Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies

Murcia had the highest active companies of 45 municipalities in 2020, at 33,873. Ojós had the lowest, at 18. The median was 903 and the figure for Murcia province was 96,764. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest33,873Murcia

Lowest18Ojós

Median90345 municipalities

Murcia province96,764History

All municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Murcia	33,873	+1.7%
2	Cartagena	11,720	+0.2%
3	Lorca	5,845	+0.6%
4	Molina de Segura	5,027	+1.3%
5	Yecla	2,717	+1.3%
6	Torre-Pacheco	2,610	+4.3%
7	Alcantarilla	2,552	+1.4%
8	San Javier	2,222	+3.3%
9	Águilas	2,019	+5.3%
10	Caravaca de la Cruz	1,911	-1.5%
11	Mazarrón	1,835	+2%
12	Totana	1,823	+1.3%
13	Cieza	1,789	+0.1%
14	San Pedro del Pinatar	1,651	+3.4%
15	Jumilla	1,451	-2.2%
16	Las Torres de Cotillas	1,285	-0.1%
17	Alhama de Murcia	1,237	+0.7%
18	Archena	1,118	+2%
19	Santomera	1,080	+0.2%
20	Fuente Álamo de Murcia	1,051	+1.6%
21	Puerto Lumbreras	1,030	+1.4%
22	Cehegín	956	-0.6%
23	Los Alcázares	903	+2.6%
24	Mula	849	+0.4%
25	Ceutí	826	-1%
26	La Unión	785	+0.3%
27	Bullas	760	+1.1%
28	Lorquí	758	-0.1%
29	Calasparra	648	+6.1%
30	Beniel	632	+1.1%
30	Fortuna	632	+1.4%
32	Abarán	620	+2%
33	Moratalla	493	+2.1%
34	Alguazas	442	-0.2%
35	Abanilla	380	+4.7%
36	Blanca	341	+2.1%
37	Librilla	316	+1%
38	Pliego	187	-0.5%
39	Villanueva del Río Segura	147	+11.4%
40	Campos del Río	87	-1.1%
41	Albudeite	40	+8.1%
42	Ricote	39	+5.4%
43	Ulea	30	+11.1%
44	Aledo	29	-12.1%
45	Ojós	18	+20%

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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/murcia-province-municipalities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_murcia_province_2020,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies, 2020}},
  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=2020. 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 33,873 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Ojós, with 18 in 2020.

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.