Municipalities in Madrid province by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 175 municipalities in 2018, at 312,285. El Atazar had the lowest, at 4. The median was 279 and the figure for Madrid province was 538,917. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest312,285Madrid

Lowest4El Atazar

Median279175 municipalities

Madrid province538,917History

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	Madrid	312,285	+2.6%
2	Las Rozas de Madrid	11,435	+0.4%
3	Pozuelo de Alarcón	11,087	+0.8%
4	Fuenlabrada	10,926	+1.5%
5	Alcobendas	10,903	+4.7%
6	Móstoles	9,811	+1%
7	Leganés	9,632	+1.1%
8	Alcalá de Henares	9,524	+2%
9	Getafe	9,285	+2.4%
10	Alcorcón	9,021	+2.1%
11	San Sebastián de los Reyes	7,302	+2.7%
12	Majadahonda	6,903	+1.5%
13	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,296	+2.3%
14	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	6,170	+3.5%
15	Boadilla del Monte	5,747	+4.1%
16	Parla	4,911	+4.4%
17	Coslada	4,876	+1.4%
18	Valdemoro	4,179	+2%
19	Arganda del Rey	4,094	+3.1%
20	Collado Villalba	3,940	+2.2%
21	Tres Cantos	3,486	+2.3%
22	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,348	-0.6%
23	Pinto	3,161	+3.9%
24	Colmenar Viejo	3,015	+2.3%
25	Aranjuez	2,826	+0.4%
26	San Fernando de Henares	2,761	+2.5%
27	Galapagar	2,577	+4.7%
28	Torrelodones	2,458	+3.3%
29	Arroyomolinos	2,250	+2.6%
30	Humanes de Madrid	2,206	+1.2%
31	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,185	+4%
32	Algete	1,846	+2.6%
33	Navalcarnero	1,809	+0.4%
34	Paracuellos de Jarama	1,775	+1.4%
35	Mejorada del Campo	1,640	+1.7%
36	San Lorenzo de El Escorial	1,389	+1.5%
37	Villanueva del Pardillo	1,348	+1.7%
38	Ciempozuelos	1,199	+4.7%
39	Valdemorillo	1,175	+2.4%
40	Alpedrete	1,156	+1.2%
41	San Martín de la Vega	1,155	-0.6%
42	El Escorial	1,152	+2.9%
43	Griñón	1,135	+5.2%
44	Guadarrama	1,111	+1.5%
45	San Agustín del Guadalix	1,059	+1.9%
46	Villalbilla	961	+1.8%
47	Meco	900	+5.8%
48	Moralzarzal	873	+3.6%
49	Velilla de San Antonio	867	+3.3%
50	Brunete	812	+0.9%
51	Torrejón de la Calzada	757	+6%
52	Loeches	750	+2.9%
53	Daganzo de Arriba	715	-0.3%
54	Hoyo de Manzanares	714	+4.4%
55	Sevilla la Nueva	713	-0.1%
56	Soto del Real	656	+6.5%
57	Ajalvir	648	+3.7%
58	El Álamo	646	+1.3%
59	Collado Mediano	609	+4.1%
60	Moraleja de Enmedio	593	+8.8%
61	El Boalo	592	+4.4%
62	Fuente el Saz de Jarama	591	+1.4%
63	Torres de la Alameda	580	-1.7%
64	Camarma de Esteruelas	578	+3%
65	Colmenarejo	577	+2.1%
66	Manzanares el Real	567	+2.2%
67	Nuevo Baztán	551	+2.4%
68	El Molar	530	+0.2%
69	Cobeña	516	+6.8%
70	San Martín de Valdeiglesias	512	-0.8%
71	Becerril de la Sierra	511	+1.2%
71	Cercedilla	511	+1.6%
73	Campo Real	496	0%
74	Colmenar de Oreja	485	-1.2%
75	Cubas de la Sagra	471	+4.9%
76	Miraflores de la Sierra	439	+2.3%
77	Villarejo de Salvanés	414	+3.5%
78	Serranillos del Valle	389	+6.6%
79	Guadalix de la Sierra	382	+0.5%
80	Morata de Tajuña	372	+2.5%
81	Chinchón	363	+0.6%
82	Pedrezuela	362	+0.6%
83	Los Molinos	333	-1.2%
84	Valdeolmos-Alalpardo	332	+5.7%
85	Villa del Prado	327	+6.5%
86	Valdetorres de Jarama	316	+0.6%
87	Torrejón de Velasco	294	-0.7%
88	Navacerrada	279	+7.3%
89	Casarrubuelos	277	+3.7%
90	Robledo de Chavela	272	+1.9%
91	Quijorna	259	+7%
92	Torrelaguna	254	+2%
93	Talamanca de Jarama	247	+11.8%
94	La Cabrera	213	-0.5%
