Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 61 municipalities in 2018, at 23,446. Dozón had the lowest, at 42. The median was 426 and the figure for Pontevedra province was 69,437. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest23,446Vigo

Lowest42Dozón

Median42661 municipalities

Pontevedra province69,437History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Vigo	23,446	+1.5%
2	Pontevedra	6,635	+0.6%
3	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,594	+1.2%
4	O Porriño	1,829	+1.1%
5	Redondela	1,773	+1.5%
6	Lalín	1,767	-0.5%
7	Ponteareas	1,739	-0.2%
8	Sanxenxo	1,592	+0.2%
9	Cangas	1,577	+1%
10	A Estrada	1,552	+0.8%
11	Nigrán	1,429	+0.2%
12	Tui	1,377	+0.4%
13	Mos	1,347	+1.2%
14	Marín	1,249	-0.7%
15	Poio	1,189	+3.1%
16	Moaña	1,152	+1.6%
17	Cambados	1,054	+0.7%
18	Gondomar	1,003	+0.1%
19	Tomiño	889	+1.4%
20	Baiona	879	+4.8%
21	O Grove	841	-2.7%
22	Silleda	771	-0.5%
23	Caldas de Reis	762	-0.9%
24	Vilanova de Arousa	730	-1.1%
25	A Guarda	702	+0.6%
26	Bueu	685	-0.3%
27	Salceda de Caselas	594	-2.1%
28	Salvaterra de Miño	581	-0.5%
29	Meaño	456	+1.3%
30	Soutomaior	433	-4.4%
31	Ribadumia	426	+3.9%
32	O Rosal	405	+2.3%
32	Vilaboa	405	+7.1%
34	Vila de Cruces	398	-3.6%
35	Ponte Caldelas	365	+5.5%
36	Meis	353	+1.1%
37	A Cañiza	330	-1.2%
38	Cuntis	321	+2.2%
39	Barro	313	+4.7%
40	Cerdedo-Cotobade	296	n/a
41	Valga	291	-3.6%
42	Moraña	256	-1.2%
43	A Illa de Arousa	223	-1.8%
44	Mondariz	212	-1.9%
45	Pontecesures	208	0%
46	Forcarei	204	-6%
47	Oia	184	+5.7%
48	As Neves	182	-1.1%
49	Catoira	177	+3.5%
50	Agolada	161	-1.8%
51	Rodeiro	157	-7.1%
52	Arbo	149	-4.5%
53	Portas	135	-3.6%
54	Pazos de Borbén	130	+4.8%
55	A Lama	112	+5.7%
56	Covelo	101	-1%
57	Campo Lameiro	88	+6%
58	Crecente	79	-3.7%
59	Mondariz-Balneario	57	0%
60	Fornelos de Montes	50	+4.2%
61	Dozón	42	+5%

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. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_pontevedra_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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 23,446 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Dozón, with 42 in 2018.

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. 2 municipalities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.