Municipalities in Tarragona province by active companies

Tarragona had the highest active companies of 180 municipalities in 2018, at 8,359. Senan had the lowest, at 4. The median was 56 and the figure for Tarragona province was 52,921. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest8,359Tarragona

Lowest4Senan

Median56180 municipalities

Tarragona province52,921History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Tarragona	8,359	-1%
2	Reus	7,057	+1.2%
3	Cambrils	2,669	+2.2%
4	El Vendrell	2,342	+2.8%
5	Tortosa	2,285	-0.4%
6	Salou	1,801	+1.3%
7	Valls	1,645	-0.2%
8	Calafell	1,644	+1.9%
9	Amposta	1,601	+2.2%
10	Vila-seca	1,259	+1.7%
11	Torredembarra	1,107	+3.8%
12	La Ràpita	973	-0.5%
13	Mont-roig del Camp	863	+2.6%
14	Deltebre	812	+0.6%
15	Cunit	713	+3.9%
16	Alcanar	641	+0.9%
17	L'Ametlla de Mar	530	0%
18	Montblanc	515	-1.2%
19	Riudoms	480	-2.6%
20	Roquetes	477	-2.1%
21	Roda de Berà	475	+2.6%
22	Constantí	452	+3.4%
23	Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant	436	-0.9%
24	La Sénia	423	-1.2%
25	Móra d'Ebre	410	+1.5%
26	La Selva del Camp	401	+1%
27	Altafulla	400	+1%
28	Ulldecona	396	-0.8%
29	Alcover	323	-0.9%
30	El Catllar	319	+8.5%
31	L'Aldea	313	-0.3%
32	L'Ampolla	272	+5.8%
33	L'Arboç	267	-0.4%
34	Santa Coloma de Queralt	266	+3.9%
35	La Canonja	261	+7%
36	Camarles	260	+2%
37	Els Pallaresos	257	+0.8%
38	L'Espluga de Francolí	251	+1.2%
39	Santa Bàrbara	245	+2.1%
40	El Perelló	243	0%
41	Gandesa	237	0%
42	Llorenç del Penedès	223	+1.8%
43	El Morell	221	+0.9%
44	Sant Jaume d'Enveja	219	+7.4%
45	Falset	215	-0.5%
46	Santa Oliva	210	-2.8%
47	Castellvell del Camp	199	-6.6%
48	Creixell	191	-0.5%
49	Móra la Nova	189	+1.6%
50	Montbrió del Camp	178	-4.3%
51	La Bisbal del Penedès	173	-2.3%
52	Flix	172	-3.9%
53	Banyeres del Penedès	171	+3%
53	La Pobla de Montornès	171	-3.9%
55	Sant Jaume dels Domenys	163	-6.9%
56	Vinyols i els Arcs	159	0%
57	La Pobla de Mafumet	158	+2.6%
58	Bellvei	150	+1.4%
59	Les Borges del Camp	145	+6.6%
60	Batea	140	+4.5%
61	El Pla de Santa Maria	135	+2.3%
62	La Riera de Gaià	123	+2.5%
63	Vilallonga del Camp	122	-2.4%
64	Tivissa	110	+6.8%
65	Alforja	108	-2.7%
66	Vallmoll	105	+5%
67	Albinyana	103	+4%
68	Almoster	102	-1.9%
69	Sarral	96	-2%
70	La Secuita	94	-4.1%
71	Perafort	86	0%
72	Ascó	85	-1.2%
72	Horta de Sant Joan	85	0%
74	Cornudella de Montsant	84	+1.2%
75	Vila-rodona	81	-2.4%
76	Riudecanyes	78	-3.7%
77	El Pinell de Brai	77	+8.5%
78	Xerta	75	-3.8%
79	Benissanet	74	0%
80	Riudecols	73	-3.9%
81	La Fatarella	70	0%
82	Aiguamúrcia	69	+11.3%
83	Botarell	67	-1.5%
84	Miravet	64	-5.9%
85	Prades	63	-1.6%
85	Rasquera	63	+6.8%
87	Corbera d'Ebre	61	+5.2%
88	Riba-roja d'Ebre	58	+3.6%
89	Benifallet	56	+5.7%
