Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6887 municipalities in 2015, at 295,131. Zaorejas had the lowest, at 4. The median was 46 and the figure for Spain was 3.19 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest295,131Madrid

Lowest4Zaorejas

Median466887 municipalities

Spain3,186,878History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Madrid	295,131	+2.5%
2	Barcelona	170,197	+1.6%
3	València	60,879	+1.6%
4	Sevilla	47,662	+2.6%
5	Zaragoza	45,120	+2.6%
6	Málaga	38,628	+3.1%
7	Palma	33,525	+3.5%
8	Murcia	31,556	+4.1%
9	Bilbao	27,403	-0.4%
10	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	26,553	+3.1%
11	Alacant/Alicante	24,384	+3.3%
12	Vigo	22,530	+2.2%
13	Córdoba	20,938	+1.8%
14	A Coruña	20,880	+2.2%
15	Valladolid	19,506	+1.6%
16	Granada	18,082	+2.8%
17	Gijón	17,293	+2.2%
18	Donostia/San Sebastián	16,626	-1.2%
19	Oviedo	15,920	+2%
20	Marbella	15,876	+3.5%
21	Elx/Elche	15,708	+4.6%
22	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,165	+3.2%
23	Vitoria-Gasteiz	14,497	-1.3%
24	Terrassa	14,150	+0.9%
25	Sabadell	13,892	+1.3%
26	Pamplona/Iruña	13,859	+5%
27	Burgos	12,639	+2.8%
28	Badalona	12,593	+0.3%
29	Albacete	12,298	+2.9%
30	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,157	+1.7%
31	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	12,137	+1.7%
32	Almería	11,561	+2.8%
33	Santander	11,394	+1.6%
34	Logroño	11,361	+4.4%
35	Las Rozas de Madrid	10,808	+3.8%
36	Cartagena	10,740	+2.6%
37	Fuenlabrada	10,608	+3.5%
38	Lleida	10,600	-0.6%
39	Jerez de la Frontera	10,549	+1.3%
40	Pozuelo de Alarcón	10,451	+2.9%
41	Salamanca	10,173	+0.4%
42	Alcobendas	10,056	+3.6%
43	Badajoz	9,734	+3.3%
44	León	9,600	+0.1%
45	Móstoles	9,567	+3.1%
46	Sant Cugat del Vallès	9,515	+2.8%
47	Leganés	9,357	+1.7%
48	Ourense	9,114	+1.9%
49	Alcalá de Henares	9,047	+3.7%
50	Santiago de Compostela	8,979	+2.1%
51	Alcorcón	8,891	+1.7%
52	Mataró	8,827	+2.4%
53	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	8,789	+1.3%
54	Girona	8,780	+2.5%
55	Getafe	8,526	+4.4%
56	Lugo	8,420	+1.8%
57	Tarragona	8,233	+0.5%
58	Huelva	7,324	+1.1%
59	Jaén	6,963	+0.2%
60	Reus	6,935	+1.5%
61	San Sebastián de los Reyes	6,870	+5%
62	Cáceres	6,783	+3.6%
63	Dos Hermanas	6,664	+4.4%
64	Majadahonda	6,549	+4.1%
65	Pontevedra	6,372	+1.8%
66	Getxo	5,968	-0.9%
67	Torrejón de Ardoz	5,965	+4.1%
68	Arona	5,924	+6%
69	Cádiz	5,883	-1.1%
70	Fuengirola	5,753	+4.4%
71	Lorca	5,731	+2.7%
72	Toledo	5,672	+2.1%
73	Algeciras	5,540	+2.1%
74	Ponferrada	5,490	+1.4%
75	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	5,485	+7%
76	Torrevieja	5,390	+4.3%
77	Manresa	5,341	+0.9%
78	Paterna	5,339	+4.7%
79	Mijas	5,328	+8%
80	Benidorm	5,323	-2.2%
81	Palencia	5,244	-0.9%
82	Orihuela	5,151	+4.3%
83	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,150	+1%
84	Granollers	5,145	+1.9%
85	Roquetas de Mar	5,116	+3%
86	Telde	5,111	+1.8%
87	Boadilla del Monte	5,085	+4.3%
88	Ciudad Real	5,040	+0.8%
89	Talavera de la Reina	5,039	+2.9%
90	Barakaldo	5,036	+1.5%
91	Castelldefels	5,000	+2%
92	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	4,953	+6.3%
93	Vélez-Málaga	4,901	+4%
94	Gandia	4,864	+2.6%
95	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	4,861	+0.4%
96	Zamora	4,831	+0.2%
97	Estepona	4,819	+5.7%
98	Eivissa	4,816	+2.8%
99	Irun	4,810	-0.3%
100	El Puerto de Santa María	4,780	+1.2%
101	Coslada	4,762	+1.6%
102	Rubí	4,737	+2.5%
103	El Ejido	4,691	+2.5%
104	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,645	+1.6%
105	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,639	+4.5%
106	Benalmádena	4,631	+4%
107	Molina de Segura	4,613	+4.2%
108	Guadalajara	4,591	+2.2%
109	Torremolinos	4,529	+3.3%
110	Torrent	4,500	+3.9%
111	Calvià	4,493	+0.6%
112	Parla	4,393	+3.6%
113	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,361	+3.8%
114	Avilés	4,253	+0.9%
115	Adeje	4,215	+8%
116	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,158	+0.2%
117	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,153	+1.4%
118	Dénia	4,126	+4%
119	Melilla	4,102	+9.3%
120	Mérida	4,052	+4.9%
121	Siero	4,014	+1.5%
122	Huesca	3,989	+2.4%
123	Valdemoro	3,956	+2.1%
124	Arrecife	3,861	+4.2%
125	Elda	3,832	-0.2%
