Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies

Murcia had the highest active companies of 45 municipalities in 2017, at 32,903. Ojós had the lowest, at 15. The median was 826 and the figure for Murcia province was 93,574. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest32,903Murcia

Lowest15Ojós

Median82645 municipalities

Murcia province93,574History

All municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Murcia	32,903	+2%
2	Cartagena	11,254	+2.9%
3	Lorca	5,857	+0.1%
4	Molina de Segura	4,802	+1.5%
5	Yecla	2,627	+2.9%
6	Alcantarilla	2,497	+1.5%
7	Torre-Pacheco	2,430	+3.4%
8	San Javier	2,090	+0.5%
9	Águilas	1,846	+0.5%
10	Caravaca de la Cruz	1,797	+1.6%
11	Totana	1,786	+1.4%
12	Cieza	1,754	+2.3%
13	Mazarrón	1,708	+2.6%
14	Jumilla	1,613	+2.7%
15	San Pedro del Pinatar	1,456	-0.7%
16	Las Torres de Cotillas	1,304	+0.3%
17	Alhama de Murcia	1,172	+0.3%
18	Santomera	1,091	+2.6%
19	Archena	1,077	+1.9%
20	Puerto Lumbreras	997	-0.7%
21	Cehegín	986	+2.3%
21	Fuente Álamo de Murcia	986	+1.8%
23	Mula	826	-1.9%
24	Ceutí	816	+0.6%
25	Los Alcázares	809	+5.8%
26	La Unión	747	+4.6%
27	Bullas	739	-0.1%
28	Lorquí	732	-0.4%
29	Beniel	619	+1.1%
30	Abarán	618	-1.1%
31	Fortuna	590	+3.9%
32	Calasparra	585	-4.9%
33	Moratalla	473	-1.7%
34	Alguazas	425	-3.8%
35	Abanilla	386	+2.7%
36	Blanca	321	+0.6%
37	Librilla	315	+6.8%
38	Pliego	176	+1.1%
39	Villanueva del Río Segura	118	-0.8%
40	Campos del Río	89	-1.1%
41	Albudeite	43	+13.2%
42	Ricote	36	+5.9%
43	Aledo	33	+6.5%
44	Ulea	30	0%
45	Ojós	15	-6.3%

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/murcia-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_murcia_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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 32,903 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Ojós, with 15 in 2017.

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.