Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies

Palencia had the highest active companies of 114 municipalities in 2020, at 4,972. Valle del Retortillo had the lowest, at 4. The median was 11 and the figure for Palencia province was 9,813. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest4,972Palencia

Lowest4Valle del Retortillo

Median11114 municipalities

Palencia province9,813History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Palencia	4,972	-0.1%
2	Aguilar de Campoo	495	+0.6%
3	Guardo	375	-1.6%
4	Villamuriel de Cerrato	346	+1.2%
5	Venta de Baños	318	+2.3%
6	Saldaña	293	0%
7	Carrión de los Condes	210	+2.9%
8	Cervera de Pisuerga	174	-5.9%
9	Grijota	173	-0.6%
10	Herrera de Pisuerga	159	-0.6%
11	Villalobón	137	-4.2%
12	Dueñas	118	-4.1%
13	Paredes de Nava	111	-1.8%
14	Baltanás	77	0%
14	Frómista	77	-1.3%
14	Osorno la Mayor	77	-2.5%
17	Barruelo de Santullán	71	-2.7%
18	Alar del Rey	65	-5.8%
18	Astudillo	65	-3%
20	Velilla del Río Carrión	61	+8.9%
21	Magaz de Pisuerga	59	-3.3%
21	Torquemada	59	+1.7%
23	Villarramiel	55	+5.8%
24	Villada	50	-3.8%
25	Santibáñez de la Peña	43	-4.4%
26	Fuentes de Nava	42	-6.7%
27	Ampudia	37	+5.7%
28	Fuentes de Valdepero	33	-5.7%
28	Villaumbrales	33	0%
30	Buenavista de Valdavia	31	-11.4%
31	Monzón de Campos	29	-6.5%
31	Villaluenga de la Vega	29	0%
33	Becerril de Campos	28	-3.4%
33	Cevico de la Torre	28	-6.7%
33	Pomar de Valdivia	28	+3.7%
36	Amusco	26	+4%
37	San Cebrián de Campos	25	-3.8%
38	Cisneros	23	-8%
39	Salinas de Pisuerga	22	+15.8%
40	Husillos	20	+17.6%
40	Villoldo	20	-4.8%
42	La Pernía	17	0%
42	Villota del Páramo	17	-5.6%
44	Villamartín de Campos	16	0%
45	Calzada de los Molinos	15	0%
45	Cevico Navero	15	0%
47	Cervatos de la Cueza	14	0%
48	Báscones de Ojeda	13	0%
48	Castrillo de Villavega	13	0%
48	Lantadilla	13	+8.3%
48	Renedo de la Vega	13	+8.3%
48	Santervás de la Vega	13	-13.3%
53	Palenzuela	12	+20%
53	Villalcázar de Sirga	12	-14.3%
53	Villamoronta	12	-14.3%
56	Antigüedad	11	-15.4%
56	Brañosera	11	-15.4%
56	Bustillo de la Vega	11	-15.4%
56	Melgar de Yuso	11	+10%
56	Quintana del Puente	11	0%
56	Sotobañado y Priorato	11	0%
56	Tariego de Cerrato	11	0%
56	Villamediana	11	0%
64	Castrejón de la Peña	10	+11.1%
64	La Serna	10	+25%
64	Lagartos	10	+25%
64	Pedrosa de la Vega	10	-9.1%
64	Piña de Campos	10	-9.1%
64	Población de Campos	10	+11.1%
70	Autilla del Pino	9	0%
70	Castromocho	9	+50%
70	Itero de la Vega	9	-10%
70	Prádanos de Ojeda	9	+12.5%
70	Villaherreros	9	-10%
70	Villalba de Guardo	9	-10%
70	Villaviudas	9	-25%
70	Villodrigo	9	+12.5%
78	Abia de las Torres	8	+14.3%
78	Boadilla del Camino	8	0%
78	Frechilla	8	+14.3%
78	Loma de Ucieza	8	-11.1%
78	Meneses de Campos	8	0%
78	Pino del Río	8	+60%
78	Villarrabé	8	+14.3%
85	Castrillo de Don Juan	7	-12.5%
85	Páramo de Boedo	7	0%
85	Santoyo	7	0%
88	Autillo de Campos	6	+20%
88	Cobos de Cerrato	6	0%
88	Congosto de Valdavia	6	-14.3%
88	Dehesa de Montejo	6	0%
88	Espinosa de Villagonzalo	6	-25%
88	Mantinos	6	+20%
88	Mazariegos	6	0%
88	San Cebrián de Mudá	6	-14.3%
88	Triollo	6	0%
88	Villasarracino	6	-14.3%
98	Boadilla de Rioseco	5	0%
98	Villaeles de Valdavia	5	+25%
100	Abarca de Campos	4	0%
100	Bárcena de Campos	4	0%
100	Capillas	4	0%
100	Collazos de Boedo	4	0%
100	Cordovilla la Real	4	-20%
100	Fresno del Río	4	0%
100	Hontoria de Cerrato	4	n/a
100	Hornillos de Cerrato	4	0%
100	Mazuecos de Valdeginate	4	0%
100	Mudá	4	n/a
100	Respenda de la Peña	4	n/a
100	Revenga de Campos	4	-20%
100	Ribas de Campos	4	0%
100	Soto de Cerrato	4	-20%
100	Valle del Retortillo	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. 17 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/palencia-province-municipalities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_palencia_province_2020,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies, 2020}},
  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=2020. 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 4,972 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Valle del Retortillo, with 4 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

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. 17 municipalities have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.