Municipalities of Spain by active companies, 2025

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6925 municipalities in 2025, at 297,693. Zorita de la Frontera had the lowest, at 4. The median was 46 and the figure for Spain was 3.31 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest297,693Madrid

Lowest4Zorita de la Frontera

Median466925 municipalities

Spain3,310,824History

Top 40 municipalities, 2025

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2025 count	Change on 2024
1	Madrid	297,693	+2.9%
2	Barcelona	174,088	+1.7%
3	València	70,256	+4.2%
4	Sevilla	49,304	+1.5%
5	Málaga	43,994	+3.8%
6	Zaragoza	42,897	+1.2%
7	Palma	36,623	+2.8%
8	Murcia	32,516	+1.8%
9	Alacant/Alicante	26,372	+3.6%
10	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	26,003	+1.6%
11	Bilbao	25,457	+0.5%
12	Córdoba	21,289	+1.3%
13	Vigo	21,112	+0.4%
14	Marbella	20,829	+3.8%
15	A Coruña	19,100	+1.9%
16	Granada	18,942	+2.4%
17	Valladolid	18,326	+1.1%
18	Gijón	17,221	+0.7%
19	Elx/Elche	16,775	+2%
20	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,440	+2.9%
21	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,258	-0.6%
22	Oviedo	15,038	+0.1%
23	Terrassa	14,413	+1.8%
24	Sabadell	14,177	+0.7%
25	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	14,026	+2.1%
26	Pamplona/Iruña	13,854	+4.6%
27	Badalona	13,662	+1.6%
28	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,014	-0.7%
29	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,710	+1.4%
30	Almería	12,340	+2.4%
31	Burgos	11,815	+0.6%
32	Santander	11,655	+1.6%
33	Jerez de la Frontera	11,566	+2%
34	Albacete	11,517	+0.2%
35	Cartagena	10,996	+1.2%
36	Pozuelo de Alarcón	10,835	+1.4%
37	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,760	+1.3%
38	Las Rozas de Madrid	10,623	+1%
39	Logroño	10,543	+1.4%
40	Alcobendas	10,393	+3.4%
41	Fuenlabrada	10,090	+0.7%
42	Lleida	10,052	+0.8%
43	Alcalá de Henares	9,786	+2.5%
44	Badajoz	9,762	+2.4%
45	Girona	9,692	+1.8%
46	Getafe	9,655	+2.4%
47	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,394	+0.8%
48	Mataró	9,347	+0.5%
49	Leganés	9,301	+0.6%
50	Móstoles	9,200	+1.4%
51	Salamanca	9,180	0%
52	Alcorcón	8,883	+2.1%
53	Santiago de Compostela	8,751	+1.5%
54	Mijas	8,606	+6.5%
55	León	8,510	+0.7%
56	Tarragona	8,121	+1.7%
57	Ourense	8,096	+0.8%
58	Dos Hermanas	7,801	+2.2%
59	Lugo	7,635	+1%
60	Fuengirola	7,437	+4.8%
61	Huelva	7,363	+1.7%
62	Estepona	7,015	+6.3%
63	Torrevieja	7,004	+9.3%
64	Benalmádena	6,968	+4.8%
65	Reus	6,894	+0.8%
66	Jaén	6,867	+0.5%
67	San Sebastián de los Reyes	6,837	+2.1%
68	Boadilla del Monte	6,811	+3%
69	Arona	6,771	+2.9%
70	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	6,717	+0.6%
71	Cáceres	6,696	+2.1%
72	Majadahonda	6,667	+1.3%
73	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,457	+1.9%
74	Roquetas de Mar	6,193	+3.5%
75	Vélez-Málaga	6,136	+3.1%
76	Eivissa	6,108	+4.6%
77	Paterna	6,101	+3.3%
78	Pontevedra	6,090	+0.2%
79	Orihuela	6,056	+3.3%
80	Cádiz	5,851	+0.1%
81	Torremolinos	5,827	+3.8%
82	Toledo	5,707	+1.2%
83	Lorca	5,703	+1.7%
84	Castelldefels	5,686	+0.8%
85	Telde	5,640	+3.4%
86	Benidorm	5,606	+4.6%
87	Getxo	5,519	-0.4%
88	Algeciras	5,511	+1%
89	Torrent	5,453	+4.2%
90	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,448	+2.8%
91	Parla	5,376	+2.9%
92	Adeje	5,342	+2.9%
93	Manresa	5,317	+0.1%
94	Calvià	5,311	+1.9%
95	Chiclana de la Frontera	5,244	+2.8%
96	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,213	+1.4%
97	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,203	+2.8%
98	Gandia	5,166	+3.6%
99	El Ejido	5,162	+3.6%
100	Molina de Segura	5,134	+1.3%
101	El Puerto de Santa María	5,132	+1.1%
102	Granollers	5,074	+2.1%
103	Ciudad Real	4,952	+1.7%
104	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,937	+1.1%
105	Talavera de la Reina	4,877	-0.9%
106	Dénia	4,797	+3%
107	Rubí	4,795	-0.2%
108	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,765	+1.3%
109	Barakaldo	4,648	-0.9%
110	Ponferrada	4,547	+0.5%
111	Valdemoro	4,484	+3.6%
112	Coslada	4,434	+1.2%
113	Palencia	4,406	-0.5%
114	Melilla	4,396	+1%
115	Zamora	4,331	-0.9%
116	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,308	-1.5%
117	Irun	4,297	-1%
118	Guadalajara	4,217	+0.8%
119	Santa Eulària des Riu	4,215	+5%
120	Arganda del Rey	4,203	+2.8%
121	Arrecife	4,153	+3.9%
122	Mérida	4,016	+1.1%
123	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,911	-1.1%
124	Siero	3,891	-0.2%
125	Collado Villalba	3,874	+0.3%
126	Vic	3,846	+1.6%
127	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,765	+1.3%
