Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 198 municipalities in 2017, at 9,470. Villamoratiel de las Matas had the lowest, at 4. The median was 28 and the figure for León province was 31,173. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,470León

Lowest4Villamoratiel de las Matas

Median28198 municipalities

León province31,173History

Top 40 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	León	9,470	-1%
2	Ponferrada	5,363	-2.9%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,680	+1.5%
4	Villaquilambre	1,122	+1.4%
5	La Bañeza	902	+0.1%
6	Astorga	897	+1.2%
7	Bembibre	546	-3.2%
8	Villablino	452	-1.1%
9	Valencia de Don Juan	378	+1.1%
10	Valverde de la Virgen	375	+2.7%
11	Sariegos	371	+3.1%
12	Cacabelos	358	+1.7%
13	Camponaraya	355	0%
14	Santa María del Páramo	293	-2.3%
15	Valdefresno	254	-5.2%
16	Villafranca del Bierzo	252	+2.4%
17	Sahagún	232	+1.3%
18	Onzonilla	230	-6.1%
19	Cistierna	229	-0.9%
20	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	217	-1.8%
21	Villarejo de Órbigo	208	0%
22	Carracedelo	203	+2%
22	Fabero	203	-0.5%
24	Carrizo	180	-3.2%
25	Benavides	172	+5.5%
26	La Robla	158	-4.8%
27	Toral de los Vados	157	-12.3%
28	Boñar	139	-3.5%
28	Mansilla de las Mulas	139	+0.7%
30	Villaturiel	137	-8.1%
31	Toreno	125	+4.2%
32	Chozas de Abajo	124	-10.1%
33	Cabañas Raras	123	0%
34	Vega de Espinareda	122	0%
35	La Pola de Gordón	119	+1.7%
35	Soto de la Vega	119	+5.3%
37	Valderas	112	+4.7%
38	San Justo de la Vega	106	+1.9%
39	Puente de Domingo Flórez	102	-6.4%
40	Cubillos del Sil	98	+7.7%
41	Congosto	97	-2%
42	Santa Marina del Rey	96	+1.1%
43	Cuadros	94	+4.4%
44	Villadangos del Páramo	93	+8.1%
45	Torre del Bierzo	82	+9.3%
46	Garrafe de Torío	77	+5.5%
46	Santa Elena de Jamuz	77	+14.9%
48	Hospital de Órbigo	74	0%
48	Valdepolo	74	+8.8%
50	Matallana de Torío	72	-1.4%
50	Villasabariego	72	+5.9%
52	Valdevimbre	69	-5.5%
53	Valderrueda	66	+10%
54	Turcia	62	+3.3%
55	Castropodame	60	+1.7%
55	Vega de Valcarce	60	+9.1%
57	Laguna de Negrillos	57	+1.8%
58	Molinaseca	54	-3.6%
58	Sabero	54	-3.6%
58	Santas Martas	54	+5.9%
61	Castrocalbón	53	+6%
62	Puebla de Lillo	52	-1.9%
62	Villamañán	52	-1.9%
62	Villaquejida	52	-1.9%
65	Soto y Amío	50	-3.8%
66	Riaño	49	-7.5%
67	Encinedo	47	+2.2%
68	Bustillo del Páramo	43	+2.4%
68	El Burgo Ranero	43	+2.4%
70	Folgoso de la Ribera	42	-6.7%
71	Cimanes del Tejar	40	-7%
71	Villamanín	40	-13%
73	Carrocera	38	0%
73	Llamas de la Ribera	38	-5%
73	Páramo del Sil	38	+11.8%
73	Val de San Lorenzo	38	0%
73	Vegas del Condado	38	+2.7%
78	Corullón	37	0%
79	Cabrillanes	36	+5.9%
79	Priaranza del Bierzo	36	-7.7%
79	San Emiliano	36	-2.7%
79	Villazala	36	0%
83	Almanza	35	+16.7%
84	Castrocontrigo	34	-19%
84	Palacios del Sil	34	+13.3%
86	Carucedo	32	-8.6%
86	Riego de la Vega	32	-11.1%
86	Toral de los Guzmanes	32	0%
86	Villanueva de las Manzanas	32	-3%
90	Arganza	31	+14.8%
90	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	31	+3.3%
90	Vega de Infanzones	31	+10.7%
93	Ardón	29	+20.8%
93	Crémenes	29	0%
93	Igüeña	29	0%
93	La Vecilla	29	-6.5%
93	Prioro	29	+3.6%
98	Alija del Infantado	28	+12%
98	Boca de Huérgano	28	+7.7%
98	Cabreros del Río	28	-9.7%
98	Gradefes	28	-6.7%
98	Posada de Valdeón	28	0%
