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Provinces of Spain by new companies created, July 2026

Madrid province had the highest new companies created of 52 provinces in July 2026, at 2,535. Melilla province had the lowest, at 2. The median was 79 and the figure for Spain was 11,150. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2,535Madrid province
Lowest2Melilla province
Median7952 provinces
Spain11,150History

All provinces, July 2026

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Madrid provinceMadrid province: 2,535 count2,535Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 1,833 count1,833Valencia provinceValencia province: 764 count764Málaga provinceMálaga province: 630 count630Alicante provinceAlicante province: 623 count623Seville provinceSeville province: 428 count428Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 354 count354Murcia provinceMurcia province: 337 count337Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 242 count242A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 190 count190Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 180 count180Girona provinceGirona province: 177 count177Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 172 count172Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 171 count171Biscay provinceBiscay province: 170 count170Almería provinceAlmería province: 163 count163Castellón provinceCastellón province: 162 count162Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 153 count153Granada provinceGranada province: 151 count151Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 151 count151Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 130 count130Toledo provinceToledo province: 121 count121Asturias provinceAsturias province: 112 count112Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 112 count112Lleida provinceLleida province: 90 count90Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 83 count83Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 74 count74Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 66 count66Navarre provinceNavarre province: 64 count64Huelva provinceHuelva province: 62 count62Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 59 count59Álava provinceÁlava province: 51 count51Jaén provinceJaén province: 51 count51Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 48 count48León provinceLeón province: 43 count43La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 42 count42Burgos provinceBurgos province: 40 count40Lugo provinceLugo province: 38 count38Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 37 count37Huesca provinceHuesca province: 35 count35Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 31 count31Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 28 count28Ourense provinceOurense province: 24 count24Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 23 count23Ávila provinceÁvila province: 21 count21Palencia provincePalencia province: 20 count20Soria provinceSoria province: 17 count17Segovia provinceSegovia province: 12 count12Teruel provinceTeruel province: 12 count12Zamora provinceZamora province: 11 count11Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 5 count5Melilla provinceMelilla province: 2 count2
count. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesJuly 2026
count		Change on July 2025
1Madrid province Provisional2,535+1.4%
2Barcelona province Provisional1,833-1.9%
3Valencia province Provisional764+13.2%
4Málaga province Provisional630-13.2%
5Alicante province Provisional623+14.7%
6Seville province Provisional428+11.5%
7Balearic Islands province Provisional354-11.7%
8Murcia province Provisional337+15.8%
9Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional242+10%
10A Coruña province Provisional190+20.3%
11Las Palmas province Provisional180-16.7%
12Girona province Provisional177-2.2%
13Tarragona province Provisional172+3.6%
14Cádiz province Provisional171+8.9%
15Biscay province Provisional170-0.6%
16Almería province Provisional163+16.4%
17Castellón province Provisional162+24.6%
18Pontevedra province Provisional153+10.9%
19Granada province Provisional151+0.7%
19Zaragoza province Provisional151+23.8%
21Córdoba province Provisional130+18.2%
22Toledo province Provisional121-21.4%
23Asturias province Provisional112-9.7%
23Gipuzkoa province Provisional112+16.7%
25Lleida province Provisional90+5.9%
26Ciudad Real province Provisional83+16.9%
27Valladolid province Provisional74-5.1%
28Badajoz province Provisional66-12%
29Navarre province Provisional64-4.5%
30Huelva province Provisional62-13.9%
31Cantabria province Provisional59-24.4%
32Álava province Provisional51+27.5%
32Jaén province Provisional51+59.4%
34Albacete province Provisional48-14.3%
35León province Provisional43+2.4%
36La Rioja province Provisional42-23.6%
37Burgos province Provisional40+17.6%
38Lugo province Provisional38+40.7%
39Salamanca province Provisional37-2.6%
40Huesca province Provisional35+9.4%
41Cáceres province Provisional31-16.2%
42Guadalajara province Provisional28-24.3%
43Ourense province Provisional24-25%
44Cuenca province Provisional23+109.1%
45Ávila province Provisional21+75%
46Palencia province Provisional20+150%
47Soria province Provisional17+142.9%
48Segovia province Provisional12-14.3%
48Teruel province Provisional12+33.3%
50Zamora province Provisional11-50%
51Ceuta province Provisional50%
52Melilla province Provisional2-77.8%

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About this ranking

Commercial companies registered in the Mercantile Registry during the month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the provinces are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Estadística de sociedades mercantiles: sociedades constituidas (tablas 13917 y 13913). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=13917. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which province has the highest new companies created?

Madrid province, with 2,535 in July 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest new companies created?

Melilla province, with 2 in July 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Estadística de sociedades mercantiles: sociedades constituidas (tablas 13917 y 13913). Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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