Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6896 municipalities in 2019, at 311,047. Zamayón had the lowest, at 4. The median was 47 and the figure for Spain was 3.36 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest311,047Madrid

Lowest4Zamayón

Median476896 municipalities

Spain3,363,197History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Madrid	311,047	-0.4%
2	Barcelona	183,284	+0.2%
3	València	66,526	+2.2%
4	Sevilla	50,132	+0.9%
5	Zaragoza	46,256	-0.4%
6	Málaga	41,310	+0.7%
7	Palma	37,255	+1%
8	Murcia	33,302	-1.2%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	29,119	+2.3%
10	Alacant/Alicante	26,712	+2.6%
11	Bilbao	26,474	-0.7%
12	Vigo	23,320	-0.5%
13	Córdoba	21,761	+1.2%
14	A Coruña	21,050	-0.5%
15	Valladolid	19,884	+0.2%
16	Granada	19,202	+0.5%
17	Marbella	18,522	+1.2%
18	Gijón	18,035	+0.9%
19	Elx/Elche	17,470	+2.7%
20	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,627	+2.8%
21	Oviedo	16,102	-0.6%
22	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,805	-2%
23	Terrassa	14,747	0%
24	Sabadell	14,576	+0.6%
25	Pamplona/Iruña	14,325	+0.2%
26	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,761	-2.8%
27	Badalona	13,476	+0.6%
28	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	13,404	+0.7%
29	Burgos	12,982	-1%
30	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,568	-0.6%
31	Almería	12,443	+1.1%
32	Albacete	12,419	+0.4%
33	Santander	11,816	+0.9%
34	Cartagena	11,692	+1.7%
35	Logroño	11,236	-2.3%
36	Las Rozas de Madrid	11,162	-2.4%
37	Pozuelo de Alarcón	11,058	-0.3%
38	Jerez de la Frontera	11,056	+0.3%
39	Fuenlabrada	10,856	-0.6%
40	Lleida	10,676	-1.5%
41	Alcobendas	10,590	-2.9%
42	Badajoz	10,422	+0.3%
43	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,380	0%
44	Salamanca	10,301	+1.2%
45	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,999	+3.9%
46	Móstoles	9,900	+0.9%
47	Alcalá de Henares	9,776	+2.6%
48	Leganés	9,748	+1.2%
49	León	9,587	+0.1%
50	Mataró	9,546	+1.5%
51	Getafe	9,488	+2.2%
52	Girona	9,419	-0.6%
53	Santiago de Compostela	9,380	-0.3%
54	Ourense	9,267	-0.5%
55	Alcorcón	9,122	+1.1%
56	Lugo	8,676	-0.9%
57	Tarragona	8,369	+0.1%
58	Huelva	7,676	+1.4%
59	Dos Hermanas	7,323	+3.4%
60	San Sebastián de los Reyes	7,263	-0.5%
61	Arona	7,238	+4.7%
62	Cáceres	7,203	+1.2%
63	Jaén	7,188	-0.6%
64	Reus	7,104	+0.7%
65	Majadahonda	6,953	+0.7%
66	Mijas	6,782	+6.2%
67	Pontevedra	6,747	+1.7%
68	Fuengirola	6,742	+4.3%
69	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,422	+2%
70	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	6,381	+3.4%
71	Torrevieja	6,131	+4.8%
72	Cádiz	6,083	-0.6%
73	Orihuela	5,907	+4.5%
74	Toledo	5,899	+1.3%
75	Paterna	5,852	+1.3%
76	Boadilla del Monte	5,815	+1.2%
77	Lorca	5,810	-0.6%
78	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,793	+3.2%
79	Estepona	5,744	+4.4%
80	Eivissa	5,743	+3%
81	Getxo	5,742	-1.3%
82	Benalmádena	5,739	+7.2%
82	Roquetas de Mar	5,739	+2.6%
84	Telde	5,658	+2.5%
85	Algeciras	5,657	+0.4%
86	Castelldefels	5,623	+2.5%
87	Vélez-Málaga	5,572	+4.7%
88	Manresa	5,538	+0.6%
89	Benidorm	5,534	+0.4%
90	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,326	-1.7%
91	Ponferrada	5,316	-1%
92	Granollers	5,304	-0.9%
92	Melilla	5,304	+13.6%
94	Ciudad Real	5,283	+1.4%
95	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,271	+2.7%
96	Adeje	5,206	+3.3%
97	Torremolinos	5,202	+2.2%
98	Talavera de la Reina	5,195	+0.6%
99	Gandia	5,177	+2.3%
100	Calvià	5,082	+1.1%
101	El Puerto de Santa María	5,074	-0.4%
102	Parla	5,065	+3.1%
103	Palencia	4,976	-2.7%
104	El Ejido	4,966	-0.2%
105	Molina de Segura	4,962	-0.3%
106	Rubí	4,947	-0.4%
107	Torrent	4,927	+3.4%
108	Barakaldo	4,872	+0.4%
109	Coslada	4,827	-1%
110	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,800	+1.2%
111	Zamora	4,793	-0.1%
112	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,691	+4.3%
113	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,652	-0.2%
114	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,637	-2.1%
115	Irun	4,583	-0.5%
116	Dénia	4,531	+3.5%
117	Guadalajara	4,488	-1.8%
118	Arrecife	4,451	+4.5%
119	Mérida	4,297	-0.9%
120	Valdemoro	4,261	+2%
121	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,251	-0.4%
122	Arganda del Rey	4,218	+3%
123	Avilés	4,163	-1.5%
