Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies

Palencia had the highest active companies of 107 municipalities in 2022, at 4,842. Villaeles de Valdavia had the lowest, at 4. The median was 11 and the figure for Palencia province was 9,613. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest4,842Palencia

Lowest4Villaeles de Valdavia

Median11107 municipalities

Palencia province9,613History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Palencia	4,842	-0.6%
2	Aguilar de Campoo	489	+1.9%
3	Guardo	374	+0.5%
4	Villamuriel de Cerrato	348	+1.5%
5	Venta de Baños	321	+0.9%
6	Saldaña	287	+0.3%
7	Carrión de los Condes	204	-0.5%
8	Cervera de Pisuerga	175	-2.2%
9	Grijota	172	+4.2%
10	Herrera de Pisuerga	143	-2.7%
11	Villalobón	133	+5.6%
12	Dueñas	118	-1.7%
13	Paredes de Nava	106	0%
14	Frómista	86	+4.9%
15	Baltanás	81	+3.8%
16	Osorno la Mayor	77	-4.9%
17	Alar del Rey	65	-3%
17	Magaz de Pisuerga	65	+10.2%
19	Barruelo de Santullán	62	-7.5%
20	Torquemada	58	-4.9%
21	Astudillo	57	-10.9%
21	Velilla del Río Carrión	57	-8.1%
23	Villarramiel	53	-1.9%
24	Villada	45	-8.2%
25	Fuentes de Nava	44	-4.3%
25	Santibáñez de la Peña	44	+4.8%
27	Ampudia	38	+5.6%
27	Becerril de Campos	38	+8.6%
29	Fuentes de Valdepero	33	0%
30	Villaumbrales	30	+3.4%
31	Pomar de Valdivia	29	-6.5%
31	Villaluenga de la Vega	29	-3.3%
33	Buenavista de Valdavia	28	-3.4%
34	Amusco	26	+4%
35	Monzón de Campos	25	-10.7%
36	Cevico de la Torre	24	+4.3%
36	Husillos	24	+14.3%
36	San Cebrián de Campos	24	-4%
39	Cisneros	22	-8.3%
40	Salinas de Pisuerga	20	-4.8%
41	Villamartín de Campos	19	+5.6%
42	Calzada de los Molinos	16	+6.7%
42	La Pernía	16	0%
44	Cervatos de la Cueza	15	+7.1%
44	Lantadilla	15	0%
44	Villamoronta	15	+15.4%
47	Castrillo de Villavega	14	+7.7%
47	Santervás de la Vega	14	0%
49	Cevico Navero	13	0%
49	Villoldo	13	-18.8%
49	Villota del Páramo	13	-13.3%
52	Pedrosa de la Vega	12	+33.3%
52	Tariego de Cerrato	12	+20%
54	Autilla del Pino	11	0%
54	Quintana del Puente	11	0%
54	Renedo de la Vega	11	0%
57	La Serna	10	0%
57	Melgar de Yuso	10	-16.7%
57	Prádanos de Ojeda	10	-9.1%
57	Sotobañado y Priorato	10	0%
57	Villaherreros	10	+11.1%
57	Villamediana	10	0%
57	Villodrigo	10	0%
64	Abia de las Torres	9	0%
64	Antigüedad	9	-10%
64	Boadilla del Camino	9	+28.6%
64	Brañosera	9	+12.5%
64	Bustillo de la Vega	9	0%
64	Castrejón de la Peña	9	+12.5%
64	Itero de la Vega	9	0%
64	Lagartos	9	0%
64	Palenzuela	9	-10%
64	Piña de Campos	9	-10%
64	San Cebrián de Mudá	9	+28.6%
64	Tabanera de Cerrato	9	+50%
64	Villalcázar de Sirga	9	-10%
64	Villaviudas	9	0%
78	Báscones de Ojeda	8	-11.1%
78	Dehesa de Montejo	8	+33.3%
78	Meneses de Campos	8	+14.3%
78	Villalba de Guardo	8	0%
82	Congosto de Valdavia	7	+16.7%
82	Loma de Ucieza	7	0%
82	Mazariegos	7	+16.7%
82	Pino del Río	7	-12.5%
82	Población de Campos	7	-12.5%
82	Santoyo	7	-12.5%
82	Triollo	7	0%
82	Villarrabé	7	-22.2%
90	Boadilla de Rioseco	6	+20%
90	Castrillo de Don Juan	6	-14.3%
90	Castromocho	6	-25%
90	Cobos de Cerrato	6	-14.3%
90	Espinosa de Villagonzalo	6	0%
90	Valle del Retortillo	6	+20%
90	Villasarracino	6	0%
97	Autillo de Campos	5	-16.7%
97	Capillas	5	+25%
97	Mantinos	5	0%
97	Quintanilla de Onsoña	5	+25%
97	Ribas de Campos	5	+25%
97	Soto de Cerrato	5	0%
103	Collazos de Boedo	4	n/a
103	Frechilla	4	-42.9%
103	Herrera de Valdecañas	4	0%
103	Hornillos de Cerrato	4	0%
103	Villaeles de Valdavia	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. 24 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

MLA 9

Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/palencia-province-municipalities?period=2022 (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, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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 4,842 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Villaeles de Valdavia, with 4 in 2022.

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. 24 municipalities have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.