Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies

Palencia had the highest active companies of 109 municipalities in 2024, at 4,428. Villahán had the lowest, at 4. The median was 10 and the figure for Palencia province was 8,922. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest4,428Palencia

Lowest4Villahán

Median10109 municipalities

Palencia province8,922History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Palencia	4,428	-0.4%
2	Aguilar de Campoo	441	-3.1%
3	Guardo	365	0%
4	Villamuriel de Cerrato	323	+1.9%
5	Venta de Baños	304	-1%
6	Saldaña	269	-1.5%
7	Carrión de los Condes	190	-1.6%
8	Grijota	176	+2.3%
9	Cervera de Pisuerga	175	+1.7%
10	Herrera de Pisuerga	131	+4%
11	Villalobón	127	+2.4%
12	Paredes de Nava	110	+5.8%
13	Dueñas	105	-2.8%
14	Frómista	78	0%
15	Osorno la Mayor	77	+5.5%
16	Baltanás	74	-6.3%
17	Magaz de Pisuerga	63	-6%
18	Alar del Rey	62	-1.6%
18	Barruelo de Santullán	62	-1.6%
20	Velilla del Río Carrión	57	+5.6%
21	Astudillo	55	+3.8%
22	Torquemada	53	-3.6%
23	Villarramiel	47	-6%
24	Fuentes de Nava	43	+2.4%
25	Villada	40	-4.8%
26	Becerril de Campos	39	+8.3%
27	Santibáñez de la Peña	36	+2.9%
28	Ampudia	35	-12.5%
29	Villaumbrales	30	0%
30	Amusco	29	-3.3%
31	Husillos	28	+7.7%
32	Buenavista de Valdavia	27	+12.5%
32	Monzón de Campos	27	+3.8%
34	Villaluenga de la Vega	26	0%
35	Cevico de la Torre	24	+9.1%
36	Fuentes de Valdepero	23	-8%
36	Pomar de Valdivia	23	-8%
38	Salinas de Pisuerga	20	+11.1%
38	San Cebrián de Campos	20	0%
40	Villamartín de Campos	19	0%
41	Autilla del Pino	18	+12.5%
42	Cisneros	16	-20%
42	Lantadilla	16	0%
44	Calzada de los Molinos	14	-12.5%
44	Cervatos de la Cueza	14	-6.7%
44	Villoldo	14	+16.7%
47	Castrillo de Villavega	12	+9.1%
47	Villota del Páramo	12	+9.1%
49	Cevico Navero	11	-15.4%
49	La Pernía	11	-8.3%
49	Quintana del Puente	11	+10%
49	Santervás de la Vega	11	-8.3%
49	Tariego de Cerrato	11	0%
49	Villamediana	11	+22.2%
55	Antigüedad	10	0%
55	Itero de la Vega	10	-9.1%
55	La Serna	10	0%
55	Villaherreros	10	0%
55	Villamoronta	10	-16.7%
60	Boadilla del Camino	9	0%
60	Pedrosa de la Vega	9	-10%
60	Santoyo	9	+28.6%
60	Sotobañado y Priorato	9	+12.5%
60	Tabanera de Cerrato	9	+12.5%
60	Villodrigo	9	0%
66	Autillo de Campos	8	0%
66	Dehesa de Montejo	8	0%
66	Mazariegos	8	0%
66	Palenzuela	8	+14.3%
66	Piña de Campos	8	-11.1%
66	Prádanos de Ojeda	8	+14.3%
66	Renedo de la Vega	8	-27.3%
66	Villalcázar de Sirga	8	+33.3%
74	Báscones de Ojeda	7	0%
74	Castrejón de la Peña	7	+16.7%
74	Espinosa de Villagonzalo	7	-12.5%
74	Loma de Ucieza	7	+16.7%
74	Melgar de Yuso	7	-22.2%
74	Triollo	7	+16.7%
74	Villarrabé	7	-12.5%
74	Villasarracino	7	+16.7%
74	Villaviudas	7	-12.5%
83	Brañosera	6	-14.3%
83	Castromocho	6	-14.3%
83	Congosto de Valdavia	6	-25%
83	Frechilla	6	+20%
83	Hornillos de Cerrato	6	-14.3%
83	Lagartos	6	-14.3%
83	Población de Campos	6	-14.3%
83	Villalba de Guardo	6	+20%
91	Abia de las Torres	5	-16.7%
91	Bustillo de la Vega	5	-16.7%
91	Cobos de Cerrato	5	0%
91	Ribas de Campos	5	n/a
91	San Cebrián de Mudá	5	0%
91	Soto de Cerrato	5	0%
91	Valle del Retortillo	5	0%
98	Capillas	4	0%
98	Castil de Vela	4	n/a
98	Collazos de Boedo	4	0%
98	Cordovilla la Real	4	0%
98	Hontoria de Cerrato	4	0%
98	La Puebla de Valdavia	4	0%
98	Mantinos	4	n/a
98	Pedraza de Campos	4	n/a
98	Pino del Río	4	-20%
98	Villaconancio	4	n/a
98	Villaeles de Valdavia	4	0%
98	Villahán	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. 22 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2024 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Palencia province by active companies, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/palencia-province-municipalities?period=2024 (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, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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 4,428 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Villahán, with 4 in 2024.

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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. 22 municipalities have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.