Municipalities in Seville province by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 105 municipalities in 2016, at 48,415. El Madroño had the lowest, at 7. The median was 323 and the figure for Seville province was 113,653. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest48,415Sevilla

Lowest7El Madroño

Median323105 municipalities

Seville province113,653History

Top 40 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	Sevilla	48,415	+1.6%
2	Dos Hermanas	6,857	+2.9%
3	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,741	+2.2%
4	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,279	+2.4%
5	Utrera	2,366	+3.1%
6	Écija	2,303	+1.4%
7	La Rinconada	2,158	+1.7%
8	Tomares	1,744	+2.3%
9	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,668	+0.5%
10	Carmona	1,585	+2.1%
11	Lebrija	1,530	+2.8%
12	Coria del Río	1,455	-1%
13	Bormujos	1,445	+3.2%
14	Camas	1,405	+3.8%
15	Mairena del Alcor	1,258	+1%
16	Morón de la Frontera	1,224	+0.5%
17	El Viso del Alcor	1,170	+1.4%
18	Marchena	1,001	+2%
19	Espartinas	944	+4.3%
20	Arahal	887	+0.9%
21	Gines	885	+2.9%
22	Lora del Río	854	+0.9%
23	Bollullos de la Mitación	816	+1.7%
24	Osuna	815	+1.2%
25	San Juan de Aznalfarache	812	0%
25	Sanlúcar la Mayor	812	+3.4%
27	Castilleja de la Cuesta	788	+0.5%
28	Estepa	756	-2.6%
29	Pilas	741	+2.9%
30	Las Cabezas de San Juan	733	+0.8%
31	La Algaba	717	+1.3%
32	Valencina de la Concepción	658	+0.5%
33	Guillena	635	+3.8%
34	Gelves	629	+3.5%
35	Brenes	556	+5.1%
36	El Cuervo de Sevilla	527	+2.5%
37	La Puebla de Cazalla	496	+1.6%
38	Cantillana	476	+1.3%
38	Palomares del Río	476	+6.5%
40	Alcalá del Río	474	-1.3%
41	La Puebla del Río	463	+2.7%
42	Salteras	458	-4.6%
43	Tocina	431	-0.5%
44	Santiponce	428	+3.9%
45	Herrera	416	-1.2%
46	Olivares	415	-1%
47	Umbrete	414	-0.2%
48	Villaverde del Río	370	-1.9%
49	Fuentes de Andalucía	354	+0.3%
50	Gerena	346	+8.5%
51	Paradas	334	-0.3%
52	Benacazón	324	+2.5%
53	Pedrera	323	+3.5%
53	Villanueva del Ariscal	323	+8%
55	Constantina	317	+3.6%
56	Montellano	288	+4.3%
57	Burguillos	275	+8.3%
58	La Roda de Andalucía	267	+3.5%
59	Casariche	259	+2%
59	Cazalla de la Sierra	259	+3.6%
61	Isla Mayor	253	-3.4%
62	La Luisiana	250	+0.4%
63	Almensilla	245	+5.6%
64	La Campana	239	+1.3%
65	Aznalcázar	234	-1.7%
66	Gilena	230	-2.5%
67	Castilblanco de los Arroyos	205	0%
68	Los Corrales	203	+11.5%
69	Aznalcóllar	202	+3.1%
70	El Coronil	200	+5.8%
71	El Saucejo	191	-4.5%
72	Lantejuela	178	+1.1%
73	Villamanrique de la Condesa	149	+0.7%
74	Castilleja de Guzmán	146	+14.1%
75	Cañada Rosal	139	+3.7%
76	El Rubio	138	-3.5%
77	Peñaflor	134	+0.8%
78	Albaida del Aljarafe	125	+6.8%
78	Badolatosa	125	+5%
80	Guadalcanal	119	0%
80	Martín de la Jara	119	-3.3%
80	Villanueva del Río y Minas	119	-1.7%
83	Los Molares	116	-0.9%
84	Alcolea del Río	113	+5.6%
85	Carrión de los Céspedes	107	-3.6%
86	La Puebla de los Infantes	100	+2%
87	Aguadulce	96	+3.2%
88	Marinaleda	95	+6.7%
89	El Pedroso	87	-6.5%
89	Pruna	87	+1.2%
91	Huévar del Aljarafe	86	+4.9%
92	El Real de la Jara	79	+3.9%
93	El Ronquillo	77	+5.5%
94	El Castillo de las Guardas	71	-5.3%
95	Alanís	64	+6.7%
96	Las Navas de la Concepción	58	-4.9%
97	Almadén de la Plata	51	+6.3%
97	Lora de Estepa	51	+4.1%
99	Coripe	45	+9.8%
99	Villanueva de San Juan	45	+7.1%
101	Algámitas	40	+8.1%
102	San Nicolás del Puerto	31	0%
103	Castilleja del Campo	26	-16.1%
104	El Garrobo	23	+15%
105	El Madroño	7	0%

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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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 Seville province by active companies, 2016) [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 Seville 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/seville-province-municipalities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Seville 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/seville-province-municipalities?period=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Seville 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/seville-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_seville_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Seville 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/seville-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.},
}

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Sevilla, with 48,415 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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