Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6903 municipalities in 2022, at 321,340. Zamayón had the lowest, at 4. The median was 47 and the figure for Spain was 3.43 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest321,340Madrid

Lowest4Zamayón

Median476903 municipalities

Spain3,430,663History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Madrid	321,340	+2.3%
2	Barcelona	186,731	+1.9%
3	València	69,365	+2.6%
4	Sevilla	51,883	+1.8%
5	Zaragoza	45,267	+0.6%
6	Málaga	43,211	+2.7%
7	Palma	37,112	+2.8%
8	Murcia	33,937	+1.9%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	28,833	+1.1%
10	Alacant/Alicante	27,388	+1.5%
11	Bilbao	26,944	+3.2%
12	Vigo	22,859	+1.1%
13	Córdoba	22,374	+1.8%
14	Marbella	20,313	+6.6%
15	A Coruña	20,175	+1%
16	Granada	19,783	+2.1%
17	Valladolid	19,288	+0.6%
18	Gijón	17,960	+0.6%
19	Elx/Elche	17,877	+1%
20	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,530	+2.3%
21	Oviedo	16,047	+0.8%
22	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,999	+2.3%
23	Pamplona/Iruña	15,128	+3.8%
24	Terrassa	15,073	+1.8%
25	Sabadell	14,884	+1.3%
26	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	14,429	+2.5%
27	Badalona	13,913	+1.7%
28	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,846	+0.6%
29	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	13,604	+2%
30	Almería	12,787	+1.4%
31	Burgos	12,614	+0.3%
32	Albacete	12,422	+0.5%
33	Santander	11,976	+1.1%
34	Jerez de la Frontera	11,650	+2.4%
35	Cartagena	11,531	+0.7%
36	Pozuelo de Alarcón	11,509	+2.6%
37	Las Rozas de Madrid	11,317	+1.2%
38	Logroño	11,233	+1.2%
39	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,942	+4%
40	Alcobendas	10,941	+1.8%
41	Fuenlabrada	10,782	+0.4%
42	Lleida	10,605	+1.1%
43	Badajoz	10,289	+1.8%
44	Alcalá de Henares	10,188	+1.2%
45	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	10,085	+2.6%
46	Getafe	10,032	+1.8%
47	Móstoles	10,015	+1.2%
48	Salamanca	9,940	-0.4%
49	Leganés	9,896	+0.4%
50	Mataró	9,825	+1.6%
51	Girona	9,774	+2.3%
52	Alcorcón	9,392	+1.6%
53	León	9,243	+0.1%
54	Santiago de Compostela	9,161	+1.5%
55	Ourense	8,787	-0.2%
56	Tarragona	8,642	+1.7%
57	Lugo	8,312	-0.5%
58	Huelva	7,752	+1.6%
59	Dos Hermanas	7,715	+2.9%
60	Mijas	7,621	+5.5%
61	San Sebastián de los Reyes	7,379	+0.9%
62	Jaén	7,272	+1.2%
63	Reus	7,216	+2%
64	Arona	7,123	+4%
65	Fuengirola	7,059	+3.7%
66	Majadahonda	7,043	+2.1%
67	Cáceres	7,032	+0.7%
68	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	6,789	+1.2%
69	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,700	+1.8%
70	Pontevedra	6,526	+0.5%
71	Boadilla del Monte	6,386	+4.6%
72	Torrevieja	6,377	+2.9%
73	Estepona	6,371	+6.3%
74	Benalmádena	6,351	+5.1%
75	Cádiz	6,217	+0.2%
76	Roquetas de Mar	6,172	+3.4%
77	Orihuela	6,053	+1.1%
78	Paterna	6,022	+1.1%
79	Toledo	5,996	+1%
80	Vélez-Málaga	5,978	+2.9%
81	Eivissa	5,930	+3.6%
82	Lorca	5,913	+0.8%
83	Getxo	5,881	+3.4%
84	Castelldefels	5,867	+3.1%
85	Algeciras	5,829	+1.6%
86	Telde	5,806	+2%
87	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,691	+2.9%
88	Benidorm	5,684	+3.5%
89	Torremolinos	5,635	+4.6%
90	Manresa	5,631	+1.2%
91	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,575	+3.5%
92	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,495	+2%
93	Parla	5,441	+2.3%
94	Talavera de la Reina	5,325	+0.7%
95	El Puerto de Santa María	5,318	+2.8%
96	Granollers	5,313	+0.7%
97	Adeje	5,292	+5.5%
97	Calvià	5,292	+4.1%
99	El Ejido	5,287	+2.8%
100	Ciudad Real	5,263	+2.7%
101	Torrent	5,252	+2.1%
102	Gandia	5,226	+0.4%
103	Molina de Segura	5,142	+3.9%
104	Chiclana de la Frontera	5,108	+2.6%
105	Ponferrada	5,058	+0.6%
106	Alcalá de Guadaíra	5,012	+2.3%
107	Rubí	4,983	-0.1%
108	Barakaldo	4,910	+1.3%
109	Melilla	4,856	-3.3%
110	Coslada	4,847	+0.9%
111	Palencia	4,842	-0.6%
112	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,822	+1.2%
113	Dénia	4,777	+2.4%
114	Zamora	4,637	+0.2%
115	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,623	+0.5%
116	Irun	4,537	+2.9%
117	Valdemoro	4,511	+2.9%
118	Guadalajara	4,493	+2.1%
119	Arganda del Rey	4,386	+1.6%
120	Arrecife	4,351	+1.7%
121	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,250	+1%
122	Mérida	4,206	+3.1%
123	Siero	4,095	+1.5%
124	Collado Villalba	4,083	+2%
125	Avilés	4,020	-0.3%
126	Huesca	3,992	+1.2%
127	Elda	3,958	+0.9%
128	Vic	3,940	+1.2%
129	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,904	-0.2%
