Municipalities in León province by active companies

León had the highest active companies of 194 municipalities in 2023, at 8,465. Villamol had the lowest, at 4. The median was 27 and the figure for León province was 27,952. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest8,465León

Lowest4Villamol

Median27194 municipalities

León province27,952History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	León	8,465	-8.4%
2	Ponferrada	4,586	-9.3%
3	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,565	-1.4%
4	Villaquilambre	1,029	-5.6%
5	Astorga	823	-4%
6	La Bañeza	770	-7.3%
7	Bembibre	468	-11.4%
8	Villablino	389	-12.4%
9	Sariegos	370	-4.9%
10	Valverde de la Virgen	365	-9%
11	Camponaraya	350	+1.2%
12	Valencia de Don Juan	343	-7.5%
13	Cacabelos	327	-6.8%
14	Santa María del Páramo	281	-0.4%
15	Valdefresno	223	-7.9%
16	Onzonilla	211	-1.4%
17	Villafranca del Bierzo	200	-9.9%
18	Cistierna	196	-6.7%
19	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	192	-9.9%
20	Sahagún	188	-7.4%
21	Carracedelo	186	-6.5%
22	Carrizo	171	-3.9%
22	Fabero	171	-7.6%
24	Villarejo de Órbigo	169	-7.1%
25	Villaturiel	153	+0.7%
26	Benavides	140	-4.1%
27	La Robla	138	-11.5%
28	Chozas de Abajo	135	+5.5%
29	Toral de los Vados	129	-3.7%
30	Boñar	123	+2.5%
31	Vega de Espinareda	121	-2.4%
32	Mansilla de las Mulas	120	-7.7%
33	Toreno	110	-1.8%
34	San Justo de la Vega	105	+1.9%
35	Soto de la Vega	102	-1%
36	Cabañas Raras	100	-12.3%
37	Cubillos del Sil	99	+5.3%
37	La Pola de Gordón	99	-14.7%
39	Villadangos del Páramo	96	-1%
40	Cuadros	95	+1.1%
41	Puente de Domingo Flórez	94	-7.8%
41	Valderas	94	-6%
43	Congosto	93	-10.6%
44	Garrafe de Torío	81	-2.4%
45	Matallana de Torío	78	-3.7%
46	Torre del Bierzo	75	-6.3%
47	Castropodame	73	0%
47	Villasabariego	73	-2.7%
49	Santa Marina del Rey	72	-2.7%
50	Santa Elena de Jamuz	70	-5.4%
51	Vega de Valcarce	65	0%
52	Molinaseca	64	-5.9%
53	Hospital de Órbigo	63	-4.5%
53	Villamañán	63	-6%
55	Valderrueda	60	-4.8%
56	Laguna de Negrillos	56	-3.4%
56	Valdevimbre	56	-13.8%
58	Valdepolo	54	-14.3%
59	Riaño	50	-12.3%
59	Turcia	50	-9.1%
59	Villaquejida	50	+8.7%
62	Santas Martas	49	+8.9%
63	Sabero	47	-7.8%
64	Vegas del Condado	46	+17.9%
65	Soto y Amío	45	-22.4%
66	Bustillo del Páramo	43	+2.4%
67	Páramo del Sil	41	+2.5%
67	Puebla de Lillo	41	-16.3%
69	Folgoso de la Ribera	40	-14.9%
70	Castrocalbón	39	-7.1%
70	Encinedo	39	-9.3%
72	Arganza	38	+8.6%
72	Val de San Lorenzo	38	-5%
74	Cimanes del Tejar	36	+5.9%
75	Castrocontrigo	34	+3%
76	Igüeña	33	-10.8%
76	Posada de Valdeón	33	+10%
76	Riego de la Vega	33	-17.5%
76	San Emiliano	33	-5.7%
76	Villamanín	33	-8.3%
81	Sancedo	32	+23.1%
82	Boca de Huérgano	31	+6.9%
82	Cabrillanes	31	-18.4%
82	Corullón	31	0%
82	Priaranza del Bierzo	31	-16.2%
86	Alija del Infantado	30	0%
86	Carucedo	30	-18.9%
86	Gradefes	30	-3.2%
86	Santa Colomba de Somoza	30	-3.2%
86	Vega de Infanzones	30	0%
91	El Burgo Ranero	29	-27.5%
92	La Vecilla	28	-12.5%
92	Riello	28	0%
92	San Cristóbal de la Polantera	28	+16.7%
95	Almanza	27	-10%
95	Carrocera	27	-12.9%
95	Palacios del Sil	27	-10%
95	Santiago Millas	27	0%
99	Llamas de la Ribera	26	-10.3%
99	Toral de los Guzmanes	26	-13.3%
99	Villamejil	26	+18.2%
