Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 61 municipalities in 2022, at 22,859. Dozón had the lowest, at 46. The median was 425 and the figure for Pontevedra province was 68,887. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest22,859Vigo

Lowest46Dozón

Median42561 municipalities

Pontevedra province68,887History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Vigo	22,859	+1.1%
2	Pontevedra	6,526	+0.5%
3	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,606	+1.1%
4	O Porriño	1,781	+1.5%
5	Redondela	1,774	+1.2%
6	Lalín	1,713	+0.7%
7	Sanxenxo	1,700	+2.6%
8	Ponteareas	1,694	-0.5%
9	Cangas	1,622	+1.6%
10	A Estrada	1,538	+1.9%
11	Nigrán	1,500	+1.9%
12	Tui	1,316	+1.8%
13	Marín	1,288	+1.4%
14	Mos	1,251	+1.5%
15	Poio	1,158	+1.6%
16	Moaña	1,157	+1.4%
17	Cambados	1,077	+1.7%
18	Gondomar	1,067	+3.4%
19	Baiona	889	+1.9%
20	O Grove	879	+3.7%
21	Tomiño	855	+1.7%
22	Vilanova de Arousa	769	+4.5%
23	Silleda	760	+1.7%
24	Caldas de Reis	747	-1.5%
25	A Guarda	719	+3.9%
26	Bueu	715	+2.4%
27	Salvaterra de Miño	636	+4.3%
28	Salceda de Caselas	578	-2%
29	Soutomaior	486	+1.5%
30	Meaño	428	+0.5%
31	O Rosal	425	-0.2%
32	Ribadumia	417	+0.2%
33	Vila de Cruces	377	-3.3%
34	Vilaboa	371	-4.1%
35	Ponte Caldelas	364	+0.6%
36	Meis	354	-2.7%
37	A Cañiza	324	+3.5%
38	Barro	311	+1.3%
39	Cuntis	291	-3%
40	Cerdedo-Cotobade	289	+1.8%
41	Valga	287	-1%
42	Moraña	262	+1.6%
43	A Illa de Arousa	239	+1.3%
44	Mondariz	210	+7.1%
45	Forcarei	201	+0.5%
46	Pontecesures	196	+3.2%
47	Oia	193	+4.9%
48	As Neves	184	+1.7%
49	Catoira	169	0%
50	Arbo	167	+1.8%
51	Portas	163	+3.8%
52	Rodeiro	156	+2%
53	Pazos de Borbén	145	+4.3%
54	Agolada	134	+1.5%
55	Covelo	126	+3.3%
56	A Lama	112	+0.9%
57	Campo Lameiro	93	-4.1%
58	Crecente	77	+11.6%
59	Fornelos de Montes	64	+8.5%
60	Mondariz-Balneario	52	-3.7%
61	Dozón	46	-6.1%

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 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2022 (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, 2022}},
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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=2022. 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 22,859 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Dozón, with 46 in 2022.

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 2022 and are not ranked.