Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6895 municipalities in 2018, at 312,285. Zael had the lowest, at 4. The median was 47 and the figure for Spain was 3.34 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest312,285Madrid

Lowest4Zael

Median476895 municipalities

Spain3,337,646History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Madrid	312,285	+2.6%
2	Barcelona	182,986	+2.5%
3	València	65,068	+2.5%
4	Sevilla	49,707	+1.5%
5	Zaragoza	46,442	+1%
6	Málaga	41,022	+2.3%
7	Palma	36,883	+3.9%
8	Murcia	33,722	+2.5%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	28,472	+2.9%
10	Bilbao	26,672	+2.3%
11	Alacant/Alicante	26,042	+2.5%
12	Vigo	23,446	+1.5%
13	Córdoba	21,507	+0.4%
14	A Coruña	21,154	+1.3%
15	Valladolid	19,837	-0%
16	Granada	19,113	+0.9%
17	Marbella	18,301	+4.7%
18	Gijón	17,866	+0.7%
19	Elx/Elche	17,016	+2.9%
20	Oviedo	16,196	+0.9%
21	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,176	+2%
22	Donostia/San Sebastián	16,125	+2%
23	Terrassa	14,746	+0.5%
24	Sabadell	14,496	+0.8%
25	Pamplona/Iruña	14,295	+0.7%
26	Vitoria-Gasteiz	14,164	+3.7%
27	Badalona	13,399	+3.2%
28	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	13,308	+3.4%
29	Burgos	13,110	+1.1%
30	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,648	+0.3%
31	Albacete	12,367	-0.6%
32	Almería	12,313	+1.4%
33	Santander	11,715	-0.2%
34	Cartagena	11,500	+2.2%
35	Logroño	11,495	+0.7%
36	Las Rozas de Madrid	11,435	+0.4%
37	Pozuelo de Alarcón	11,087	+0.8%
38	Jerez de la Frontera	11,025	+0.9%
39	Fuenlabrada	10,926	+1.5%
40	Alcobendas	10,903	+4.7%
41	Lleida	10,836	-0.1%
42	Badajoz	10,396	+2.5%
43	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,376	+2.6%
44	Salamanca	10,179	+0.5%
45	Móstoles	9,811	+1%
46	Leganés	9,632	+1.1%
47	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,622	+3.2%
48	León	9,580	+1.2%
49	Alcalá de Henares	9,524	+2%
50	Girona	9,473	+2%
51	Santiago de Compostela	9,411	+1.9%
52	Mataró	9,406	+1.8%
53	Ourense	9,311	+0.5%
54	Getafe	9,285	+2.4%
55	Alcorcón	9,021	+2.1%
56	Lugo	8,756	+1.5%
57	Tarragona	8,359	-1%
58	Huelva	7,573	+1.7%
59	San Sebastián de los Reyes	7,302	+2.7%
60	Jaén	7,233	+0.5%
61	Cáceres	7,118	+1.6%
62	Dos Hermanas	7,080	+1.4%
63	Reus	7,057	+1.2%
64	Arona	6,913	+4.6%
65	Majadahonda	6,903	+1.5%
66	Pontevedra	6,635	+0.6%
67	Fuengirola	6,465	+3.4%
68	Mijas	6,387	+6.1%
69	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,296	+2.3%
70	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	6,170	+3.5%
71	Cádiz	6,117	+1.9%
72	Torrevieja	5,851	+5%
73	Lorca	5,845	-0.2%
74	Toledo	5,821	+1.7%
75	Getxo	5,818	+3.9%
76	Paterna	5,777	+2.2%
77	Boadilla del Monte	5,747	+4.1%
78	Orihuela	5,650	+4.6%
79	Algeciras	5,635	-0.4%
80	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,614	+2.7%
81	Roquetas de Mar	5,593	+2.4%
82	Eivissa	5,575	+6.5%
83	Telde	5,520	+1.8%
84	Benidorm	5,511	+2.5%
85	Manresa	5,507	-0.2%
86	Estepona	5,501	+2.8%
87	Castelldefels	5,485	+3%
88	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,419	+2.6%
89	Ponferrada	5,371	+0.1%
90	Benalmádena	5,356	+5.7%
91	Granollers	5,350	+2%
92	Vélez-Málaga	5,323	+1.5%
93	Ciudad Real	5,212	+1.3%
94	Talavera de la Reina	5,165	+0.2%
95	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,132	+1.3%
96	Palencia	5,113	-0%
97	El Puerto de Santa María	5,096	+0.3%
98	Torremolinos	5,089	+1.7%
99	Gandia	5,059	+2.4%
100	Adeje	5,038	+7.4%
101	Calvià	5,029	+3.2%
102	Molina de Segura	4,977	+3.6%
103	El Ejido	4,974	+2.2%
104	Rubí	4,969	+0.5%
105	Parla	4,911	+4.4%
106	Coslada	4,876	+1.4%
107	Barakaldo	4,855	+5.5%
108	Zamora	4,798	-0.5%
109	Torrent	4,764	+1%
110	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,742	-0.3%
111	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,737	+0.2%
112	Melilla	4,667	+3.2%
113	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,660	+2.5%
114	Irun	4,607	+4.2%
115	Guadalajara	4,570	-0%
116	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,497	+0.7%
117	Dénia	4,378	+2.6%
118	Mérida	4,337	+2.7%
119	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,270	+0.8%
120	Arrecife	4,258	+3.9%
121	Avilés	4,225	0%
122	Valdemoro	4,179	+2%
123	Siero	4,123	-0.6%
124	Arganda del Rey	4,094	+3.1%
125	Huesca	4,066	-0%
126	Vic	3,990	-0.2%
