Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies

Palencia had the highest active companies of 111 municipalities in 2018, at 5,113. Respenda de la Peña had the lowest, at 4. The median was 12 and the figure for Palencia province was 10,024. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest5,113Palencia

Lowest4Respenda de la Peña

Median12111 municipalities

Palencia province10,024History

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	Palencia	5,113	-0%
2	Aguilar de Campoo	493	-2.4%
3	Guardo	393	+1.6%
4	Villamuriel de Cerrato	336	+1.2%
5	Venta de Baños	324	+2.9%
6	Saldaña	295	+3.1%
7	Carrión de los Condes	206	-2.4%
8	Cervera de Pisuerga	189	-2.6%
9	Herrera de Pisuerga	156	+3.3%
10	Grijota	155	+2%
11	Villalobón	146	+2.1%
12	Dueñas	130	-6.5%
13	Paredes de Nava	115	0%
14	Osorno la Mayor	85	-4.5%
15	Baltanás	82	+3.8%
16	Frómista	76	0%
17	Barruelo de Santullán	72	-6.5%
18	Alar del Rey	69	+6.2%
19	Astudillo	67	+3.1%
20	Torquemada	64	+8.5%
21	Villarramiel	60	-1.6%
22	Velilla del Río Carrión	58	-1.7%
23	Magaz de Pisuerga	54	+1.9%
24	Villada	49	-3.9%
25	Santibáñez de la Peña	47	+14.6%
26	Fuentes de Nava	46	+7%
27	Ampudia	35	-10.3%
27	Fuentes de Valdepero	35	+12.9%
29	Becerril de Campos	34	-2.9%
30	Buenavista de Valdavia	32	+14.3%
31	Cevico de la Torre	31	0%
31	Monzón de Campos	31	-6.1%
33	Villaumbrales	30	-6.3%
34	Cisneros	28	+3.7%
35	San Cebrián de Campos	27	0%
35	Villaluenga de la Vega	27	-3.6%
37	Pomar de Valdivia	25	-3.8%
38	Amusco	22	0%
39	Villoldo	21	+5%
40	Salinas de Pisuerga	20	+5.3%
41	La Pernía	17	-10.5%
41	Villamartín de Campos	17	+13.3%
41	Villota del Páramo	17	+21.4%
44	Calzada de los Molinos	16	-11.1%
44	Villamoronta	16	+6.7%
46	Husillos	15	+7.1%
47	Cervatos de la Cueza	14	-6.7%
48	Antigüedad	13	-13.3%
48	Báscones de Ojeda	13	0%
48	Pedrosa de la Vega	13	+18.2%
48	Piña de Campos	13	-27.8%
52	Castrillo de Villavega	12	-7.7%
52	Lantadilla	12	-20%
52	Renedo de la Vega	12	-7.7%
52	Santervás de la Vega	12	-7.7%
52	Sotobañado y Priorato	12	+20%
52	Tariego de Cerrato	12	-20%
52	Villalcázar de Sirga	12	0%
59	Brañosera	11	-8.3%
59	Bustillo de la Vega	11	-15.4%
59	Cevico Navero	11	0%
59	Melgar de Yuso	11	+22.2%
59	Quintana del Puente	11	-8.3%
59	Villamediana	11	+22.2%
65	Castrillo de Don Juan	10	-9.1%
65	Páramo de Boedo	10	+150%
65	Villaviudas	10	-16.7%
68	Autilla del Pino	9	0%
68	Castrejón de la Peña	9	-30.8%
68	Frechilla	9	+12.5%
68	Itero de la Vega	9	-10%
68	Palenzuela	9	-18.2%
68	Villaherreros	9	-25%
68	Villodrigo	9	-10%
75	Boadilla del Camino	8	0%
75	Espinosa de Villagonzalo	8	+60%
75	La Serna	8	+60%
75	Loma de Ucieza	8	-11.1%
75	Meneses de Campos	8	0%
75	Población de Campos	8	-20%
81	Abia de las Torres	7	+40%
81	Castromocho	7	-12.5%
81	Lagartos	7	-22.2%
81	Prádanos de Ojeda	7	+16.7%
81	Ribas de Campos	7	-22.2%
81	San Cebrián de Mudá	7	0%
81	Villalba de Guardo	7	0%
88	Boadilla de Rioseco	6	0%
88	Cobos de Cerrato	6	-25%
88	Cordovilla la Real	6	0%
88	Mantinos	6	+20%
88	Mazariegos	6	-14.3%
88	Olmos de Ojeda	6	+50%
88	Poza de la Vega	6	-14.3%
88	Santoyo	6	+20%
88	Soto de Cerrato	6	+50%
88	Triollo	6	0%
88	Villasarracino	6	0%
99	Abarca de Campos	5	n/a
99	Collazos de Boedo	5	+25%
99	Congosto de Valdavia	5	-37.5%
99	Dehesa de Montejo	5	-16.7%
99	Fresno del Río	5	0%
99	Pino del Río	5	-16.7%
99	Valle del Retortillo	5	-28.6%
99	Villarrabé	5	-16.7%
99	Villovieco	5	0%
108	Hornillos de Cerrato	4	0%
108	La Puebla de Valdavia	4	-20%
108	Mazuecos de Valdeginate	4	n/a
108	Respenda de la Peña	4	0%

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. 20 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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, 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 Palencia 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/palencia-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 Palencia 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/palencia-province-municipalities?period=2018.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Palencia 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/palencia-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_palencia_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Palencia 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/palencia-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?

Palencia, with 5,113 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Respenda de la Peña, with 4 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. 20 municipalities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.