Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6889 municipalities in 2021, at 314,028. Zarapicos had the lowest, at 4. The median was 47 and the figure for Spain was 3.37 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest314,028Madrid

Lowest4Zarapicos

Median476889 municipalities

Spain3,366,570History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Madrid	314,028	-0.9%
2	Barcelona	183,286	-1.4%
3	València	67,635	-0.8%
4	Sevilla	50,973	-0.3%
5	Zaragoza	45,019	-2.3%
6	Málaga	42,061	-0.9%
7	Palma	36,114	-3.4%
8	Murcia	33,290	-1.7%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	28,522	-2.8%
10	Alacant/Alicante	26,991	-1%
11	Bilbao	26,110	-2.8%
12	Vigo	22,603	-1.8%
13	Córdoba	21,984	-0.1%
14	A Coruña	19,974	-2.2%
15	Granada	19,374	-1.8%
16	Valladolid	19,170	-2.3%
17	Marbella	19,063	-0.5%
18	Gijón	17,847	-1.4%
19	Elx/Elche	17,704	-0.3%
20	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,157	-2.5%
21	Oviedo	15,912	-1%
22	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,640	-2%
23	Terrassa	14,812	-1.3%
24	Sabadell	14,693	-0.7%
25	Pamplona/Iruña	14,570	+0.8%
26	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	14,082	-0%
27	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,765	-1.3%
28	Badalona	13,680	-1.2%
29	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	13,343	-0.3%
30	Almería	12,614	+0.3%
31	Burgos	12,574	-1.6%
32	Albacete	12,356	-0.7%
33	Santander	11,845	-0.5%
34	Cartagena	11,451	-2.3%
35	Jerez de la Frontera	11,372	+0.9%
36	Pozuelo de Alarcón	11,214	-0.7%
37	Las Rozas de Madrid	11,185	-0.2%
38	Logroño	11,101	-1.5%
39	Alcobendas	10,749	-0.9%
40	Fuenlabrada	10,744	-1.3%
41	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,522	-1%
42	Lleida	10,493	-1.5%
43	Badajoz	10,111	-1.9%
44	Alcalá de Henares	10,066	-0.6%
45	Salamanca	9,975	-2%
46	Móstoles	9,892	-1.3%
47	Leganés	9,859	-1.5%
48	Getafe	9,855	+0.3%
49	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,827	-2%
50	Mataró	9,671	-1%
51	Girona	9,550	-1%
52	Alcorcón	9,247	-1.5%
53	León	9,234	-2.3%
54	Santiago de Compostela	9,028	-1.8%
55	Ourense	8,806	-2.3%
56	Tarragona	8,500	-0.7%
57	Lugo	8,354	-1.9%
58	Huelva	7,632	-1.3%
59	Dos Hermanas	7,496	+0.4%
60	San Sebastián de los Reyes	7,310	-1.7%
61	Mijas	7,224	+0.2%
62	Jaén	7,188	-1.1%
63	Reus	7,073	-1%
64	Cáceres	6,980	-2.7%
65	Majadahonda	6,900	-1.2%
66	Arona	6,847	-5.1%
67	Fuengirola	6,807	-3.7%
68	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	6,710	+1%
69	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,582	-0.7%
70	Pontevedra	6,493	-2.6%
71	Cádiz	6,205	0%
72	Torrevieja	6,199	-1.6%
73	Boadilla del Monte	6,107	+0.2%
74	Benalmádena	6,041	-0.3%
75	Estepona	5,995	-0.1%
76	Orihuela	5,986	-0.7%
77	Roquetas de Mar	5,970	-0.7%
78	Paterna	5,958	-0.2%
79	Toledo	5,935	-0.9%
80	Lorca	5,865	+0.3%
81	Vélez-Málaga	5,812	+0.4%
82	Algeciras	5,738	-0.2%
83	Eivissa	5,726	-2.2%
84	Castelldefels	5,692	-1.2%
85	Telde	5,691	-1.8%
86	Getxo	5,690	-2.2%
87	Manresa	5,562	-0.7%
88	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,533	-0.8%
89	Benidorm	5,493	-2%
90	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,388	-0.6%
90	Torremolinos	5,388	-2.6%
92	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,385	-5.4%
93	Parla	5,321	-0.3%
94	Talavera de la Reina	5,289	+0.5%
95	Granollers	5,277	-1.4%
96	Gandia	5,204	-1.3%
97	El Puerto de Santa María	5,174	-0.2%
98	El Ejido	5,145	+1.8%
99	Torrent	5,143	+0.3%
100	Ciudad Real	5,123	-0.9%
101	Calvià	5,083	-0.7%
102	Ponferrada	5,026	-4.7%
103	Melilla	5,024	-4%
104	Adeje	5,014	-5%
105	Rubí	4,986	-1%
106	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,979	+2.1%
107	Molina de Segura	4,950	-1.5%
108	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,897	+0.9%
109	Palencia	4,870	-2.1%
110	Barakaldo	4,848	-1.7%
111	Coslada	4,804	-1.8%
112	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,765	-0.8%
113	Dénia	4,666	+0.2%
114	Zamora	4,629	-2%
115	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,600	-2.2%
116	Irun	4,409	-3.9%
117	Guadalajara	4,401	-2.8%
118	Valdemoro	4,382	+0.3%
119	Arganda del Rey	4,317	-1.4%
120	Arrecife	4,280	-4.7%
121	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,206	-2.3%
122	Mérida	4,078	-2.8%
123	Avilés	4,033	-1.3%
123	Siero	4,033	-0.6%
125	Collado Villalba	4,002	-1.3%
126	Huesca	3,945	-2.3%
127	Elda	3,922	-1.9%
128	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,912	-0.4%
