Municipalities in Tarragona province by active companies

Tarragona had the highest active companies of 181 municipalities in 2021, at 8,500. Senan had the lowest, at 4. The median was 56 and the figure for Tarragona province was 53,764. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest8,500Tarragona

Lowest4Senan

Median56181 municipalities

Tarragona province53,764History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Tarragona	8,500	-0.7%
2	Reus	7,073	-1%
3	Cambrils	2,731	-1.4%
4	El Vendrell	2,416	-0.7%
5	Tortosa	2,241	-1.5%
6	Salou	1,911	+1.1%
7	Calafell	1,747	-0.4%
8	Valls	1,635	-1.6%
9	Amposta	1,589	-3.5%
10	Vila-seca	1,265	-2.1%
11	Torredembarra	1,158	+0.9%
12	La Ràpita	1,002	-0.4%
13	Mont-roig del Camp	922	-0.4%
14	Deltebre	815	-1%
15	Cunit	760	-1.6%
16	Alcanar	640	-0.3%
17	Roda de Berà	530	+2.3%
18	L'Ametlla de Mar	529	-0.8%
19	Montblanc	520	-1.3%
20	Roquetes	471	-3.5%
21	Riudoms	469	-2.1%
22	Constantí	460	-0.2%
23	Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant	452	+1.1%
24	Altafulla	426	-1.6%
25	La Sénia	408	-4%
26	La Selva del Camp	398	+1%
26	Ulldecona	398	-1.2%
28	Móra d'Ebre	394	-0.8%
29	El Catllar	338	-1.5%
30	Alcover	331	-3.5%
31	L'Aldea	319	+1.9%
32	L'Ampolla	276	+1.5%
33	La Canonja	274	-8.4%
34	Els Pallaresos	269	0%
35	Camarles	266	-1.1%
36	Santa Bàrbara	263	+1.2%
37	L'Arboç	259	+0.8%
38	Santa Coloma de Queralt	249	+2%
39	El Perelló	247	-0.4%
39	L'Espluga de Francolí	247	0%
41	Gandesa	234	-2.1%
42	Sant Jaume d'Enveja	230	+2.2%
43	Santa Oliva	223	+7.2%
44	Falset	220	+2.3%
45	El Morell	218	-3.1%
46	Llorenç del Penedès	217	0%
47	Creixell	215	+1.9%
48	Castellvell del Camp	207	-1%
49	Móra la Nova	198	-1%
50	Montbrió del Camp	181	-1.6%
51	La Pobla de Montornès	179	-6.3%
51	Sant Jaume dels Domenys	179	+1.7%
53	La Bisbal del Penedès	173	+0.6%
54	Flix	170	-3.4%
55	Vinyols i els Arcs	168	+4.3%
56	La Pobla de Mafumet	166	-0.6%
57	Bellvei	154	+3.4%
58	Banyeres del Penedès	152	-2.6%
59	Batea	137	-4.2%
60	El Pla de Santa Maria	127	-1.6%
61	Les Borges del Camp	123	-3.1%
62	Vilallonga del Camp	122	-6.9%
63	Almoster	116	+2.7%
64	La Riera de Gaià	115	-4.2%
65	Albinyana	102	+3%
66	Alforja	101	-10.6%
67	Tivissa	100	-2.9%
67	Vallmoll	100	-4.8%
69	La Secuita	99	+4.2%
70	Cornudella de Montsant	94	-1.1%
71	Sarral	93	+3.3%
72	Horta de Sant Joan	92	-7.1%
72	Perafort	92	+3.4%
74	Ascó	89	0%
75	Vila-rodona	81	0%
76	El Pinell de Brai	79	+1.3%
77	Benissanet	76	+2.7%
77	Riudecanyes	76	-1.3%
79	Xerta	75	0%
80	Riudecols	71	-2.7%
81	El Montmell	70	+6.1%
82	La Fatarella	66	-5.7%
82	Prades	66	+4.8%
82	Rasquera	66	-5.7%
85	Botarell	61	-6.2%
86	Marçà	60	+11.1%
87	Cabra del Camp	58	+13.7%