124	Siero	4,115	-0.2%
125	Huesca	4,061	-0.1%
126	Collado Villalba	3,986	+1.2%
127	Elda	3,942	+0.9%
128	Vic	3,930	-1.5%
129	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,917	+2.6%
130	Viladecans	3,859	-1.2%
131	Cuenca	3,822	+1.1%
132	Ceuta	3,789	-3.2%
133	Ferrol	3,728	-0.8%
134	Figueres	3,722	-0.4%
135	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,688	+1.7%
136	Ávila	3,682	-0.7%
137	Segovia	3,570	-1.2%
138	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,541	+0.9%
139	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,540	+1.6%
140	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,501	-0.1%
141	Manacor	3,487	+1.9%
142	San Fernando	3,483	+4.4%
143	Tres Cantos	3,470	-0.5%
144	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,438	+3.8%
145	Igualada	3,422	-1.4%
146	El Prat de Llobregat	3,395	-1.3%
147	Santa Eulària des Riu	3,382	+5.2%
147	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,382	+1%
149	Gavà	3,374	-1%
150	Puerto del Rosario	3,303	+6.4%
151	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,299	+4.2%
152	Sitges	3,291	+1.3%
153	Vila-real	3,284	+1.7%
154	Motril	3,248	-1.6%
155	Granadilla de Abona	3,240	+6.9%
156	Pinto	3,211	+1.6%
157	Rincón de la Victoria	3,130	+4.2%
158	Torrelavega	3,113	0%
159	Xàbia/Jávea	3,100	+5.8%
160	Colmenar Viejo	3,081	+2.2%
161	Oleiros	2,970	+2.9%
162	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,969	+1%
163	Plasencia	2,960	+1%
164	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,934	+2.6%
165	Lucena	2,921	+1.6%
166	Aranjuez	2,920	+3.3%
167	Alzira	2,900	+0.9%
168	Llucmajor	2,876	+3.6%
169	Lloret de Mar	2,842	+3.1%
170	Ontinyent	2,836	+0.6%
171	Marratxí	2,814	+0.6%
172	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,796	+5.5%
173	Mollet del Vallès	2,788	+1%
174	San Fernando de Henares	2,748	-0.5%
175	Montcada i Reixac	2,721	-0%
176	Soria	2,719	-2%
177	Linares	2,709	+0.7%
178	Cambrils	2,708	+1.5%
179	Galapagar	2,702	+4.9%
180	Puerto de la Cruz	2,694	+2.6%
181	Yecla	2,682	+1.9%
182	Teruel	2,669	+0.8%
183	Tudela	2,614	-0.2%
184	Carballo	2,613	-1.2%
185	La Orotava	2,612	+5.5%
186	Utrera	2,608	+4.2%
187	Almendralejo	2,590	+3.7%
188	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,583	-0.4%
189	La Línea de la Concepción	2,567	+1.8%
190	Barberà del Vallès	2,562	-2.3%
191	Torrelodones	2,539	+3.3%
192	Tomelloso	2,527	+1.4%
193	Alcantarilla	2,516	+0.1%
194	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,507	+2.6%
195	Torre-Pacheco	2,502	+1.8%
196	Maó	2,491	+1.5%
197	Don Benito	2,459	+0.2%
198	Blanes	2,443	+3%
199	Olot	2,421	-0.1%
200	Petrer	2,395	+0.5%
201	Arroyomolinos	2,382	+5.9%
201	La Oliva	2,382	+8.1%
203	Écija	2,377	+1.1%
204	Antequera	2,369	-0.4%
205	El Vendrell	2,367	+1.1%
206	Arteixo	2,366	-1.8%
207	Altea	2,362	+1.6%
208	Sant Joan Despí	2,351	+0.5%
209	Ronda	2,335	+3.5%
210	Úbeda	2,317	-1.3%
211	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,314	+2.8%
212	Ames	2,307	+0.3%
213	Tortosa	2,285	0%
214	Basauri	2,277	-3.3%
215	Ripollet	2,273	-1%
216	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,267	+3.8%
217	Aranda de Duero	2,266	+1%
217	Narón	2,266	+0.9%
219	Tías	2,259	+0.9%
220	Villena	2,248	+0.7%
221	Los Realejos	2,224	+5.4%
222	el Campello	2,223	+8.2%
223	Santa Pola	2,218	+5.1%
224	Inca	2,216	+4.4%
225	Culleredo	2,214	+1%
226	Portugalete	2,201	+1.3%
227	La Rinconada	2,193	+1.6%
228	Xàtiva	2,185	+2.7%
229	Humanes de Madrid	2,182	-1.1%
230	Andújar	2,176	+0.4%
231	El Masnou	2,173	+2.6%
232	Camargo	2,159	+1%
233	San Javier	2,152	+1.4%
234	Mislata	2,137	+3.2%
235	Riba-roja de Túria	2,126	+1.6%
236	Vinaròs	2,123	-0.5%
237	Castro-Urdiales	2,109	+0.8%
238	Illescas	2,104	+2.1%
238	Molins de Rei	2,104	+0.5%
240	Crevillent	2,101	-0.9%
241	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,095	-0.7%
242	Sant Just Desvern	2,093	-3.3%
243	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,092	+3.9%
243	Sant Quirze del Vallès	2,092	+2.4%
245	San Roque	2,075	+2.5%
246	Sant Joan d'Alacant	2,063	+3.6%
247	Calp	2,061	+4.2%
248	Premià de Mar	2,060	+1.8%
249	Errenteria	2,059	+1%
250	Santurtzi	2,057	-1%

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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, 2019}},
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