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Provinces of Spain by new companies created

Madrid province had the highest new companies created of 52 provinces in March 2026, at 3,173. Melilla province had the lowest, at 5. The median was 109 and the figure for Spain was 14,307. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest3,173Madrid province
Lowest5Melilla province
Median10952 provinces
Spain14,307History

All provinces, March 2026

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Madrid provinceMadrid province: 3,173 count3,173Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 2,171 count2,171Valencia provinceValencia province: 904 count904Málaga provinceMálaga province: 875 count875Alicante provinceAlicante province: 755 count755Seville provinceSeville province: 537 count537Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 506 count506Murcia provinceMurcia province: 389 count389Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 273 count273Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 248 count248Girona provinceGirona province: 245 count245Biscay provinceBiscay province: 244 count244A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 239 count239Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 234 count234Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 233 count233Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 217 count217Granada provinceGranada province: 211 count211Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 197 count197Castellón provinceCastellón province: 194 count194Almería provinceAlmería province: 188 count188Toledo provinceToledo province: 172 count172Asturias provinceAsturias province: 167 count167Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 127 count127Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 126 count126Navarre provinceNavarre province: 110 count110Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 109 count109Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 108 count108Huelva provinceHuelva province: 106 count106Lleida provinceLleida province: 104 count104Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 101 count101Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 99 count99Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 94 count94Jaén provinceJaén province: 89 count89Álava provinceÁlava province: 68 count68Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 66 count66León provinceLeón province: 66 count66Burgos provinceBurgos province: 60 count60Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 57 count57La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 56 count56Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 53 count53Ourense provinceOurense province: 51 count51Huesca provinceHuesca province: 50 count50Lugo provinceLugo province: 42 count42Teruel provinceTeruel province: 36 count36Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 34 count34Segovia provinceSegovia province: 33 count33Ávila provinceÁvila province: 25 count25Zamora provinceZamora province: 24 count24Palencia provincePalencia province: 17 count17Soria provinceSoria province: 12 count12Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 7 count7Melilla provinceMelilla province: 5 count5
count. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesMarch 2026
count		Change on March 2025
1Madrid province Provisional3,173+36.8%
2Barcelona province Provisional2,171+46.3%
3Valencia province Provisional904+35.7%
4Málaga province Provisional875+10.9%
5Alicante province Provisional755+36%
6Seville province Provisional537+57.5%
7Balearic Islands province Provisional506+3.1%
8Murcia province Provisional389+37.5%
9Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional273+35.8%
10Cádiz province Provisional248+43.4%
11Girona province Provisional245+50.3%
12Biscay province Provisional244+14%
13A Coruña province Provisional239+48.4%
14Tarragona province Provisional234+73.3%
15Las Palmas province Provisional233+15.9%
16Zaragoza province Provisional217+1.9%
17Granada province Provisional211+36.1%
18Pontevedra province Provisional197+41.7%
19Castellón province Provisional194+73.2%
20Almería province Provisional188+36.2%
21Toledo province Provisional172+68.6%
22Asturias province Provisional167+22.8%
23Gipuzkoa province Provisional127+13.4%
24Córdoba province Provisional126+26%
25Navarre province Provisional110+4.8%
26Cantabria province Provisional109+13.5%
27Badajoz province Provisional108+33.3%
28Huelva province Provisional106+86%
29Lleida province Provisional104+57.6%
30Ciudad Real province Provisional101+68.3%
31Albacete province Provisional99+59.7%
32Valladolid province Provisional94+11.9%
33Jaén province Provisional89+74.5%
34Álava province Provisional68+19.3%
35Cáceres province Provisional66+106.3%
35León province Provisional66+32%
37Burgos province Provisional60+62.2%
38Salamanca province Provisional57+11.8%
39La Rioja province Provisional56+33.3%
40Guadalajara province Provisional53+140.9%
41Ourense province Provisional51+112.5%
42Huesca province Provisional50+47.1%
43Lugo province Provisional42+13.5%
44Teruel province Provisional36+38.5%
45Cuenca province Provisional34+47.8%
46Segovia province Provisional33+32%
47Ávila province Provisional25+108.3%
48Zamora province Provisional24+4.3%
49Palencia province Provisional170%
50Soria province Provisional12-14.3%
51Ceuta province Provisional7-56.3%
52Melilla province Provisional5-37.5%

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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 3,173 in March 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest new companies created?

Melilla province, with 5 in March 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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