noceda del Bierzo	26	+13%
99	Posada de Valdeón	26	-23.5%
99	Riello	26	+4%
99	Rioseco de Tapia	26	+13%
99	Sancedo	26	+23.8%
99	Toral de los Guzmanes	26	-7.1%
106	Cimanes de la Vega	25	-3.8%
106	Villagatón	25	-7.4%
106	Villamejil	25	-10.7%
106	Villanueva de las Manzanas	25	0%
110	Ardón	24	-4%
110	Brazuelo	24	-7.7%
110	Cebrones del Río	24	0%
110	Prioro	24	0%
110	Santa Colomba de Curueño	24	-4%
110	Valdelugueros	24	+20%
110	Villamontán de la Valduerna	24	-7.7%
117	Almanza	23	-14.8%
117	Fresno de la Vega	23	0%
119	Santiago Millas	22	+4.8%
119	Trabadelo	22	+4.8%
121	Burón	21	+16.7%
121	Pozuelo del Páramo	21	-4.5%
121	Santa María de la Isla	21	-4.5%
124	Magaz de Cepeda	20	-4.8%
124	Villares de Órbigo	20	0%
126	Gordoncillo	19	-9.5%
126	Urdiales del Páramo	19	0%
126	Villaobispo de Otero	19	0%
129	Balboa	18	+5.9%
129	Pobladura de Pelayo García	18	+5.9%
129	Quintana y Congosto	18	+20%
129	Santa Colomba de Somoza	18	-10%
129	Valderrey	18	-14.3%
134	Roperuelos del Páramo	17	+6.3%
134	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	17	0%
134	Truchas	17	-10.5%
134	Vegaquemada	17	+21.4%
138	Mansilla Mayor	16	-5.9%
138	Palacios de la Valduerna	16	+23.1%
140	Cármenes	15	-6.3%
140	Cea	15	0%
140	Destriana	15	-16.7%
140	Gordaliza del Pino	15	0%
140	Laguna Dalga	15	-6.3%
140	Oseja de Sajambre	15	0%
140	Valle de Ancares	15	0%
147	Borrenes	14	-22.2%
147	La Ercina	14	-6.7%
147	Valdepiélago	14	-12.5%
150	Cubillas de Rueda	13	-7.1%
150	Lucillo	13	-7.1%
150	Quintana del Marco	13	0%
150	Valdefuentes del Páramo	13	+8.3%
150	Vegacervera	13	-13.3%
150	Villaselán	13	+30%
150	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	13	-31.6%
157	La Antigua	12	0%
157	Murias de Paredes	12	0%
157	Oencia	12	+9.1%
160	Benuza	11	-8.3%
160	Pajares de los Oteros	11	+10%
160	Santa María de Ordás	11	-21.4%
163	Matadeón de los Oteros	10	0%
163	Sobrado	10	-9.1%
163	Villademor de la Vega	10	-16.7%
163	Villamandos	10	-9.1%
167	Izagre	9	-35.7%
167	Villaornate y Castro	9	-10%
167	Zotes del Páramo	9	-25%
170	Acebedo	8	-11.1%
170	Bercianos del Real Camino	8	+14.3%
170	Calzada del Coto	8	0%
170	Grajal de Campos	8	0%
170	San Pedro Bercianos	8	-11.1%
175	Cubillas de los Oteros	7	0%
175	Joarilla de las Matas	7	0%
175	Las Omañas	7	+40%
175	Los Barrios de Luna	7	+16.7%
175	Matanza	7	0%
175	San Esteban de Nogales	7	0%
175	Sena de Luna	7	-36.4%
182	Campo de Villavidel	6	0%
182	Corbillos de los Oteros	6	0%
182	Valverde-Enrique	6	+20%
185	Algadefe	5	+25%
185	Berlanga del Bierzo	5	n/a
185	Gusendos de los Oteros	5	-28.6%
185	Reyero	5	-28.6%
185	Santa María del Monte de Cea	5	n/a
185	Valdesamario	5	-16.7%
185	Villamoratiel de las Matas	5	0%
192	Castrillo de la Valduerna	4	-20%
192	Peranzanes	4	n/a
192	San Millán de los Caballeros	4	0%
192	Vallecillo	4	0%
192	Villamol	4	-33.3%

Other periods

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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. 8 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 León province by active companies, 2014) [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 León province by active companies, 2014. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2014. 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 León province by active companies, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2014.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in León province by active companies, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2014,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León province by active companies, 2014}},
  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/leon-province-municipalities?period=2014. 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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