Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies

Lugo had the highest active companies of 67 municipalities in 2017, at 8,629. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 9. The median was 151 and the figure for Lugo province was 24,549. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest8,629Lugo

Lowest9Negueira de Muñiz

Median15167 municipalities

Lugo province24,549History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Lugo	8,629	+0.8%
2	Monforte de Lemos	1,439	+1.3%
3	Sarria	1,253	+0.5%
4	Vilalba	1,098	+2%
5	Viveiro	986	+2.5%
6	Ribadeo	893	+3.1%
7	Chantada	742	+3.2%
8	Foz	683	-0.7%
9	Burela	654	-1.2%
10	Guitiriz	346	+1.2%
11	Outeiro de Rei	339	+5.6%
12	Cospeito	318	-1.9%
13	Castro de Rei	285	-0.3%
14	Mondoñedo	283	-5.7%
15	Monterroso	278	-1.8%
16	O Saviñao	249	-2.4%
17	Barreiros	238	+3.9%
18	Palas de Rei	237	-2.1%
19	Quiroga	226	-1.3%
20	O Corgo	225	+1.4%
21	Becerreá	224	0%
22	A Fonsagrada	213	+2.9%
23	A Pontenova	209	+0.5%
24	Cervo	203	0%
25	Lourenzá	201	-4.3%
26	Meira	200	+0.5%
27	Friol	186	-2.1%
28	Castroverde	183	+5.2%
29	Begonte	168	+4.3%
30	A Pastoriza	167	+7.7%
31	Baralla	163	-3.6%
32	Taboada	159	+1.3%
33	Rábade	152	+0.7%
34	Láncara	151	-0.7%
35	Xove	148	-6.3%
36	Guntín	117	+1.7%
37	Abadín	114	+3.6%
37	Alfoz	114	+0.9%
37	Antas de Ulla	114	+9.6%
40	Sober	111	+0.9%
41	Carballedo	109	+0.9%
41	O Valadouro	109	-0.9%
43	Pantón	106	-4.5%
44	Riotorto	100	-6.5%
45	Paradela	96	-3%
46	Portomarín	93	-2.1%
47	Xermade	91	+4.6%
48	A Pobra do Brollón	86	+2.4%
49	O Vicedo	81	+5.2%
50	Bóveda	79	-6%
50	Samos	79	-3.7%
52	Navia de Suarna	73	+4.3%
52	O Incio	73	+4.3%
54	Baleira	71	+1.4%
55	Trabada	67	-2.9%
56	As Nogais	63	+3.3%
57	Cervantes	60	+7.1%
57	Pedrafita do Cebreiro	60	+3.4%
59	Pol	59	0%
60	O Páramo	57	-8.1%
61	Folgoso do Courel	54	+10.2%
62	Ribas de Sil	49	+4.3%
63	Triacastela	48	-9.4%
64	Ribeira de Piquín	30	+11.1%
65	Ourol	26	+23.8%
66	Muras	23	+4.5%
67	Negueira de Muñiz	9	-10%

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies, 2017. 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=2017.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/lugo-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_lugo_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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 8,629 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Negueira de Muñiz, with 9 in 2017.

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.