Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 61 municipalities in 2020, at 23,017. Dozón had the lowest, at 46. The median was 430 and the figure for Pontevedra province was 69,100. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest23,017Vigo

Lowest46Dozón

Median43061 municipalities

Pontevedra province69,100History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Vigo	23,017	-1.3%
2	Pontevedra	6,665	-1.2%
3	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,607	+0.9%
4	O Porriño	1,779	-1.3%
5	Redondela	1,761	+0.8%
6	Ponteareas	1,732	-1.8%
7	Lalín	1,701	-3%
8	Sanxenxo	1,662	+2.7%
9	Cangas	1,598	-0.6%
10	A Estrada	1,554	-0.9%
11	Nigrán	1,510	+1.3%
12	Tui	1,332	-3.3%
13	Mos	1,282	-1.4%
14	Marín	1,272	-1.4%
15	Moaña	1,155	-2%
16	Poio	1,154	-3.8%
17	Cambados	1,046	-0.8%
18	Gondomar	1,021	-2.5%
19	Baiona	885	0%
20	Tomiño	878	-1.3%
21	O Grove	851	+0.8%
22	Caldas de Reis	778	+1.6%
23	Silleda	765	-1.4%
24	Vilanova de Arousa	744	+0.3%
25	Bueu	705	+1.3%
26	A Guarda	701	-0.8%
27	Salvaterra de Miño	602	-1.5%
28	Salceda de Caselas	599	-2.4%
29	Soutomaior	463	+2.9%
30	Meaño	442	-0.5%
31	Ribadumia	430	+2.1%
32	O Rosal	422	+3.4%
33	Vila de Cruces	404	+0.7%
34	Vilaboa	391	-0.5%
35	Ponte Caldelas	363	+1.4%
36	Meis	356	-2.2%
37	Barro	323	-0.3%
38	A Cañiza	320	-6.7%
39	Cuntis	305	-3.2%
40	Cerdedo-Cotobade	296	+1%
41	Valga	290	+1.8%
42	Moraña	261	+2%
43	A Illa de Arousa	228	+2.2%
44	Forcarei	200	-3.4%
44	Pontecesures	200	-1%
46	Mondariz	195	-7.1%
47	As Neves	185	0%
48	Oia	180	+2.3%
49	Catoira	168	+1.2%
50	Arbo	166	+5.7%
51	Rodeiro	156	-2.5%
52	Portas	152	+2.7%
53	Pazos de Borbén	142	+6%
54	Agolada	140	-7.9%
55	Covelo	123	+17.1%
56	A Lama	109	-1.8%
57	Campo Lameiro	96	+5.5%
58	Crecente	70	-7.9%
59	Fornelos de Montes	62	+10.7%
60	Mondariz-Balneario	60	0%
61	Dozón	46	0%

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 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2020 (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, 2020}},
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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=2020. 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 23,017 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Dozón, with 46 in 2020.

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 2020 and are not ranked.