Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 195 municipalities in 2016, at 9,567. Valdesamario had the lowest, at 4. The median was 28 and the figure for León province was 31,427. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,567León

Lowest4Valdesamario

Median28195 municipalities

León province31,427History

Top 40 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	León	9,567	-0.3%
2	Ponferrada	5,525	+0.6%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,655	+1.7%
4	Villaquilambre	1,107	+5.1%
5	La Bañeza	901	-0.4%
6	Astorga	886	-0.4%
7	Bembibre	564	0%
8	Villablino	457	-1.3%
9	Valencia de Don Juan	374	+0.8%
10	Valverde de la Virgen	365	-1.9%
11	Sariegos	360	-7.2%
12	Camponaraya	355	+5%
13	Cacabelos	352	-0.8%
14	Santa María del Páramo	300	-0.7%
15	Valdefresno	268	+3.5%
16	Villafranca del Bierzo	246	-2%
17	Onzonilla	245	+3.4%
18	Cistierna	231	0%
19	Sahagún	229	-3%
20	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	221	+4.7%
21	Villarejo de Órbigo	208	0%
22	Fabero	204	-3.8%
23	Carracedelo	199	-2%
24	Carrizo	186	+1.6%
25	Toral de los Vados	179	+2.3%
26	La Robla	166	0%
27	Benavides	163	-0.6%
28	Villaturiel	149	0%
29	Boñar	144	+4.3%
30	Chozas de Abajo	138	+7%
30	Mansilla de las Mulas	138	-1.4%
32	Cabañas Raras	123	+0.8%
33	Vega de Espinareda	122	-3.9%
34	Toreno	120	-2.4%
35	La Pola de Gordón	117	-10.7%
36	Soto de la Vega	113	+1.8%
37	Puente de Domingo Flórez	109	-5.2%
38	Valderas	107	0%
39	San Justo de la Vega	104	-4.6%
40	Congosto	99	-3.9%
41	Santa Marina del Rey	95	-1%
42	Cubillos del Sil	91	+5.8%
43	Cuadros	90	-7.2%
44	Villadangos del Páramo	86	-2.3%
45	Torre del Bierzo	75	0%
46	Hospital de Órbigo	74	+1.4%
47	Garrafe de Torío	73	+12.3%
47	Matallana de Torío	73	-3.9%
47	Valdevimbre	73	+10.6%
50	Valdepolo	68	-1.4%
50	Villasabariego	68	+3%
52	Santa Elena de Jamuz	67	+3.1%
53	Turcia	60	+3.4%
53	Valderrueda	60	-11.8%
55	Castropodame	59	+1.7%
56	Laguna de Negrillos	56	-5.1%
56	Molinaseca	56	-5.1%
56	Sabero	56	+5.7%
59	Vega de Valcarce	55	-3.5%
60	Puebla de Lillo	53	+10.4%
60	Riaño	53	+8.2%
60	Villamañán	53	-13.1%
60	Villaquejida	53	-1.9%
64	Soto y Amío	52	+6.1%
65	Santas Martas	51	-7.3%
66	Castrocalbón	50	0%
67	Encinedo	46	-8%
67	Villamanín	46	+4.5%
69	Folgoso de la Ribera	45	+12.5%
70	Cimanes del Tejar	43	+7.5%
71	Bustillo del Páramo	42	-4.5%
71	Castrocontrigo	42	+5%
71	El Burgo Ranero	42	-2.3%
74	Llamas de la Ribera	40	+5.3%
75	Priaranza del Bierzo	39	0%
76	Carrocera	38	-2.6%
76	Val de San Lorenzo	38	+5.6%
78	Corullón	37	0%
78	San Emiliano	37	+8.8%
78	Vegas del Condado	37	+8.8%
81	Riego de la Vega	36	-14.3%
81	Villazala	36	-2.7%
83	Carucedo	35	+6.1%
84	Cabrillanes	34	-2.9%
84	Páramo del Sil	34	0%
86	Villanueva de las Manzanas	33	+3.1%
87	Toral de los Guzmanes	32	+14.3%
88	Cabreros del Río	31	+6.9%
88	La Vecilla	31	+3.3%
90	Almanza	30	+7.1%
90	Gradefes	30	+3.4%
90	Palacios del Sil	30	-3.2%
90	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	30	-3.2%
94	Crémenes	29	-3.3%
94	Igüeña	29	+3.6%
94	Sancedo	29	+7.4%
97	Posada de Valdeón	28	0%
97	Prioro	28	-3.4%
97	Quintana del Castillo	28	+3.7%
97	Vega de Infanzones	28	-6.7%
101	Arganza	27	-22.9%
101	Villamejil	27	+3.8%
103	Bercianos del Páramo	26	-3.7%
103	Boca de Huérgano	26	-7.1%
105	Alija del Infantado	25	0%
105	Fresno de la Vega	25	-7.4%
105	Noceda del Bierzo	25	0%
