Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 62 municipalities in 2015, at 22,530. Dozón had the lowest, at 42. The median was 390 and the figure for Pontevedra province was 67,085. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest22,530Vigo

Lowest42Dozón

Median39062 municipalities

Pontevedra province67,085History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Vigo	22,530	+2.2%
2	Pontevedra	6,372	+1.8%
3	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,489	+4.1%
4	Lalín	1,787	+2.1%
5	O Porriño	1,778	+2.6%
6	Redondela	1,765	+2.3%
7	Ponteareas	1,694	+5.7%
8	A Estrada	1,545	+2.7%
9	Sanxenxo	1,540	+2.1%
10	Cangas	1,509	+0.6%
11	Nigrán	1,357	+4.9%
12	Tui	1,330	+1.5%
13	Mos	1,281	+1.1%
14	Marín	1,260	+3.2%
15	Moaña	1,113	+3.4%
16	Poio	1,083	+5.4%
17	Cambados	1,051	+4.7%
18	Gondomar	991	+1.6%
19	Tomiño	838	+1.5%
20	O Grove	831	+4.5%
21	Baiona	776	+2%
22	Silleda	763	+1.9%
23	Caldas de Reis	758	+0.5%
24	Vilanova de Arousa	741	+2.8%
25	A Guarda	697	+1.6%
26	Bueu	661	+1.8%
27	Salvaterra de Miño	606	+6.1%
28	Salceda de Caselas	575	+0.5%
29	Meaño	447	+3%
30	Soutomaior	431	+2.9%
31	Ribadumia	391	+5.7%
32	O Rosal	389	+2.4%
33	Vila de Cruces	385	+0.3%
34	Vilaboa	374	+0.8%
35	Ponte Caldelas	341	+1.8%
36	A Cañiza	328	-0.6%
37	Meis	325	+2.8%
38	Cuntis	297	-0.7%
39	Valga	272	-3.2%
40	Barro	266	+4.3%
41	Moraña	262	+4.4%
42	A Illa de Arousa	230	+0.4%
43	Forcarei	211	0%
44	Cotobade	208	+6.7%
45	Pontecesures	207	-3.7%
46	Mondariz	200	-2%
47	As Neves	172	-2.3%
48	Oia	164	-0.6%
49	Agolada	161	0%
49	Catoira	161	+1.9%
49	Rodeiro	161	+2.5%
52	Arbo	149	+8%
53	Portas	144	+6.7%
54	Pazos de Borbén	122	+8%
55	Covelo	101	+2%
56	Campo Lameiro	86	-2.3%
57	A Lama	85	-1.2%
58	Crecente	74	-3.9%
59	Cerdedo	70	+4.5%
60	Mondariz-Balneario	57	-1.7%
61	Fornelos de Montes	51	+15.9%
62	Dozón	42	+2.4%

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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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 Pontevedra province by active companies, 2015) [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 Pontevedra province by active companies, 2015. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2015.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_pontevedra_province_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2015}},
  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/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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?

Vigo, with 22,530 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Dozón, with 42 in 2015.

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. 1 municipalities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.