Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6923 municipalities in 2017, at 304,474. Zorita de los Canes had the lowest, at 4. The median was 46 and the figure for Spain was 3.28 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest304,474Madrid

Lowest4Zorita de los Canes

Median466923 municipalities

Spain3,282,346History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Madrid	304,474	+1.7%
2	Barcelona	178,607	+2.5%
3	València	63,480	+2.4%
4	Sevilla	48,984	+1.2%
5	Zaragoza	45,977	+1.1%
6	Málaga	40,087	+1.9%
7	Palma	35,488	+4.2%
8	Murcia	32,903	+2%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	27,658	+3.3%
10	Bilbao	26,069	-6.9%
11	Alacant/Alicante	25,396	+2%
12	Vigo	23,097	+1.1%
13	Córdoba	21,428	+1.7%
14	A Coruña	20,876	-1.1%
15	Valladolid	19,841	+0.9%
16	Granada	18,950	+3.5%
17	Gijón	17,750	+2%
18	Marbella	17,476	+3.6%
19	Elx/Elche	16,541	+1.5%
20	Oviedo	16,048	+0.5%
21	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,858	+2.8%
22	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,809	-6%
23	Terrassa	14,678	+1.7%
24	Sabadell	14,377	+1.1%
25	Pamplona/Iruña	14,198	+0.8%
26	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,657	-8.3%
27	Badalona	12,985	+1.6%
28	Burgos	12,964	+1.1%
29	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	12,872	+3.4%
30	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,612	+1.8%
31	Albacete	12,438	+0.6%
32	Almería	12,140	+2.5%
33	Santander	11,742	+1.5%
34	Logroño	11,418	+0.1%
35	Las Rozas de Madrid	11,384	+2.7%
36	Cartagena	11,254	+2.9%
37	Pozuelo de Alarcón	11,001	+3.2%
38	Jerez de la Frontera	10,928	+2.4%
39	Lleida	10,847	+0.9%
40	Fuenlabrada	10,767	+0.6%
41	Alcobendas	10,414	0%
42	Badajoz	10,145	+1%
43	Salamanca	10,127	-0.3%
44	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,112	+2.8%
45	Móstoles	9,717	+0.8%
46	Leganés	9,526	+2.3%
47	León	9,470	-1%
48	Alcalá de Henares	9,337	+2.4%
49	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,327	+3.7%
50	Girona	9,287	+2.6%
51	Ourense	9,264	+0.3%
52	Mataró	9,239	+2.7%
53	Santiago de Compostela	9,233	+1%
54	Getafe	9,071	+3.5%
55	Alcorcón	8,834	-0%
56	Lugo	8,629	+0.8%
57	Tarragona	8,445	+1.4%
58	Huelva	7,448	+0.5%
59	Jaén	7,195	+1.9%
60	San Sebastián de los Reyes	7,108	+2%
61	Cáceres	7,009	+1.3%
62	Dos Hermanas	6,982	+1.8%
63	Reus	6,971	+0.1%
64	Majadahonda	6,798	+1.8%
65	Arona	6,607	+6.6%
66	Pontevedra	6,593	+1.3%
67	Fuengirola	6,255	+5.1%
68	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,154	+1.8%
69	Mijas	6,019	+6.6%
70	Cádiz	6,001	+2.3%
71	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	5,964	+4.9%
72	Lorca	5,857	+0.1%
73	Toledo	5,722	+1.7%
74	Algeciras	5,657	+1.1%
75	Paterna	5,654	+2.9%
76	Getxo	5,602	-7.7%
77	Torrevieja	5,572	+2.3%
78	Boadilla del Monte	5,521	+3.7%
79	Manresa	5,518	+2.6%
80	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,468	+4.9%
81	Roquetas de Mar	5,464	+4.4%
82	Telde	5,420	+4.3%
83	Orihuela	5,399	+2.8%
84	Benidorm	5,375	+0.9%
85	Ponferrada	5,363	-2.9%
86	Estepona	5,349	+6.1%
87	Castelldefels	5,323	+1.8%
88	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,280	+1.4%
89	Granollers	5,247	+2.1%
90	Vélez-Málaga	5,244	+4.9%
91	Eivissa	5,237	+4.6%
92	Talavera de la Reina	5,153	+2.1%
93	Ciudad Real	5,147	+0.2%
94	Palencia	5,114	-1.4%
95	El Puerto de Santa María	5,079	+3.2%
96	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,068	+3.7%
97	Benalmádena	5,066	+5.4%
98	Torremolinos	5,005	+6.4%
99	Rubí	4,944	+4.1%
100	Gandia	4,941	+1.1%
101	Calvià	4,871	+4.9%
102	El Ejido	4,868	+3%
103	Zamora	4,823	-0.7%
104	Coslada	4,811	+0.5%
105	Molina de Segura	4,802	+1.5%
106	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,758	+0.4%
107	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,728	+1%
108	Torrent	4,719	+2.2%
109	Parla	4,702	+4.4%
110	Adeje	4,689	+7.8%
111	Barakaldo	4,602	-10.2%
112	Guadalajara	4,571	-1.9%
113	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,547	+2.4%
114	Melilla	4,524	+4%
115	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,466	+4.9%
116	Irun	4,421	-9.6%
117	Dénia	4,268	+1.8%
118	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,236	+1%
119	Avilés	4,225	-0.7%
120	Mérida	4,221	+1.1%
121	Siero	4,149	+2.8%
122	Arrecife	4,099	+4.2%
123	Valdemoro	4,096	+2.4%
124	Huesca	4,067	+0.5%
125	Vic	3,998	+1.9%
