Municipalities in Málaga province by active companies

Málaga had the highest active companies of 101 municipalities in 2015, at 38,628. Atajate had the lowest, at 6. The median was 126 and the figure for Málaga province was 111,792. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest38,628Málaga

Lowest6Atajate

Median126101 municipalities

Málaga province111,792History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Málaga	38,628	+3.1%
2	Marbella	15,876	+3.5%
3	Fuengirola	5,753	+4.4%
4	Mijas	5,328	+8%
5	Vélez-Málaga	4,901	+4%
6	Estepona	4,819	+5.7%
7	Benalmádena	4,631	+4%
8	Torremolinos	4,529	+3.3%
9	Rincón de la Victoria	2,605	+4.5%
10	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,445	+1.7%
11	Antequera	2,350	+2.1%
12	Ronda	2,160	+1.8%
13	Alhaurín el Grande	1,630	+3.7%
14	Nerja	1,625	+5.1%
15	Coín	1,356	+4.2%
16	Cártama	1,173	+5.5%
17	Torrox	966	+6.3%
18	Manilva	893	+6.6%
19	Álora	570	+1.4%
20	Benahavís	536	+3.9%
21	Campillos	525	+3.1%
22	Pizarra	477	-1.6%
23	Archidona	458	-0.7%
24	Algarrobo	308	+9.2%
25	Casares	297	+12.1%
26	Mollina	287	+7.9%
27	Villanueva del Trabuco	286	+3.2%
28	Alameda	269	+1.9%
29	Villanueva de Algaidas	230	+0.4%
30	Frigiliana	223	+9.3%
31	Cómpeta	222	+1.4%
32	Arriate	218	0%
33	Casabermeja	213	+10.4%
34	Colmenar	211	-2.3%
35	Teba	210	+1.4%
36	Ojén	189	+2.2%
37	Cuevas de San Marcos	180	+8.4%
38	Sierra de Yeguas	165	+2.5%
39	Humilladero	162	+8%
40	Fuente de Piedra	159	+6%
41	Periana	149	-6.3%
42	Villanueva del Rosario	147	+2.1%
43	Casarabonela	146	-2%
44	Ardales	139	+0.7%
45	Monda	138	+1.5%
46	Yunquera	136	-1.4%
47	Almogía	135	+1.5%
47	Cortes de la Frontera	135	-6.9%
49	Almargen	132	+8.2%
50	Villanueva de la Concepción	127	+6.7%
51	Riogordo	126	+5.9%
52	Benamocarra	125	-6%
53	Gaucín	104	+8.3%
54	Alcaucín	99	-3.9%
55	Viñuela	97	+5.4%
56	Benaoján	92	-3.2%
57	Alozaina	88	+3.5%
58	Tolox	81	+6.6%
59	Guaro	78	+2.6%
60	Canillas de Aceituno	76	+11.8%
61	Valle de Abdalajís	74	-5.1%
62	Cañete la Real	73	-11%
63	Cuevas del Becerro	71	+1.4%
63	El Burgo	71	-1.4%
65	Villanueva de Tapia	68	-1.4%
66	Cuevas Bajas	67	-9.5%
67	Sayalonga	62	+6.9%
68	Istán	59	+5.4%
69	Almáchar	58	+20.8%
69	Benamargosa	58	-1.7%
69	Montejaque	58	+1.8%
72	Comares	49	-2%
72	Moclinejo	49	-3.9%
74	Alfarnate	46	+9.5%
75	Algatocín	44	-6.4%
76	El Borge	38	+15.2%
77	Arenas	35	+9.4%
78	Canillas de Albaida	34	+3%
79	Igualeja	30	0%
80	Carratraca	26	-7.1%
80	Jubrique	26	0%
82	Iznate	25	-3.8%
83	Genalguacil	23	-4.2%
84	Benalauría	20	+11.1%
85	Totalán	18	-10%
86	Alfarnatejo	17	+6.3%
86	Benarrabá	17	-15%
88	Alpandeire	16	+14.3%
88	Árchez	16	+23.1%
90	Cútar	15	-6.3%
90	Macharaviaya	15	+36.4%
92	Benadalid	13	+8.3%
92	Júzcar	13	0%
92	Sedella	13	+18.2%
95	Cartajima	12	-7.7%
96	Jimera de Líbar	11	-8.3%
97	Faraján	9	-10%
97	Pujerra	9	0%
99	Parauta	8	+60%
100	Salares	7	0%
101	Atajate	6	0%

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 Málaga province by active companies, 2015) [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 Málaga province by active companies, 2015. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/malaga-province-municipalities?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Málaga province by active companies, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/malaga-province-municipalities?period=2015.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Málaga province by active companies, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/malaga-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_malaga_province_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Málaga province by active companies, 2015}},
  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/malaga-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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?

Málaga, with 38,628 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Atajate, with 6 in 2015.

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