Municipalities of Spain by active companies

Madrid had the highest active companies of 6890 municipalities in 2024, at 289,194. Zorita de los Canes had the lowest, at 4. The median was 46 and the figure for Spain was 3.26 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest289,194Madrid

Lowest4Zorita de los Canes

Median466890 municipalities

Spain3,255,276History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Madrid	289,194	+2.5%
2	Barcelona	171,152	+2.4%
3	València	67,417	+3.2%
4	Sevilla	48,586	+1.8%
5	Málaga	42,375	+3.3%
6	Zaragoza	42,371	+0.7%
7	Palma	35,613	+2%
8	Murcia	31,943	+1.5%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	25,583	+1%
10	Alacant/Alicante	25,467	+3.6%
11	Bilbao	25,329	+1.3%
12	Vigo	21,029	+0.2%
13	Córdoba	21,008	+0.3%
14	Marbella	20,062	+4.2%
15	A Coruña	18,742	+0.2%
16	Granada	18,498	+1.1%
17	Valladolid	18,130	+0.6%
18	Gijón	17,107	-0.1%
19	Elx/Elche	16,442	+1%
20	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,350	+1.2%
21	Oviedo	15,018	+0.5%
22	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,006	+1.5%
23	Terrassa	14,162	+1.1%
24	Sabadell	14,075	+1.9%
25	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	13,734	+2.9%
26	Badalona	13,442	+2.3%
27	Pamplona/Iruña	13,239	-0.7%
28	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,101	+0.5%
29	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,539	+0.8%
30	Almería	12,056	+1.3%
31	Burgos	11,750	+0.8%
32	Albacete	11,492	-0.1%
33	Santander	11,474	+0.5%
34	Jerez de la Frontera	11,337	+1.3%
35	Cartagena	10,865	+1.3%
36	Pozuelo de Alarcón	10,682	+1.4%
37	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,623	+0.5%
38	Las Rozas de Madrid	10,518	+1.5%
39	Logroño	10,393	-0.4%
40	Alcobendas	10,056	+2.9%
41	Fuenlabrada	10,015	+1.4%
42	Lleida	9,977	+1.5%
43	Alcalá de Henares	9,549	+1.9%
44	Badajoz	9,533	+2.1%
45	Girona	9,524	+2.5%
46	Getafe	9,428	+1.6%
47	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,320	+1.8%
48	Mataró	9,296	+1.5%
49	Leganés	9,243	+1.5%
50	Salamanca	9,178	+0.3%
51	Móstoles	9,076	+0.3%
52	Alcorcón	8,703	+1%
53	Santiago de Compostela	8,621	+0.7%
54	León	8,447	-0.2%
55	Mijas	8,081	+4.6%
56	Ourense	8,033	-0.2%
57	Tarragona	7,988	+1.2%
58	Dos Hermanas	7,632	+2.2%
59	Lugo	7,560	-0.7%
60	Huelva	7,238	-0.3%
61	Fuengirola	7,096	+5.3%
62	Reus	6,842	+0.9%
63	Jaén	6,833	+0.4%
64	San Sebastián de los Reyes	6,695	+0.1%
65	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	6,676	+1.8%
66	Benalmádena	6,647	+4.4%
67	Boadilla del Monte	6,611	+2.8%
68	Estepona	6,602	+5.5%
69	Majadahonda	6,583	+2.6%
70	Arona	6,577	+2.4%
71	Cáceres	6,560	+0.9%
72	Torrevieja	6,406	+8.7%
73	Torrejón de Ardoz	6,337	+1.6%
74	Pontevedra	6,076	0%
75	Roquetas de Mar	5,981	+1.5%
76	Vélez-Málaga	5,952	+1.3%
77	Paterna	5,907	+2.6%
78	Orihuela	5,864	+5.3%
79	Cádiz	5,844	+0.8%
80	Eivissa	5,840	+3.3%
81	Castelldefels	5,639	+2.1%
82	Toledo	5,638	+2.1%
83	Torremolinos	5,615	+2.7%
84	Lorca	5,610	+0.7%
85	Getxo	5,542	+0.8%
86	Telde	5,457	+0.5%
87	Algeciras	5,454	+0.5%
88	Benidorm	5,360	+2.3%
89	Manresa	5,314	+0.5%
90	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,302	+1.5%
91	Torrent	5,233	+3.1%
92	Parla	5,224	+2.4%
93	Calvià	5,214	+2%
94	Adeje	5,189	+5.9%
95	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,140	+2.6%
96	Chiclana de la Frontera	5,102	+2.1%
97	El Puerto de Santa María	5,078	+1.5%
98	Molina de Segura	5,069	+1.6%
99	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,061	+3.1%
100	Gandia	4,988	+1.9%
101	El Ejido	4,984	+1.3%
102	Granollers	4,969	+2.4%
103	Talavera de la Reina	4,919	-0.6%
104	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,884	+0.3%
105	Ciudad Real	4,869	+0.2%
106	Rubí	4,807	+1.9%
107	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,703	+2.3%
108	Barakaldo	4,690	+0.1%
109	Dénia	4,659	+3.2%
110	Ponferrada	4,525	-1.3%
111	Palencia	4,428	-0.4%
112	Coslada	4,380	+1.6%
113	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,374	+1.7%
114	Zamora	4,370	+1.5%
115	Melilla	4,354	-0.4%
116	Irun	4,340	-0.2%
117	Valdemoro	4,330	+3.4%
118	Guadalajara	4,184	+1.1%
119	Arganda del Rey	4,090	+2.6%
120	Santa Eulària des Riu	4,015	+5.6%
121	Arrecife	3,998	+6%
122	Mérida	3,971	+2.1%
123	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,955	+0.8%
124	Siero	3,898	-1.6%
125	Collado Villalba	3,864	+0.5%
126	Vic	3,785	+1.3%
127	Avilés	3,748	-1.3%