126	Arganda del Rey	3,971	+1.8%
127	Elda	3,925	+0.4%
128	Viladecans	3,887	+1.4%
129	Collado Villalba	3,854	+1.4%
130	Ceuta	3,844	+2.2%
131	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,814	+1.7%
132	Cuenca	3,753	+1.1%
133	Ferrol	3,737	+0.1%
134	Figueres	3,723	-0.2%
135	Ávila	3,691	+2.3%
136	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,598	+1%
137	Segovia	3,585	-1.9%
138	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,525	-0.5%
139	El Prat de Llobregat	3,524	+4%
140	Igualada	3,431	+0.4%
141	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,426	+3.5%
142	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,423	+4.4%
143	Tres Cantos	3,408	+1%
144	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,369	+1.1%
145	Gavà	3,362	+1.5%
146	Manacor	3,346	+3.7%
147	San Fernando	3,303	+3.4%
148	Motril	3,286	+0.7%
149	Vila-real	3,219	-0.1%
150	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,188	+5.4%
151	Sitges	3,176	+4.6%
152	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,142	+2.3%
153	Torrelavega	3,113	+0.6%
154	Santa Eulària des Riu	3,057	+5.1%
155	Pinto	3,042	+2.2%
156	Puerto del Rosario	2,950	+4.4%
157	Colmenar Viejo	2,948	+3.1%
158	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,905	+1.4%
159	Rincón de la Victoria	2,891	+5.5%
160	Plasencia	2,872	-0.4%
161	Ontinyent	2,846	-0.4%
162	Granadilla de Abona	2,837	+7.6%
163	Lucena	2,834	+1.5%
164	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,824	+3.7%
165	Alzira	2,821	+1.5%
166	Aranjuez	2,814	+0.7%
167	Xàbia/Jávea	2,809	+3%
168	Oleiros	2,805	+3.4%
169	Soria	2,783	-0.3%
170	Llucmajor	2,735	+5%
171	Mollet del Vallès	2,725	+0.7%
172	Lloret de Mar	2,720	+6.2%
173	Marratxí	2,718	+3.7%
174	San Fernando de Henares	2,694	+1.4%
175	Montcada i Reixac	2,676	+0.9%
176	Teruel	2,669	+1.4%
177	Linares	2,666	+0.6%
178	Tudela	2,642	-0.8%
179	Yecla	2,627	+2.9%
180	Carballo	2,619	+0.1%
181	Cambrils	2,611	+1.8%
182	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,583	+3.2%
183	Barberà del Vallès	2,579	+0.7%
184	Puerto de la Cruz	2,564	+0.5%
184	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,564	+1.9%
186	La Línea de la Concepción	2,530	+1.1%
187	Alcantarilla	2,497	+1.5%
188	Galapagar	2,462	+1.5%
189	Tomelloso	2,459	+0.3%
190	Utrera	2,455	+3.8%
191	Almendralejo	2,430	-0.1%
191	Torre-Pacheco	2,430	+3.4%
193	Don Benito	2,426	+0.7%
194	La Orotava	2,423	+1.4%
195	Blanes	2,400	+2.3%
196	Antequera	2,392	+1.6%
196	Maó	2,392	+3.7%
198	Petrer	2,390	+1.4%
199	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,382	+3.9%
200	Torrelodones	2,379	+1.4%
201	Olot	2,378	+2%
202	Écija	2,366	+2.7%
203	Arteixo	2,363	+1%
204	Sant Joan Despí	2,322	+0.7%
204	Úbeda	2,322	+2.1%
206	Altea	2,305	+2.2%
207	Tortosa	2,294	+0.9%
208	Basauri	2,287	-10.1%
209	Ripollet	2,283	+1.6%
210	El Vendrell	2,279	+2.2%
211	Aranda de Duero	2,242	+0.2%
212	Ames	2,239	+3.2%
213	Villarrobledo	2,238	0%
214	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,227	+6.9%
215	Ronda	2,222	+1%
216	Narón	2,218	-0.3%
217	Arroyomolinos	2,193	+5.2%
218	La Rinconada	2,191	+1.5%
219	Villena	2,181	+0.9%
220	Humanes de Madrid	2,180	+1.9%
221	Portugalete	2,177	-6.8%
222	Culleredo	2,166	-1.8%
223	Sant Just Desvern	2,163	+2.5%
224	La Oliva	2,160	+8.5%
225	Tías	2,143	+3.8%
225	Vinaròs	2,143	-0.6%
227	Camargo	2,141	+0.8%
228	Xàtiva	2,138	-0.8%
229	Andújar	2,137	+0.6%
230	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,101	+6.8%
231	El Masnou	2,096	+0.8%
232	San Javier	2,090	+0.5%
233	Los Realejos	2,080	+2.1%
234	Molins de Rei	2,075	+2%
235	Crevillent	2,072	+1.2%
236	Castro-Urdiales	2,070	+1.5%
237	Mislata	2,067	+1.6%
238	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,062	+2.5%
239	Borriana/Burriana	2,042	-0.8%
239	Miranda de Ebro	2,042	-0.8%
241	Riba-roja de Túria	2,036	+3.4%
242	Castellar del Vallès	2,035	+1.8%
243	Langreo	2,034	-1.1%
244	Santa Perpètua de Mogoda	2,028	+0.4%
245	Santurtzi	2,025	-8%
246	Leioa	2,022	-6.5%
247	Errenteria	2,011	-7.7%
248	Valdepeñas	2,009	+0.8%
249	Santa Pola	2,007	+3.1%
250	el Campello	2,006	0%

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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, 2017) [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, 2017}},
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