Municipalities in Ourense province by active companies

Ourense had the highest active companies of 92 municipalities in 2017, at 9,264. Chandrexa de Queixa had the lowest, at 9. The median was 68 and the figure for Ourense province was 23,140. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,264Ourense

Lowest9Chandrexa de Queixa

Median6892 municipalities

Ourense province23,140History

Top 40 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	Ourense	9,264	+0.3%
2	O Carballiño	1,373	+1.3%
3	Verín	1,147	-3%
4	O Barco de Valdeorras	1,041	-1.4%
5	Xinzo de Limia	916	-0.4%
6	San Cibrao das Viñas	753	+1.8%
7	Barbadás	737	+0.5%
8	Allariz	527	+3.3%
9	O Pereiro de Aguiar	462	-0.6%
10	Celanova	458	+1.1%
11	Ribadavia	432	+3.8%
12	A Rúa	364	-0.5%
13	Coles	220	-0.9%
14	Maceda	194	+1.6%
15	Maside	193	+2.1%
16	San Cristovo de Cea	175	-0.6%
17	Viana do Bolo	172	-2.8%
18	A Pobra de Trives	158	0%
19	Amoeiro	139	+3%
20	Cartelle	126	+1.6%
21	Vilamarín	125	+1.6%
22	A Merca	123	+0.8%
23	Toén	116	+2.7%
24	Leiro	112	0%
25	A Gudiña	111	+6.7%
25	Carballeda de Valdeorras	111	-1.8%
27	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	103	-1.9%
28	Carballeda de Avia	99	+10%
28	Taboadela	99	+7.6%
30	Castro Caldelas	91	+1.1%
31	Nogueira de Ramuín	88	0%
32	Bande	87	+10.1%
32	Monterrei	87	+8.8%
34	Padrenda	86	-1.1%
34	Piñor	86	+10.3%
36	Xunqueira de Ambía	84	-5.6%
37	Lobios	82	-1.2%
38	Ramirás	80	-8%
39	Cortegada	79	+2.6%
40	Castrelo de Miño	74	-2.6%
40	Riós	74	+4.2%
42	A Peroxa	73	0%
42	Entrimo	73	-3.9%
44	Boborás	71	-9%
45	Oímbra	70	+6.1%
46	Cenlle	69	+9.5%
47	Baños de Molgas	67	-4.3%
48	Vilardevós	66	-1.5%
49	Vilar de Barrio	64	-13.5%
50	O Irixo	63	0%
50	Vilar de Santos	63	-10%
52	A Mezquita	62	+3.3%
52	Trasmiras	62	+1.6%
54	Paderne de Allariz	61	+8.9%
55	Rubiá	60	-10.4%
56	A Veiga	59	+3.5%
57	Laza	58	+11.5%
58	Melón	56	+7.7%
59	Cualedro	55	+5.8%
59	Esgos	55	0%
59	Sandiás	55	-3.5%
62	Petín	54	+1.9%
63	Avión	53	0%
63	Muíños	53	+1.9%
65	Rairiz de Veiga	50	-7.4%
66	Manzaneda	49	0%
67	Gomesende	47	-4.1%
68	O Bolo	44	+4.8%
68	San Amaro	44	0%
70	A Arnoia	42	0%
71	Baltar	41	+2.5%
72	A Bola	39	0%
73	Sarreaus	38	+8.6%
73	Xunqueira de Espadanedo	38	+11.8%
75	Pontedeva	37	-9.8%
76	Os Blancos	36	-5.3%
77	Verea	34	0%
78	Castrelo do Val	33	+3.1%
79	Calvos de Randín	28	0%
79	Punxín	28	+3.7%
81	Montederramo	27	-3.6%
82	Quintela de Leirado	26	-3.7%
83	Lobeira	25	+8.7%
84	Beade	23	0%
84	Beariz	23	+9.5%
86	Larouco	21	-12.5%
87	San Xoán de Río	19	-5%
88	Vilariño de Conso	18	+5.9%
89	A Teixeira	17	-10.5%
89	Parada de Sil	17	+6.3%
89	Porqueira	17	+30.8%
92	Chandrexa de Queixa	9	-25%

Other periods

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Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

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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, 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 Ourense 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/ourense-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 Ourense 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/ourense-province-municipalities?period=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/ourense-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_ourense_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Ourense 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/ourense-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?

Ourense, with 9,264 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Chandrexa de Queixa, with 9 in 2017.

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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.