Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6917 municipalities in 2020, at 316,846. Zafrilla had the lowest, at 4. The median was 47 and the figure for Spain was 3.4 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest316,846Madrid

Lowest4Zafrilla

Median476917 municipalities

Spain3,404,428History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Madrid	316,846	+1.9%
2	Barcelona	185,857	+1.4%
3	València	68,170	+2.5%
4	Sevilla	51,104	+1.9%
5	Zaragoza	46,062	-0.4%
6	Málaga	42,448	+2.8%
7	Palma	37,379	+0.3%
8	Murcia	33,873	+1.7%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	29,351	+0.8%
10	Alacant/Alicante	27,265	+2.1%
11	Bilbao	26,853	+1.4%
12	Vigo	23,017	-1.3%
13	Córdoba	22,002	+1.1%
14	A Coruña	20,430	-2.9%
15	Granada	19,722	+2.7%
16	Valladolid	19,620	-1.3%
17	Marbella	19,157	+3.4%
18	Gijón	18,108	+0.4%
19	Elx/Elche	17,752	+1.6%
20	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,577	-0.3%
21	Oviedo	16,080	-0.1%
22	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,965	+1%
23	Terrassa	15,005	+1.7%
24	Sabadell	14,804	+1.6%
25	Pamplona/Iruña	14,448	+0.9%
26	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	14,083	+5.1%
27	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,943	+1.3%
28	Badalona	13,840	+2.7%
29	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	13,388	+6.5%
30	Burgos	12,776	-1.6%
31	Almería	12,578	+1.1%
32	Albacete	12,449	+0.2%
33	Santander	11,901	+0.7%
34	Cartagena	11,720	+0.2%
35	Pozuelo de Alarcón	11,297	+2.2%
36	Jerez de la Frontera	11,276	+2%
37	Logroño	11,268	+0.3%
38	Las Rozas de Madrid	11,208	+0.4%
39	Fuenlabrada	10,887	+0.3%
40	Alcobendas	10,844	+2.4%
41	Lleida	10,651	-0.2%
42	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,630	+2.4%
43	Badajoz	10,305	-1.1%
44	Salamanca	10,183	-1.1%
45	Alcalá de Henares	10,128	+3.6%
46	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	10,029	+0.3%
47	Móstoles	10,022	+1.2%
48	Leganés	10,005	+2.6%
49	Getafe	9,830	+3.6%
50	Mataró	9,772	+2.4%
51	Girona	9,644	+2.4%
52	León	9,447	-1.5%
53	Alcorcón	9,384	+2.9%
54	Santiago de Compostela	9,195	-2%
55	Ourense	9,009	-2.8%
56	Tarragona	8,559	+2.3%
57	Lugo	8,514	-1.9%
58	Huelva	7,730	+0.7%
59	Dos Hermanas	7,469	+2%
60	San Sebastián de los Reyes	7,433	+2.3%
61	Jaén	7,266	+1.1%
62	Arona	7,213	-0.3%
63	Mijas	7,212	+6.3%
64	Cáceres	7,173	-0.4%
65	Reus	7,143	+0.5%
66	Fuengirola	7,067	+4.8%
67	Majadahonda	6,983	+0.4%
68	Pontevedra	6,665	-1.2%
69	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	6,646	+4.2%
70	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,630	+3.2%
71	Torrevieja	6,298	+2.7%
72	Cádiz	6,202	+2%
73	Boadilla del Monte	6,094	+4.8%
74	Benalmádena	6,057	+5.5%
75	Orihuela	6,031	+2.1%
76	Roquetas de Mar	6,014	+4.8%
77	Estepona	6,002	+4.5%
78	Toledo	5,991	+1.6%
79	Paterna	5,969	+2%
80	Eivissa	5,855	+2%
81	Lorca	5,845	+0.6%
82	Getxo	5,816	+1.3%
83	Telde	5,793	+2.4%
84	Vélez-Málaga	5,788	+3.9%
85	Castelldefels	5,761	+2.5%
86	Algeciras	5,752	+1.7%
87	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,691	-1.8%
88	Benidorm	5,607	+1.3%
89	Manresa	5,600	+1.1%
90	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,577	+5.8%
91	Torremolinos	5,533	+6.4%
92	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,419	+1.7%
93	Granollers	5,351	+0.9%
94	Parla	5,336	+5.4%
95	Adeje	5,278	+1.4%
96	Ponferrada	5,275	-0.8%
97	Gandia	5,273	+1.9%
98	Talavera de la Reina	5,264	+1.3%
99	Melilla	5,234	-1.3%
100	El Puerto de Santa María	5,183	+2.1%
101	Ciudad Real	5,169	-2.2%
102	Torrent	5,129	+4.1%
103	Calvià	5,118	+0.7%
104	El Ejido	5,056	+1.8%
105	Rubí	5,036	+1.8%
106	Molina de Segura	5,027	+1.3%
107	Palencia	4,972	-0.1%
108	Barakaldo	4,930	+1.2%
109	Coslada	4,892	+1.3%
110	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,876	+3.9%
111	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,852	+1.1%
112	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,805	+3.3%
113	Zamora	4,722	-1.5%
114	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,703	+1.4%
115	Dénia	4,656	+2.8%
116	Irun	4,588	+0.1%
117	Guadalajara	4,529	+0.9%
118	Arrecife	4,489	+0.9%
119	Arganda del Rey	4,377	+3.8%
120	Valdemoro	4,371	+2.6%
121	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,306	+1.3%
122	Mérida	4,197	-2.3%
123	Avilés	4,087	-1.8%
124	Siero	4,059	-1.4%
125	Collado Villalba	4,055	+1.7%
