Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6875 municipalities in 2023, at 282,092. Zorita de los Canes had the lowest, at 4. The median was 46 and the figure for Spain was 3.21 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest282,092Madrid

Lowest4Zorita de los Canes

Median466875 municipalities

Spain3,207,580History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Madrid	282,092	-12.2%
2	Barcelona	167,067	-10.5%
3	València	65,346	-5.8%
4	Sevilla	47,750	-8%
5	Zaragoza	42,081	-7%
6	Málaga	41,040	-5%
7	Palma	34,902	-6%
8	Murcia	31,471	-7.3%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	25,337	-12.1%
10	Bilbao	25,009	-7.2%
11	Alacant/Alicante	24,587	-10.2%
12	Vigo	20,985	-8.2%
13	Córdoba	20,947	-6.4%
14	Marbella	19,246	-5.3%
15	A Coruña	18,702	-7.3%
16	Granada	18,289	-7.6%
17	Valladolid	18,014	-6.6%
18	Gijón	17,128	-4.6%
19	Elx/Elche	16,275	-9%
20	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,163	-5.2%
21	Oviedo	14,941	-6.9%
22	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	14,781	-10.6%
23	Terrassa	14,004	-7.1%
24	Sabadell	13,818	-7.2%
25	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	13,349	-7.5%
26	Pamplona/Iruña	13,333	-11.9%
27	Badalona	13,134	-5.6%
28	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,032	-5.9%
29	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,434	-8.6%
30	Almería	11,902	-6.9%
31	Burgos	11,657	-7.6%
32	Albacete	11,505	-7.4%
33	Santander	11,416	-4.7%
34	Jerez de la Frontera	11,193	-3.9%
35	Cartagena	10,725	-7%
36	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,565	-3.4%
37	Pozuelo de Alarcón	10,533	-8.5%
38	Logroño	10,434	-7.1%
39	Las Rozas de Madrid	10,365	-8.4%
40	Fuenlabrada	9,881	-8.4%
41	Lleida	9,828	-7.3%
42	Alcobendas	9,776	-10.6%
43	Alcalá de Henares	9,371	-8%
44	Badajoz	9,338	-9.2%
45	Girona	9,292	-4.9%
46	Getafe	9,283	-7.5%
47	Mataró	9,162	-6.7%
48	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,158	-9.2%
49	Salamanca	9,153	-7.9%
50	Leganés	9,104	-8%
51	Móstoles	9,051	-9.6%
52	Alcorcón	8,617	-8.3%
53	Santiago de Compostela	8,565	-6.5%
54	León	8,465	-8.4%
55	Ourense	8,053	-8.4%
56	Tarragona	7,890	-8.7%
57	Mijas	7,726	+1.4%
58	Lugo	7,614	-8.4%
59	Dos Hermanas	7,471	-3.2%
60	Huelva	7,263	-6.3%
61	Jaén	6,805	-6.4%
62	Reus	6,780	-6%
63	Fuengirola	6,738	-4.5%
64	San Sebastián de los Reyes	6,688	-9.4%
65	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	6,556	-3.4%
66	Cáceres	6,499	-7.6%
67	Boadilla del Monte	6,433	+0.7%
68	Arona	6,421	-9.9%
69	Majadahonda	6,419	-8.9%
70	Benalmádena	6,369	+0.3%
71	Estepona	6,258	-1.8%
72	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,238	-6.9%
73	Pontevedra	6,073	-6.9%
74	Torrevieja	5,895	-7.6%
75	Roquetas de Mar	5,891	-4.6%
76	Vélez-Málaga	5,877	-1.7%
77	Cádiz	5,798	-6.7%
78	Paterna	5,757	-4.4%
79	Eivissa	5,654	-4.7%
80	Lorca	5,570	-5.8%
81	Orihuela	5,569	-8%
82	Castelldefels	5,525	-5.8%
83	Toledo	5,521	-7.9%
84	Getxo	5,500	-6.5%
85	Torremolinos	5,467	-3%
86	Telde	5,432	-6.4%
87	Algeciras	5,425	-6.9%
88	Manresa	5,290	-6.1%
89	Benidorm	5,237	-7.9%
90	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,223	-8.2%
91	Calvià	5,112	-3.4%
92	Parla	5,100	-6.3%
93	Torrent	5,075	-3.4%
94	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,009	-8.8%
95	El Puerto de Santa María	5,002	-5.9%
96	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,995	-2.2%
97	Molina de Segura	4,987	-3%
98	Talavera de la Reina	4,947	-7.1%
99	El Ejido	4,919	-7%
100	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	4,911	-11.9%
101	Adeje	4,900	-7.4%
102	Gandia	4,895	-6.3%
103	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,869	-2.9%
104	Ciudad Real	4,861	-7.6%
105	Granollers	4,853	-8.7%
106	Rubí	4,716	-5.4%
107	Barakaldo	4,687	-4.5%
108	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,598	-4.6%
109	Ponferrada	4,586	-9.3%
110	Dénia	4,514	-5.5%
111	Palencia	4,447	-8.2%
112	Melilla	4,370	-10%
113	Irun	4,348	-4.2%
114	Coslada	4,313	-11%
115	Zamora	4,307	-7.1%
116	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,301	-7%
117	Valdemoro	4,187	-7.2%
118	Guadalajara	4,138	-7.9%
119	Arganda del Rey	3,985	-9.1%
120	Siero	3,960	-3.3%
121	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,922	-7.7%
122	Mérida	3,890	-7.5%
123	Collado Villalba	3,843	-5.9%
