Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 197 municipalities in 2018, at 9,580. Valverde-Enrique had the lowest, at 4. The median was 29 and the figure for León province was 31,276. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,580León

Lowest4Valverde-Enrique

Median29197 municipalities

León province31,276History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	León	9,580	+1.2%
2	Ponferrada	5,371	+0.1%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,688	+0.5%
4	Villaquilambre	1,104	-1.6%
5	Astorga	894	-0.3%
6	La Bañeza	872	-3.3%
7	Bembibre	544	-0.4%
8	Villablino	447	-1.1%
9	Valverde de la Virgen	394	+5.1%
10	Sariegos	392	+5.7%
11	Valencia de Don Juan	386	+2.1%
12	Camponaraya	363	+2.3%
13	Cacabelos	339	-5.3%
14	Santa María del Páramo	297	+1.4%
15	Valdefresno	265	+4.3%
16	Villafranca del Bierzo	244	-3.2%
17	Onzonilla	230	0%
18	Cistierna	229	0%
19	Sahagún	219	-5.6%
20	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	216	-0.5%
21	Villarejo de Órbigo	203	-2.4%
22	Carracedelo	202	-0.5%
23	Fabero	201	-1%
24	Carrizo	182	+1.1%
25	Benavides	169	-1.7%
26	Toral de los Vados	157	0%
27	La Robla	156	-1.3%
28	Villaturiel	154	+12.4%
29	Boñar	144	+3.6%
30	Mansilla de las Mulas	134	-3.6%
31	Chozas de Abajo	131	+5.6%
32	Vega de Espinareda	130	+6.6%
33	Toreno	127	+1.6%
34	Soto de la Vega	122	+2.5%
35	Cabañas Raras	120	-2.4%
36	La Pola de Gordón	111	-6.7%
36	Valderas	111	-0.9%
38	Puente de Domingo Flórez	101	-1%
38	San Justo de la Vega	101	-4.7%
40	Cubillos del Sil	99	+1%
40	Villadangos del Páramo	99	+6.5%
42	Congosto	94	-3.1%
42	Cuadros	94	0%
44	Santa Marina del Rey	90	-6.3%
45	Matallana de Torío	80	+11.1%
45	Torre del Bierzo	80	-2.4%
47	Villasabariego	73	+1.4%
48	Hospital de Órbigo	71	-4.1%
49	Santa Elena de Jamuz	70	-9.1%
49	Valderrueda	70	+6.1%
51	Garrafe de Torío	69	-10.4%
52	Vega de Valcarce	68	+13.3%
53	Valdepolo	67	-9.5%
53	Valdevimbre	67	-2.9%
55	Castropodame	61	+1.7%
56	Soto y Amío	58	+16%
57	Turcia	57	-8.1%
58	Laguna de Negrillos	56	-1.8%
58	Villaquejida	56	+7.7%
60	Sabero	53	-1.9%
61	Molinaseca	52	-3.7%
61	Villamañán	52	0%
63	Puebla de Lillo	50	-3.8%
63	Santas Martas	50	-7.4%
65	Riaño	49	0%
66	Bustillo del Páramo	48	+11.6%
66	Castrocalbón	48	-9.4%
68	El Burgo Ranero	46	+7%
69	Encinedo	45	-4.3%
70	Cimanes del Tejar	43	+7.5%
70	Folgoso de la Ribera	43	+2.4%
72	Villamanín	40	0%
73	Val de San Lorenzo	39	+2.6%
73	Vegas del Condado	39	+2.6%
75	Cabrillanes	37	+2.8%
75	Castrocontrigo	37	+8.8%
75	Palacios del Sil	37	+8.8%
75	Riego de la Vega	37	+15.6%
75	Villazala	37	+2.8%
80	Carrocera	36	-5.3%
80	Priaranza del Bierzo	36	0%
80	San Emiliano	36	0%
83	Páramo del Sil	35	-7.9%
84	Carucedo	34	+6.3%
85	Posada de Valdeón	33	+17.9%
85	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	33	+6.5%
87	Almanza	32	-8.6%
87	Llamas de la Ribera	32	-15.8%
87	Vega de Infanzones	32	+3.2%
90	Arganza	31	0%
90	Corullón	31	-16.2%
90	Crémenes	31	+6.9%
90	Villanueva de las Manzanas	31	-3.1%
94	Alija del Infantado	29	+3.6%
94	Gradefes	29	+3.6%
94	Igüeña	29	0%
94	Magaz de Cepeda	29	+20.8%
94	Sancedo	29	+7.4%