130	Viladecans	3,855	+0.2%
131	Santa Eulària des Riu	3,755	+6.5%
132	Ceuta	3,744	-0.1%
133	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,732	+1.9%
134	Cuenca	3,729	+2%
135	Figueres	3,667	+0.6%
136	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,633	+4%
137	Ávila	3,627	+0.8%
138	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,583	+3.4%
139	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,577	+1.7%
140	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,574	+1.2%
141	Segovia	3,572	+1.2%
142	Manacor	3,565	+2%
143	Tres Cantos	3,560	+0.5%
144	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,542	+2.3%
145	San Fernando	3,540	+1.8%
146	Gavà	3,479	+2.5%
147	Ferrol	3,466	-0.5%
148	Igualada	3,449	+1.6%
149	Sitges	3,426	+3.6%
150	El Prat de Llobregat	3,402	+0.7%
151	Motril	3,373	+2.7%
152	Pinto	3,360	+3%
152	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,360	+0.8%
154	Granadilla de Abona	3,356	+4.7%
155	Rincón de la Victoria	3,339	+5.1%
156	Xàbia/Jávea	3,306	+3.1%
157	Vila-real	3,247	+1.5%
158	Colmenar Viejo	3,206	+3.4%
159	Puerto del Rosario	3,191	+2.5%
160	Aranjuez	3,072	+3.7%
161	Lloret de Mar	3,056	+3.3%
162	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	3,022	+2.6%
163	Oleiros	3,013	+1.1%
164	Alzira	2,993	+2.1%
165	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,989	+3.9%
166	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,986	+1%
167	Torrelavega	2,980	-0.9%
168	Plasencia	2,943	+0.9%
169	Marratxí	2,934	+3.7%
170	Lucena	2,911	+1.5%
171	Llucmajor	2,905	+3.1%
172	Ontinyent	2,861	+0.9%
173	Cambrils	2,841	+4%
174	Galapagar	2,810	+1.9%
175	San Fernando de Henares	2,785	+0.9%
176	Mollet del Vallès	2,770	+1.2%
177	Utrera	2,755	+3.6%
178	Linares	2,750	+1.3%
179	Tudela	2,730	+3.7%
180	Soria	2,718	+0.6%
181	Montcada i Reixac	2,715	-0.3%
182	Yecla	2,708	+2%
183	La Línea de la Concepción	2,703	+3.5%
184	Puerto de la Cruz	2,664	+3.4%
185	La Oliva	2,660	+9.4%
186	Torrelodones	2,631	+1.3%
187	Torre-Pacheco	2,630	+1.4%
188	Carballo	2,611	+1.3%
189	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,606	+1.1%
190	La Orotava	2,591	+2.1%
191	Teruel	2,586	+0.9%
192	Maó	2,574	+2.4%
193	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,571	+1.3%
194	Tomelloso	2,559	+2.8%
195	Arroyomolinos	2,556	+3.5%
196	Barberà del Vallès	2,545	+0.4%
197	Don Benito	2,544	+2.3%
198	Blanes	2,538	+2.8%
199	Almendralejo	2,537	+2.3%
200	Alcantarilla	2,504	+0.2%
201	Écija	2,500	+1.1%
202	Altea	2,486	+4.3%
203	Antequera	2,469	+3.2%
204	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,464	+1.9%
205	Petrer	2,462	+2.4%
206	El Vendrell	2,457	+1.7%
207	Ronda	2,450	+3.6%
208	Olot	2,447	+2.7%
209	Santa Pola	2,441	+4.9%
210	Sant Joan Despí	2,405	+3%
211	Ripollet	2,372	+2.8%
212	Úbeda	2,371	+0.9%
213	San Roque	2,368	+6%
214	Ames	2,330	+1.8%
215	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,329	+2.7%
216	Arteixo	2,310	+2.3%
217	el Campello	2,308	+2.5%
218	Aranda de Duero	2,282	+1.4%
219	Humanes de Madrid	2,279	+2.8%
220	Basauri	2,278	+0.6%
220	Tortosa	2,278	+1.7%
222	La Rinconada	2,276	+1.8%
222	San Javier	2,276	+2.6%
224	Villena	2,269	+1.2%
225	El Masnou	2,265	+2.1%
226	Inca	2,258	+2%
227	Andújar	2,246	+2%
228	Xàtiva	2,233	+2.1%
229	Los Realejos	2,229	+2.9%
230	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,219	+3.3%
231	Narón	2,202	+1.1%
232	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	2,192	+5%
233	Camargo	2,191	0%
234	Culleredo	2,183	+0.9%
234	Vinaròs	2,183	+1.4%
236	Calp	2,180	+3.7%
237	Mislata	2,179	+0.5%
238	Illescas	2,178	+1%
239	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,155	+2.7%
240	Molins de Rei	2,145	+3.5%
241	Castro-Urdiales	2,137	+0.2%
242	Sant Just Desvern	2,134	+1.9%
243	Almuñécar	2,130	+4.5%
244	Riba-roja de Túria	2,123	0%
245	Tías	2,117	+2.2%
246	Leioa	2,116	+5%
247	Burjassot	2,112	+2.1%
248	Santurtzi	2,111	+3.2%
249	Crevillent	2,107	+1%
250	Sant Joan d'Alacant	2,106	+2.1%

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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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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities of Spain by active companies, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities of Spain by active companies, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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