Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies

Lugo had the highest active companies of 67 municipalities in 2016, at 8,562. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 10. The median was 152 and the figure for Lugo province was 24,353. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest8,562Lugo

Lowest10Negueira de Muñiz

Median15267 municipalities

Lugo province24,353History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Lugo	8,562	+1.7%
2	Monforte de Lemos	1,420	+3.8%
3	Sarria	1,247	-1.7%
4	Vilalba	1,076	+1.7%
5	Viveiro	962	+3.8%
6	Ribadeo	866	+2.9%
7	Chantada	719	+0.7%
8	Foz	688	+0.4%
9	Burela	662	+2.2%
10	Guitiriz	342	-0.6%
11	Cospeito	324	+0.9%
12	Outeiro de Rei	321	+0.3%
13	Mondoñedo	300	-1.3%
14	Castro de Rei	286	0%
15	Monterroso	283	+0.4%
16	O Saviñao	255	-3.8%
17	Palas de Rei	242	-1.6%
18	Barreiros	229	0%
18	Quiroga	229	-0.9%
20	Becerreá	224	+1.4%
21	O Corgo	222	+0.9%
22	Lourenzá	210	-0.5%
23	A Pontenova	208	+0.5%
24	A Fonsagrada	207	-6.3%
25	Cervo	203	+2%
26	Meira	199	+1.5%
27	Friol	190	+0.5%
28	Castroverde	174	+2.4%
29	Baralla	169	+1.8%
30	Begonte	161	-3%
31	Xove	158	-4.2%
32	Taboada	157	-0.6%
33	A Pastoriza	155	-1.9%
34	Láncara	152	+5.6%
35	Rábade	151	-2.6%
36	Guntín	115	+7.5%
37	Alfoz	113	-3.4%
38	Pantón	111	+1.8%
39	Abadín	110	+3.8%
39	O Valadouro	110	+0.9%
39	Sober	110	+7.8%
42	Carballedo	108	+8%
43	Riotorto	107	+3.9%
44	Antas de Ulla	104	+6.1%
45	Paradela	99	0%
46	Portomarín	95	+4.4%
47	Xermade	87	0%
48	A Pobra do Brollón	84	+3.7%
48	Bóveda	84	+5%
50	Samos	82	-3.5%
51	O Vicedo	77	-6.1%
52	Baleira	70	-1.4%
52	Navia de Suarna	70	+1.4%
52	O Incio	70	-9.1%
55	Trabada	69	-2.8%
56	O Páramo	62	-1.6%
57	As Nogais	61	+5.2%
58	Pol	59	-1.7%
59	Pedrafita do Cebreiro	58	-3.3%
60	Cervantes	56	-6.7%
61	Triacastela	53	-3.6%
62	Folgoso do Courel	49	+6.5%
63	Ribas de Sil	47	-7.8%
64	Ribeira de Piquín	27	-10%
65	Muras	22	+15.8%
66	Ourol	21	-25%
67	Negueira de Muñiz	10	+11.1%

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. 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 Lugo province by active companies, 2016) [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 Lugo province by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/lugo-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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 Lugo province by active companies, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/lugo-province-municipalities?period=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/lugo-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_lugo_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies, 2016}},
  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/lugo-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Lugo, with 8,562 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Negueira de Muñiz, with 10 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12.