Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 198 municipalities in 2022, at 9,243. Villamartín de Don Sancho had the lowest, at 4. The median was 28 and the figure for León province was 30,067. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,243León

Lowest4Villamartín de Don Sancho

Median28198 municipalities

León province30,067History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	León	9,243	+0.1%
2	Ponferrada	5,058	+0.6%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,588	+1.3%
4	Villaquilambre	1,090	+0.7%
5	Astorga	857	-0.1%
6	La Bañeza	831	+1.1%
7	Bembibre	528	0%
8	Villablino	444	+0.9%
9	Valverde de la Virgen	401	-0.2%
10	Sariegos	389	+2.4%
11	Valencia de Don Juan	371	-1.1%
12	Cacabelos	351	+1.4%
13	Camponaraya	346	-3.9%
14	Santa María del Páramo	282	-3.1%
15	Valdefresno	242	-5.5%
16	Villafranca del Bierzo	222	-0.4%
17	Onzonilla	214	0%
18	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	213	-3.2%
19	Cistierna	210	-1.4%
20	Sahagún	203	-6%
21	Carracedelo	199	-2.9%
22	Fabero	185	-1.1%
23	Villarejo de Órbigo	182	-2.7%
24	Carrizo	178	-2.7%
25	La Robla	156	-0.6%
26	Villaturiel	152	+1.3%
27	Benavides	146	+0.7%
28	Toral de los Vados	134	+0.8%
29	Mansilla de las Mulas	130	-1.5%
30	Chozas de Abajo	128	+3.2%
31	Vega de Espinareda	124	+4.2%
32	Boñar	120	+0.8%
33	La Pola de Gordón	116	+4.5%
34	Cabañas Raras	114	-5.8%
35	Toreno	112	-4.3%
36	Congosto	104	+13%
37	San Justo de la Vega	103	+3%
37	Soto de la Vega	103	+3%
39	Puente de Domingo Flórez	102	0%
40	Valderas	100	-6.5%
41	Villadangos del Páramo	97	-1%
42	Cuadros	94	+3.3%
42	Cubillos del Sil	94	+2.2%
44	Garrafe de Torío	83	+1.2%
45	Matallana de Torío	81	+2.5%
46	Torre del Bierzo	80	+1.3%
47	Villasabariego	75	+4.2%
48	Santa Elena de Jamuz	74	+2.8%
48	Santa Marina del Rey	74	-6.3%
50	Castropodame	73	+2.8%
51	Molinaseca	68	+6.3%
52	Villamañán	67	+6.3%
53	Hospital de Órbigo	66	+3.1%
54	Valdevimbre	65	-1.5%
54	Vega de Valcarce	65	+1.6%
56	Valdepolo	63	-6%
56	Valderrueda	63	+6.8%
58	Laguna de Negrillos	58	-4.9%
58	Soto y Amío	58	+3.6%
60	Riaño	57	+11.8%
61	Turcia	55	+1.9%
62	Sabero	51	-7.3%
63	Puebla de Lillo	49	+4.3%
64	Folgoso de la Ribera	47	0%
65	Villaquejida	46	-4.2%
66	Santas Martas	45	+2.3%
67	Encinedo	43	-2.3%
68	Bustillo del Páramo	42	-6.7%
68	Castrocalbón	42	-10.6%
70	El Burgo Ranero	40	-13%
70	Páramo del Sil	40	-2.4%
70	Riego de la Vega	40	-2.4%
70	Val de San Lorenzo	40	0%
74	Vegas del Condado	39	0%
75	Cabrillanes	38	+5.6%
76	Carucedo	37	+15.6%
76	Igüeña	37	+8.8%
76	Priaranza del Bierzo	37	-2.6%
79	Villamanín	36	+9.1%
80	Arganza	35	+9.4%
80	San Emiliano	35	0%
82	Cimanes del Tejar	34	-2.9%
83	Castrocontrigo	33	-2.9%
84	La Vecilla	32	-3%
84	Villazala	32	-5.9%
86	Carrocera	31	0%
86	Corullón	31	0%
86	Gradefes	31	0%
86	Santa Colomba de Somoza	31	+3.3%
90	Alija del Infantado	30	-3.2%
90	Almanza	30	0%
90	Palacios del Sil	30	-6.3%
90	Posada de Valdeón	30	-3.2%
90	Toral de los Guzmanes	30	+11.1%
90	Vega de Infanzones	30	-9.1%
96	Boca de Huérgano	29	+7.4%
96	Crémenes	29	-3.3%
96	Llamas de la Ribera	29	+7.4%
99	Riello	28	0%
99	Villagatón	28	+7.7%
101	Santiago Millas	27	+3.8%
