Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 196 municipalities in 2015, at 9,600. Santa María del Monte de Cea had the lowest, at 4. The median was 28 and the figure for León province was 31,387. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,600León

Lowest4Santa María del Monte de Cea

Median28196 municipalities

León province31,387History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	León	9,600	+0.1%
2	Ponferrada	5,490	+1.4%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,627	-0.4%
4	Villaquilambre	1,053	+3.7%
5	La Bañeza	905	+0.3%
6	Astorga	890	-1.2%
7	Bembibre	564	+1.1%
8	Villablino	463	+1.5%
9	Sariegos	388	+4.3%
10	Valverde de la Virgen	372	-0.8%
11	Valencia de Don Juan	371	+2.5%
12	Cacabelos	355	-0.8%
13	Camponaraya	338	+1.2%
14	Santa María del Páramo	302	+2.7%
15	Valdefresno	259	+1.6%
16	Villafranca del Bierzo	251	+3.7%
17	Onzonilla	237	-0.8%
18	Sahagún	236	+2.6%
19	Cistierna	231	+0.4%
20	Fabero	212	0%
21	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	211	+0.5%
22	Villarejo de Órbigo	208	+2%
23	Carracedelo	203	-3.3%
24	Carrizo	183	-2.7%
25	Toral de los Vados	175	+2.9%
26	La Robla	166	-2.4%
27	Benavides	164	-3.5%
28	Villaturiel	149	-5.7%
29	Mansilla de las Mulas	140	-2.8%
30	Boñar	138	+0.7%
31	La Pola de Gordón	131	+2.3%
32	Chozas de Abajo	129	-4.4%
33	Vega de Espinareda	127	+10.4%
34	Toreno	123	-0.8%
35	Cabañas Raras	122	+6.1%
36	Puente de Domingo Flórez	115	+2.7%
37	Soto de la Vega	111	-2.6%
38	San Justo de la Vega	109	+4.8%
39	Valderas	107	+4.9%
40	Congosto	103	+3%
41	Cuadros	97	+2.1%
42	Santa Marina del Rey	96	-5%
43	Villadangos del Páramo	88	+3.5%
44	Cubillos del Sil	86	-3.4%
45	Matallana de Torío	76	+7%
46	Torre del Bierzo	75	-1.3%
47	Hospital de Órbigo	73	+7.4%
48	Valdepolo	69	+9.5%
49	Valderrueda	68	+6.3%
50	Valdevimbre	66	+10%
50	Villasabariego	66	-5.7%
52	Garrafe de Torío	65	0%
52	Santa Elena de Jamuz	65	+3.2%
54	Villamañán	61	-1.6%
55	Laguna de Negrillos	59	-1.7%
55	Molinaseca	59	+7.3%
57	Castropodame	58	-6.5%
57	Turcia	58	-3.3%
59	Vega de Valcarce	57	+3.6%
60	Santas Martas	55	+3.8%
61	Villaquejida	54	-1.8%
62	Sabero	53	+6%
63	Castrocalbón	50	+6.4%
63	Encinedo	50	-2%
65	Riaño	49	+4.3%
65	Soto y Amío	49	-3.9%
67	Puebla de Lillo	48	+6.7%
68	Bustillo del Páramo	44	+12.8%
68	Villamanín	44	+4.8%
70	El Burgo Ranero	43	+4.9%
71	Riego de la Vega	42	+7.7%
72	Castrocontrigo	40	-13%
72	Cimanes del Tejar	40	0%
72	Folgoso de la Ribera	40	+8.1%
75	Carrocera	39	+2.6%
75	Priaranza del Bierzo	39	-9.3%
77	Llamas de la Ribera	38	-9.5%
78	Corullón	37	+8.8%
78	Villazala	37	+32.1%
80	Val de San Lorenzo	36	-2.7%
81	Arganza	35	-2.8%
81	Cabrillanes	35	+6.1%
83	Páramo del Sil	34	-10.5%
83	San Emiliano	34	0%
83	Vegas del Condado	34	-2.9%
86	Carucedo	33	0%
87	Villanueva de las Manzanas	32	+28%
88	Palacios del Sil	31	-6.1%
88	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	31	+3.3%
90	Crémenes	30	0%
90	La Vecilla	30	+3.4%
90	Vega de Infanzones	30	+11.1%
93	Cabreros del Río	29	-9.4%
93	Gradefes	29	+11.5%
93	Prioro	29	+20.8%
96	Almanza	28	+21.7%
96	Boca de Huérgano	28	0%
96	Igüeña	28	-3.4%
96	Posada de Valdeón	28	+7.7%
96	Toral de los Guzmanes	28	+7.7%
101	Ardón	27	+12.5%