94	Santa Colomba de Curueño	29	+3.6%
100	Quintana del Castillo	28	+12%
100	Santa Colomba de Somoza	28	+3.7%
102	Ardón	27	-6.9%
102	Bercianos del Páramo	27	0%
102	La Vecilla	27	-6.9%
102	Prioro	27	-6.9%
102	Riello	27	+17.4%
107	Toral de los Guzmanes	26	-18.8%
107	Villagatón	26	+8.3%
109	Cabreros del Río	25	-10.7%
109	Cebrones del Río	25	+8.7%
109	Villares de Órbigo	25	+8.7%
112	Boca de Huérgano	24	-14.3%
112	Fresno de la Vega	24	-7.7%
112	Villamejil	24	-4%
115	Noceda del Bierzo	23	+9.5%
115	Rioseco de Tapia	23	-4.2%
115	Villamontán de la Valduerna	23	+15%
118	Balboa	22	-4.3%
118	Luyego	22	+15.8%
118	Quintana y Congosto	22	+22.2%
118	Santiago Millas	22	+4.8%
118	Vegaquemada	22	-12%
123	Trabadelo	21	0%
123	Urdiales del Páramo	21	+5%
123	Valderrey	21	0%
126	Cea	20	0%
126	Cimanes de la Vega	20	-13%
128	Gordoncillo	19	-13.6%
128	Pobladura de Pelayo García	19	+18.8%
128	Villaobispo de Otero	19	+26.7%
131	Burón	18	-5.3%
131	Cármenes	18	+38.5%
131	La Antigua	18	+12.5%
131	Palacios de la Valduerna	18	-5.3%
131	Roperuelos del Páramo	18	0%
131	Valdelugueros	18	-10%
137	Brazuelo	17	-10.5%
137	Oseja de Sajambre	17	0%
137	Valle de Ancares	17	+13.3%
140	Gordaliza del Pino	16	0%
140	Vegacervera	16	+14.3%
142	Laguna Dalga	15	0%
142	Santa María de Ordás	15	+7.1%
144	Murias de Paredes	14	+7.7%
144	Sobrado	14	+40%
144	Valdepiélago	14	-26.3%
147	Destriana	13	-13.3%
147	La Ercina	13	-7.1%
147	Mansilla Mayor	13	-18.8%
147	Oencia	13	+18.2%
147	Pozuelo del Páramo	13	-23.5%
147	San Pedro Bercianos	13	+18.2%
147	Santa María de la Isla	13	-13.3%
154	Izagre	12	0%
154	Lucillo	12	-14.3%
154	Truchas	12	-20%
157	Borrenes	11	-8.3%
157	Cubillas de Rueda	11	-8.3%
157	Pajares de los Oteros	11	+10%
157	Quintana del Marco	11	-21.4%
157	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	11	0%
157	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	11	+10%
163	Joarilla de las Matas	10	+11.1%
163	Matadeón de los Oteros	10	+11.1%
163	Sena de Luna	10	+42.9%
163	Valdefuentes del Páramo	10	-9.1%
163	Villademor de la Vega	10	-9.1%
168	Benuza	9	+28.6%
168	Bercianos del Real Camino	9	0%
168	Vallecillo	9	+12.5%
168	Villaselán	9	0%
172	Calzada del Coto	8	-20%
172	Grajal de Campos	8	-20%
172	Las Omañas	8	+14.3%
172	Reyero	8	0%
172	San Esteban de Nogales	8	-11.1%
172	Villaornate y Castro	8	-20%
178	Acebedo	7	0%
178	Cubillas de los Oteros	7	0%
178	Los Barrios de Luna	7	0%
178	Villamandos	7	-12.5%
178	Zotes del Páramo	7	-22.2%
183	Barjas	6	n/a
183	Berlanga del Bierzo	6	0%
183	Corbillos de los Oteros	6	0%
183	Matanza	6	+20%
187	Campo de Villavidel	5	-37.5%
187	San Millán de los Caballeros	5	+25%
187	Villamol	5	0%
187	Villamoratiel de las Matas	5	+25%
191	Algadefe	4	-20%
191	Castilfalé	4	0%
191	Castrillo de la Valduerna	4	0%
191	Castrotierra de Valmadrigal	4	0%
191	Santa María del Monte de Cea	4	0%
191	Valdesamario	4	-20%
191	Valverde-Enrique	4	0%

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. 7 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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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