126	Vic	3,830	+0.8%
127	Viladecans	3,818	+1.1%
128	Collado Villalba	3,793	+2.7%
129	Arganda del Rey	3,771	+2.8%
130	Ferrol	3,762	+1.6%
131	Ceuta	3,749	+4.4%
132	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,714	+2.8%
133	Cuenca	3,653	+3.2%
134	Ávila	3,645	+2.6%
135	Figueres	3,627	+2.5%
136	Segovia	3,626	0%
137	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,493	+1.2%
138	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,470	+5.3%
139	El Prat de Llobregat	3,343	+2.4%
140	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,340	+0.8%
141	Tres Cantos	3,326	+3.7%
142	Igualada	3,293	+0.2%
143	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,252	+0.9%
144	Motril	3,235	0%
145	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,201	+3.3%
146	San Fernando	3,191	+2.8%
147	Gavà	3,175	-1.3%
148	Manacor	3,147	+5.5%
149	Vila-real	3,107	+0.6%
150	Torrelavega	3,075	+1.5%
151	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,013	+3%
152	Pinto	2,980	+2.9%
153	Ontinyent	2,951	+1.7%
154	Plasencia	2,926	+2.1%
155	Sitges	2,901	+3.9%
156	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	2,893	+5.2%
157	Soria	2,832	+1.4%
158	Aranjuez	2,822	+3.4%
159	Alzira	2,799	+2.9%
160	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,798	+2.2%
161	Colmenar Viejo	2,793	+1.7%
162	Puerto del Rosario	2,789	+3.8%
163	Lucena	2,755	+0.6%
164	Santa Eulària des Riu	2,703	+5.7%
165	Xàbia/Jávea	2,700	+5.3%
166	Mollet del Vallès	2,689	+0.2%
167	San Fernando de Henares	2,658	+2.7%
168	Oleiros	2,642	+0.5%
169	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,638	+2.4%
170	Montcada i Reixac	2,631	+1.5%
171	Tudela	2,616	+3.1%
172	Rincón de la Victoria	2,605	+4.5%
173	Teruel	2,592	+3.3%
174	Linares	2,578	+3.2%
175	Llucmajor	2,576	+3.4%
176	Marratxí	2,562	+2.7%
177	Carballo	2,558	+1.4%
178	Barberà del Vallès	2,542	0%
178	Puerto de la Cruz	2,542	+0.8%
180	Basauri	2,497	-0.4%
181	Yecla	2,493	+5.9%
182	La Línea de la Concepción	2,492	+0.1%
183	Cambrils	2,491	+0.8%
184	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,489	+4.1%
185	Granadilla de Abona	2,469	+3.7%
186	Lloret de Mar	2,464	+2.6%
187	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,445	+1.7%
188	Tomelloso	2,425	+2.2%
189	Galapagar	2,398	+3.1%
190	Arteixo	2,382	+0.8%
191	Alcantarilla	2,378	+2.9%
192	Almendralejo	2,376	+0.6%
193	La Orotava	2,365	+3.7%
194	Antequera	2,350	+2.1%
195	Don Benito	2,348	+3.1%
196	Petrer	2,341	+5.4%
197	Olot	2,333	+2.1%
198	Maó	2,329	+1.3%
199	Torrelodones	2,321	+6.5%
200	Utrera	2,294	+2.7%
201	Portugalete	2,291	-0.8%
201	Torre-Pacheco	2,291	+3.1%
203	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,290	+2.3%
204	Sant Joan Despí	2,281	+1.3%
205	Écija	2,272	+2.9%
206	Blanes	2,267	+2.2%
207	Tortosa	2,239	-0.8%
208	Altea	2,236	-1.8%
208	Úbeda	2,236	-0.1%
210	Aranda de Duero	2,234	+1.3%
211	Ripollet	2,225	+2.2%
212	Villarrobledo	2,200	+0.5%
213	El Vendrell	2,178	-0%
214	Culleredo	2,176	+1.1%
214	Santurtzi	2,176	+2.7%
216	Narón	2,173	+2.9%
217	Ronda	2,160	+1.8%
218	Errenteria	2,150	-1.5%
219	Leioa	2,138	+2%
220	Villena	2,133	+2.7%
221	Xàtiva	2,125	+1.4%
222	Vinaròs	2,124	+3.3%
223	La Rinconada	2,121	+0.7%
224	Camargo	2,118	+1.1%
225	Ames	2,114	+4.8%
226	Humanes de Madrid	2,110	+3%
227	Andújar	2,108	+2.5%
228	Langreo	2,054	+1.2%
229	Castro-Urdiales	2,053	+2.6%
230	Miranda de Ebro	2,044	+0.2%
231	Mislata	2,032	+3%
232	El Masnou	2,027	+4.1%
233	Tías	2,024	+3.5%
234	Borriana/Burriana	2,014	+1.9%
235	Puertollano	2,013	-0.2%
236	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,011	+2.9%
237	Molins de Rei	2,008	+0.7%
238	Los Realejos	1,992	+4.3%
239	Arroyomolinos	1,990	+7.8%
240	San Javier	1,981	+7%
241	Sant Adrià de Besòs	1,977	+0.8%
241	Santa Perpètua de Mogoda	1,977	-0.5%
243	Sant Just Desvern	1,974	+2.1%
244	el Campello	1,972	+7.2%
245	Inca	1,966	+3%
246	Valdepeñas	1,964	+5.5%
247	Crevillent	1,962	+3.2%
248	Aldaia	1,956	+3.6%
249	Burjassot	1,947	+1%
250	Alcázar de San Juan	1,944	+3.8%

Showing the top 250 of 6887. 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, 2015) [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, 2015}},
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