95	Bustarviejo	193	+6.6%
96	Venturada	192	+7.9%
97	Navas del Rey	188	-2.1%
98	Pelayos de la Presa	184	+8.9%
99	Perales de Tajuña	179	+2.3%
100	Cadalso de los Vidrios	173	+3.6%
101	Chapinería	170	+2.4%
101	Villar del Olmo	170	+3.7%
103	Villaconejos	168	-2.3%
104	Aldea del Fresno	143	0%
104	Villamanta	143	-1.4%
106	Valdilecha	141	+1.4%
107	Batres	140	-2.1%
107	Navalagamella	140	+6.9%
109	Rascafría	138	+3.8%
110	Buitrago del Lozoya	137	+7.9%
110	Los Santos de la Humosa	137	+11.4%
112	Carabaña	130	+7.4%
112	Fresno de Torote	130	+4%
114	Tielmes	126	+7.7%
115	Valdeavero	122	+7%
116	Villanueva de Perales	120	-4%
117	Fuentidueña de Tajo	116	+13.7%
118	Zarzalejo	115	+4.5%
119	El Vellón	107	-5.3%
120	Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias	105	+11.7%
121	Colmenar del Arroyo	102	+5.2%
122	Villamantilla	101	+11%
123	Fresnedillas de la Oliva	100	-4.8%
123	Santa María de la Alameda	100	+19%
125	Cenicientos	88	+3.5%
126	Titulcia	83	+5.1%
127	Belmonte de Tajo	77	+14.9%
128	Navalafuente	76	-1.3%
129	Estremera	75	-3.8%
130	Anchuelo	73	-7.6%
130	Valdemanco	73	-1.4%
132	Pozuelo del Rey	69	+9.5%
133	Torremocha de Jarama	66	+6.5%
134	Valdemaqueda	57	+5.6%
135	Cabanillas de la Sierra	55	-8.3%
135	Orusco de Tajuña	55	+10%
137	Lozoya	48	+9.1%
137	Pezuela de las Torres	48	-2%
139	Valdelaguna	47	+4.4%
140	Valdepiélagos	42	+2.4%
141	Canencia	41	+10.8%
141	Ribatejada	41	+5.1%
143	El Berrueco	39	-7.1%
144	Santorcaz	38	0%
145	Puentes Viejas	36	-5.3%
146	Villamanrique de Tajo	35	-2.8%
147	Rozas de Puerto Real	32	+23.1%
148	Garganta de los Montes	30	+11.1%
149	Olmeda de las Fuentes	28	+3.7%
150	Ambite	25	+31.6%
150	Gascones	25	+13.6%
152	Brea de Tajo	24	+20%
152	Corpa	24	+20%
152	Gargantilla del Lozoya y Pinilla de Buitrago	24	0%
152	Montejo de la Sierra	24	+4.3%
152	Patones	24	+9.1%
157	Valverde de Alcalá	23	-8%
158	Valdaracete	22	+4.8%
159	Redueña	21	0%
160	Alameda del Valle	18	0%
161	Horcajo de la Sierra-Aoslos	16	0%
162	Braojos	15	-11.8%
162	Villavieja del Lozoya	15	-11.8%
164	Berzosa del Lozoya	14	+7.7%
165	Cervera de Buitrago	11	0%
165	La Serna del Monte	11	+10%
167	Navarredonda y San Mamés	9	-18.2%
167	Piñuécar-Gandullas	9	-25%
167	Prádena del Rincón	9	-10%
170	Puebla de la Sierra	7	+16.7%
171	Madarcos	6	+50%
172	La Acebeda	5	0%
172	Pinilla del Valle	5	-16.7%
172	Somosierra	5	-16.7%
175	El Atazar	4	n/a

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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. 3 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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 Madrid 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 Madrid 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/madrid-province-municipalities?period=2018. 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 Madrid 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/madrid-province-municipalities?period=2018.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Madrid 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/madrid-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_madrid_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Madrid 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/madrid-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.},
}

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