Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6886 municipalities in 2014, at 287,918. Zaorejas had the lowest, at 4. The median was 46 and the figure for Spain was 3.12 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest287,918Madrid

Lowest4Zaorejas

Median466886 municipalities

Spain3,119,310History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Madrid	287,918	-0.6%
2	Barcelona	167,439	-1.4%
3	València	59,924	-1.8%
4	Sevilla	46,462	-1.7%
5	Zaragoza	43,988	+0.3%
6	Málaga	37,480	+0.7%
7	Palma	32,384	-2.1%
8	Murcia	30,312	+0.3%
9	Bilbao	27,508	-3.6%
10	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	25,761	-1.8%
11	Alacant/Alicante	23,597	-1.2%
12	Vigo	22,052	-1.5%
13	Córdoba	20,576	+0.5%
14	A Coruña	20,431	-0.8%
15	Valladolid	19,208	-2.8%
16	Granada	17,586	-2.1%
17	Gijón	16,916	-0.8%
18	Donostia/San Sebastián	16,831	-2.6%
19	Oviedo	15,615	-0.8%
20	Marbella	15,339	+3.7%
21	Elx/Elche	15,011	-1.8%
22	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	14,701	-2.5%
23	Vitoria-Gasteiz	14,685	-2.9%
24	Terrassa	14,017	-0.1%
25	Sabadell	13,712	-0.4%
26	Pamplona/Iruña	13,200	+1.8%
27	Badalona	12,554	-1.4%
28	Burgos	12,290	-1.7%
29	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	11,959	-1.3%
30	Albacete	11,954	+1%
31	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	11,933	-0.3%
32	Almería	11,250	-2.7%
33	Santander	11,210	-2.6%
34	Logroño	10,885	-0.3%
35	Lleida	10,663	-2%
36	Cartagena	10,472	-1.2%
37	Jerez de la Frontera	10,409	-0.5%
37	Las Rozas de Madrid	10,409	+1.1%
39	Fuenlabrada	10,248	-0.2%
40	Pozuelo de Alarcón	10,154	+0.5%
41	Salamanca	10,130	-2.5%
42	Alcobendas	9,710	+1.6%
43	León	9,594	-2.2%
44	Badajoz	9,423	-0.6%
45	Móstoles	9,280	-1.6%
46	Sant Cugat del Vallès	9,255	+1.1%
47	Leganés	9,200	-0.7%
48	Ourense	8,941	-0.6%
49	Santiago de Compostela	8,797	-1%
50	Alcorcón	8,744	-0.5%
51	Alcalá de Henares	8,727	0%
52	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	8,677	-1.4%
53	Mataró	8,622	-0.2%
54	Girona	8,564	+1.4%
55	Lugo	8,272	+0.2%
56	Tarragona	8,188	-2.5%
57	Getafe	8,169	+0.1%
58	Huelva	7,244	-2.6%
59	Jaén	6,946	-0.7%
60	Reus	6,833	-1.4%
61	Cáceres	6,549	-0.6%
62	San Sebastián de los Reyes	6,545	+2.5%
63	Dos Hermanas	6,385	-0.9%
64	Majadahonda	6,292	-1.5%
65	Pontevedra	6,259	-1.5%
66	Getxo	6,025	-3.1%
67	Cádiz	5,951	-4.2%
68	Torrejón de Ardoz	5,729	+0.3%
69	Arona	5,590	+0.6%
70	Lorca	5,582	-4.6%
71	Toledo	5,555	-0.2%
72	Fuengirola	5,510	+2.4%
73	Benidorm	5,444	-1.1%
74	Algeciras	5,424	-0.6%
75	Ponferrada	5,415	-0.6%
76	Manresa	5,295	-1.2%
77	Palencia	5,294	-1%
78	Torrevieja	5,167	-0.2%
79	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	5,127	+1.9%
80	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,100	-0.1%
80	Paterna	5,100	-0.3%
82	Granollers	5,050	-0.6%
83	Telde	5,022	-0.3%
84	Ciudad Real	4,998	+0.4%
85	Roquetas de Mar	4,967	-1.9%
86	Barakaldo	4,963	-1.2%
87	Orihuela	4,939	-1.2%
88	Mijas	4,935	+3.4%
89	Castelldefels	4,901	-1.3%
90	Talavera de la Reina	4,896	-4.2%
91	Boadilla del Monte	4,875	+2.8%
92	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	4,840	-1.7%
93	Irun	4,824	-5.9%
94	Zamora	4,822	-0.9%
95	Gandia	4,741	-4%
96	El Puerto de Santa María	4,725	-0.6%
97	Vélez-Málaga	4,714	+0.3%
98	Coslada	4,685	-1.1%
99	Eivissa	4,683	+2%
100	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	4,660	-0.3%
101	Rubí	4,620	-0.7%
102	El Ejido	4,575	-1.3%
103	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,574	-0.1%
104	Estepona	4,557	+3%
105	Guadalajara	4,492	-1.3%
106	Calvià	4,467	-3%
107	Benalmádena	4,452	+3.1%
108	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,438	+0.8%
109	Molina de Segura	4,425	-2.3%
110	Torremolinos	4,384	+3%
111	Torrent	4,331	-4.4%
112	Parla	4,241	+0.4%
113	Avilés	4,216	+0.7%
114	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,202	-1.6%
115	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,150	-1.6%
116	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,096	-0.5%
117	Dénia	3,969	-3.7%
118	Siero	3,955	-0.6%
119	Adeje	3,903	+3.4%
120	Huesca	3,896	+2.7%
121	Valdemoro	3,874	+0.2%
122	Mérida	3,864	-2.4%
123	Elda	3,841	-1.1%
124	Vic	3,800	+0.6%
125	Viladecans	3,777	-1%
126	Melilla	3,754	-1.1%
127	Arrecife	3,706	-0.7%
128	Ferrol	3,701	-2.6%
