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Provinces of Spain by new companies created

Madrid province had the highest new companies created of 52 provinces in January 2026, at 2,483. Melilla province had the lowest, at 4. The median was 93 and the figure for Spain was 11,623. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2,483Madrid province
Lowest4Melilla province
Median9352 provinces
Spain11,623History

All provinces, January 2026

CSVChart (SVG)

Madrid provinceMadrid province: 2,483 count2,483Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 1,909 count1,909Málaga provinceMálaga province: 697 count697Valencia provinceValencia province: 697 count697Alicante provinceAlicante province: 675 count675Seville provinceSeville province: 482 count482Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 434 count434Murcia provinceMurcia province: 338 count338Girona provinceGirona province: 206 count206Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 203 count203A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 185 count185Biscay provinceBiscay province: 184 count184Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 184 count184Asturias provinceAsturias province: 180 count180Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 179 count179Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 175 count175Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 169 count169Granada provinceGranada province: 165 count165Castellón provinceCastellón province: 163 count163Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 152 count152Almería provinceAlmería province: 132 count132Toledo provinceToledo province: 120 count120Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 115 count115Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 110 count110Lleida provinceLleida province: 105 count105Navarre provinceNavarre province: 94 count94Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 91 count91Jaén provinceJaén province: 82 count82Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 77 count77Huelva provinceHuelva province: 71 count71Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 71 count71Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 68 count68Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 67 count67León provinceLeón province: 63 count63Burgos provinceBurgos province: 58 count58Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 50 count50La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 46 count46Lugo provinceLugo province: 45 count45Ourense provinceOurense province: 40 count40Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 35 count35Huesca provinceHuesca province: 33 count33Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 31 count31Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 30 count30Segovia provinceSegovia province: 25 count25Álava provinceÁlava province: 23 count23Teruel provinceTeruel province: 21 count21Soria provinceSoria province: 20 count20Palencia provincePalencia province: 13 count13Zamora provinceZamora province: 11 count11Ávila provinceÁvila province: 8 count8Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 4 count4Melilla provinceMelilla province: 4 count4
count. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesJanuary 2026
count		Change on January 2025
1Madrid province Provisional2,483+8.6%
2Barcelona province Provisional1,909+13.4%
3Málaga province Provisional697+0.7%
3Valencia province Provisional697+28.6%
5Alicante province Provisional675+13.3%
6Seville province Provisional482+23.3%
7Balearic Islands province Provisional434+40.5%
8Murcia province Provisional338+46.3%
9Girona province Provisional206+13.2%
10Las Palmas province Provisional203-18.1%
11A Coruña province Provisional185+10.8%
12Biscay province Provisional184+7%
12Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional184-17.9%
14Asturias province Provisional180+30.4%
15Cádiz province Provisional179-2.7%
16Tarragona province Provisional175-9.8%
17Pontevedra province Provisional169+6.3%
18Granada province Provisional165-8.8%
19Castellón province Provisional163+16.4%
20Zaragoza province Provisional152-22.4%
21Almería province Provisional132-14.3%
22Toledo province Provisional120+8.1%
23Gipuzkoa province Provisional115-4.2%
24Córdoba province Provisional110-8.3%
25Lleida province Provisional105+59.1%
26Navarre province Provisional94-13.8%
27Badajoz province Provisional91-7.1%
28Jaén province Provisional82+32.3%
29Cantabria province Provisional77-25.2%
30Huelva province Provisional71-11.3%
30Valladolid province Provisional71-9%
32Albacete province Provisional680%
33Ciudad Real province Provisional67+31.4%
34León province Provisional63+37%
35Burgos province Provisional58+65.7%
36Cáceres province Provisional50-3.8%
37La Rioja province Provisional46+48.4%
38Lugo province Provisional45+32.4%
39Ourense province Provisional40-7%
40Salamanca province Provisional35-14.6%
41Huesca province Provisional33-10.8%
42Guadalajara province Provisional31-18.4%
43Cuenca province Provisional30+30.4%
44Segovia province Provisional25-3.8%
45Álava province Provisional23-36.1%
46Teruel province Provisional21-4.5%
47Soria province Provisional20+66.7%
48Palencia province Provisional13-38.1%
49Zamora province Provisional11-35.3%
50Ávila province Provisional8-55.6%
51Ceuta province Provisional4-42.9%
51Melilla province Provisional40%

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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 2,483 in January 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest new companies created?

Melilla province, with 4 in January 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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