129	Vic	3,894	-1.3%
130	Viladecans	3,848	-2.3%
131	Ceuta	3,749	-2.5%
132	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,661	-1.6%
133	Cuenca	3,657	-3.3%
134	Figueres	3,646	-1%
135	Ávila	3,600	-2.2%
136	Tres Cantos	3,544	-1.4%
137	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,533	-1.5%
138	Segovia	3,528	-1%
139	Santa Eulària des Riu	3,525	+0.3%
140	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,518	-1.8%
141	Manacor	3,495	-1.4%
142	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,494	-0.7%
143	Ferrol	3,484	-2.5%
144	San Fernando	3,477	+0.8%
145	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,464	+0.8%
146	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,462	-2%
147	Igualada	3,396	-3.6%
148	Gavà	3,393	-1.2%
149	El Prat de Llobregat	3,379	-2.4%
150	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,332	-1.1%
151	Sitges	3,307	-2%
152	Motril	3,283	-0.6%
153	Pinto	3,263	-0.2%
154	Xàbia/Jávea	3,206	+1.6%
155	Granadilla de Abona	3,204	-3.2%
156	Vila-real	3,199	-2.4%
157	Rincón de la Victoria	3,177	-2.1%
158	Puerto del Rosario	3,113	-3.9%
159	Colmenar Viejo	3,101	-0.5%
160	Torrelavega	3,008	-2.7%
161	Oleiros	2,981	-0.9%
162	Aranjuez	2,961	-0.7%
163	Lloret de Mar	2,957	+1.8%
163	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,957	+0.5%
165	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,945	-0.9%
166	Alzira	2,931	-1%
167	Plasencia	2,917	-0.8%
168	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,877	-0.7%
169	Lucena	2,868	-2%
170	Ontinyent	2,835	-0.2%
171	Marratxí	2,829	-1.4%
172	Llucmajor	2,818	-2.6%
173	San Fernando de Henares	2,761	-1.1%
174	Galapagar	2,757	-2.3%
175	Mollet del Vallès	2,736	-3.3%
176	Cambrils	2,731	-1.4%
177	Montcada i Reixac	2,723	-0.9%
178	Linares	2,716	-0.7%
179	Soria	2,701	-1.6%
180	Utrera	2,660	0%
181	Yecla	2,654	-2.3%
182	Tudela	2,632	+0.2%
183	La Línea de la Concepción	2,612	-0.2%
184	Torrelodones	2,597	-1.5%
185	Torre-Pacheco	2,593	-0.7%
186	Carballo	2,578	-1.3%
186	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,578	-1.1%
188	Puerto de la Cruz	2,577	-4.6%
189	Teruel	2,564	-3.2%
190	La Orotava	2,538	-1.8%
191	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,537	0%
192	Barberà del Vallès	2,535	-0.9%
193	Maó	2,514	-0.2%
194	Alcantarilla	2,499	-2.1%
195	Tomelloso	2,490	+0.3%
196	Don Benito	2,486	-0.9%
197	Almendralejo	2,481	-1.9%
198	Écija	2,473	+0.8%
199	Arroyomolinos	2,469	+0.4%
199	Blanes	2,469	-0.1%
201	La Oliva	2,432	-0.3%
202	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,418	+0.1%
203	El Vendrell	2,416	-0.7%
204	Petrer	2,405	-0.3%
205	Antequera	2,393	+0.6%
206	Altea	2,383	-2.3%
206	Olot	2,383	-1.7%
208	Ronda	2,365	-0.7%
209	Úbeda	2,350	-1.1%
210	Sant Joan Despí	2,335	-1.4%
211	Santa Pola	2,328	+1.9%
212	Ripollet	2,307	-0.9%
213	Ames	2,288	+0.2%
214	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,268	-0.2%
215	Basauri	2,265	-0.7%
216	Arteixo	2,259	-0.3%
217	el Campello	2,251	+0.4%
218	Aranda de Duero	2,250	-0.3%
219	Villena	2,243	-2.1%
220	Tortosa	2,241	-1.5%
221	La Rinconada	2,236	+0.7%
222	San Roque	2,233	+1%
223	San Javier	2,219	-0.1%
224	El Masnou	2,218	+0.7%
225	Humanes de Madrid	2,216	-0%
226	Inca	2,213	-1.2%
227	Andújar	2,201	+0.5%
228	Camargo	2,190	+1.3%
229	Xàtiva	2,188	-1.1%
230	Narón	2,179	-1.4%
231	Mislata	2,169	-1.8%
232	Los Realejos	2,166	-3.2%
233	Culleredo	2,163	0%
234	Illescas	2,156	-2.4%
235	Vinaròs	2,153	+1%
236	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,148	+1.1%
237	Castro-Urdiales	2,132	-0.3%
238	Riba-roja de Túria	2,122	-0.1%
239	Calp	2,103	+0.9%
240	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,098	-3%
241	Sant Just Desvern	2,094	-3.2%
242	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	2,088	-2.5%
243	Crevillent	2,086	-1.2%
244	Castellar del Vallès	2,080	+0.8%
245	Molins de Rei	2,072	-0.9%
245	Tías	2,072	-6.9%
247	Burjassot	2,068	0%
248	Borriana/Burriana	2,064	+0.4%
249	Sant Joan d'Alacant	2,062	-1.6%
250	Portugalete	2,059	-5.6%

Showing the top 250 of 6889. 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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities of Spain by active companies, 2021. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/spain-municipalities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities of Spain by active companies, 2021}},
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