Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 196 municipalities in 2019, at 9,587. Valverde-Enrique had the lowest, at 4. The median was 27 and the figure for León province was 31,151. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,587León

Lowest4Valverde-Enrique

Median27196 municipalities

León province31,151History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	León	9,587	+0.1%
2	Ponferrada	5,316	-1%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,673	-0.9%
4	Villaquilambre	1,112	+0.7%
5	Astorga	911	+1.9%
6	La Bañeza	863	-1%
7	Bembibre	541	-0.6%
8	Villablino	457	+2.2%
9	Sariegos	412	+5.1%
10	Valverde de la Virgen	397	+0.8%
11	Valencia de Don Juan	377	-2.3%
12	Cacabelos	356	+5%
13	Camponaraya	355	-2.2%
14	Santa María del Páramo	286	-3.7%
15	Valdefresno	271	+2.3%
16	Cistierna	229	0%
17	Onzonilla	224	-2.6%
18	Villafranca del Bierzo	220	-9.8%
19	Sahagún	219	0%
20	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	217	+0.5%
21	Carracedelo	214	+5.9%
22	Villarejo de Órbigo	204	+0.5%
23	Fabero	198	-1.5%
24	Carrizo	183	+0.5%
25	Benavides	159	-5.9%
26	La Robla	154	-1.3%
27	Toral de los Vados	150	-4.5%
28	Villaturiel	147	-4.5%
29	Boñar	146	+1.4%
30	Mansilla de las Mulas	130	-3%
31	Chozas de Abajo	123	-6.1%
32	Toreno	120	-5.5%
33	Cabañas Raras	118	-1.7%
33	Vega de Espinareda	118	-9.2%
35	Soto de la Vega	116	-4.9%
36	La Pola de Gordón	113	+1.8%
37	Valderas	106	-4.5%
38	San Justo de la Vega	105	+4%
39	Cubillos del Sil	101	+2%
40	Villadangos del Páramo	100	+1%
41	Puente de Domingo Flórez	99	-2%
42	Congosto	95	+1.1%
43	Cuadros	90	-4.3%
44	Villasabariego	84	+15.1%
45	Santa Marina del Rey	83	-7.8%
46	Matallana de Torío	80	0%
47	Garrafe de Torío	74	+7.2%
48	Torre del Bierzo	73	-8.8%
49	Hospital de Órbigo	71	0%
49	Santa Elena de Jamuz	71	+1.4%
51	Valdevimbre	67	0%
51	Vega de Valcarce	67	-1.5%
53	Valdepolo	65	-3%
54	Castropodame	62	+1.6%
54	Valderrueda	62	-11.4%
56	Soto y Amío	59	+1.7%
57	Villamañán	58	+11.5%
58	Molinaseca	57	+9.6%
59	Villaquejida	56	0%
60	Sabero	55	+3.8%
60	Turcia	55	-3.5%
62	Riaño	54	+10.2%
63	Laguna de Negrillos	53	-5.4%
64	Puebla de Lillo	51	+2%
65	Castrocalbón	50	+4.2%
65	Santas Martas	50	0%
67	El Burgo Ranero	47	+2.2%
68	Bustillo del Páramo	46	-4.2%
69	Encinedo	43	-4.4%
70	Folgoso de la Ribera	42	-2.3%
71	Riego de la Vega	40	+8.1%
72	Páramo del Sil	39	+11.4%
72	Val de San Lorenzo	39	0%
72	Villazala	39	+5.4%
75	Cabrillanes	38	+2.7%
75	Crémenes	38	+22.6%
75	Vegas del Condado	38	-2.6%
75	Villamanín	38	-5%
79	Cimanes del Tejar	37	-14%
80	Priaranza del Bierzo	36	0%
80	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	36	+9.1%
80	Vega de Infanzones	36	+12.5%
83	Carrocera	35	-2.8%
84	Carucedo	34	0%
84	Castrocontrigo	34	-8.1%
84	Corullón	34	+9.7%
87	Gradefes	33	+13.8%
87	San Emiliano	33	-8.3%
89	Llamas de la Ribera	32	0%
89	Palacios del Sil	32	-13.5%
89	Sancedo	32	+10.3%
92	Almanza	31	-3.1%
93	Posada de Valdeón	30	-9.1%
94	Igüeña	29	0%
94	Santa Colomba de Somoza	29	+3.6%
96	Alija del Infantado	28	-3.4%
96	Bercianos del Páramo	28	+3.7%
98	La Vecilla	27	0%
98	Magaz de Cepeda	27	-6.9%
