Municipalities in Tarragona province by active companies

Tarragona had the highest active companies of 180 municipalities in 2016, at 8,331. Savallà del Comtat had the lowest, at 4. The median was 56 and the figure for Tarragona province was 51,887. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest8,331Tarragona

Lowest4Savallà del Comtat

Median56180 municipalities

Tarragona province51,887History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Tarragona	8,331	+1.2%
2	Reus	6,967	+0.5%
3	Cambrils	2,565	+3%
4	Tortosa	2,273	+1.5%
5	El Vendrell	2,229	+2.3%
6	Salou	1,719	+1.5%
7	Valls	1,661	-0.9%
8	Calafell	1,586	+4%
9	Amposta	1,574	+3%
10	Vila-seca	1,223	+4.4%
11	Torredembarra	1,077	+4.3%
12	La Ràpita	982	+2.5%
13	Mont-roig del Camp	832	+6.4%
14	Deltebre	808	+1.4%
15	Cunit	659	-0.6%
16	Alcanar	633	0%
17	L'Ametlla de Mar	542	+4%
18	Montblanc	511	+4.1%
19	Riudoms	487	-0.6%
20	Roquetes	462	+2.7%
21	Constantí	456	-0.7%
22	Roda de Berà	449	0%
23	Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant	426	+3.1%
24	La Sénia	424	+2.7%
25	Móra d'Ebre	408	-0.5%
26	Ulldecona	406	+1.2%
27	La Selva del Camp	394	+2.6%
28	Altafulla	383	-0.5%
29	Alcover	317	-0.9%
30	L'Aldea	313	+5%
31	L'Arboç	272	+4.2%
32	El Catllar	263	+1.9%
33	La Canonja	259	+1.6%
34	Santa Coloma de Queralt	257	+5.3%
35	L'Ampolla	255	0%
36	Camarles	250	+3.3%
37	Els Pallaresos	248	+3.3%
38	L'Espluga de Francolí	245	+2.5%
39	El Perelló	236	+2.6%
40	Santa Bàrbara	231	-0.4%
41	Gandesa	224	-5.5%
42	Falset	216	+2.4%
43	Llorenç del Penedès	211	+2.9%
44	El Morell	209	+1%
45	Castellvell del Camp	201	+5.2%
46	Santa Oliva	200	+1%
47	Sant Jaume d'Enveja	192	+14.3%
48	Móra la Nova	186	+2.2%
49	Flix	182	+1.1%
49	Montbrió del Camp	182	+9%
51	Creixell	175	-1.7%
51	La Bisbal del Penedès	175	-2.8%
53	La Pobla de Montornès	166	-6.2%
54	Banyeres del Penedès	163	+7.2%
55	Bellvei	157	+6.8%
56	Sant Jaume dels Domenys	156	0%
57	Vinyols i els Arcs	153	+4.1%
58	La Pobla de Mafumet	149	+4.9%
59	Batea	134	-2.9%
60	Les Borges del Camp	133	-4.3%
61	Vilallonga del Camp	130	+4%
62	La Riera de Gaià	126	-0.8%
63	El Pla de Santa Maria	123	-3.9%
64	Alforja	102	-8.1%
64	Almoster	102	+5.2%
66	Vallmoll	100	-9.1%
67	Tivissa	98	+5.4%
68	La Secuita	97	+2.1%
69	Sarral	96	-2%
70	Albinyana	94	+1.1%
71	Ascó	89	-1.1%
72	Cornudella de Montsant	87	+10.1%
73	Horta de Sant Joan	86	+1.2%
73	Perafort	86	+2.4%
75	Vila-rodona	84	+1.2%
76	Riudecanyes	82	+9.3%
77	Xerta	73	+5.8%
78	La Fatarella	72	0%
79	Benissanet	71	+7.6%
79	El Pinell de Brai	71	+1.4%
79	Riudecols	71	-1.4%
82	Prades	66	+4.8%
83	Botarell	64	0%
83	Miravet	64	+4.9%
85	Vimbodí i Poblet	61	-1.6%
86	Riba-roja d'Ebre	58	0%
87	Aiguamúrcia	57	+5.6%
87	Corbera d'Ebre	57	+1.8%
87	El Montmell	57	+1.8%
87	Vilabella	57	+11.8%
91	Cabra del Camp	54	+3.8%
91	Tivenys	54	-6.9%
91	Vilalba dels Arcs	54	+8%
94	Rasquera	53	0%
95	Benifallet	50	+6.4%
96	L'Aleixar	47	0%
96	La Galera	47	+4.4%
98	Ginestar	46	0%
98	Masdenverge	46	-2.1%
100	Porrera	45	+4.7%
101	Barberà de la Conca	44	+10%