129	Collado Villalba	3,693	+0.5%
130	Arganda del Rey	3,670	+0.2%
131	Segovia	3,626	-6.3%
132	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,614	-0.7%
133	Ceuta	3,590	-0.6%
134	Ávila	3,551	-0.9%
135	Cuenca	3,541	-0.1%
136	Figueres	3,540	+1.2%
137	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,453	-2.6%
138	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,314	-1.3%
139	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,294	-0.2%
140	Igualada	3,287	-1%
141	El Prat de Llobregat	3,265	-1.1%
142	Motril	3,234	-0.5%
143	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,222	-1.9%
144	Gavà	3,217	-1.1%
145	Tres Cantos	3,206	+0.1%
146	San Fernando	3,103	-0.2%
147	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,100	-1%
148	Vila-real	3,089	-2.2%
149	Torrelavega	3,030	-1.9%
150	Manacor	2,984	-2.4%
151	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	2,925	+0.1%
152	Ontinyent	2,901	-1.6%
153	Pinto	2,895	+0.5%
154	Plasencia	2,865	0%
155	Sitges	2,793	+2.1%
156	Soria	2,792	-0.7%
157	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	2,751	-3.1%
158	Colmenar Viejo	2,747	+1.3%
159	Lucena	2,738	+0.7%
160	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,737	-2.1%
161	Aranjuez	2,730	+0.8%
162	Alzira	2,721	-3.7%
163	Puerto del Rosario	2,686	-0.9%
164	Mollet del Vallès	2,684	-3.6%
165	Oleiros	2,628	-1.5%
166	Montcada i Reixac	2,591	-1.3%
167	San Fernando de Henares	2,589	-0.5%
168	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,577	-0.4%
169	Xàbia/Jávea	2,565	-1.9%
170	Santa Eulària des Riu	2,558	+1.2%
171	Barberà del Vallès	2,542	+1.5%
172	Tudela	2,538	+2%
173	Carballo	2,522	-1.4%
173	Puerto de la Cruz	2,522	-0.6%
175	Teruel	2,509	+1%
176	Basauri	2,508	-2.8%
177	Linares	2,498	-5.5%
178	Marratxí	2,495	-1.1%
179	Rincón de la Victoria	2,492	+2.4%
180	Llucmajor	2,491	-2.3%
181	La Línea de la Concepción	2,489	-1.8%
182	Cambrils	2,471	-1.3%
183	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,405	+4.7%
184	Lloret de Mar	2,402	+0.8%
185	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,391	-2%
186	Granadilla de Abona	2,380	+0.3%
187	Tomelloso	2,372	-1.3%
188	Arteixo	2,364	-0%
189	Almendralejo	2,361	+1.3%
190	Yecla	2,354	+4.1%
191	Galapagar	2,326	-1.2%
192	Alcantarilla	2,311	+1.4%
193	Portugalete	2,310	-2%
194	Antequera	2,302	+0.9%
195	Maó	2,299	+1%
196	Olot	2,284	-0.8%
197	La Orotava	2,281	+0.9%
198	Altea	2,278	+0.9%
199	Don Benito	2,277	-0.3%
200	Tortosa	2,257	-1.7%
201	Sant Joan Despí	2,252	+1%
202	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,239	+1.1%
202	Úbeda	2,239	+0.2%
204	Utrera	2,234	-2.3%
205	Petrer	2,222	+0.9%
205	Torre-Pacheco	2,222	+0.6%
207	Blanes	2,219	-1.2%
208	Écija	2,207	-0.8%
209	Aranda de Duero	2,206	+1.7%
210	Villarrobledo	2,188	+0.8%
211	Errenteria	2,183	-2.2%
212	Torrelodones	2,180	-0.2%
213	El Vendrell	2,179	-1.4%
214	Ripollet	2,177	+0.5%
215	Culleredo	2,153	+1.5%
216	Ronda	2,121	+0.4%
217	Santurtzi	2,118	-1.7%
218	Narón	2,112	+1.1%
219	La Rinconada	2,106	-0.4%
220	Leioa	2,097	-2.7%
221	Camargo	2,095	-0.4%
221	Xàtiva	2,095	-0.3%
223	Villena	2,077	-0.7%
224	Vinaròs	2,057	-3.1%
225	Andújar	2,056	-0.2%
226	Humanes de Madrid	2,048	-0.8%
227	Miranda de Ebro	2,040	-2.9%
228	Langreo	2,029	-0.2%
229	Ames	2,018	-0.1%
229	Puertollano	2,018	-1.5%
231	Castro-Urdiales	2,001	-0.9%
232	Molins de Rei	1,995	-0.1%
233	Santa Perpètua de Mogoda	1,987	-2.5%
234	Borriana/Burriana	1,976	-3.1%
235	Mislata	1,972	-3.5%
236	Sant Adrià de Besòs	1,962	-1.1%
237	Castellar del Vallès	1,959	-1.3%
238	Tías	1,956	+1.5%
239	Sant Pere de Ribes	1,954	-1.4%
240	El Masnou	1,947	-1.5%
241	Sant Just Desvern	1,933	+1.7%
242	Burjassot	1,928	+0.2%
243	Galdakao	1,923	-4.5%
244	Los Realejos	1,910	-0.6%
245	Inca	1,909	-2.6%
246	Crevillent	1,901	-1%
247	Sant Quirze del Vallès	1,893	+3%
248	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,890	+0.9%
249	Aldaia	1,888	-0.3%
250	Erandio	1,880	-0.7%

Showing the top 250 of 6886. The Excel download has every row.

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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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities of Spain by active companies, 2014}},
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