Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 62 municipalities in 2016, at 22,843. Dozón had the lowest, at 41. The median was 399 and the figure for Pontevedra province was 67,968. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest22,843Vigo

Lowest41Dozón

Median39962 municipalities

Pontevedra province67,968History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Vigo	22,843	+1.4%
2	Pontevedra	6,506	+2.1%
3	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,516	+1.1%
4	O Porriño	1,790	+0.7%
5	Redondela	1,778	+0.7%
6	Lalín	1,773	-0.8%
7	Ponteareas	1,715	+1.2%
8	A Estrada	1,543	-0.1%
8	Sanxenxo	1,543	+0.2%
10	Cangas	1,514	+0.3%
11	Nigrán	1,413	+4.1%
12	Tui	1,360	+2.3%
13	Mos	1,298	+1.3%
14	Marín	1,262	+0.2%
15	Moaña	1,141	+2.5%
16	Poio	1,103	+1.8%
17	Cambados	1,040	-1%
18	Gondomar	984	-0.7%
19	Tomiño	860	+2.6%
20	O Grove	842	+1.3%
21	Baiona	795	+2.4%
22	Silleda	767	+0.5%
23	Vilanova de Arousa	765	+3.2%
24	Caldas de Reis	750	-1.1%
25	A Guarda	697	0%
26	Bueu	680	+2.9%
27	Salceda de Caselas	596	+3.7%
28	Salvaterra de Miño	593	-2.1%
29	Soutomaior	449	+4.2%
30	Meaño	438	-2%
31	Ribadumia	401	+2.6%
32	Vila de Cruces	397	+3.1%
33	O Rosal	384	-1.3%
34	Vilaboa	371	-0.8%
35	Meis	342	+5.2%
36	Ponte Caldelas	339	-0.6%
37	A Cañiza	330	+0.6%
38	Valga	301	+10.7%
39	Cuntis	299	+0.7%
40	Barro	280	+5.3%
41	Moraña	260	-0.8%
42	A Illa de Arousa	237	+3%
43	Cotobade	219	+5.3%
44	Forcarei	210	-0.5%
45	Pontecesures	208	+0.5%
46	Mondariz	204	+2%
47	Oia	177	+7.9%
48	As Neves	176	+2.3%
49	Catoira	170	+5.6%
50	Agolada	163	+1.2%
51	Rodeiro	160	-0.6%
52	Arbo	149	0%
53	Portas	134	-6.9%
54	Pazos de Borbén	118	-3.3%
55	Covelo	100	-1%
56	A Lama	94	+10.6%
57	Campo Lameiro	88	+2.3%
58	Crecente	79	+6.8%
59	Cerdedo	71	+1.4%
60	Fornelos de Montes	56	+9.8%
60	Mondariz-Balneario	56	-1.8%
62	Dozón	41	-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 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_pontevedra_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2016}},
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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/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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?

Vigo, with 22,843 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Dozón, with 41 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.