Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies

Vigo had the highest active companies of 61 municipalities in 2023, at 20,985. Mondariz-Balneario had the lowest, at 49. The median was 422 and the figure for Pontevedra province was 65,088. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest20,985Vigo

Lowest49Mondariz-Balneario

Median42261 municipalities

Pontevedra province65,088History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Vigo	20,985	-8.2%
2	Pontevedra	6,073	-6.9%
3	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,469	-5.3%
4	Redondela	1,727	-2.6%
5	O Porriño	1,695	-4.8%
6	Sanxenxo	1,693	-0.4%
7	Ponteareas	1,637	-3.4%
8	Lalín	1,619	-5.5%
9	Cangas	1,588	-2.1%
10	Nigrán	1,470	-2%
11	A Estrada	1,429	-7.1%
12	Mos	1,206	-3.6%
13	Tui	1,205	-8.4%
14	Marín	1,191	-7.5%
15	Moaña	1,129	-2.4%
16	Poio	1,117	-3.5%
17	Cambados	1,054	-2.1%
18	Gondomar	1,024	-4%
19	Baiona	875	-1.6%
20	O Grove	858	-2.4%
21	Tomiño	828	-3.2%
22	Silleda	720	-5.3%
23	A Guarda	718	-0.1%
23	Vilanova de Arousa	718	-6.6%
25	Caldas de Reis	699	-6.4%
26	Bueu	691	-3.4%
27	Salvaterra de Miño	606	-4.7%
28	Salceda de Caselas	566	-2.1%
29	Soutomaior	437	-10.1%
30	O Rosal	426	+0.2%
31	Meaño	422	-1.4%
32	Ribadumia	420	+0.7%
33	Ponte Caldelas	370	+1.6%
34	Vila de Cruces	358	-5%
35	Vilaboa	352	-5.1%
36	Meis	333	-5.9%
37	Barro	320	+2.9%
38	A Cañiza	313	-3.4%
39	Valga	282	-1.7%
40	Cuntis	274	-5.8%
41	Cerdedo-Cotobade	273	-5.5%
42	Moraña	262	0%
43	A Illa de Arousa	223	-6.7%
44	Mondariz	212	+1%
45	Pontecesures	203	+3.6%
46	As Neves	187	+1.6%
46	Forcarei	187	-7%
48	Oia	177	-8.3%
49	Portas	168	+3.1%
50	Arbo	164	-1.8%
51	Catoira	154	-8.9%
52	Pazos de Borbén	141	-2.8%
53	Agolada	134	0%
54	Rodeiro	130	-16.7%
55	Covelo	119	-5.6%
56	A Lama	113	+0.9%
57	Campo Lameiro	97	+4.3%
58	Crecente	77	0%
59	Fornelos de Montes	72	+12.5%
60	Dozón	49	+6.5%
60	Mondariz-Balneario	49	-5.8%

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 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/pontevedra-province-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Pontevedra province by active companies, 2023}},
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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=2023. 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 20,985 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Mondariz-Balneario, with 49 in 2023.

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 2023 and are not ranked.