108	Ardón	24	-11.1%
108	Cebrones del Río	24	-4%
108	Cimanes de la Vega	24	-4%
108	Magaz de Cepeda	24	+14.3%
108	Santa Colomba de Curueño	24	0%
108	Villagatón	24	0%
114	Riello	23	0%
114	Rioseco de Tapia	23	-4.2%
114	Valdelugueros	23	-4.2%
117	Gordoncillo	22	+22.2%
117	Santa Colomba de Somoza	22	+15.8%
117	Trabadelo	22	+10%
117	Villares de Órbigo	22	-4.3%
121	Balboa	21	+16.7%
121	Luyego	21	-12.5%
121	Villamontán de la Valduerna	21	0%
124	Pozuelo del Páramo	20	-4.8%
124	Quintana y Congosto	20	-9.1%
124	Santa María de la Isla	20	0%
124	Vegaquemada	20	+25%
128	Brazuelo	19	0%
128	Santiago Millas	19	-9.5%
130	Burón	18	-5.3%
130	Destriana	18	+12.5%
130	Roperuelos del Páramo	18	+5.9%
130	Urdiales del Páramo	18	-10%
130	Valdepiélago	18	0%
130	Valderrey	18	+5.9%
130	Villaobispo de Otero	18	-5.3%
137	Cea	17	-5.6%
137	Mansilla Mayor	17	-15%
137	Oseja de Sajambre	17	+6.3%
137	Palacios de la Valduerna	17	+13.3%
137	Pobladura de Pelayo García	17	+6.3%
137	Truchas	17	-5.6%
143	Gordaliza del Pino	16	+6.7%
143	Valle de Ancares	16	+6.7%
145	Cármenes	15	0%
145	La Antigua	15	+7.1%
145	La Ercina	15	-6.3%
145	Laguna Dalga	15	-6.3%
145	Vegacervera	15	+7.1%
150	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	14	+7.7%
151	Izagre	13	+30%
151	Murias de Paredes	13	0%
151	Quintana del Marco	13	-7.1%
151	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	13	-13.3%
151	Villaornate y Castro	13	0%
156	Borrenes	12	-20%
156	Calzada del Coto	12	+33.3%
156	Cubillas de Rueda	12	-7.7%
156	Lucillo	12	-7.7%
156	Oencia	12	-14.3%
156	Valdefuentes del Páramo	12	-7.7%
162	Benuza	11	0%
162	Pajares de los Oteros	11	-8.3%
162	Santa María de Ordás	11	-8.3%
162	Sobrado	11	-8.3%
162	Villademor de la Vega	11	0%
167	Joarilla de las Matas	10	+11.1%
167	San Esteban de Nogales	10	+25%
167	San Pedro Bercianos	10	+25%
167	Villamandos	10	0%
171	Bercianos del Real Camino	9	-10%
171	Grajal de Campos	9	+12.5%
171	Matadeón de los Oteros	9	0%
171	Sena de Luna	9	+12.5%
171	Villaselán	9	-10%
171	Zotes del Páramo	9	+28.6%
177	Los Barrios de Luna	8	+14.3%
178	Acebedo	7	0%
178	Campo de Villavidel	7	+16.7%
178	Corbillos de los Oteros	7	-12.5%
178	Cubillas de los Oteros	7	0%
178	Matanza	7	0%
178	Reyero	7	0%
184	Las Omañas	6	-33.3%
184	Vallecillo	6	-33.3%
186	Algadefe	5	0%
186	Berlanga del Bierzo	5	-16.7%
186	Castilfalé	5	n/a
186	Santa María del Monte de Cea	5	+25%
186	Valverde-Enrique	5	-16.7%
186	Villamol	5	0%
186	Villamoratiel de las Matas	5	0%
193	Castrillo de la Valduerna	4	0%
193	Regueras de Arriba	4	-20%
193	Valdesamario	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. 9 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 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 León 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/leon-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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, 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/leon-province-municipalities?period=2016.

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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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León 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/leon-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.},
}

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