Municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province by active companies

Santa Cruz de Tenerife had the highest active companies of 54 municipalities in 2021, at 16,157. Agulo had the lowest, at 44. The median was 394 and the figure for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province was 71,795. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest16,157Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Lowest44Agulo

Median39454 municipalities

Santa Cruz de Tenerife province71,795History

All 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	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,157	-2.5%
2	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,827	-2%
3	Arona	6,847	-5.1%
4	Adeje	5,014	-5%
5	Granadilla de Abona	3,204	-3.2%
6	Puerto de la Cruz	2,577	-4.6%
7	La Orotava	2,538	-1.8%
8	Los Realejos	2,166	-3.2%
9	San Miguel de Abona	1,913	-3%
10	Candelaria	1,661	-3.3%
11	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,587	-3.3%
12	El Rosario	1,498	-5.3%
13	Tacoronte	1,467	-0.9%
14	Icod de los Vinos	1,332	-1.7%
15	Guía de Isora	1,122	-4.5%
16	Santa Úrsula	1,119	-1.1%
17	Güímar	1,050	-2.7%
18	Santa Cruz de la Palma	870	-2.2%
19	Santiago del Teide	756	-1.3%
20	Tegueste	698	-3.7%
21	San Sebastián de la Gomera	623	-2.5%
22	El Sauzal	533	-5.2%
23	La Matanza de Acentejo	518	-2.3%
24	El Paso	501	+1%
25	La Victoria de Acentejo	475	-2.5%
26	Breña Alta	455	-2.4%
27	Arico	417	+2.5%
28	Arafo	370	-1.3%
29	Valle Gran Rey	352	-1.4%
30	Breña Baja	345	-2.5%
31	La Guancha	284	-1.7%
31	Valverde	284	-5.6%
33	Frontera	256	-0.4%
34	Villa de Mazo	241	-4.4%
35	Garachico	232	-1.3%
36	San Juan de la Rambla	223	+2.8%
37	Buenavista del Norte	221	-3.1%
38	Los Silos	217	-2.3%
39	San Andrés y Sauces	204	+2%
40	Tazacorte	184	-6.6%
41	Tijarafe	174	+8.8%
42	El Tanque	124	+0.8%
43	Puntallana	120	+8.1%
44	Vallehermoso	118	-4.1%
45	Puntagorda	117	-1.7%
46	Fasnia	114	+7.5%
47	Vilaflor de Chasna	108	-10%
48	Garafía	102	-4.7%
49	Barlovento	97	+4.3%
49	Hermigua	97	-2%
51	Alajeró	88	+1.1%
52	Fuencaliente de la Palma	78	-2.5%
53	El Pinar de El Hierro	76	-9.5%
54	Agulo	44	+7.3%

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, 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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 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/santa-cruz-de-tenerife-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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 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/santa-cruz-de-tenerife-province-municipalities?period=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_santa_cruz_2021,
  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, 2021}},
  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=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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Questions

Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 16,157 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Agulo, with 44 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.