128	Avilés	3,755	+0.2%
129	Viladecans	3,746	+1.5%
130	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,727	+2.8%
131	Rincón de la Victoria	3,684	+4%
131	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,684	+4.6%
133	Huesca	3,666	+0.2%
134	Manacor	3,657	+1.8%
135	Elda	3,631	+1.2%
136	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,594	+3.5%
137	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,592	+2.1%
138	Tres Cantos	3,586	+3.5%
139	Sitges	3,559	+1.9%
140	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,555	+1.7%
141	San Fernando	3,448	+0.7%
142	Granadilla de Abona	3,437	+4.1%
143	Cuenca	3,433	+1.6%
144	Xàbia/Jávea	3,408	+4.7%
145	Ávila	3,374	-0.1%
146	Segovia	3,350	+1.4%
147	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,327	+3.5%
148	Igualada	3,324	+0.4%
149	Figueres	3,309	+0.1%
150	Pinto	3,306	+4.5%
151	Colmenar Viejo	3,305	+3.9%
152	Motril	3,301	+3.1%
153	Gavà	3,281	-0.9%
154	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,272	+0.1%
155	El Prat de Llobregat	3,239	+0.8%
156	Ceuta	3,236	-2%
157	Vila-real	3,147	+2%
158	Ferrol	3,127	+0.6%
159	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,108	+2.7%
160	Lloret de Mar	3,087	+4.3%
161	Puerto del Rosario	3,027	+3.8%
162	Llucmajor	2,987	+4.1%
162	Oleiros	2,987	+2.8%
164	Aranjuez	2,969	+2.6%
165	Marratxí	2,956	+0.3%
166	Lucena	2,924	+1.6%
167	Alzira	2,913	+3%
168	La Oliva	2,904	+5%
169	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,874	+1.9%
170	Torrelavega	2,841	+0.2%
171	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,833	+0.5%
172	Arroyomolinos	2,779	+1.2%
173	Plasencia	2,755	+1.7%
174	Utrera	2,741	+3.6%
175	Cambrils	2,733	+0.7%
176	Yecla	2,684	+2.8%
177	Galapagar	2,667	+0.9%
178	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,647	+0.5%
179	Torrelodones	2,637	+4.3%
180	Ontinyent	2,620	-0.8%
181	Soria	2,611	+1%
182	La Línea de la Concepción	2,603	+3.2%
183	Montcada i Reixac	2,602	+0.2%
184	Maó	2,597	+2.7%
185	Mollet del Vallès	2,596	+0.2%
186	Linares	2,582	+0.6%
187	Tudela	2,560	+2.2%
188	Santa Pola	2,551	+4.6%
189	San Fernando de Henares	2,544	+2%
190	La Orotava	2,538	+0.7%
191	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,531	+0.4%
192	Blanes	2,521	+1.2%
193	San Roque	2,511	+5.8%
194	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	2,504	+3.6%
195	Almendralejo	2,493	-0.2%
196	Teruel	2,491	+1%
196	Torre-Pacheco	2,491	+2.2%
198	Alcantarilla	2,482	+2.6%
199	El Vendrell	2,479	+3%
200	Puerto de la Cruz	2,478	+2.4%
201	Don Benito	2,468	+2.2%
202	Carballo	2,461	-1.3%
203	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,452	+0.2%
204	Altea	2,451	+3.1%
205	Olot	2,443	+1.3%
206	Barberà del Vallès	2,420	-1%
207	Antequera	2,400	+1.8%
208	Tomelloso	2,386	+0.6%
209	Inca	2,366	+4.6%
210	Écija	2,351	+0.2%
211	el Campello	2,338	+3.3%
212	Ronda	2,334	+0.2%
213	San Javier	2,333	+3%
214	Sant Joan Despí	2,315	-0.5%
215	Ames	2,288	+1.6%
216	Úbeda	2,270	+0.6%
216	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,270	+1.8%
218	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,267	+3.2%
219	Calp	2,263	+3.2%
220	Mislata	2,257	+5.2%
221	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,256	+6.6%
222	La Rinconada	2,239	+1.2%
223	Almuñécar	2,224	+3.4%
224	Ripollet	2,213	+0.4%
225	Petrer	2,207	+0.5%
226	Alhaurín el Grande	2,206	+5.7%
227	Sant Just Desvern	2,202	+0.5%
228	Los Realejos	2,193	+1.1%
229	Illescas	2,187	+2.6%
230	Arteixo	2,162	-0.1%
230	Villena	2,162	+0.9%
232	Aranda de Duero	2,161	+0.1%
233	Tortosa	2,158	+1.6%
234	Culleredo	2,143	+0.6%
235	El Masnou	2,135	+0.4%
236	Bétera	2,131	+2.8%
237	Basauri	2,127	-0.7%
238	Camargo	2,112	-0.3%
239	Sant Antoni de Portmany	2,111	+4.2%
240	Andújar	2,110	+1.2%
241	Xàtiva	2,109	+1.8%
242	Humanes de Madrid	2,096	-0.4%
243	Vinaròs	2,093	+1.5%
244	Sant Quirze del Vallès	2,089	-0.3%
245	Molins de Rei	2,083	-1%
246	Riba-roja de Túria	2,073	+0.6%
247	Castro-Urdiales	2,069	+0.2%
248	Manises	2,060	+3.5%
249	Águilas	2,037	+0.6%
250	Leioa	2,032	+1.4%

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Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

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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 of Spain by active companies, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities of Spain by active companies, 2025}},
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}

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