Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 196 municipalities in 2020, at 9,447. Valverde-Enrique had the lowest, at 4. The median was 28 and the figure for León province was 30,838. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,447León

Lowest4Valverde-Enrique

Median28196 municipalities

León province30,838History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	León	9,447	-1.5%
2	Ponferrada	5,275	-0.8%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,634	-2.3%
4	Villaquilambre	1,098	-1.3%
5	Astorga	871	-4.4%
6	La Bañeza	861	-0.2%
7	Bembibre	542	+0.2%
8	Villablino	452	-1.1%
9	Valverde de la Virgen	404	+1.8%
10	Sariegos	400	-2.9%
11	Valencia de Don Juan	388	+2.9%
12	Camponaraya	358	+0.8%
13	Cacabelos	349	-2%
14	Santa María del Páramo	291	+1.7%
15	Valdefresno	261	-3.7%
16	Onzonilla	223	-0.4%
17	Cistierna	222	-3.1%
17	Villafranca del Bierzo	222	+0.9%
19	Sahagún	218	-0.5%
20	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	209	-3.7%
21	Carracedelo	204	-4.7%
22	Villarejo de Órbigo	199	-2.5%
23	Carrizo	192	+4.9%
24	Fabero	187	-5.6%
25	Benavides	155	-2.5%
26	La Robla	152	-1.3%
27	Villaturiel	151	+2.7%
28	Toral de los Vados	141	-6%
29	Chozas de Abajo	133	+8.1%
30	Boñar	130	-11%
30	Toreno	130	+8.3%
32	Cabañas Raras	127	+7.6%
33	Mansilla de las Mulas	126	-3.1%
34	Vega de Espinareda	121	+2.5%
35	Soto de la Vega	112	-3.4%
36	La Pola de Gordón	109	-3.5%
36	Valderas	109	+2.8%
38	Puente de Domingo Flórez	104	+5.1%
39	San Justo de la Vega	102	-2.9%
40	Villadangos del Páramo	100	0%
41	Cubillos del Sil	98	-3%
42	Congosto	91	-4.2%
42	Cuadros	91	+1.1%
44	Torre del Bierzo	84	+15.1%
45	Santa Marina del Rey	81	-2.4%
46	Garrafe de Torío	78	+5.4%
47	Matallana de Torío	77	-3.8%
48	Villasabariego	74	-11.9%
49	Castropodame	72	+16.1%
50	Santa Elena de Jamuz	71	0%
51	Valdepolo	67	+3.1%
52	Valdevimbre	66	-1.5%
53	Hospital de Órbigo	65	-8.5%
54	Vega de Valcarce	64	-4.5%
55	Molinaseca	63	+10.5%
56	Valderrueda	62	0%
56	Villamañán	62	+6.9%
58	Laguna de Negrillos	57	+7.5%
58	Soto y Amío	57	-3.4%
60	Turcia	54	-1.8%
61	Puebla de Lillo	52	+2%
61	Villaquejida	52	-7.1%
63	Sabero	51	-7.3%
64	Castrocalbón	48	-4%
64	Riaño	48	-11.1%
66	Bustillo del Páramo	46	0%
67	Folgoso de la Ribera	45	+7.1%
67	Santas Martas	45	-10%
69	Vegas del Condado	44	+15.8%
70	El Burgo Ranero	42	-10.6%
70	Encinedo	42	-2.3%
70	Riego de la Vega	42	+5%
73	Páramo del Sil	40	+2.6%
74	Val de San Lorenzo	39	0%
75	Villamanín	38	0%
75	Villazala	38	-2.6%
77	Cabrillanes	37	-2.6%
77	Priaranza del Bierzo	37	+2.8%
77	Vega de Infanzones	37	+2.8%
80	Gradefes	35	+6.1%
81	Cimanes del Tejar	34	-8.1%
81	Crémenes	34	-10.5%
81	San Emiliano	34	+3%
84	Carrocera	33	-5.7%
84	Castrocontrigo	33	-2.9%
84	Palacios del Sil	33	+3.1%
87	Arganza	32	+23.1%
87	La Vecilla	32	+18.5%
89	Alija del Infantado	31	+10.7%
89	Carucedo	31	-8.8%
89	Posada de Valdeón	31	+3.3%
89	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	31	-13.9%
93	Corullón	30	-11.8%
93	Igüeña	30	+3.4%
93	Llamas de la Ribera	30	-6.3%
93	Santa Colomba de Somoza	30	+3.4%
97	Almanza	29	-6.5%
98	Quintana del Castillo	28	+3.7%
98	Riello	28	+7.7%
100	Sancedo	27	-15.6%