102	Magaz de Cepeda	26	-3.7%
102	Quintana del Castillo	26	+18.2%
102	Sancedo	26	+8.3%
105	Ardón	25	-3.8%
106	Bercianos del Páramo	24	+4.3%
106	Cebrones del Río	24	-4%
106	Prioro	24	+26.3%
106	Rioseco de Tapia	24	-7.7%
106	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	24	-11.1%
106	Urdiales del Páramo	24	+4.3%
106	Villares de Órbigo	24	-7.7%
113	Cimanes de la Vega	23	+21.1%
113	Villanueva de las Manzanas	23	-4.2%
115	Luyego	22	+10%
115	Quintana y Congosto	22	+4.8%
115	Villamejil	22	+4.8%
118	Balboa	21	-4.5%
118	Cabreros del Río	21	-12.5%
118	Fresno de la Vega	21	-4.5%
118	Santa Colomba de Curueño	21	-4.5%
118	Trabadelo	21	+5%
118	Valdelugueros	21	-8.7%
118	Vegaquemada	21	+16.7%
125	Laguna Dalga	20	+11.1%
126	Brazuelo	19	+11.8%
126	Cármenes	19	0%
126	Noceda del Bierzo	19	-9.5%
126	Villaobispo de Otero	19	+5.6%
130	Cea	18	+12.5%
130	Destriana	18	+20%
130	Vegacervera	18	+12.5%
133	Gordoncillo	17	+13.3%
133	Valdepiélago	17	0%
133	Valderrey	17	+13.3%
136	Burón	16	+14.3%
136	Mansilla Mayor	16	+6.7%
136	Pobladura de Pelayo García	16	+6.7%
136	Santa María de la Isla	16	+6.7%
136	Santa María de Ordás	16	+14.3%
136	Villamontán de la Valduerna	16	-15.8%
142	Lucillo	15	-6.3%
142	Roperuelos del Páramo	15	0%
142	Truchas	15	-6.3%
145	Cubillas de Rueda	14	0%
145	Gordaliza del Pino	14	0%
145	La Antigua	14	0%
145	Murias de Paredes	14	-6.7%
145	Valle de Ancares	14	-6.7%
150	Borrenes	13	0%
150	La Ercina	13	+8.3%
152	Benuza	12	0%
152	Grajal de Campos	12	0%
152	Oseja de Sajambre	12	0%
152	Palacios de la Valduerna	12	-20%
152	Pozuelo del Páramo	12	+9.1%
152	San Pedro Bercianos	12	0%
152	Sobrado	12	0%
159	Bercianos del Real Camino	11	0%
159	Izagre	11	-8.3%
159	Quintana del Marco	11	-15.4%
159	Sena de Luna	11	+10%
159	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	11	-15.4%
164	Berlanga del Bierzo	10	+11.1%
164	Oencia	10	-9.1%
164	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	10	-9.1%
164	Valdefuentes del Páramo	10	-9.1%
164	Vallecillo	10	-9.1%
164	Villaselán	10	+25%
170	Acebedo	9	0%
170	Calzada del Coto	9	0%
170	Matadeón de los Oteros	9	0%
173	Joarilla de las Matas	8	0%
173	Las Omañas	8	0%
173	Los Barrios de Luna	8	+60%
173	Pajares de los Oteros	8	0%
173	Reyero	8	+14.3%
173	Villademor de la Vega	8	-20%
173	Zotes del Páramo	8	+33.3%
180	Cubillas de los Oteros	7	0%
180	Valdesamario	7	-12.5%
182	Algadefe	6	+20%
182	San Esteban de Nogales	6	0%
182	Villamoratiel de las Matas	6	+20%
185	Campo de Villavidel	5	-16.7%
185	Corbillos de los Oteros	5	0%
185	San Millán de los Caballeros	5	0%
185	Santa María del Monte de Cea	5	0%
185	Villamandos	5	-16.7%
185	Villamol	5	0%
191	Barjas	4	-20%
191	Gusendos de los Oteros	4	0%
191	Maraña	4	0%
191	Matanza	4	n/a
191	Prado de la Guzpeña	4	0%
191	San Adrián del Valle	4	n/a
191	Valverde-Enrique	4	0%
191	Villamartín de Don Sancho	4	n/a

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 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León province by active companies, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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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