98	Santa Colomba de Curueño	28	+16.7%
104	Bercianos del Páramo	27	+3.8%
104	Sancedo	27	-6.9%
104	Santa Colomba de Somoza	27	+22.7%
107	Fresno de la Vega	26	+4%
108	Quintana del Castillo	25	-10.7%
108	Vegaquemada	25	+25%
108	Villamejil	25	-7.4%
111	Magaz de Cepeda	24	0%
111	Rioseco de Tapia	24	+4.3%
111	Villagatón	24	0%
114	Balboa	23	+9.5%
114	Cebrones del Río	23	-4.2%
114	Cimanes de la Vega	23	-4.2%
114	Riello	23	0%
114	Villares de Órbigo	23	+4.5%
119	Gordoncillo	22	0%
120	Noceda del Bierzo	21	-16%
120	Santiago Millas	21	+10.5%
120	Trabadelo	21	-4.5%
120	Valderrey	21	+16.7%
124	Cea	20	+17.6%
124	Urdiales del Páramo	20	+11.1%
124	Valdelugueros	20	-13%
124	Villamontán de la Valduerna	20	-4.8%
128	Brazuelo	19	0%
128	Burón	19	+5.6%
128	Luyego	19	-9.5%
128	Palacios de la Valduerna	19	+11.8%
128	Valdepiélago	19	+5.6%
133	Quintana y Congosto	18	-10%
133	Roperuelos del Páramo	18	0%
135	Oseja de Sajambre	17	0%
135	Pozuelo del Páramo	17	-15%
137	Gordaliza del Pino	16	0%
137	La Antigua	16	+6.7%
137	Mansilla Mayor	16	-5.9%
137	Pobladura de Pelayo García	16	-5.9%
141	Destriana	15	-16.7%
141	Laguna Dalga	15	0%
141	Santa María de la Isla	15	-25%
141	Truchas	15	-11.8%
141	Valle de Ancares	15	-6.3%
141	Villaobispo de Otero	15	-16.7%
147	La Ercina	14	-6.7%
147	Lucillo	14	+16.7%
147	Quintana del Marco	14	+7.7%
147	Santa María de Ordás	14	+27.3%
147	Vegacervera	14	-6.7%
152	Cármenes	13	-13.3%
152	Murias de Paredes	13	0%
154	Borrenes	12	0%
154	Cubillas de Rueda	12	0%
154	Izagre	12	-7.7%
157	Oencia	11	-8.3%
157	San Pedro Bercianos	11	+10%
157	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	11	-15.4%
157	Valdefuentes del Páramo	11	-8.3%
157	Villademor de la Vega	11	0%
162	Calzada del Coto	10	-16.7%
162	Grajal de Campos	10	+11.1%
162	Pajares de los Oteros	10	-9.1%
162	Sobrado	10	-9.1%
162	Villaornate y Castro	10	-23.1%
162	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	10	-28.6%
168	Bercianos del Real Camino	9	0%
168	Joarilla de las Matas	9	-10%
168	Matadeón de los Oteros	9	0%
168	San Esteban de Nogales	9	-10%
168	Villaselán	9	0%
168	Zotes del Páramo	9	0%
174	Campo de Villavidel	8	+14.3%
174	Reyero	8	+14.3%
174	Vallecillo	8	+33.3%
174	Villamandos	8	-20%
178	Acebedo	7	0%
178	Benuza	7	-36.4%
178	Cubillas de los Oteros	7	0%
178	Las Omañas	7	+16.7%
178	Los Barrios de Luna	7	-12.5%
178	Sena de Luna	7	-22.2%
184	Berlanga del Bierzo	6	+20%
184	Corbillos de los Oteros	6	-14.3%
186	Algadefe	5	0%
186	Matanza	5	-28.6%
186	Valdesamario	5	+25%
186	Villamol	5	0%
190	Castilfalé	4	-20%
190	Castrillo de la Valduerna	4	0%
190	Castrotierra de Valmadrigal	4	n/a
190	Peranzanes	4	n/a
190	Prado de la Guzpeña	4	n/a
190	San Millán de los Caballeros	4	n/a
190	Santa María del Monte de Cea	4	-20%
190	Valverde-Enrique	4	-20%
190	Villamoratiel de las Matas	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. 6 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 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/leon-province-municipalities?period=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León 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/leon-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.},
}

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