100	Villagatón	27	+3.8%
102	Bercianos del Páramo	26	-7.1%
102	Cabreros del Río	26	0%
102	Magaz de Cepeda	26	-3.7%
102	Prioro	26	+8.3%
102	Rioseco de Tapia	26	+18.2%
102	Santiago Millas	26	+4%
102	Toral de los Guzmanes	26	+4%
102	Villanueva de las Manzanas	26	0%
110	Santa Colomba de Curueño	25	0%
111	Boca de Huérgano	24	0%
111	Cebrones del Río	24	+9.1%
111	Urdiales del Páramo	24	+9.1%
114	Fresno de la Vega	23	0%
114	Quintana y Congosto	23	-4.2%
114	Villares de Órbigo	23	0%
117	Ardón	22	-12%
117	Balboa	22	+10%
117	Trabadelo	22	-4.3%
117	Vegaquemada	22	-4.3%
121	Villamejil	21	+16.7%
122	Brazuelo	20	+11.1%
122	Noceda del Bierzo	20	0%
122	Valdelugueros	20	+5.3%
122	Villamontán de la Valduerna	20	-4.8%
126	Luyego	19	-9.5%
127	Cármenes	18	0%
127	Cea	18	-10%
127	Palacios de la Valduerna	18	+5.9%
127	Valdepiélago	18	+12.5%
127	Villaobispo de Otero	18	-5.3%
132	Cimanes de la Vega	17	0%
132	Gordoncillo	17	-19%
132	Laguna Dalga	17	+6.3%
132	Truchas	17	+30.8%
132	Valderrey	17	-10.5%
137	Burón	16	-5.9%
137	Destriana	16	+23.1%
137	La Antigua	16	-5.9%
137	Lucillo	16	+33.3%
137	Pobladura de Pelayo García	16	-11.1%
137	Santa María de la Isla	16	+33.3%
137	Vegacervera	16	-5.9%
144	Gordaliza del Pino	15	0%
144	Mansilla Mayor	15	-6.3%
144	Murias de Paredes	15	0%
144	Oseja de Sajambre	15	0%
144	Roperuelos del Páramo	15	+7.1%
144	Valle de Ancares	15	0%
150	San Pedro Bercianos	14	-6.7%
151	Benuza	13	+8.3%
151	Borrenes	13	0%
151	Cubillas de Rueda	13	-13.3%
151	Oencia	13	+8.3%
151	Quintana del Marco	13	+18.2%
151	Sobrado	13	-7.1%
151	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	13	+18.2%
158	Grajal de Campos	12	+50%
158	La Ercina	12	-7.7%
158	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	12	+20%
161	Pozuelo del Páramo	11	-8.3%
161	Villademor de la Vega	11	+22.2%
163	Bercianos del Real Camino	10	0%
163	Izagre	10	-23.1%
163	Joarilla de las Matas	10	+25%
163	Santa María de Ordás	10	-9.1%
163	Sena de Luna	10	0%
163	Valdefuentes del Páramo	10	0%
163	Vallecillo	10	0%
170	Acebedo	9	0%
170	Berlanga del Bierzo	9	+28.6%
170	Matadeón de los Oteros	9	0%
170	Pajares de los Oteros	9	0%
170	Villaselán	9	+12.5%
175	Calzada del Coto	8	+33.3%
175	Reyero	8	0%
175	Villaornate y Castro	8	-11.1%
178	Cubillas de los Oteros	7	+16.7%
178	Las Omañas	7	0%
178	Zotes del Páramo	7	-12.5%
181	Campo de Villavidel	6	0%
181	San Esteban de Nogales	6	+20%
181	Valdesamario	6	0%
181	Villamandos	6	-14.3%
185	Algadefe	5	0%
185	Barjas	5	-28.6%
185	Corbillos de los Oteros	5	0%
185	Los Barrios de Luna	5	0%
185	San Millán de los Caballeros	5	0%
185	Santa María del Monte de Cea	5	0%
185	Villamol	5	0%
185	Villamoratiel de las Matas	5	0%
193	Castrotierra de Valmadrigal	4	0%
193	Gusendos de los Oteros	4	n/a
193	Maraña	4	n/a
193	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 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2020,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León province by active companies, 2020}},
  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=2020. 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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