Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies

Palencia had the highest active companies of 108 municipalities in 2016, at 5,188. Villovieco had the lowest, at 4. The median was 13 and the figure for Palencia province was 10,131. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest5,188Palencia

Lowest4Villovieco

Median13108 municipalities

Palencia province10,131History

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	Palencia	5,188	-1.1%
2	Aguilar de Campoo	499	-2.5%
3	Guardo	397	-0.8%
4	Villamuriel de Cerrato	341	-1.7%
5	Venta de Baños	316	+0.3%
6	Saldaña	293	+0.7%
7	Carrión de los Condes	207	-5%
8	Cervera de Pisuerga	189	0%
9	Grijota	157	-5.4%
10	Dueñas	147	+7.3%
11	Herrera de Pisuerga	146	-2.7%
12	Villalobón	140	+4.5%
13	Paredes de Nava	110	+5.8%
14	Osorno la Mayor	95	+3.3%
15	Baltanás	79	+3.9%
16	Frómista	78	-6%
17	Barruelo de Santullán	76	-5%
18	Alar del Rey	70	0%
19	Astudillo	67	+3.1%
20	Villarramiel	63	-6%
21	Velilla del Río Carrión	62	-1.6%
22	Torquemada	59	-4.8%
23	Villada	55	-5.2%
24	Magaz de Pisuerga	51	-5.6%
25	Fuentes de Nava	47	-7.8%
26	Becerril de Campos	43	-6.5%
27	Santibáñez de la Peña	40	+5.3%
28	Ampudia	39	+2.6%
29	Monzón de Campos	35	+12.9%
30	Cevico de la Torre	34	+6.3%
30	Fuentes de Valdepero	34	+17.2%
32	Villaumbrales	33	-8.3%
33	Buenavista de Valdavia	29	+3.6%
33	San Cebrián de Campos	29	-6.5%
35	Cisneros	27	-10%
36	Villaluenga de la Vega	24	+20%
37	Villoldo	23	+9.5%
38	Pomar de Valdivia	22	-8.3%
39	Amusco	20	-4.8%
39	La Pernía	20	+5.3%
41	Salinas de Pisuerga	19	0%
42	Piña de Campos	17	+6.3%
43	Calzada de los Molinos	16	+6.7%
43	Cervatos de la Cueza	16	0%
43	Villamartín de Campos	16	-5.9%
46	Tariego de Cerrato	15	+7.1%
46	Villota del Páramo	15	0%
48	Báscones de Ojeda	14	0%
48	Castrejón de la Peña	14	0%
48	Villamoronta	14	+7.7%
48	Villaviudas	14	-6.7%
52	Bustillo de la Vega	13	+18.2%
52	Castrillo de Don Juan	13	0%
52	Castrillo de Villavega	13	+18.2%
52	Lantadilla	13	0%
56	Antigüedad	12	-14.3%
56	Husillos	12	+20%
56	Itero de la Vega	12	+9.1%
56	Pedrosa de la Vega	12	+9.1%
56	Quintana del Puente	12	0%
56	Renedo de la Vega	12	0%
56	Santervás de la Vega	12	-20%
56	Villalcázar de Sirga	12	0%
64	Sotobañado y Priorato	11	-8.3%
64	Villamediana	11	-15.4%
66	Autilla del Pino	10	0%
66	Brañosera	10	0%
66	Cevico Navero	10	-16.7%
66	Palenzuela	10	+11.1%
66	Villaherreros	10	-9.1%
71	Mazariegos	9	-18.2%
71	Melgar de Yuso	9	-18.2%
71	Ribas de Campos	9	+12.5%
71	Villodrigo	9	0%
75	Boadilla del Camino	8	0%
75	Congosto de Valdavia	8	+14.3%
75	Frechilla	8	+14.3%
75	Lagartos	8	+33.3%
75	Meneses de Campos	8	+14.3%
75	Población de Campos	8	+14.3%
75	Poza de la Vega	8	0%
75	San Cebrián de Mudá	8	+14.3%
83	Boadilla de Rioseco	7	+16.7%
83	Castromocho	7	-22.2%
83	Cobos de Cerrato	7	+16.7%
83	Loma de Ucieza	7	+40%
87	Espinosa de Villagonzalo	6	+20%
87	Prádanos de Ojeda	6	-14.3%
87	Revenga de Campos	6	0%
87	Triollo	6	-14.3%
87	Villalba de Guardo	6	+20%
87	Villarrabé	6	0%
87	Villasarracino	6	0%
94	Abia de las Torres	5	-28.6%
94	Dehesa de Montejo	5	0%
94	La Puebla de Valdavia	5	0%
94	Mantinos	5	-28.6%
94	Pino del Río	5	0%
94	Quintanilla de Onsoña	5	-16.7%
94	Respenda de la Peña	5	-16.7%
94	Santoyo	5	-16.7%
94	Valle del Retortillo	5	0%
94	Villaturde	5	0%
104	Collazos de Boedo	4	-20%
104	Cordovilla la Real	4	-20%
104	Pedraza de Campos	4	0%
104	Soto de Cerrato	4	0%
104	Villovieco	4	-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. 23 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 Palencia 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 Palencia 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/palencia-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 Palencia 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/palencia-province-municipalities?period=2016.

Harvard

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

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_palencia_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Palencia 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/palencia-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?

Palencia, with 5,188 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Villovieco, with 4 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. 23 municipalities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.