101	Marçà	44	0%
103	Vilanova d'Escornalbou	43	-4.4%
104	Gratallops	42	+7.7%
104	Pratdip	42	0%
104	Puigpelat	42	0%
107	Godall	41	-4.7%
108	Solivella	40	+11.1%
109	Arnes	39	+5.4%
109	Bonastre	39	0%
109	Salomó	39	+5.4%
112	Masllorenç	37	+2.8%
113	Aldover	36	0%
113	Bot	36	-2.7%
113	Bràfim	36	-5.3%
113	Rodonyà	36	+16.1%
117	Vespella de Gaià	35	+2.9%
118	El Masroig	34	+6.3%
119	La Nou de Gaià	32	0%
119	La Riba	32	+6.7%
121	Querol	30	+15.4%
122	Alió	29	-6.5%
122	El Pont d'Armentera	29	-6.5%
124	Maspujols	28	+3.7%
124	Poboleda	28	+12%
124	Vilaplana	28	0%
127	Mas de Barberans	27	+3.8%
128	Garcia	26	+8.3%
128	Ulldemolins	26	-3.7%
130	Capçanes	25	+13.6%
131	El Molar	24	+14.3%
131	Nulles	24	+4.3%
131	Pira	24	-4%
131	Torroja del Priorat	24	+20%
135	L'Albiol	21	-12.5%
135	Vinebre	21	0%
137	Alfara de Carles	20	0%
137	Bellmunt del Priorat	20	-4.8%
137	La Torre de l'Espanyol	20	-16.7%
137	Paüls	20	+5.3%
137	Vilaverd	20	+5.3%
142	Cabacés	18	0%
142	La Vilella Baixa	18	+12.5%
142	Pradell de la Teixeta	18	0%
145	Blancafort	17	+21.4%
145	Els Guiamets	17	-5.6%
145	Figuerola del Camp	17	+6.3%
145	Montferri	17	+6.3%
149	Caseres	16	-23.8%
149	El Rourell	16	-11.1%
149	La Pobla de Massaluca	16	+23.1%
149	Mont-ral	16	+33.3%
153	La Palma d'Ebre	14	0%
154	Margalef	13	+18.2%
154	Rocafort de Queralt	13	0%
156	Colldejou	12	-7.7%
156	Freginals	12	-7.7%
156	La Morera de Montsant	12	-20%
156	Les Piles	12	+33.3%
160	Els Garidells	11	-26.7%
160	La Masó	11	-21.4%
160	Passanant i Belltall	11	+22.2%
163	Duesaigües	10	-16.7%
163	El Milà	10	+11.1%
163	Llorac	10	+11.1%
163	Vilanova de Prades	10	+11.1%
167	Arbolí	9	-10%
167	L'Argentera	9	0%
169	Conesa	8	-11.1%
169	El Lloar	8	-11.1%
169	Renau	8	-11.1%
169	Vallclara	8	+33.3%
173	Capafonts	7	0%
173	La Vilella Alta	7	+16.7%
175	La Bisbal de Montsant	6	0%
175	Prat de Comte	6	+50%
175	Vallfogona de Riucorb	6	0%
178	La Figuera	5	0%
179	La Torre de Fontaubella	4	n/a
179	Savallà del Comtat	4	-20%

Other periods

About this ranking

Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 3 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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 in Tarragona province by active companies, 2016) [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 in Tarragona province by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/tarragona-province-municipalities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Tarragona province by active companies, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/tarragona-province-municipalities?period=2016.

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BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_tarragona_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Tarragona province by active companies, 2016}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/tarragona-province-municipalities?period=2016. Publisher attribution: 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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