88	Corbera d'Ebre	57	-8.1%
88	Tivenys	57	+11.8%
90	Aiguamúrcia	56	-1.8%
90	Benifallet	56	+1.8%
90	Miravet	56	-1.8%
90	Riba-roja d'Ebre	56	0%
94	Masdenverge	55	-5.2%
94	Vilalba dels Arcs	55	+7.8%
94	Vimbodí i Poblet	55	-3.5%
97	Vilanova d'Escornalbou	51	0%
98	La Galera	49	0%
99	L'Aleixar	48	-7.7%
100	Vilabella	47	-4.1%
101	Porrera	46	+2.2%
102	Pratdip	45	-13.5%
102	Salomó	45	0%
104	Arnes	44	-2.2%
105	Ginestar	42	0%
106	Bonastre	41	-4.7%
106	Godall	41	-12.8%
106	Gratallops	41	+10.8%
106	Puigpelat	41	+10.8%
110	Bot	38	+8.6%
110	La Nou de Gaià	38	0%
112	Maspujols	36	-10%
113	Bràfim	35	-2.8%
114	Aldover	33	0%
114	Barberà de la Conca	33	-5.7%
114	Poboleda	33	+3.1%
114	Solivella	33	+6.5%
114	Vilaplana	33	+3.1%
119	La Torre de l'Espanyol	30	+7.1%
119	Masllorenç	30	-9.1%
121	Alió	29	+11.5%
121	La Riba	29	-3.3%
121	Mas de Barberans	29	+7.4%
121	Querol	29	-9.4%
121	Ulldemolins	29	+3.6%
126	El Masroig	28	+3.7%
126	El Pont d'Armentera	28	+3.7%
126	Rodonyà	28	0%
129	Bellmunt del Priorat	27	+12.5%
129	Vespella de Gaià	27	+8%
131	Garcia	26	-3.7%
132	Alfara de Carles	25	+8.7%
132	Capçanes	25	-3.8%
134	Paüls	24	-4%
134	Vinebre	24	+4.3%
136	Nulles	23	-4.2%
137	Cabacés	22	+15.8%
138	Blancafort	21	0%
138	El Molar	21	-4.5%
138	L'Albiol	21	-8.7%
138	Montferri	21	-4.5%
138	Torroja del Priorat	21	0%
143	Pira	20	-16.7%
144	Figuerola del Camp	19	0%
144	Mont-ral	19	-5%
146	Els Guiamets	18	0%
146	La Pobla de Massaluca	18	-5.3%
148	La Palma d'Ebre	17	-5.6%
149	El Rourell	16	-5.9%
149	Freginals	16	+6.7%
149	La Masó	16	-5.9%
149	Margalef	16	+6.7%
153	Pradell de la Teixeta	15	-6.3%
154	Colldejou	14	+7.7%
154	Els Garidells	14	-6.7%
154	La Morera de Montsant	14	+7.7%
154	Passanant i Belltall	14	+16.7%
154	Vilaverd	14	0%
159	Arbolí	13	+8.3%
159	Les Piles	13	-13.3%
159	Rocafort de Queralt	13	0%
162	La Figuera	12	+20%
162	La Vilella Baixa	12	-14.3%
162	Renau	12	0%
165	Caseres	10	-16.7%
165	La Bisbal de Montsant	10	+11.1%
165	Vilanova de Prades	10	+25%
168	Duesaigües	9	-10%
168	El Lloar	9	0%
168	El Milà	9	0%
168	Llorac	9	0%
172	La Vilella Alta	8	+14.3%
172	Vallfogona de Riucorb	8	0%
174	Capafonts	6	+20%
174	L'Argentera	6	-14.3%
174	La Torre de Fontaubella	6	0%
174	Pontils	6	0%
178	Prat de Comte	5	+25%
178	Vallclara	5	-16.7%
180	Conesa	4	0%
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. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/tarragona-province-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Tarragona province by active companies, 2021}},
  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=2021. 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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