Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies

Lugo had the highest active companies of 67 municipalities in 2018, at 8,756. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 6. The median was 154 and the figure for Lugo province was 24,760. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest8,756Lugo

Lowest6Negueira de Muñiz

Median15467 municipalities

Lugo province24,760History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Lugo	8,756	+1.5%
2	Monforte de Lemos	1,440	+0.1%
3	Sarria	1,264	+0.9%
4	Vilalba	1,101	+0.3%
5	Viveiro	991	+0.5%
6	Ribadeo	908	+1.7%
7	Chantada	747	+0.7%
8	Foz	691	+1.2%
9	Burela	660	+0.9%
10	Outeiro de Rei	358	+5.6%
11	Guitiriz	327	-5.5%
12	Cospeito	313	-1.6%
13	Castro de Rei	303	+6.3%
14	Mondoñedo	291	+2.8%
15	Monterroso	283	+1.8%
16	O Saviñao	248	-0.4%
17	Palas de Rei	239	+0.8%
18	Barreiros	231	-2.9%
19	Quiroga	223	-1.3%
20	O Corgo	222	-1.3%
21	A Fonsagrada	219	+2.8%
21	Becerreá	219	-2.2%
23	A Pontenova	206	-1.4%
24	Cervo	200	-1.5%
25	Meira	199	-0.5%
26	Friol	198	+6.5%
26	Lourenzá	198	-1.5%
28	Castroverde	178	-2.7%
29	Baralla	170	+4.3%
30	Begonte	167	-0.6%
31	A Pastoriza	165	-1.2%
32	Taboada	159	0%
33	Láncara	158	+4.6%
34	Xove	154	+4.1%
35	Rábade	138	-9.2%
36	Guntín	119	+1.7%
37	Abadín	114	0%
38	Sober	112	+0.9%
39	Alfoz	110	-3.5%
39	Antas de Ulla	110	-3.5%
39	Carballedo	110	+0.9%
39	Pantón	110	+3.8%
43	O Valadouro	107	-1.8%
44	Paradela	99	+3.1%
45	Xermade	96	+5.5%
46	Portomarín	94	+1.1%
47	A Pobra do Brollón	90	+4.7%
47	Riotorto	90	-10%
49	Bóveda	88	+11.4%
50	O Incio	80	+9.6%
50	O Vicedo	80	-1.2%
52	Navia de Suarna	74	+1.4%
53	Samos	71	-10.1%
53	Trabada	71	+6%
55	Baleira	70	-1.4%
56	Pol	66	+11.9%
57	Pedrafita do Cebreiro	65	+8.3%
58	As Nogais	60	-4.8%
59	Cervantes	59	-1.7%
60	O Páramo	54	-5.3%
61	Triacastela	51	+6.3%
62	Folgoso do Courel	50	-7.4%
63	Ribas de Sil	49	0%
64	Ribeira de Piquín	32	+6.7%
65	Ourol	26	0%
66	Muras	23	0%
67	Negueira de Muñiz	6	-33.3%

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/lugo-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_lugo_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Lugo province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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 8,756 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Negueira de Muñiz, with 6 in 2018.

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.