Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 61 municipalities in 2021, at 22,603. Dozón had the lowest, at 49. The median was 426 and the figure for Pontevedra province was 68,043. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest22,603Vigo

Lowest49Dozón

Median42661 municipalities

Pontevedra province68,043History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Vigo	22,603	-1.8%
2	Pontevedra	6,493	-2.6%
3	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,578	-1.1%
4	O Porriño	1,754	-1.4%
5	Redondela	1,753	-0.5%
6	Ponteareas	1,702	-1.7%
7	Lalín	1,701	0%
8	Sanxenxo	1,657	-0.3%
9	Cangas	1,597	-0.1%
10	A Estrada	1,510	-2.8%
11	Nigrán	1,472	-2.5%
12	Tui	1,293	-2.9%
13	Marín	1,270	-0.2%
14	Mos	1,232	-3.9%
15	Moaña	1,141	-1.2%
16	Poio	1,140	-1.2%
17	Cambados	1,059	+1.2%
18	Gondomar	1,032	+1.1%
19	Baiona	872	-1.5%
20	O Grove	848	-0.4%
21	Tomiño	841	-4.2%
22	Caldas de Reis	758	-2.6%
23	Silleda	747	-2.4%
24	Vilanova de Arousa	736	-1.1%
25	Bueu	698	-1%
26	A Guarda	692	-1.3%
27	Salvaterra de Miño	610	+1.3%
28	Salceda de Caselas	590	-1.5%
29	Soutomaior	479	+3.5%
30	Meaño	426	-3.6%
30	O Rosal	426	+0.9%
32	Ribadumia	416	-3.3%
33	Vila de Cruces	390	-3.5%
34	Vilaboa	387	-1%
35	Meis	364	+2.2%
36	Ponte Caldelas	362	-0.3%
37	A Cañiza	313	-2.2%
38	Barro	307	-5%
39	Cuntis	300	-1.6%
40	Valga	290	0%
41	Cerdedo-Cotobade	284	-4.1%
42	Moraña	258	-1.1%
43	A Illa de Arousa	236	+3.5%
44	Forcarei	200	0%
45	Mondariz	196	+0.5%
46	Pontecesures	190	-5%
47	Oia	184	+2.2%
48	As Neves	181	-2.2%
49	Catoira	169	+0.6%
50	Arbo	164	-1.2%
51	Portas	157	+3.3%
52	Rodeiro	153	-1.9%
53	Pazos de Borbén	139	-2.1%
54	Agolada	132	-5.7%
55	Covelo	122	-0.8%
56	A Lama	111	+1.8%
57	Campo Lameiro	97	+1%
58	Crecente	69	-1.4%
59	Fornelos de Montes	59	-4.8%
60	Mondariz-Balneario	54	-10%
61	Dozón	49	+6.5%

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 2021 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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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2021 (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, 2021}},
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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=2021. 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 22,603 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Dozón, with 49 in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.