124	Santa Eulària des Riu	3,802	+1.3%
125	Avilés	3,796	-5.6%
126	Arrecife	3,772	-13.3%
127	Vic	3,738	-5.1%
128	Huesca	3,695	-7.4%
129	Viladecans	3,676	-4.6%
130	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,665	-6.1%
131	Elda	3,621	-8.5%
132	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,571	-1.7%
133	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,465	-7.2%
134	Manacor	3,462	-2.9%
134	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,462	-3.4%
136	Rincón de la Victoria	3,428	+2.7%
137	Cuenca	3,412	-8.5%
138	Ávila	3,397	-6.3%
139	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,388	-5.2%
140	Tres Cantos	3,383	-5%
141	Sitges	3,378	-1.4%
142	Ceuta	3,369	-10%
143	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,348	-5.5%
144	San Fernando	3,334	-5.8%
145	Segovia	3,300	-7.6%
146	Figueres	3,265	-11%
147	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,264	-8.8%
147	Igualada	3,264	-5.4%
149	Gavà	3,245	-6.7%
150	Granadilla de Abona	3,192	-4.9%
151	El Prat de Llobregat	3,173	-6.7%
152	Ferrol	3,149	-9.1%
153	Motril	3,144	-6.8%
154	Colmenar Viejo	3,125	-2.5%
155	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,121	+4.4%
156	Pinto	3,111	-7.4%
157	Xàbia/Jávea	3,092	-6.5%
158	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,012	-10.4%
159	Vila-real	3,008	-7.4%
160	Marratxí	2,913	-0.7%
161	Oleiros	2,912	-3.4%
162	Lloret de Mar	2,881	-5.7%
163	Aranjuez	2,867	-6.7%
164	Lucena	2,855	-1.9%
165	Torrelavega	2,837	-4.8%
166	Llucmajor	2,827	-2.7%
167	Alzira	2,809	-6.1%
168	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,792	-7.6%
169	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,769	-7.3%
170	Puerto del Rosario	2,767	-13.3%
171	Plasencia	2,736	-7%
172	Galapagar	2,663	-5.2%
173	Cambrils	2,639	-7.1%
174	Ontinyent	2,635	-7.9%
175	La Oliva	2,616	-1.7%
176	Yecla	2,605	-3.8%
177	Linares	2,597	-5.6%
178	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,591	+0.8%
179	Arroyomolinos	2,585	+1.1%
180	Soria	2,572	-5.4%
181	Utrera	2,539	-7.8%
182	Montcada i Reixac	2,536	-6.6%
183	Mollet del Vallès	2,533	-8.6%
184	La Línea de la Concepción	2,513	-7%
185	Carballo	2,509	-3.9%
186	Tudela	2,495	-8.6%
187	Torrelodones	2,489	-5.4%
188	Maó	2,488	-3.3%
189	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,469	-5.3%
190	La Orotava	2,457	-5.2%
191	Barberà del Vallès	2,455	-3.5%
192	Almendralejo	2,444	-3.7%
192	Blanes	2,444	-3.7%
194	San Fernando de Henares	2,433	-12.6%
195	Torre-Pacheco	2,429	-7.6%
196	Teruel	2,419	-6.5%
197	Don Benito	2,394	-5.9%
197	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,394	-2.8%
199	Puerto de la Cruz	2,377	-10.8%
200	Alcantarilla	2,374	-5.2%
201	El Vendrell	2,364	-3.8%
202	Santa Pola	2,363	-3.2%
203	Tomelloso	2,360	-7.8%
204	Antequera	2,354	-4.7%
205	Écija	2,348	-6.1%
205	Ronda	2,348	-4.2%
205	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	2,348	+7.1%
208	Olot	2,322	-5.1%
209	Altea	2,321	-6.6%
210	San Roque	2,289	-3.3%
211	Úbeda	2,276	-4%
212	Ames	2,270	-2.6%
213	Sant Joan Despí	2,254	-6.3%
214	Petrer	2,211	-10.2%
214	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,211	-5.1%
216	San Javier	2,206	-3.1%
217	Ripollet	2,203	-7.1%
218	La Rinconada	2,189	-3.8%
219	el Campello	2,182	-5.5%
220	Arteixo	2,178	-5.7%
221	Aranda de Duero	2,159	-5.4%
222	Villena	2,153	-5.1%
223	Sant Just Desvern	2,150	+0.7%
224	Inca	2,145	-5%
225	Basauri	2,139	-6.1%
226	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,136	-3.7%
227	El Masnou	2,128	-6%
228	Los Realejos	2,116	-5.1%
229	Andújar	2,115	-5.8%
230	Calp	2,108	-3.3%
231	Almuñécar	2,099	-1.5%
231	Camargo	2,099	-4.2%
233	Mislata	2,097	-3.8%
234	Culleredo	2,094	-4.1%
235	Xàtiva	2,091	-6.4%
236	Humanes de Madrid	2,086	-8.5%
237	Tortosa	2,081	-8.6%
238	Illescas	2,071	-4.9%
239	Castro-Urdiales	2,066	-3.3%
240	Narón	2,057	-6.6%
241	Bétera	2,056	+0.5%
242	Vinaròs	2,054	-5.9%
243	Riba-roja de Túria	2,050	-3.4%
244	Molins de Rei	2,047	-4.6%
245	Sant Quirze del Vallès	2,037	-2.5%
246	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,027	-5.9%
247	Águilas	2,015	-1.2%
248	Alhaurín el Grande	2,011	-0.3%
249	Leioa	2,002	-5.4%
250	Castellar del Vallès	1,985	-4.4%

Showing the top 250 of 6875. 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023}},
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