Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies

Murcia had the highest active companies of 45 municipalities in 2024, at 31,943. Ojós had the lowest, at 18. The median was 928 and the figure for Murcia province was 92,458. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest31,943Murcia

Lowest18Ojós

Median92845 municipalities

Murcia province92,458History

All municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Murcia	31,943	+1.5%
2	Cartagena	10,865	+1.3%
3	Lorca	5,610	+0.7%
4	Molina de Segura	5,069	+1.6%
5	Yecla	2,610	+0.2%
6	Torre-Pacheco	2,437	+0.3%
7	Alcantarilla	2,418	+1.9%
8	San Javier	2,266	+2.7%
9	Águilas	2,024	+0.4%
10	Mazarrón	1,823	+1.1%
11	Totana	1,816	+1.3%
12	Caravaca de la Cruz	1,719	-1.4%
12	Cieza	1,719	+1.2%
14	San Pedro del Pinatar	1,641	+4.3%
15	Jumilla	1,376	+0.7%
16	Las Torres de Cotillas	1,329	+5%
17	Alhama de Murcia	1,213	+0.8%
18	Archena	1,051	+0.1%
19	Santomera	1,034	+0.4%
20	Fuente Álamo de Murcia	997	+3.5%
21	Puerto Lumbreras	986	+2.1%
22	Los Alcázares	934	+2.6%
23	Cehegín	928	+1.1%
24	Mula	799	-0.5%
25	Ceutí	790	+0.8%
26	Lorquí	766	+3.2%
27	La Unión	743	+1.4%
28	Bullas	681	-2.6%
29	Fortuna	639	+0.8%
30	Beniel	610	+3.4%
31	Abarán	601	+0.8%
32	Calasparra	597	-1.3%
33	Alguazas	430	+0.9%
34	Moratalla	429	-5.9%
35	Blanca	359	+4.1%
36	Abanilla	337	+1.2%
37	Librilla	310	+0.3%
38	Pliego	179	-4.3%
39	Villanueva del Río Segura	144	-5.3%
40	Campos del Río	82	+6.5%
41	Aledo	41	+5.1%
42	Albudeite	37	-2.6%
43	Ricote	36	-5.3%
44	Ulea	22	-8.3%
45	Ojós	18	+28.6%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies, 2024. 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=2024.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/murcia-province-municipalities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_murcia_province_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Murcia province by active companies, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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 31,943 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Ojós, with 18 in 2024.

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.