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Provinces of Spain by new companies created

Madrid province had the highest new companies created of 52 provinces in February 2026, at 2,615. Melilla province had the lowest, at 2. The median was 108 and the figure for Spain was 12,684. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2,615Madrid province
Lowest2Melilla province
Median10852 provinces
Spain12,684History

All provinces, February 2026

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Madrid provinceMadrid province: 2,615 count2,615Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 1,913 count1,913Valencia provinceValencia province: 930 count930Málaga provinceMálaga province: 718 count718Alicante provinceAlicante province: 676 count676Seville provinceSeville province: 552 count552Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 465 count465Murcia provinceMurcia province: 352 count352Girona provinceGirona province: 232 count232Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 223 count223Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 219 count219A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 210 count210Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 199 count199Biscay provinceBiscay province: 198 count198Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 198 count198Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 196 count196Asturias provinceAsturias province: 185 count185Almería provinceAlmería province: 169 count169Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 167 count167Castellón provinceCastellón province: 166 count166Granada provinceGranada province: 165 count165Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 141 count141Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 138 count138Toledo provinceToledo province: 131 count131Navarre provinceNavarre province: 127 count127Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 108 count108Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 107 count107Lleida provinceLleida province: 105 count105Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 96 count96Jaén provinceJaén province: 95 count95Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 77 count77Huelva provinceHuelva province: 75 count75Álava provinceÁlava province: 67 count67Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 67 count67León provinceLeón province: 64 count64La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 58 count58Lugo provinceLugo province: 55 count55Huesca provinceHuesca province: 53 count53Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 53 count53Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 48 count48Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 42 count42Ourense provinceOurense province: 41 count41Burgos provinceBurgos province: 35 count35Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 30 count30Zamora provinceZamora province: 26 count26Segovia provinceSegovia province: 23 count23Teruel provinceTeruel province: 23 count23Ávila provinceÁvila province: 17 count17Palencia provincePalencia province: 13 count13Soria provinceSoria province: 11 count11Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 8 count8Melilla provinceMelilla province: 2 count2
count. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesFebruary 2026
count		Change on February 2025
1Madrid province Provisional2,615+31%
2Barcelona province Provisional1,913+49.1%
3Valencia province Provisional930+66.7%
4Málaga province Provisional718+72.6%
5Alicante province Provisional676+45.4%
6Seville province Provisional552+65.3%
7Balearic Islands province Provisional465+42.6%
8Murcia province Provisional352+49.2%
9Girona province Provisional232+69.3%
10Cádiz province Provisional223+52.7%
11Tarragona province Provisional219+56.4%
12A Coruña province Provisional210+37.3%
13Zaragoza province Provisional199+29.2%
14Biscay province Provisional198+13.1%
14Las Palmas province Provisional198+32.9%
16Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional196+44.1%
17Asturias province Provisional185+42.3%
18Almería province Provisional169+69%
19Pontevedra province Provisional167+22.8%
20Castellón province Provisional166+55.1%
21Granada province Provisional165+47.3%
22Córdoba province Provisional141+110.4%
23Gipuzkoa province Provisional138+50%
24Toledo province Provisional131+44%
25Navarre province Provisional127+18.7%
26Badajoz province Provisional108+27.1%
27Cantabria province Provisional107+81.4%
28Lleida province Provisional105+38.2%
29Valladolid province Provisional96+28%
30Jaén province Provisional95+72.7%
31Ciudad Real province Provisional77+37.5%
32Huelva province Provisional75+21%
33Álava province Provisional67+52.3%
33Albacete province Provisional67+13.6%
35León province Provisional64+77.8%
36La Rioja province Provisional58+34.9%
37Lugo province Provisional55-6.8%
38Huesca province Provisional53+60.6%
38Salamanca province Provisional53+39.5%
40Guadalajara province Provisional48+242.9%
41Cáceres province Provisional42+27.3%
42Ourense province Provisional41+32.3%
43Burgos province Provisional35+6.1%
44Cuenca province Provisional30+30.4%
45Zamora province Provisional26+30%
46Segovia province Provisional23+64.3%
46Teruel province Provisional23+187.5%
48Ávila province Provisional17+88.9%
49Palencia province Provisional13+18.2%
50Soria province Provisional11-15.4%
51Ceuta province Provisional8+60%
52Melilla province Provisional2-71.4%

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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 2,615 in February 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest new companies created?

Melilla province, with 2 in February 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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