Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6902 municipalities in 2016, at 299,397. Zarapicos had the lowest, at 4. The median was 46 and the figure for Spain was 3.24 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest299,397Madrid

Lowest4Zarapicos

Median466902 municipalities

Spain3,236,582History

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	Madrid	299,397	+1.4%
2	Barcelona	174,209	+2.4%
3	València	62,013	+1.9%
4	Sevilla	48,415	+1.6%
5	Zaragoza	45,477	+0.8%
6	Málaga	39,352	+1.9%
7	Palma	34,073	+1.6%
8	Murcia	32,265	+2.2%
9	Bilbao	27,991	+2.1%
10	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	26,782	+0.9%
11	Alacant/Alicante	24,886	+2.1%
12	Vigo	22,843	+1.4%
13	A Coruña	21,106	+1.1%
14	Córdoba	21,069	+0.6%
15	Valladolid	19,666	+0.8%
16	Granada	18,313	+1.3%
17	Gijón	17,399	+0.6%
18	Marbella	16,869	+6.3%
19	Donostia/San Sebastián	16,816	+1.1%
20	Elx/Elche	16,298	+3.8%
21	Oviedo	15,975	+0.3%
22	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,432	+1.8%
23	Vitoria-Gasteiz	14,889	+2.7%
24	Terrassa	14,439	+2%
25	Sabadell	14,216	+2.3%
26	Pamplona/Iruña	14,088	+1.7%
27	Burgos	12,824	+1.5%
28	Badalona	12,782	+1.5%
29	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	12,452	+2.6%
30	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,387	+1.9%
31	Albacete	12,367	+0.6%
32	Almería	11,848	+2.5%
33	Santander	11,563	+1.5%
34	Logroño	11,411	+0.4%
35	Las Rozas de Madrid	11,088	+2.6%
36	Cartagena	10,938	+1.8%
37	Lleida	10,752	+1.4%
38	Fuenlabrada	10,705	+0.9%
39	Jerez de la Frontera	10,674	+1.2%
40	Pozuelo de Alarcón	10,662	+2%
41	Alcobendas	10,409	+3.5%
42	Salamanca	10,155	-0.2%
43	Badajoz	10,044	+3.2%
44	Sant Cugat del Vallès	9,841	+3.4%
45	Móstoles	9,644	+0.8%
46	León	9,567	-0.3%
47	Leganés	9,310	-0.5%
48	Ourense	9,235	+1.3%
49	Santiago de Compostela	9,143	+1.8%
50	Alcalá de Henares	9,121	+0.8%
51	Girona	9,052	+3.1%
52	Mataró	8,997	+1.9%
53	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	8,994	+2.3%
54	Alcorcón	8,836	-0.6%
55	Getafe	8,766	+2.8%
56	Lugo	8,562	+1.7%
57	Tarragona	8,331	+1.2%
58	Huelva	7,411	+1.2%
59	Jaén	7,063	+1.4%
60	Reus	6,967	+0.5%
61	San Sebastián de los Reyes	6,966	+1.4%
62	Cáceres	6,921	+2%
63	Dos Hermanas	6,857	+2.9%
64	Majadahonda	6,676	+1.9%
65	Pontevedra	6,506	+2.1%
66	Arona	6,197	+4.6%
67	Getxo	6,069	+1.7%
68	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,046	+1.4%
69	Fuengirola	5,954	+3.5%
70	Cádiz	5,865	-0.3%
71	Lorca	5,852	+2.1%
72	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	5,688	+3.7%
73	Mijas	5,648	+6%
74	Toledo	5,626	-0.8%
75	Algeciras	5,596	+1%
76	Ponferrada	5,525	+0.6%
77	Paterna	5,497	+3%
78	Torrevieja	5,446	+1%
79	Manresa	5,376	+0.7%
80	Benidorm	5,326	+0.1%
81	Boadilla del Monte	5,324	+4.7%
82	Orihuela	5,251	+1.9%
83	Roquetas de Mar	5,235	+2.3%
84	Castelldefels	5,227	+4.5%
85	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,212	+5.2%
86	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,206	+1.1%
87	Telde	5,196	+1.7%
88	Palencia	5,188	-1.1%
89	Ciudad Real	5,138	+1.9%
90	Granollers	5,137	-0.2%
91	Barakaldo	5,126	+1.8%
92	Talavera de la Reina	5,045	+0.1%
93	Estepona	5,041	+4.6%
94	Eivissa	5,006	+3.9%
95	Vélez-Málaga	5,000	+2%
96	El Puerto de Santa María	4,922	+3%
97	Irun	4,893	+1.7%
98	Gandia	4,885	+0.4%
98	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	4,885	+0.5%
100	Zamora	4,855	+0.5%
101	Benalmádena	4,807	+3.8%
102	Coslada	4,789	+0.6%
103	Rubí	4,750	+0.3%
104	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,741	+2.2%
105	Molina de Segura	4,731	+2.6%
106	El Ejido	4,725	+0.7%
107	Torremolinos	4,704	+3.9%
108	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,680	+0.8%
109	Guadalajara	4,660	+1.5%
110	Calvià	4,644	+3.4%
111	Torrent	4,618	+2.6%
112	Parla	4,505	+2.5%
113	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,439	+1.8%
114	Adeje	4,349	+3.2%
114	Melilla	4,349	+6%
116	Avilés	4,256	+0.1%
116	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,256	+2.5%
118	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,193	+0.8%
119	Dénia	4,191	+1.6%
120	Mérida	4,177	+3.1%
121	Huesca	4,046	+1.4%
122	Siero	4,035	+0.5%
123	Valdemoro	4,000	+1.1%
124	Arrecife	3,932	+1.8%
125	Vic	3,923	+2.4%
126	Elda	3,911	+2.1%
127	Arganda del Rey	3,899	+3.4%