126	Huesca	4,038	-0.6%
127	Elda	3,999	+1.4%
128	Vic	3,947	+0.4%
129	Viladecans	3,937	+2%
130	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,927	+0.3%
131	Ceuta	3,845	+1.5%
132	Cuenca	3,783	-1%
133	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,722	+0.9%
134	Figueres	3,682	-1.1%
135	Ávila	3,681	-0%
136	Tres Cantos	3,596	+3.6%
137	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,586	+1.3%
138	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,584	+2.4%
139	Ferrol	3,572	-4.2%
140	Segovia	3,565	-0.1%
141	Manacor	3,543	+1.6%
142	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,534	+2.8%
143	Igualada	3,522	+2.9%
144	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,517	-0.7%
145	Santa Eulària des Riu	3,513	+3.9%
146	El Prat de Llobregat	3,463	+2%
147	San Fernando	3,451	-0.9%
148	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,438	+4.2%
149	Gavà	3,434	+1.8%
150	Sitges	3,376	+2.6%
151	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,369	-0.4%
152	Granadilla de Abona	3,310	+2.2%
153	Motril	3,304	+1.7%
154	Vila-real	3,277	-0.2%
155	Pinto	3,268	+1.8%
156	Rincón de la Victoria	3,246	+3.7%
157	Puerto del Rosario	3,240	-1.9%
158	Xàbia/Jávea	3,156	+1.8%
159	Colmenar Viejo	3,117	+1.2%
160	Torrelavega	3,093	-0.6%
161	Oleiros	3,008	+1.3%
162	Aranjuez	2,981	+2.1%
163	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,973	+1.3%
164	Alzira	2,960	+2.1%
165	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,943	-0.9%
166	Plasencia	2,942	-0.6%
167	Lucena	2,926	+0.2%
168	Lloret de Mar	2,904	+2.2%
169	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,897	+3.6%
170	Llucmajor	2,894	+0.6%
171	Marratxí	2,868	+1.9%
172	Ontinyent	2,840	+0.1%
173	Mollet del Vallès	2,828	+1.4%
174	Galapagar	2,822	+4.4%
175	San Fernando de Henares	2,792	+1.6%
176	Cambrils	2,769	+2.3%
177	Montcada i Reixac	2,747	+1%
178	Soria	2,746	+1%
179	Linares	2,736	+1%
180	Yecla	2,717	+1.3%
181	Puerto de la Cruz	2,700	+0.2%
182	Utrera	2,660	+2%
183	Teruel	2,648	-0.8%
184	Torrelodones	2,637	+3.9%
185	Tudela	2,626	+0.5%
186	La Línea de la Concepción	2,617	+1.9%
187	Carballo	2,611	-0.1%
188	Torre-Pacheco	2,610	+4.3%
189	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,607	+0.9%
190	La Orotava	2,585	-1%
191	Barberà del Vallès	2,558	-0.2%
192	Alcantarilla	2,552	+1.4%
193	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,537	+1.2%
194	Almendralejo	2,530	-2.3%
195	Maó	2,519	+1.1%
196	Don Benito	2,509	+2%
197	Tomelloso	2,483	-1.7%
198	Blanes	2,471	+1.1%
199	Arroyomolinos	2,460	+3.3%
200	Écija	2,453	+3.2%
201	La Oliva	2,439	+2.4%
202	Altea	2,438	+3.2%
203	El Vendrell	2,432	+2.7%
204	Olot	2,423	+0.1%
205	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,416	+4.4%
206	Petrer	2,413	+0.8%
207	Ronda	2,382	+2%
208	Antequera	2,379	+0.4%
209	Úbeda	2,376	+2.5%
210	Sant Joan Despí	2,367	+0.7%
211	Ripollet	2,327	+2.4%
212	Villena	2,291	+1.9%
213	Santa Pola	2,285	+3%
214	Ames	2,284	-1%
215	Basauri	2,280	+0.1%
216	Tortosa	2,275	-0.4%
217	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,273	+0.3%
218	Arteixo	2,266	-4.2%
219	Aranda de Duero	2,257	-0.4%
220	el Campello	2,243	+0.9%
221	Inca	2,241	+1.1%
222	Los Realejos	2,237	+0.6%
223	Tías	2,225	-1.5%
224	San Javier	2,222	+3.3%
225	La Rinconada	2,220	+1.2%
226	Humanes de Madrid	2,217	+1.6%
227	Xàtiva	2,212	+1.2%
228	Narón	2,211	-2.4%
229	San Roque	2,210	+6.5%
230	Illescas	2,209	+5%
231	Mislata	2,208	+3.3%
232	El Masnou	2,203	+1.4%
233	Andújar	2,189	+0.6%
234	Portugalete	2,180	-1%
235	Sant Just Desvern	2,164	+3.4%
236	Culleredo	2,163	-2.3%
237	Camargo	2,162	+0.1%
237	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,162	+3.3%
239	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	2,142	+5.7%
240	Castro-Urdiales	2,138	+1.4%
241	Vinaròs	2,131	+0.4%
242	Leioa	2,125	+3.4%
242	Riba-roja de Túria	2,125	-0%
244	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,124	+1.4%
245	Crevillent	2,112	+0.5%
246	Sant Joan d'Alacant	2,096	+1.6%
247	Molins de Rei	2,091	-0.6%
248	Calp	2,085	+1.2%
249	Burjassot	2,067	+1%
250	Santurtzi	2,066	+0.4%

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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, 2020) [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, 2020}},
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