128	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,717	+1.4%
129	Viladecans	3,692	+0.4%
130	Huesca	3,658	-1%
131	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,624	+1.5%
132	Manacor	3,592	+3.8%
133	Elda	3,588	-0.9%
134	Rincón de la Victoria	3,543	+3.4%
135	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,522	+4%
136	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,519	+1.6%
137	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,495	+1%
138	Sitges	3,493	+3.4%
139	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,472	+3.7%
140	Tres Cantos	3,464	+2.4%
141	San Fernando	3,425	+2.7%
142	Cuenca	3,380	-0.9%
143	Ávila	3,378	-0.6%
144	Gavà	3,310	+2%
144	Igualada	3,310	+1.4%
146	Figueres	3,307	+1.3%
147	Segovia	3,304	+0.1%
148	Granadilla de Abona	3,302	+3.4%
149	Ceuta	3,301	-2%
150	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,270	+0.2%
151	Xàbia/Jávea	3,256	+5.3%
152	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,215	+3%
153	El Prat de Llobregat	3,214	+1.3%
154	Motril	3,203	+1.9%
155	Colmenar Viejo	3,182	+1.8%
156	Pinto	3,163	+1.7%
157	Ferrol	3,108	-1.3%
158	Vila-real	3,084	+2.5%
159	Villaviciosa de Odón	3,025	+0.4%
160	Lloret de Mar	2,960	+2.7%
161	Marratxí	2,948	+1.2%
162	Puerto del Rosario	2,915	+5.3%
163	Oleiros	2,905	-0.2%
164	Aranjuez	2,894	+0.9%
165	Lucena	2,879	+0.8%
166	Llucmajor	2,870	+1.5%
167	Torrelavega	2,835	-0.1%
168	Alzira	2,829	+0.7%
169	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,821	+1.9%
170	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,819	+1%
171	La Oliva	2,765	+5.7%
172	Arroyomolinos	2,747	+6.3%
173	Cambrils	2,714	+2.8%
174	Plasencia	2,708	-1%
175	Utrera	2,645	+4.2%
176	Galapagar	2,643	-0.8%
177	Ontinyent	2,640	+0.2%
178	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,634	+1.7%
179	Yecla	2,610	+0.2%
180	Montcada i Reixac	2,596	+2.4%
181	Mollet del Vallès	2,591	+2.3%
182	Soria	2,585	+0.5%
183	Linares	2,567	-1.2%
184	Torrelodones	2,529	+1.6%
185	Maó	2,528	+1.6%
186	La Línea de la Concepción	2,522	+0.4%
187	La Orotava	2,520	+2.6%
187	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,520	+2.1%
189	Tudela	2,505	+0.4%
190	Almendralejo	2,497	+2.2%
191	San Fernando de Henares	2,495	+2.5%
192	Carballo	2,494	-0.6%
193	Blanes	2,490	+1.9%
194	Teruel	2,466	+1.9%
195	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,447	+2.2%
196	Barberà del Vallès	2,444	-0.4%
197	Santa Pola	2,438	+3.2%
198	Torre-Pacheco	2,437	+0.3%
199	Puerto de la Cruz	2,421	+1.9%
200	Alcantarilla	2,418	+1.9%
200	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	2,418	+3%
202	Don Benito	2,415	+0.9%
203	Olot	2,412	+3.9%
204	El Vendrell	2,406	+1.8%
205	Altea	2,377	+2.4%
206	San Roque	2,373	+3.7%
207	Tomelloso	2,372	+0.5%
208	Antequera	2,358	+0.2%
209	Écija	2,347	-0%
210	Ronda	2,329	-0.8%
211	Sant Joan Despí	2,326	+3.2%
212	San Javier	2,266	+2.7%
213	el Campello	2,263	+3.7%
214	Inca	2,262	+5.5%
215	Úbeda	2,257	-0.8%
216	Ames	2,251	-0.8%
217	Villanueva de la Cañada	2,230	+0.9%
218	La Rinconada	2,212	+1.1%
219	Ripollet	2,205	+0.1%
220	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,196	+2.8%
221	Petrer	2,195	-0.7%
222	Calp	2,193	+4%
223	Sant Just Desvern	2,191	+1.9%
224	Los Realejos	2,170	+2.6%
225	Arteixo	2,165	-0.6%
226	Aranda de Duero	2,158	-0%
227	Almuñécar	2,151	+2.5%
228	Mislata	2,145	+2.3%
229	Villena	2,143	-0.5%
230	Basauri	2,142	+0.1%
231	Culleredo	2,131	+1.8%
231	Illescas	2,131	+2.9%
233	El Masnou	2,126	-0.1%
234	Tortosa	2,125	+2.1%
235	Camargo	2,119	+1%
236	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,117	+4.4%
237	Humanes de Madrid	2,105	+0.9%
238	Molins de Rei	2,104	+2.8%
239	Sant Quirze del Vallès	2,095	+2.8%
240	Alhaurín el Grande	2,087	+3.8%
241	Andújar	2,085	-1.4%
242	Bétera	2,072	+0.8%
243	Xàtiva	2,071	-1%
244	Castro-Urdiales	2,065	-0%
245	Vinaròs	2,062	+0.4%
246	Riba-roja de Túria	2,060	+0.5%
247	Narón	2,039	-0.9%
248	Sant Antoni de Portmany	2,026	+3.3%
249	Águilas	2,024	+0.4%
250	Leioa	2,004	+0.1%

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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, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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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, 2024}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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