Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 61 municipalities in 2019, at 23,320. Dozón had the lowest, at 46. The median was 421 and the figure for Pontevedra province was 69,698. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest23,320Vigo

Lowest46Dozón

Median42161 municipalities

Pontevedra province69,698History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Vigo	23,320	-0.5%
2	Pontevedra	6,747	+1.7%
3	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,583	-0.4%
4	O Porriño	1,803	-1.4%
5	Ponteareas	1,764	+1.4%
6	Lalín	1,753	-0.8%
7	Redondela	1,747	-1.5%
8	Sanxenxo	1,619	+1.7%
9	Cangas	1,607	+1.9%
10	A Estrada	1,568	+1%
11	Nigrán	1,490	+4.3%
12	Tui	1,378	+0.1%
13	Mos	1,300	-3.5%
14	Marín	1,290	+3.3%
15	Poio	1,199	+0.8%
16	Moaña	1,178	+2.3%
17	Cambados	1,054	0%
18	Gondomar	1,047	+4.4%
19	Tomiño	890	+0.1%
20	Baiona	885	+0.7%
21	O Grove	844	+0.4%
22	Silleda	776	+0.6%
23	Caldas de Reis	766	+0.5%
24	Vilanova de Arousa	742	+1.6%
25	A Guarda	707	+0.7%
26	Bueu	696	+1.6%
27	Salceda de Caselas	614	+3.4%
28	Salvaterra de Miño	611	+5.2%
29	Soutomaior	450	+3.9%
30	Meaño	444	-2.6%
31	Ribadumia	421	-1.2%
32	O Rosal	408	+0.7%
33	Vila de Cruces	401	+0.8%
34	Vilaboa	393	-3%
35	Meis	364	+3.1%
36	Ponte Caldelas	358	-1.9%
37	A Cañiza	343	+3.9%
38	Barro	324	+3.5%
39	Cuntis	315	-1.9%
40	Cerdedo-Cotobade	293	-1%
41	Valga	285	-2.1%
42	Moraña	256	0%
43	A Illa de Arousa	223	0%
44	Mondariz	210	-0.9%
45	Forcarei	207	+1.5%
46	Pontecesures	202	-2.9%
47	As Neves	185	+1.6%
48	Oia	176	-4.3%
49	Catoira	166	-6.2%
50	Rodeiro	160	+1.9%
51	Arbo	157	+5.4%
52	Agolada	152	-5.6%
53	Portas	148	+9.6%
54	Pazos de Borbén	134	+3.1%
55	A Lama	111	-0.9%
56	Covelo	105	+4%
57	Campo Lameiro	91	+3.4%
58	Crecente	76	-3.8%
59	Mondariz-Balneario	60	+5.3%
60	Fornelos de Montes	56	+12%
61	Dozón	46	+9.5%

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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2019 (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 Pontevedra province by active companies, 2019}},
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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=2019. 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 23,320 in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Dozón, with 46 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.