Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 196 municipalities in 2021, at 9,234. Valverde-Enrique had the lowest, at 4. The median was 27 and the figure for León province was 30,006. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,234León

Lowest4Valverde-Enrique

Median27196 municipalities

León province30,006History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	León	9,234	-2.3%
2	Ponferrada	5,026	-4.7%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,567	-4.1%
4	Villaquilambre	1,082	-1.5%
5	Astorga	858	-1.5%
6	La Bañeza	822	-4.5%
7	Bembibre	528	-2.6%
8	Villablino	440	-2.7%
9	Valverde de la Virgen	402	-0.5%
10	Sariegos	380	-5%
11	Valencia de Don Juan	375	-3.4%
12	Camponaraya	360	+0.6%
13	Cacabelos	346	-0.9%
14	Santa María del Páramo	291	0%
15	Valdefresno	256	-1.9%
16	Villafranca del Bierzo	223	+0.5%
17	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	220	+5.3%
18	Sahagún	216	-0.9%
19	Onzonilla	214	-4%
20	Cistierna	213	-4.1%
21	Carracedelo	205	+0.5%
22	Fabero	187	0%
22	Villarejo de Órbigo	187	-6%
24	Carrizo	183	-4.7%
25	La Robla	157	+3.3%
26	Villaturiel	150	-0.7%
27	Benavides	145	-6.5%
28	Toral de los Vados	133	-5.7%
29	Mansilla de las Mulas	132	+4.8%
30	Chozas de Abajo	124	-6.8%
31	Cabañas Raras	121	-4.7%
32	Boñar	119	-8.5%
32	Vega de Espinareda	119	-1.7%
34	Toreno	117	-10%
35	La Pola de Gordón	111	+1.8%
36	Valderas	107	-1.8%
37	Puente de Domingo Flórez	102	-1.9%
38	San Justo de la Vega	100	-2%
38	Soto de la Vega	100	-10.7%
40	Villadangos del Páramo	98	-2%
41	Congosto	92	+1.1%
41	Cubillos del Sil	92	-6.1%
43	Cuadros	91	0%
44	Garrafe de Torío	82	+5.1%
45	Matallana de Torío	79	+2.6%
45	Santa Marina del Rey	79	-2.5%
45	Torre del Bierzo	79	-6%
48	Santa Elena de Jamuz	72	+1.4%
48	Villasabariego	72	-2.7%
50	Castropodame	71	-1.4%
51	Valdepolo	67	0%
52	Valdevimbre	66	0%
53	Hospital de Órbigo	64	-1.5%
53	Molinaseca	64	+1.6%
53	Vega de Valcarce	64	0%
56	Villamañán	63	+1.6%
57	Laguna de Negrillos	61	+7%
58	Valderrueda	59	-4.8%
59	Soto y Amío	56	-1.8%
60	Sabero	55	+7.8%
61	Turcia	54	0%
62	Riaño	51	+6.3%
63	Villaquejida	48	-7.7%
64	Castrocalbón	47	-2.1%
64	Folgoso de la Ribera	47	+4.4%
64	Puebla de Lillo	47	-9.6%
67	El Burgo Ranero	46	+9.5%
68	Bustillo del Páramo	45	-2.2%
69	Encinedo	44	+4.8%
69	Santas Martas	44	-2.2%
71	Páramo del Sil	41	+2.5%
71	Riego de la Vega	41	-2.4%
73	Val de San Lorenzo	40	+2.6%
74	Vegas del Condado	39	-11.4%
75	Priaranza del Bierzo	38	+2.7%
76	Cabrillanes	36	-2.7%
77	Cimanes del Tejar	35	+2.9%
77	San Emiliano	35	+2.9%
79	Castrocontrigo	34	+3%
79	Igüeña	34	+13.3%
79	Villazala	34	-10.5%
82	La Vecilla	33	+3.1%
82	Vega de Infanzones	33	-10.8%
82	Villamanín	33	-13.2%
85	Arganza	32	0%
85	Carucedo	32	+3.2%
85	Palacios del Sil	32	-3%
88	Alija del Infantado	31	0%
88	Carrocera	31	-6.1%
88	Corullón	31	+3.3%
88	Gradefes	31	-11.4%
88	Posada de Valdeón	31	0%
93	Almanza	30	+3.4%
93	Crémenes	30	-11.8%
93	Santa Colomba de Somoza	30	0%
96	Riello	28	0%
97	Boca de Huérgano	27	+12.5%
97	Llamas de la Ribera	27	-10%