127	Collado Villalba	3,940	+2.2%
128	Ceuta	3,916	+1.9%
129	Elda	3,908	-0.4%
130	Viladecans	3,907	+0.5%
131	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,817	+0.1%
132	Cuenca	3,779	+0.7%
133	Ferrol	3,759	+0.6%
134	Figueres	3,736	+0.3%
135	Ávila	3,709	+0.5%
136	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,627	+0.8%
137	Segovia	3,614	+0.8%
138	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,511	+2.6%
139	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,504	+2.3%
140	Tres Cantos	3,486	+2.3%
141	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,484	-1.2%
142	Igualada	3,469	+1.1%
143	El Prat de Llobregat	3,440	-2.4%
144	Manacor	3,423	+2.3%
145	Gavà	3,409	+1.4%
146	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,348	-0.6%
147	San Fernando	3,337	+1%
148	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,311	+3.9%
149	Motril	3,300	+0.4%
150	Sitges	3,248	+2.3%
151	Vila-real	3,229	+0.3%
152	Santa Eulària des Riu	3,216	+5.2%
153	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,165	+0.7%
154	Pinto	3,161	+3.9%
155	Torrelavega	3,113	0%
156	Puerto del Rosario	3,104	+5.2%
157	Granadilla de Abona	3,030	+6.8%
158	Colmenar Viejo	3,015	+2.3%
159	Rincón de la Victoria	3,004	+3.9%
160	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,939	+1.2%
161	Xàbia/Jávea	2,931	+4.3%
162	Plasencia	2,930	+2%
163	Oleiros	2,887	+2.9%
164	Alzira	2,875	+1.9%
164	Lucena	2,875	+1.4%
166	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,860	+1.3%
167	Aranjuez	2,826	+0.4%
168	Ontinyent	2,819	-0.9%
169	Marratxí	2,796	+2.9%
170	Llucmajor	2,777	+1.5%
171	Soria	2,774	-0.3%
172	San Fernando de Henares	2,761	+2.5%
173	Mollet del Vallès	2,760	+1.3%
174	Lloret de Mar	2,757	+1.4%
175	Montcada i Reixac	2,722	+1.7%
176	Linares	2,689	+0.9%
177	Cambrils	2,669	+2.2%
178	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,650	+2.6%
179	Teruel	2,647	-0.8%
180	Carballo	2,646	+1%
181	Yecla	2,632	+0.2%
182	Puerto de la Cruz	2,625	+2.4%
183	Barberà del Vallès	2,621	+1.6%
184	Tudela	2,619	-0.9%
185	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,594	+1.2%
186	Galapagar	2,577	+4.7%
187	La Línea de la Concepción	2,522	-0.3%
188	Alcantarilla	2,514	+0.7%
189	Utrera	2,503	+2%
190	Almendralejo	2,498	+2.8%
191	Tomelloso	2,492	+1.3%
192	La Orotava	2,475	+2.1%
193	Torrelodones	2,458	+3.3%
194	Torre-Pacheco	2,457	+1.1%
195	Don Benito	2,453	+1.1%
195	Maó	2,453	+2.6%
197	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,444	+2.6%
198	Olot	2,423	+1.9%
199	Arteixo	2,409	+1.9%
200	Petrer	2,382	-0.3%
201	Antequera	2,379	-0.5%
202	Blanes	2,372	-1.2%
203	Basauri	2,355	+3%
204	Écija	2,350	-0.7%
205	Úbeda	2,348	+1.1%
206	El Vendrell	2,342	+2.8%
207	Sant Joan Despí	2,340	+0.8%
208	Altea	2,324	+0.8%
209	Ames	2,301	+2.8%
210	Ripollet	2,296	+0.6%
211	Tortosa	2,285	-0.4%
212	Ronda	2,257	+1.6%
213	Arroyomolinos	2,250	+2.6%
213	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,250	+1%
215	Narón	2,245	+1.2%
216	Aranda de Duero	2,243	0%
217	Tías	2,239	+4.5%
218	Villena	2,232	+2.3%
219	Villarrobledo	2,218	-0.9%
220	Humanes de Madrid	2,206	+1.2%
221	La Oliva	2,203	+2%
222	Culleredo	2,191	+1.2%
223	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,185	+4%
224	Portugalete	2,173	-0.2%
225	Andújar	2,167	+1.4%
226	Sant Just Desvern	2,164	0%
227	La Rinconada	2,159	-1.5%
228	Camargo	2,138	-0.1%
229	Vinaròs	2,134	-0.4%
230	Xàtiva	2,128	-0.5%
231	Inca	2,123	+6.3%
231	San Javier	2,123	+1.6%
233	Crevillent	2,121	+2.4%
234	El Masnou	2,117	+1%
235	Los Realejos	2,110	+1.4%
235	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,110	+2.3%
235	Santa Pola	2,110	+5.1%
238	Molins de Rei	2,094	+0.9%
239	Castro-Urdiales	2,092	+1.1%
239	Riba-roja de Túria	2,092	+2.8%
241	Santurtzi	2,078	+2.6%
242	Mislata	2,071	+0.2%
243	Illescas	2,060	+4.5%
244	el Campello	2,054	+2.4%
245	Leioa	2,053	+1.5%
246	Langreo	2,044	+0.5%
247	Sant Quirze del Vallès	2,042	+2.4%
248	Errenteria	2,038	+1.3%
249	Santa Perpètua de Mogoda	2,035	+0.3%
250	Castellar del Vallès	2,033	-0.1%

Showing the top 250 of 6895. 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, 2018) [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, 2018}},
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