102	Crémenes	25	-13.8%
102	Villazala	25	-21.9%
104	Bercianos del Páramo	24	0%
104	Quintana del Castillo	24	-7.7%
106	Ardón	23	-8%
106	Luyego	23	+4.5%
106	Villagatón	23	-17.9%
106	Villanueva de las Manzanas	23	0%
110	Destriana	22	+22.2%
110	Prioro	22	-8.3%
110	Rioseco de Tapia	22	-8.3%
110	Villares de Órbigo	22	-8.3%
114	Noceda del Bierzo	21	+10.5%
114	Santa Colomba de Curueño	21	0%
114	Urdiales del Páramo	21	-12.5%
117	Cabreros del Río	20	-4.8%
117	Cimanes de la Vega	20	-13%
117	Fresno de la Vega	20	-4.8%
117	Vegacervera	20	+11.1%
117	Villaobispo de Otero	20	+5.3%
122	Balboa	19	-9.5%
122	Magaz de Cepeda	19	-26.9%
122	Valdelugueros	19	-9.5%
122	Valderrey	19	+11.8%
126	Quintana y Congosto	18	-18.2%
126	Vegaquemada	18	-14.3%
126	Villamontán de la Valduerna	18	+12.5%
129	Cebrones del Río	17	-29.2%
129	Laguna Dalga	17	-15%
129	Pobladura de Pelayo García	17	+6.3%
129	Roperuelos del Páramo	17	+13.3%
129	Trabadelo	17	-19%
134	Oseja de Sajambre	16	+33.3%
134	Truchas	16	+6.7%
136	Brazuelo	15	-21.1%
136	Cea	15	-16.7%
136	Mansilla Mayor	15	-6.3%
136	Murias de Paredes	15	+7.1%
136	Santa María de la Isla	15	-6.3%
136	Valdepiélago	15	-11.8%
142	Borrenes	14	+7.7%
142	Cármenes	14	-26.3%
142	Santa María de Ordás	14	-12.5%
145	Gordaliza del Pino	13	-7.1%
145	Grajal de Campos	13	+8.3%
145	La Ercina	13	0%
145	Lucillo	13	-13.3%
145	Pozuelo del Páramo	13	+8.3%
150	Benuza	12	0%
150	Burón	12	-25%
150	Gordoncillo	12	-29.4%
150	Matadeón de los Oteros	12	+33.3%
150	Palacios de la Valduerna	12	0%
150	Villazanzo de Valderaduey	12	+9.1%
156	Bercianos del Real Camino	11	0%
156	La Antigua	11	-21.4%
156	Sobrado	11	-8.3%
156	Valle de Ancares	11	-21.4%
160	Acebedo	10	+11.1%
160	Cubillas de Rueda	10	-28.6%
160	Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	10	0%
160	Valdefuentes del Páramo	10	0%
160	Zotes del Páramo	10	+25%
165	San Pedro Bercianos	9	-25%
165	Sena de Luna	9	-18.2%
165	Vallecillo	9	-10%
168	Algadefe	8	+33.3%
168	Calzada del Coto	8	-11.1%
168	Oencia	8	-20%
171	Berlanga del Bierzo	7	-30%
171	Cubillas de los Oteros	7	0%
171	Izagre	7	-36.4%
171	Pajares de los Oteros	7	-12.5%
171	Quintana del Marco	7	-36.4%
171	Reyero	7	-12.5%
171	Villademor de la Vega	7	-12.5%
171	Villaselán	7	-30%
179	Corbillos de los Oteros	6	+20%
179	Joarilla de las Matas	6	-25%
179	Las Omañas	6	-25%
179	Los Barrios de Luna	6	-25%
179	San Esteban de Nogales	6	0%
179	San Millán de los Caballeros	6	+20%
179	Valdesamario	6	-14.3%
186	Villamandos	5	0%
186	Villaornate y Castro	5	n/a
188	Campo de Villavidel	4	-20%
188	Castrotierra de Valmadrigal	4	n/a
188	Maraña	4	0%
188	Santa María del Monte de Cea	4	-20%
188	Valverde-Enrique	4	0%
188	Villamartín de Don Sancho	4	0%
188	Villamol	4	-20%

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. 10 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/leon-province-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_leon_province_2023,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in León province by active companies, 2023}},
  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=2023. 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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