Municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province by active companies

Santa Cruz de Tenerife had the highest active companies of 54 municipalities in 2017, at 15,858. Agulo had the lowest, at 41. The median was 380 and the figure for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province was 68,025. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest15,858Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Lowest41Agulo

Median38054 municipalities

Santa Cruz de Tenerife province68,025History

All municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,858	+2.8%
2	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,327	+3.7%
3	Arona	6,607	+6.6%
4	Adeje	4,689	+7.8%
5	Granadilla de Abona	2,837	+7.6%
6	Puerto de la Cruz	2,564	+0.5%
7	La Orotava	2,423	+1.4%
8	Los Realejos	2,080	+2.1%
9	San Miguel de Abona	1,620	+9.6%
10	Candelaria	1,546	+6.6%
11	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,446	+3.1%
12	El Rosario	1,434	+4%
13	Tacoronte	1,402	+4.4%
14	Icod de los Vinos	1,223	+0.1%
15	Santa Úrsula	1,064	+5.7%
16	Guía de Isora	1,035	+4.8%
17	Güímar	963	+3.3%
18	Santa Cruz de la Palma	844	+3.4%
19	Tegueste	687	+6.7%
20	Santiago del Teide	683	+9.3%
21	San Sebastián de la Gomera	589	+3.3%
22	El Sauzal	523	+3.4%
23	La Matanza de Acentejo	493	+5.8%
24	La Victoria de Acentejo	448	+2.3%
25	Arico	432	+3.1%
26	Breña Alta	422	-1.2%
27	El Paso	418	+8.9%
28	Breña Baja	342	+5.9%
29	Arafo	339	+3%
30	Valle Gran Rey	309	+2.7%
31	Valverde	267	+4.7%
32	La Guancha	242	-3.2%
33	Frontera	218	+10.7%
33	Villa de Mazo	218	+5.8%
35	Garachico	214	+8.1%
36	San Juan de la Rambla	208	-0.5%
37	Los Silos	207	+1.5%
38	San Andrés y Sauces	196	+0.5%
39	Buenavista del Norte	186	+0.5%
40	Tazacorte	163	+3.2%
41	Tijarafe	131	+10.1%
42	Vilaflor de Chasna	117	+0.9%
43	Vallehermoso	115	+0.9%
44	El Tanque	112	+0.9%
45	Puntallana	97	+1%
46	Puntagorda	93	+12%
47	Hermigua	90	+1.1%
48	Fasnia	89	-4.3%
49	Barlovento	85	+6.3%
50	Alajeró	79	+8.2%
51	Garafía	78	+4%
52	Fuencaliente de la Palma	74	+5.7%
53	El Pinar de El Hierro	58	+18.4%
54	Agulo	41	+13.9%

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_santa_cruz_2017,
  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, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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 15,858 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Agulo, with 41 in 2017.

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.