Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies

Palencia had the highest active companies of 110 municipalities in 2021, at 4,870. Ribas de Campos had the lowest, at 4. The median was 11 and the figure for Palencia province was 9,639. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest4,870Palencia

Lowest4Ribas de Campos

Median11110 municipalities

Palencia province9,639History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Palencia	4,870	-2.1%
2	Aguilar de Campoo	480	-3%
3	Guardo	372	-0.8%
4	Villamuriel de Cerrato	343	-0.9%
5	Venta de Baños	318	0%
6	Saldaña	286	-2.4%
7	Carrión de los Condes	205	-2.4%
8	Cervera de Pisuerga	179	+2.9%
9	Grijota	165	-4.6%
10	Herrera de Pisuerga	147	-7.5%
11	Villalobón	126	-8%
12	Dueñas	120	+1.7%
13	Paredes de Nava	106	-4.5%
14	Frómista	82	+6.5%
15	Osorno la Mayor	81	+5.2%
16	Baltanás	78	+1.3%
17	Alar del Rey	67	+3.1%
17	Barruelo de Santullán	67	-5.6%
19	Astudillo	64	-1.5%
20	Velilla del Río Carrión	62	+1.6%
21	Torquemada	61	+3.4%
22	Magaz de Pisuerga	59	0%
23	Villarramiel	54	-1.8%
24	Villada	49	-2%
25	Fuentes de Nava	46	+9.5%
26	Santibáñez de la Peña	42	-2.3%
27	Ampudia	36	-2.7%
28	Becerril de Campos	35	+25%
29	Fuentes de Valdepero	33	0%
30	Pomar de Valdivia	31	+10.7%
31	Villaluenga de la Vega	30	+3.4%
32	Buenavista de Valdavia	29	-6.5%
32	Villaumbrales	29	-12.1%
34	Monzón de Campos	28	-3.4%
35	Amusco	25	-3.8%
35	San Cebrián de Campos	25	0%
37	Cisneros	24	+4.3%
38	Cevico de la Torre	23	-17.9%
39	Husillos	21	+5%
39	Salinas de Pisuerga	21	-4.5%
41	Villamartín de Campos	18	+12.5%
42	La Pernía	16	-5.9%
42	Villoldo	16	-20%
44	Calzada de los Molinos	15	0%
44	Lantadilla	15	+15.4%
44	Villota del Páramo	15	-11.8%
47	Cervatos de la Cueza	14	0%
47	Santervás de la Vega	14	+7.7%
49	Castrillo de Villavega	13	0%
49	Cevico Navero	13	-13.3%
49	Villamoronta	13	+8.3%
52	Melgar de Yuso	12	+9.1%
53	Autilla del Pino	11	+22.2%
53	Prádanos de Ojeda	11	+22.2%
53	Quintana del Puente	11	0%
53	Renedo de la Vega	11	-15.4%
57	Antigüedad	10	-9.1%
57	La Serna	10	0%
57	Palenzuela	10	-16.7%
57	Piña de Campos	10	0%
57	Sotobañado y Priorato	10	-9.1%
57	Tariego de Cerrato	10	-9.1%
57	Villalcázar de Sirga	10	-16.7%
57	Villamediana	10	-9.1%
57	Villodrigo	10	+11.1%
66	Abia de las Torres	9	+12.5%
66	Báscones de Ojeda	9	-30.8%
66	Bustillo de la Vega	9	-18.2%
66	Itero de la Vega	9	0%
66	Lagartos	9	-10%
66	Pedrosa de la Vega	9	-10%
66	Villaherreros	9	0%
66	Villarrabé	9	+12.5%
66	Villaviudas	9	0%
75	Brañosera	8	-27.3%
75	Castrejón de la Peña	8	-20%
75	Castromocho	8	-11.1%
75	Pino del Río	8	0%
75	Población de Campos	8	-20%
75	Santoyo	8	+14.3%
75	Villalba de Guardo	8	-11.1%
82	Boadilla del Camino	7	-12.5%
82	Castrillo de Don Juan	7	0%
82	Cobos de Cerrato	7	+16.7%
82	Frechilla	7	-12.5%
82	Loma de Ucieza	7	-12.5%
82	Meneses de Campos	7	-12.5%
82	San Cebrián de Mudá	7	+16.7%
82	Triollo	7	+16.7%
90	Autillo de Campos	6	0%
90	Congosto de Valdavia	6	0%
90	Dehesa de Montejo	6	0%
90	Espinosa de Villagonzalo	6	0%
90	Mazariegos	6	0%
90	Tabanera de Cerrato	6	n/a
90	Villasarracino	6	0%
97	Boadilla de Rioseco	5	0%
97	Mantinos	5	-16.7%
97	Páramo de Boedo	5	-28.6%
97	Soto de Cerrato	5	+25%
97	Valle del Retortillo	5	+25%
97	Villaeles de Valdavia	5	0%
103	Bárcena de Campos	4	0%
103	Capillas	4	0%
103	Herrera de Valdecañas	4	n/a
103	Hornillos de Cerrato	4	0%
103	Mazuecos de Valdeginate	4	0%
103	Quintanilla de Onsoña	4	n/a
103	Respenda de la Peña	4	0%
103	Ribas de Campos	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. 21 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies, 2021. 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=2021.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/palencia-province-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies, 2021}},
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  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=2021. 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 4,870 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Ribas de Campos, with 4 in 2021.

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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. 21 municipalities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.