Municipalities in Ourense province by active companies

Ourense had the highest active companies of 92 municipalities in 2016, at 9,235. Chandrexa de Queixa had the lowest, at 12. The median was 70 and the figure for Ourense province was 23,061. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,235Ourense

Lowest12Chandrexa de Queixa

Median7092 municipalities

Ourense province23,061History

Top 40 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	Ourense	9,235	+1.3%
2	O Carballiño	1,355	+1.2%
3	Verín	1,183	+0.3%
4	O Barco de Valdeorras	1,056	+1.7%
5	Xinzo de Limia	920	-0.4%
6	San Cibrao das Viñas	740	+1%
7	Barbadás	733	+1%
8	Allariz	510	0%
9	O Pereiro de Aguiar	465	+4.3%
10	Celanova	453	-1.7%
11	Ribadavia	416	-6.9%
12	A Rúa	366	-1.1%
13	Coles	222	-0.9%
14	Maceda	191	-2.1%
15	Maside	189	+1.6%
16	Viana do Bolo	177	+0.6%
17	San Cristovo de Cea	176	0%
18	A Pobra de Trives	158	+1.3%
19	Amoeiro	135	-0.7%
20	Cartelle	124	+0.8%
21	Vilamarín	123	-6.1%
22	A Merca	122	-3.2%
23	Carballeda de Valdeorras	113	+1.8%
23	Toén	113	-1.7%
25	Leiro	112	+0.9%
26	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	105	+7.1%
27	A Gudiña	104	-1.9%
28	Taboadela	92	-6.1%
29	Carballeda de Avia	90	+8.4%
29	Castro Caldelas	90	-3.2%
31	Xunqueira de Ambía	89	+3.5%
32	Nogueira de Ramuín	88	-5.4%
33	Padrenda	87	-3.3%
33	Ramirás	87	-3.3%
35	Lobios	83	+6.4%
36	Monterrei	80	-1.2%
37	Bande	79	-9.2%
38	Boborás	78	+4%
38	Piñor	78	+2.6%
40	Cortegada	77	+1.3%
41	Castrelo de Miño	76	-6.2%
41	Entrimo	76	0%
43	Vilar de Barrio	74	-1.3%
44	A Peroxa	73	-2.7%
45	Riós	71	-1.4%
46	Baños de Molgas	70	+1.4%
46	Vilar de Santos	70	+9.4%
48	Rubiá	67	-1.5%
48	Vilardevós	67	+3.1%
50	Oímbra	66	-2.9%
51	Cenlle	63	+5%
51	O Irixo	63	-3.1%
53	Trasmiras	61	-7.6%
54	A Mezquita	60	+1.7%
55	A Veiga	57	+14%
55	Sandiás	57	-5%
57	Paderne de Allariz	56	0%
58	Esgos	55	+7.8%
59	Rairiz de Veiga	54	-3.6%
60	Avión	53	-5.4%
60	Petín	53	+1.9%
62	Cualedro	52	-10.3%
62	Laza	52	+4%
62	Melón	52	-3.7%
62	Muíños	52	-7.1%
66	Gomesende	49	-5.8%
66	Manzaneda	49	-9.3%
68	San Amaro	44	-8.3%
69	A Arnoia	42	-10.6%
69	O Bolo	42	0%
71	Pontedeva	41	-4.7%
72	Baltar	40	-2.4%
73	A Bola	39	-13.3%
74	Os Blancos	38	-13.6%
75	Sarreaus	35	+6.1%
76	Verea	34	+3%
76	Xunqueira de Espadanedo	34	0%
78	Castrelo do Val	32	-11.1%
79	Calvos de Randín	28	0%
79	Montederramo	28	+3.7%
81	Punxín	27	-18.2%
81	Quintela de Leirado	27	+8%
83	Larouco	24	-4%
84	Beade	23	+4.5%
84	Lobeira	23	-8%
86	Beariz	21	-8.7%
87	San Xoán de Río	20	-9.1%
88	A Teixeira	19	+5.6%
89	Vilariño de Conso	17	0%
90	Parada de Sil	16	-11.1%
91	Porqueira	13	-23.5%
92	Chandrexa de Queixa	12	-7.7%

Other periods

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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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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Ourense 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 Ourense 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/ourense-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 Ourense 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/ourense-province-municipalities?period=2016.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Ourense 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/ourense-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_ourense_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Ourense 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/ourense-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.},
}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Ourense, with 9,235 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Chandrexa de Queixa, with 12 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.