Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies

Palencia had the highest active companies of 112 municipalities in 2017, at 5,114. Tabanera de Cerrato had the lowest, at 4. The median was 13 and the figure for Palencia province was 10,021. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest5,114Palencia

Lowest4Tabanera de Cerrato

Median13112 municipalities

Palencia province10,021History

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	Palencia	5,114	-1.4%
2	Aguilar de Campoo	505	+1.2%
3	Guardo	387	-2.5%
4	Villamuriel de Cerrato	332	-2.6%
5	Venta de Baños	315	-0.3%
6	Saldaña	286	-2.4%
7	Carrión de los Condes	211	+1.9%
8	Cervera de Pisuerga	194	+2.6%
9	Grijota	152	-3.2%
10	Herrera de Pisuerga	151	+3.4%
11	Villalobón	143	+2.1%
12	Dueñas	139	-5.4%
13	Paredes de Nava	115	+4.5%
14	Osorno la Mayor	89	-6.3%
15	Baltanás	79	0%
16	Barruelo de Santullán	77	+1.3%
17	Frómista	76	-2.6%
18	Alar del Rey	65	-7.1%
18	Astudillo	65	-3%
20	Villarramiel	61	-3.2%
21	Torquemada	59	0%
21	Velilla del Río Carrión	59	-4.8%
23	Magaz de Pisuerga	53	+3.9%
24	Villada	51	-7.3%
25	Fuentes de Nava	43	-8.5%
26	Santibáñez de la Peña	41	+2.5%
27	Ampudia	39	0%
28	Becerril de Campos	35	-18.6%
29	Monzón de Campos	33	-5.7%
30	Villaumbrales	32	-3%
31	Cevico de la Torre	31	-8.8%
31	Fuentes de Valdepero	31	-8.8%
33	Buenavista de Valdavia	28	-3.4%
33	Villaluenga de la Vega	28	+16.7%
35	Cisneros	27	0%
35	San Cebrián de Campos	27	-6.9%
37	Pomar de Valdivia	26	+18.2%
38	Amusco	22	+10%
39	Villoldo	20	-13%
40	La Pernía	19	-5%
40	Salinas de Pisuerga	19	0%
42	Calzada de los Molinos	18	+12.5%
42	Piña de Campos	18	+5.9%
44	Antigüedad	15	+25%
44	Cervatos de la Cueza	15	-6.3%
44	Lantadilla	15	+15.4%
44	Tariego de Cerrato	15	0%
44	Villamartín de Campos	15	-6.3%
44	Villamoronta	15	+7.1%
50	Husillos	14	+16.7%
50	Villota del Páramo	14	-6.7%
52	Báscones de Ojeda	13	-7.1%
52	Bustillo de la Vega	13	0%
52	Castrejón de la Peña	13	-7.1%
52	Castrillo de Villavega	13	0%
52	Renedo de la Vega	13	+8.3%
52	Santervás de la Vega	13	+8.3%
58	Brañosera	12	+20%
58	Quintana del Puente	12	0%
58	Villaherreros	12	+20%
58	Villalcázar de Sirga	12	0%
58	Villaviudas	12	-14.3%
63	Castrillo de Don Juan	11	-15.4%
63	Cevico Navero	11	+10%
63	Palenzuela	11	+10%
63	Pedrosa de la Vega	11	-8.3%
67	Itero de la Vega	10	-16.7%
67	Población de Campos	10	+25%
67	Sotobañado y Priorato	10	-9.1%
67	Villodrigo	10	+11.1%
71	Autilla del Pino	9	-10%
71	Lagartos	9	+12.5%
71	Loma de Ucieza	9	+28.6%
71	Melgar de Yuso	9	0%
71	Ribas de Campos	9	0%
71	Villamediana	9	-18.2%
77	Boadilla del Camino	8	0%
77	Castromocho	8	+14.3%
77	Cobos de Cerrato	8	+14.3%
77	Congosto de Valdavia	8	0%
77	Frechilla	8	0%
77	Meneses de Campos	8	0%
83	Mazariegos	7	-22.2%
83	Poza de la Vega	7	-12.5%
83	San Cebrián de Mudá	7	-12.5%
83	Valle del Retortillo	7	+40%
83	Villalba de Guardo	7	+16.7%
88	Boadilla de Rioseco	6	-14.3%
88	Cordovilla la Real	6	+50%
88	Dehesa de Montejo	6	+20%
88	Pino del Río	6	+20%
88	Prádanos de Ojeda	6	0%
88	Triollo	6	0%
88	Villarrabé	6	0%
88	Villasarracino	6	0%
88	Villaturde	6	+20%
97	Abia de las Torres	5	0%
97	Espinosa de Villagonzalo	5	-16.7%
97	Fresno del Río	5	n/a
97	La Puebla de Valdavia	5	0%
97	La Serna	5	n/a
97	Mantinos	5	0%
97	Revenga de Campos	5	-16.7%
97	Santoyo	5	0%
97	Villovieco	5	+25%
106	Collazos de Boedo	4	0%
106	Hornillos de Cerrato	4	n/a
106	Olmos de Ojeda	4	n/a
106	Páramo de Boedo	4	n/a
106	Respenda de la Peña	4	-20%
106	Soto de Cerrato	4	0%
106	Tabanera de Cerrato	4	n/a

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. 19 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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, 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 Palencia 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/palencia-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 Palencia 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/palencia-province-municipalities?period=2017.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Palencia 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/palencia-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_palencia_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Palencia 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/palencia-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?

Palencia, with 5,114 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Tabanera de Cerrato, with 4 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. 19 municipalities have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.