89	Vimbodí i Poblet	56	+1.8%
91	El Montmell	55	-5.2%
91	Vilalba dels Arcs	55	0%
93	L'Aleixar	54	+1.9%
93	Marçà	54	+17.4%
93	Tivenys	54	+1.9%
96	Cabra del Camp	52	+2%
96	Masdenverge	52	+6.1%
98	Vilabella	50	-7.4%
99	La Galera	47	-6%
99	Porrera	47	+2.2%
101	Ginestar	45	+9.8%
102	Godall	43	-2.3%
102	Pratdip	43	-6.5%
102	Vilanova d'Escornalbou	43	+7.5%
105	Arnes	41	-2.4%
106	Gratallops	40	-4.8%
107	Barberà de la Conca	39	0%
107	Bonastre	39	-11.4%
107	Puigpelat	39	-11.4%
110	Aldover	38	+8.6%
110	Salomó	38	+2.7%
112	Bràfim	36	0%
112	Solivella	36	-5.3%
114	Bot	35	0%
114	Querol	35	0%
116	Poboleda	34	+6.3%
117	La Riba	33	+3.1%
117	Vilaplana	33	+13.8%
119	Maspujols	31	+3.3%
119	Rodonyà	31	-3.1%
121	La Nou de Gaià	30	-14.3%
121	Masllorenç	30	-14.3%
123	Alió	29	+7.4%
124	El Pont d'Armentera	28	-3.4%
124	Garcia	28	0%
124	Vespella de Gaià	28	-6.7%
127	L'Albiol	27	+3.8%
128	Nulles	26	-7.1%
128	Ulldemolins	26	+4%
130	La Torre de l'Espanyol	25	+13.6%
130	Pira	25	+8.7%
130	Torroja del Priorat	25	0%
133	Capçanes	24	-7.7%
133	El Masroig	24	-22.6%
133	Mas de Barberans	24	-11.1%
136	El Molar	23	+9.5%
136	Paüls	23	0%
138	Vinebre	22	+4.8%
139	Montferri	21	+10.5%
140	Alfara de Carles	20	-13%
141	Blancafort	19	+5.6%
141	Els Guiamets	19	-9.5%
141	Figuerola del Camp	19	+5.6%
141	La Masó	19	+26.7%
141	La Palma d'Ebre	19	+18.8%
141	La Vilella Baixa	19	0%
147	Bellmunt del Priorat	18	0%
147	Cabacés	18	+5.9%
147	Pradell de la Teixeta	18	+5.9%
150	El Rourell	17	-5.6%
150	La Pobla de Massaluca	17	+6.3%
152	Mont-ral	16	0%
152	Vilaverd	16	-23.8%
154	Caseres	15	-6.3%
154	Margalef	15	0%
156	Freginals	14	-6.7%
157	La Morera de Montsant	13	-7.1%
158	Passanant i Belltall	12	+20%
159	Arbolí	11	0%
159	Colldejou	11	-8.3%
159	El Lloar	11	+22.2%
159	Renau	11	+22.2%
159	Rocafort de Queralt	11	-15.4%
159	Vilanova de Prades	11	+22.2%
165	Els Garidells	10	-9.1%
165	Les Piles	10	0%
167	Duesaigües	9	-18.2%
167	El Milà	9	-25%
167	Llorac	9	+12.5%
170	La Vilella Alta	8	+14.3%
171	Capafonts	7	-12.5%
171	La Bisbal de Montsant	7	-12.5%
171	Vallclara	7	0%
174	Conesa	6	-14.3%
174	L'Argentera	6	-25%
174	La Figuera	6	-14.3%
174	Prat de Comte	6	0%
178	Pontils	5	+25%
178	Vallfogona de Riucorb	5	-37.5%
180	Senan	4	0%

Other periods

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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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/tarragona-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_tarragona_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Tarragona province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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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