128	Viladecans	3,834	+0.4%
129	Collado Villalba	3,800	+0.2%
130	Ceuta	3,762	+0.3%
131	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,751	+1%
132	Ferrol	3,735	-0.7%
133	Figueres	3,731	+2.9%
134	Cuenca	3,712	+1.6%
135	Segovia	3,655	+0.8%
136	Ávila	3,609	-1%
137	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,564	+2.7%
138	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,543	+1.4%
139	Igualada	3,417	+3.8%
140	El Prat de Llobregat	3,388	+1.3%
141	Tres Cantos	3,373	+1.4%
142	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,333	+2.5%
143	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,311	-0.9%
143	Gavà	3,311	+4.3%
145	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,279	+2.4%
146	Motril	3,263	+0.9%
147	Manacor	3,226	+2.5%
148	Vila-real	3,221	+3.7%
149	San Fernando	3,193	+0.1%
150	Torrelavega	3,093	+0.6%
151	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,071	+1.9%
152	Sitges	3,037	+4.7%
153	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,025	+4.6%
154	Pinto	2,976	-0.1%
155	Santa Eulària des Riu	2,908	+7.6%
156	Plasencia	2,883	-1.5%
157	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,866	+2.4%
158	Colmenar Viejo	2,859	+2.4%
159	Ontinyent	2,858	-3.2%
160	Puerto del Rosario	2,827	+1.4%
161	Aranjuez	2,795	-1%
162	Lucena	2,791	+1.3%
163	Soria	2,790	-1.5%
164	Alzira	2,780	-0.7%
165	Rincón de la Victoria	2,740	+5.2%
166	Xàbia/Jávea	2,727	+1%
167	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,722	+3.2%
168	Oleiros	2,713	+2.7%
169	Mollet del Vallès	2,706	+0.6%
170	Tudela	2,663	+1.8%
171	San Fernando de Henares	2,657	-0%
172	Montcada i Reixac	2,653	+0.8%
173	Linares	2,651	+2.8%
174	Granadilla de Abona	2,636	+6.8%
175	Teruel	2,633	+1.6%
176	Marratxí	2,622	+2.3%
177	Carballo	2,616	+2.3%
178	Llucmajor	2,605	+1.1%
179	Cambrils	2,565	+3%
180	Lloret de Mar	2,561	+3.9%
181	Barberà del Vallès	2,560	+0.7%
182	Yecla	2,554	+2.4%
183	Puerto de la Cruz	2,552	+0.4%
184	Basauri	2,543	+1.8%
185	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,516	+1.1%
186	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,502	+2.3%
186	La Línea de la Concepción	2,502	+0.4%
188	Alcantarilla	2,460	+3.4%
189	Tomelloso	2,452	+1.1%
190	Almendralejo	2,432	+2.4%
191	Galapagar	2,425	+1.1%
192	Don Benito	2,410	+2.6%
193	La Orotava	2,389	+1%
194	Utrera	2,366	+3.1%
195	Petrer	2,356	+0.6%
196	Antequera	2,354	+0.2%
197	Torre-Pacheco	2,350	+2.6%
198	Torrelodones	2,347	+1.1%
199	Blanes	2,345	+3.4%
200	Arteixo	2,340	-1.8%
201	Portugalete	2,335	+1.9%
202	Olot	2,332	-0%
203	Sant Joan Despí	2,307	+1.1%
204	Maó	2,306	-1%
205	Écija	2,303	+1.4%
206	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,292	+0.1%
207	Úbeda	2,275	+1.7%
208	Tortosa	2,273	+1.5%
209	Altea	2,256	+0.9%
210	Ripollet	2,248	+1%
211	Aranda de Duero	2,238	+0.2%
211	Villarrobledo	2,238	+1.7%
213	El Vendrell	2,229	+2.3%
214	Narón	2,224	+2.3%
215	Culleredo	2,206	+1.4%
216	Santurtzi	2,202	+1.2%
217	Ronda	2,199	+1.8%
218	Errenteria	2,178	+1.3%
219	Ames	2,169	+2.6%
220	Leioa	2,163	+1.2%
221	Villena	2,162	+1.4%
222	La Rinconada	2,158	+1.7%
223	Vinaròs	2,156	+1.5%
224	Xàtiva	2,155	+1.4%
225	Humanes de Madrid	2,139	+1.4%
226	Camargo	2,125	+0.3%
227	Andújar	2,124	+0.8%
228	Sant Just Desvern	2,110	+6.9%
229	Arroyomolinos	2,084	+4.7%
230	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,083	+3.6%
231	El Masnou	2,079	+2.6%
231	San Javier	2,079	+4.9%
233	Tías	2,065	+2%
234	Borriana/Burriana	2,059	+2.2%
235	Miranda de Ebro	2,058	+0.7%
236	Langreo	2,057	+0.1%
237	Crevillent	2,048	+4.4%
238	Castro-Urdiales	2,039	-0.7%
239	Los Realejos	2,037	+2.3%
240	Molins de Rei	2,035	+1.3%
241	Mislata	2,034	+0.1%
242	Santa Perpètua de Mogoda	2,019	+2.1%
243	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,012	+1.8%
244	el Campello	2,005	+1.7%
245	Castellar del Vallès	2,000	+3.1%
246	Valdepeñas	1,994	+1.5%
247	Inca	1,990	+1.2%
247	La Oliva	1,990	+7.3%
249	Puertollano	1,988	-1.2%
250	Riba-roja de Túria	1,969	+3.8%

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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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  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities of Spain by active companies, 2016}},
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