Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies

Murcia had the highest active companies of 45 municipalities in 2016, at 32,265. Ojós had the lowest, at 16. The median was 842 and the figure for Murcia province was 92,008. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest32,265Murcia

Lowest16Ojós

Median84245 municipalities

Murcia province92,008History

All municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Murcia	32,265	+2.2%
2	Cartagena	10,938	+1.8%
3	Lorca	5,852	+2.1%
4	Molina de Segura	4,731	+2.6%
5	Yecla	2,554	+2.4%
6	Alcantarilla	2,460	+3.4%
7	Torre-Pacheco	2,350	+2.6%
8	San Javier	2,079	+4.9%
9	Águilas	1,836	+2.9%
10	Caravaca de la Cruz	1,768	+0.4%
11	Totana	1,762	+3.3%
12	Cieza	1,715	+1.2%
13	Mazarrón	1,664	+0.9%
14	Jumilla	1,570	+0.4%
15	San Pedro del Pinatar	1,467	+3.6%
16	Las Torres de Cotillas	1,300	+4.8%
17	Alhama de Murcia	1,168	+1.7%
18	Santomera	1,063	+1.1%
19	Archena	1,057	-2.7%
20	Puerto Lumbreras	1,004	+3%
21	Fuente Álamo de Murcia	969	+1.6%
22	Cehegín	964	+0.4%
23	Mula	842	+5.1%
24	Ceutí	811	+4.8%
25	Los Alcázares	765	+0.5%
26	Bullas	740	+0.8%
27	Lorquí	735	+1.5%
28	La Unión	714	-2.7%
29	Abarán	625	+0.5%
30	Calasparra	615	-0.2%
31	Beniel	612	+2.5%
32	Fortuna	568	+2.5%
33	Moratalla	481	+2.6%
34	Alguazas	442	+4.2%
35	Abanilla	376	+5.9%
36	Blanca	319	+4.9%
37	Librilla	295	+6.9%
38	Pliego	174	+3%
39	Villanueva del Río Segura	119	+4.4%
40	Campos del Río	90	+4.7%
41	Albudeite	38	+5.6%
42	Ricote	34	+6.3%
43	Aledo	31	-6.1%
44	Ulea	30	+7.1%
45	Ojós	16	0%

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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/murcia-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_murcia_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies, 2016}},
  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=2016. 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 32,265 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Ojós, with 16 in 2016.

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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.