98	Quintana del Castillo	27	-3.6%
101	Arganza	26	-16.1%
101	Cabreros del Río	26	+4%
101	Riello	26	-3.7%
101	Villagatón	26	0%
101	Villanueva de las Manzanas	26	-16.1%
106	Ardón	25	-7.4%
106	Santa Colomba de Curueño	25	-13.8%
106	Santiago Millas	25	+13.6%
106	Toral de los Guzmanes	25	-3.8%
110	Boca de Huérgano	24	0%
110	Prioro	24	-11.1%
110	Quintana y Congosto	24	+9.1%
113	Fresno de la Vega	23	-4.2%
113	Trabadelo	23	+9.5%
113	Vegaquemada	23	+4.5%
113	Villares de Órbigo	23	-8%
117	Cebrones del Río	22	-12%
117	Rioseco de Tapia	22	-4.3%
117	Urdiales del Páramo	22	+4.8%
120	Gordoncillo	21	+10.5%
120	Luyego	21	-4.5%
120	Villamontán de la Valduerna	21	-8.7%
123	Balboa	20	-9.1%
123	Cea	20	0%
123	Noceda del Bierzo	20	-13%
126	Valdelugueros	19	+5.6%
126	Valderrey	19	-9.5%
126	Villaobispo de Otero	19	0%
129	Brazuelo	18	+5.9%
129	Cármenes	18	0%
129	Pobladura de Pelayo García	18	-5.3%
129	Villamejil	18	-25%
133	Burón	17	-5.6%
133	Cimanes de la Vega	17	-15%
133	La Antigua	17	-5.6%
133	Palacios de la Valduerna	17	-5.6%
133	Vegacervera	17	+6.3%
138	Laguna Dalga	16	+6.7%
138	Mansilla Mayor	16	+23.1%
138	Valdepiélago	16	+14.3%
141	Cubillas de Rueda	15	+36.4%
141	Gordaliza del Pino	15	-6.3%
141	Murias de Paredes	15	+7.1%
141	Oseja de Sajambre	15	-11.8%
141	San Pedro Bercianos	15	+15.4%
141	Valle de Ancares	15	-11.8%
147	Roperuelos del Páramo	14	-22.2%
147	Sobrado	14	0%
149	Borrenes	13	+18.2%
149	Destriana	13	0%
149	Izagre	13	+8.3%
149	La Ercina	13	0%
149	Truchas	13	+8.3%
154	Benuza	12	+33.3%
154	Lucillo	12	0%
154	Oencia	12	-7.7%
154	Pozuelo del Páramo	12	-7.7%
154	Santa María de la Isla	12	-7.7%
159	Quintana del Marco	11	0%
159	Santa María de Ordás	11	-26.7%
159	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	11	0%
162	Bercianos del Real Camino	10	+11.1%
162	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	10	-9.1%
162	Sena de Luna	10	0%
162	Valdefuentes del Páramo	10	0%
162	Vallecillo	10	+11.1%
167	Acebedo	9	+28.6%
167	Matadeón de los Oteros	9	-10%
167	Pajares de los Oteros	9	-18.2%
167	Villademor de la Vega	9	-10%
167	Villaornate y Castro	9	+12.5%
172	Grajal de Campos	8	0%
172	Joarilla de las Matas	8	-20%
172	Reyero	8	0%
172	Villaselán	8	-11.1%
172	Zotes del Páramo	8	+14.3%
177	Barjas	7	+16.7%
177	Berlanga del Bierzo	7	+16.7%
177	Las Omañas	7	-12.5%
177	Villamandos	7	0%
181	Calzada del Coto	6	-25%
181	Campo de Villavidel	6	+20%
181	Cubillas de los Oteros	6	-14.3%
181	Valdesamario	6	+50%
185	Algadefe	5	+25%
185	Corbillos de los Oteros	5	-16.7%
185	Los Barrios de Luna	5	-28.6%
185	Matanza	5	-16.7%
185	San Esteban de Nogales	5	-37.5%
185	San Millán de los Caballeros	5	0%
185	Santa María del Monte de Cea	5	+25%
185	Villamol	5	0%
185	Villamoratiel de las Matas	5	0%
194	Castrotierra de Valmadrigal	4	0%
194	San Adrián del Valle	4	n/a
194	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. 8 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León province by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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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