Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies

Murcia had the highest active companies of 45 municipalities in 2015, at 31,556. Ojós had the lowest, at 16. The median was 801 and the figure for Murcia province was 90,031. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest31,556Murcia

Lowest16Ojós

Median80145 municipalities

Murcia province90,031History

All 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	Murcia	31,556	+4.1%
2	Cartagena	10,740	+2.6%
3	Lorca	5,731	+2.7%
4	Molina de Segura	4,613	+4.2%
5	Yecla	2,493	+5.9%
6	Alcantarilla	2,378	+2.9%
7	Torre-Pacheco	2,291	+3.1%
8	San Javier	1,981	+7%
9	Águilas	1,784	+1.1%
10	Caravaca de la Cruz	1,761	+1.3%
11	Totana	1,706	+4.3%
12	Cieza	1,695	+3.2%
13	Mazarrón	1,649	+3.8%
14	Jumilla	1,564	+0.1%
15	San Pedro del Pinatar	1,416	+5.5%
16	Las Torres de Cotillas	1,240	+0.5%
17	Alhama de Murcia	1,148	+4.2%
18	Archena	1,086	+5.5%
19	Santomera	1,051	+4.9%
20	Puerto Lumbreras	975	+6.1%
21	Cehegín	960	+1.8%
22	Fuente Álamo de Murcia	954	+3.7%
23	Mula	801	+2.8%
24	Ceutí	774	+3.3%
25	Los Alcázares	761	+9.7%
26	Bullas	734	+4.4%
26	La Unión	734	+5.5%
28	Lorquí	724	+5.1%
29	Abarán	622	+2.3%
30	Calasparra	616	+1.1%
31	Beniel	597	+4.2%
32	Fortuna	554	+9.1%
33	Moratalla	469	+8.6%
34	Alguazas	424	+9.8%
35	Abanilla	355	+2.9%
36	Blanca	304	+3.8%
37	Librilla	276	+8.2%
38	Pliego	169	+1.8%
39	Villanueva del Río Segura	114	+6.5%
40	Campos del Río	86	+2.4%
41	Albudeite	36	-12.2%
42	Aledo	33	-5.7%
43	Ricote	32	0%
44	Ulea	28	+3.7%
45	Ojós	16	-15.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

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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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Murcia 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 Murcia 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/murcia-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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 Murcia 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/murcia-province-municipalities?period=2015.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Murcia 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/murcia-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_murcia_province_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Murcia 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/murcia-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?

Murcia, with 31,556 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Ojós, with 16 in 2015.

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.