Municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province by active companies

Santa Cruz de Tenerife had the highest active companies of 54 municipalities in 2016, at 15,432. Agulo had the lowest, at 36. The median was 357 and the figure for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province was 65,296. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest15,432Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Lowest36Agulo

Median35754 municipalities

Santa Cruz de Tenerife province65,296History

All municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,432	+1.8%
2	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	8,994	+2.3%
3	Arona	6,197	+4.6%
4	Adeje	4,349	+3.2%
5	Granadilla de Abona	2,636	+6.8%
6	Puerto de la Cruz	2,552	+0.4%
7	La Orotava	2,389	+1%
8	Los Realejos	2,037	+2.3%
9	San Miguel de Abona	1,478	+9.6%
10	Candelaria	1,450	+1.4%
11	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,402	+2.9%
12	El Rosario	1,379	+2%
13	Tacoronte	1,343	-0.3%
14	Icod de los Vinos	1,222	+0.7%
15	Santa Úrsula	1,007	-1.7%
16	Guía de Isora	988	+3.7%
17	Güímar	932	+4.5%
18	Santa Cruz de la Palma	816	+3.2%
19	Tegueste	644	-1.1%
20	Santiago del Teide	625	+6.5%
21	San Sebastián de la Gomera	570	+0.5%
22	El Sauzal	506	+2.6%
23	La Matanza de Acentejo	466	+3.6%
24	La Victoria de Acentejo	438	-1.1%
25	Breña Alta	427	+4.9%
26	Arico	419	+4.8%
27	El Paso	384	+4.9%
28	Arafo	329	+0.3%
29	Breña Baja	323	+0.3%
30	Valle Gran Rey	301	+6.4%
31	Valverde	255	+1.6%
32	La Guancha	250	+2.5%
33	San Juan de la Rambla	209	+1.5%
34	Villa de Mazo	206	-4.6%
35	Los Silos	204	+12.1%
36	Garachico	198	+4.2%
37	Frontera	197	+1.5%
38	San Andrés y Sauces	195	+4.3%
39	Buenavista del Norte	185	-6.1%
40	Tazacorte	158	+4.6%
41	Tijarafe	119	-1.7%
42	Vilaflor de Chasna	116	+0.9%
43	Vallehermoso	114	-0.9%
44	El Tanque	111	-3.5%
45	Puntallana	96	0%
46	Fasnia	93	+17.7%
47	Hermigua	89	-1.1%
48	Puntagorda	83	+13.7%
49	Barlovento	80	+2.6%
50	Garafía	75	+7.1%
51	Alajeró	73	+7.4%
52	Fuencaliente de la Palma	70	-2.8%
53	El Pinar de El Hierro	49	+14%
54	Agulo	36	-18.2%

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. 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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife province by active companies, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

MLA 9

Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/santa-cruz-de-tenerife-province-municipalities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province by active companies, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/santa-cruz-de-tenerife-province-municipalities?period=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/santa-cruz-de-tenerife-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_santa_cruz_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province by active companies, 2016}},
  year = {2026},
  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/santa-cruz-de-tenerife-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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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Questions

Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 15,432 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Agulo, with 36 in 2016.

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.