101	Bercianos del Páramo	27	-10%
101	Fresno de la Vega	27	+17.4%
101	Quintana del Castillo	27	-12.9%
101	Sancedo	27	+3.8%
106	Villamejil	26	+4%
107	Alija del Infantado	25	-7.4%
107	Cebrones del Río	25	+4.2%
107	Cimanes de la Vega	25	0%
107	Noceda del Bierzo	25	-3.8%
111	Luyego	24	-17.2%
111	Rioseco de Tapia	24	-7.7%
111	Santa Colomba de Curueño	24	0%
111	Valdelugueros	24	0%
111	Villagatón	24	-4%
116	Riello	23	-11.5%
116	Villares de Órbigo	23	+15%
118	Quintana y Congosto	22	+22.2%
119	Magaz de Cepeda	21	+5%
119	Pozuelo del Páramo	21	0%
119	Santiago Millas	21	-4.5%
119	Villamontán de la Valduerna	21	-12.5%
123	Mansilla Mayor	20	+25%
123	Santa María de la Isla	20	-4.8%
123	Trabadelo	20	-9.1%
123	Urdiales del Páramo	20	+5.3%
127	Brazuelo	19	-20.8%
127	Burón	19	-9.5%
127	Santa Colomba de Somoza	19	+5.6%
127	Villaobispo de Otero	19	0%
131	Balboa	18	0%
131	Cea	18	+20%
131	Gordoncillo	18	-5.3%
131	Truchas	18	+5.9%
131	Valdepiélago	18	+28.6%
136	Roperuelos del Páramo	17	0%
136	Valderrey	17	-5.6%
138	Destriana	16	+6.7%
138	La Ercina	16	+14.3%
138	Laguna Dalga	16	+6.7%
138	Oseja de Sajambre	16	+6.7%
138	Pobladura de Pelayo García	16	-11.1%
138	Vegaquemada	16	-5.9%
144	Borrenes	15	+7.1%
144	Cármenes	15	0%
144	Gordaliza del Pino	15	0%
144	Palacios de la Valduerna	15	-6.3%
144	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	15	-11.8%
144	Valle de Ancares	15	0%
150	La Antigua	14	+16.7%
150	Oencia	14	+16.7%
150	Quintana del Marco	14	+7.7%
150	Vegacervera	14	+7.7%
154	Cubillas de Rueda	13	0%
154	Lucillo	13	0%
154	Murias de Paredes	13	+8.3%
154	Valdefuentes del Páramo	13	0%
154	Villaornate y Castro	13	+44.4%
154	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	13	0%
160	Pajares de los Oteros	12	+9.1%
160	Santa María de Ordás	12	+9.1%
160	Sobrado	12	+20%
163	Benuza	11	0%
163	Villademor de la Vega	11	+10%
165	Bercianos del Real Camino	10	+25%
165	Izagre	10	+11.1%
165	Villamandos	10	0%
165	Villaselán	10	-23.1%
169	Calzada del Coto	9	+12.5%
169	Joarilla de las Matas	9	+28.6%
169	Las Omañas	9	+28.6%
169	Matadeón de los Oteros	9	-10%
169	Vallecillo	9	+125%
174	Corbillos de los Oteros	8	+33.3%
174	Grajal de Campos	8	0%
174	San Esteban de Nogales	8	+14.3%
174	San Pedro Bercianos	8	0%
174	Sena de Luna	8	+14.3%
179	Acebedo	7	-12.5%
179	Cubillas de los Oteros	7	0%
179	Los Barrios de Luna	7	0%
179	Matanza	7	0%
179	Reyero	7	+40%
179	Zotes del Páramo	7	-22.2%
185	Berlanga del Bierzo	6	+20%
185	Campo de Villavidel	6	0%
185	Valdesamario	6	+20%
185	Valverde-Enrique	6	0%
189	Algadefe	5	0%
189	Regueras de Arriba	5	n/a
189	Villamol	5	+25%
189	Villamoratiel de las Matas	5	0%
193	Castrillo de la Valduerna	4	0%
193	Gusendos de los Oteros	4	-20%
193	San Millán de los Caballeros	4	0%
193	Santa María del Monte de Cea	4	-20%

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 2015 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León province by active companies, 2015}},
  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=2015. 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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León, with 9,600 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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