Municipalities in Ourense province by active companies

Ourense had the highest active companies of 92 municipalities in 2018, at 9,311. Chandrexa de Queixa had the lowest, at 7. The median was 67 and the figure for Ourense province was 23,291. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,311Ourense

Lowest7Chandrexa de Queixa

Median6792 municipalities

Ourense province23,291History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Ourense	9,311	+0.5%
2	O Carballiño	1,375	+0.1%
3	Verín	1,169	+1.9%
4	O Barco de Valdeorras	1,037	-0.4%
5	Xinzo de Limia	950	+3.7%
6	San Cibrao das Viñas	800	+6.2%
7	Barbadás	726	-1.5%
8	Allariz	523	-0.8%
9	O Pereiro de Aguiar	475	+2.8%
10	Celanova	465	+1.5%
11	Ribadavia	433	+0.2%
12	A Rúa	368	+1.1%
13	Coles	217	-1.4%
14	Maside	198	+2.6%
15	Maceda	190	-2.1%
16	San Cristovo de Cea	172	-1.7%
17	Viana do Bolo	171	-0.6%
18	A Pobra de Trives	160	+1.3%
19	Amoeiro	140	+0.7%
20	A Merca	126	+2.4%
20	Vilamarín	126	+0.8%
22	Cartelle	123	-2.4%
23	Carballeda de Valdeorras	117	+5.4%
24	Toén	115	-0.9%
25	Leiro	109	-2.7%
26	A Gudiña	106	-4.5%
27	Taboadela	105	+6.1%
28	Vilamartín de Valdeorras	102	-1%
29	Nogueira de Ramuín	98	+11.4%
30	Castro Caldelas	96	+5.5%
31	Carballeda de Avia	93	-6.1%
32	Bande	92	+5.7%
33	Lobios	88	+7.3%
34	Monterrei	87	0%
35	Padrenda	83	-3.5%
36	Ramirás	81	+1.3%
37	Oímbra	80	+14.3%
38	Entrimo	79	+8.2%
39	Cortegada	78	-1.3%
40	Xunqueira de Ambía	77	-8.3%
41	A Peroxa	76	+4.1%
42	Boborás	75	+5.6%
43	Piñor	74	-14%
44	Cenlle	71	+2.9%
45	Castrelo de Miño	69	-6.8%
46	Riós	68	-8.1%
47	A Mezquita	65	+4.8%
47	Baños de Molgas	65	-3%
49	O Irixo	64	+1.6%
49	Vilar de Santos	64	+1.6%
51	Paderne de Allariz	62	+1.6%
52	Vilardevós	61	-7.6%
53	A Veiga	60	+1.7%
53	Trasmiras	60	-3.2%
55	Rubiá	58	-3.3%
55	Vilar de Barrio	58	-9.4%
57	Laza	56	-3.4%
57	Melón	56	0%
59	Avión	55	+3.8%
59	Esgos	55	0%
59	Muíños	55	+3.8%
62	Sandiás	54	-1.8%
63	Petín	52	-3.7%
64	Cualedro	50	-9.1%
64	Rairiz de Veiga	50	0%
66	A Arnoia	47	+11.9%
66	San Amaro	47	+6.8%
68	Manzaneda	46	-6.1%
69	Baltar	45	+9.8%
70	O Bolo	44	0%
71	Gomesende	42	-10.6%
72	A Bola	39	0%
72	Os Blancos	39	+8.3%
74	Xunqueira de Espadanedo	38	0%
75	Pontedeva	35	-5.4%
75	Verea	35	+2.9%
77	Sarreaus	33	-13.2%
78	Punxín	32	+14.3%
79	Castrelo do Val	31	-6.1%
80	Lobeira	25	0%
80	Montederramo	25	-7.4%
82	Beariz	24	+4.3%
82	Calvos de Randín	24	-14.3%
84	Beade	23	0%
84	Larouco	23	+9.5%
86	Parada de Sil	21	+23.5%
87	Porqueira	20	+17.6%
87	Quintela de Leirado	20	-23.1%
89	A Teixeira	18	+5.9%
89	San Xoán de Río	18	-5.3%
91	Vilariño de Conso	16	-11.1%
92	Chandrexa de Queixa	7	-22.2%

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/ourense-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_ourense_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Ourense province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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 9,311 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Chandrexa de Queixa, with 7 in 2018.

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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.