97	Magaz de Cepeda	27	+3.8%
97	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	27	-12.9%
97	Toral de los Guzmanes	27	+3.8%
102	Ardón	26	+18.2%
102	Rioseco de Tapia	26	0%
102	Santiago Millas	26	0%
102	Villagatón	26	-3.7%
102	Villares de Órbigo	26	+13%
107	Cebrones del Río	25	+4.2%
108	Cabreros del Río	24	-7.7%
108	Sancedo	24	-11.1%
108	Villanueva de las Manzanas	24	-7.7%
111	Bercianos del Páramo	23	-11.5%
111	Urdiales del Páramo	23	-4.2%
111	Valdelugueros	23	+15%
114	Balboa	22	0%
114	Fresno de la Vega	22	-4.3%
114	Quintana del Castillo	22	-21.4%
114	Santa Colomba de Curueño	22	-12%
118	Noceda del Bierzo	21	+5%
118	Quintana y Congosto	21	-8.7%
118	Villamejil	21	0%
121	Luyego	20	+5.3%
121	Trabadelo	20	-9.1%
123	Cármenes	19	+5.6%
123	Cimanes de la Vega	19	+11.8%
123	Prioro	19	-26.9%
123	Villamontán de la Valduerna	19	-5%
127	Laguna Dalga	18	+5.9%
127	Vegaquemada	18	-18.2%
127	Villaobispo de Otero	18	0%
130	Brazuelo	17	-15%
130	Valdepiélago	17	-5.6%
132	Cea	16	-11.1%
132	Lucillo	16	0%
132	Truchas	16	-5.9%
132	Vegacervera	16	0%
136	Destriana	15	-6.3%
136	Gordoncillo	15	-11.8%
136	Mansilla Mayor	15	0%
136	Murias de Paredes	15	0%
136	Palacios de la Valduerna	15	-16.7%
136	Pobladura de Pelayo García	15	-6.3%
136	Roperuelos del Páramo	15	0%
136	Santa María de la Isla	15	-6.3%
136	Valderrey	15	-11.8%
136	Valle de Ancares	15	0%
146	Burón	14	-12.5%
146	Cubillas de Rueda	14	+7.7%
146	Gordaliza del Pino	14	-6.7%
146	La Antigua	14	-12.5%
146	Santa María de Ordás	14	+40%
151	Borrenes	13	0%
151	Quintana del Marco	13	0%
151	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	13	0%
154	Benuza	12	-7.7%
154	Grajal de Campos	12	0%
154	Izagre	12	+20%
154	La Ercina	12	0%
154	Oseja de Sajambre	12	-20%
154	San Pedro Bercianos	12	-14.3%
154	Sobrado	12	-7.7%
161	Bercianos del Real Camino	11	+10%
161	Oencia	11	-15.4%
161	Pozuelo del Páramo	11	0%
161	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	11	-8.3%
161	Valdefuentes del Páramo	11	+10%
161	Vallecillo	11	+10%
167	Sena de Luna	10	0%
167	Villademor de la Vega	10	-9.1%
169	Acebedo	9	0%
169	Berlanga del Bierzo	9	0%
169	Calzada del Coto	9	+12.5%
169	Matadeón de los Oteros	9	0%
173	Joarilla de las Matas	8	-20%
173	Las Omañas	8	+14.3%
173	Pajares de los Oteros	8	-11.1%
173	Valdesamario	8	+33.3%
173	Villaselán	8	-11.1%
178	Cubillas de los Oteros	7	0%
178	Reyero	7	-12.5%
180	Campo de Villavidel	6	0%
180	San Esteban de Nogales	6	0%
180	Villamandos	6	0%
180	Villaornate y Castro	6	-25%
180	Zotes del Páramo	6	-14.3%
185	Algadefe	5	0%
185	Barjas	5	0%
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	Gusendos de los Oteros	4	0%
193	Maraña	4	0%
193	Prado de la Guzpeña	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 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2021,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León province by active companies, 2021}},
  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=2021. 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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