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Provinces of Spain by new companies created

Madrid province had the highest new companies created of 52 provinces in April 2026, at 2,537. Melilla province had the lowest, at 2. The median was 104 and the figure for Spain was 11,558. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2,537Madrid province
Lowest2Melilla province
Median10452 provinces
Spain11,558History

All provinces, April 2026

CSVChart (SVG)

Madrid provinceMadrid province: 2,537 count2,537Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 1,862 count1,862Valencia provinceValencia province: 737 count737Alicante provinceAlicante province: 686 count686Málaga provinceMálaga province: 638 count638Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 452 count452Seville provinceSeville province: 406 count406Murcia provinceMurcia province: 333 count333A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 204 count204Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 197 count197Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 190 count190Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 185 count185Girona provinceGirona province: 184 count184Biscay provinceBiscay province: 175 count175Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 175 count175Granada provinceGranada province: 170 count170Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 169 count169Castellón provinceCastellón province: 160 count160Almería provinceAlmería province: 154 count154Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 151 count151Toledo provinceToledo province: 148 count148Asturias provinceAsturias province: 141 count141Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 129 count129Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 110 count110Navarre provinceNavarre province: 110 count110Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 104 count104Lleida provinceLleida province: 104 count104Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 93 count93Huelva provinceHuelva province: 83 count83Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 76 count76Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 73 count73Jaén provinceJaén province: 60 count60León provinceLeón province: 58 count58Lugo provinceLugo province: 47 count47La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 44 count44Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 43 count43Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 42 count42Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 39 count39Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 39 count39Álava provinceÁlava province: 37 count37Ourense provinceOurense province: 37 count37Huesca provinceHuesca province: 31 count31Burgos provinceBurgos province: 27 count27Segovia provinceSegovia province: 26 count26Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 24 count24Ávila provinceÁvila province: 14 count14Palencia provincePalencia province: 14 count14Soria provinceSoria province: 12 count12Zamora provinceZamora province: 12 count12Teruel provinceTeruel province: 9 count9Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 5 count5Melilla provinceMelilla province: 2 count2
count. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesApril 2026
count		Change on April 2025
1Madrid province Provisional2,537-8.9%
2Barcelona province Provisional1,862-5.1%
3Valencia province Provisional737+4.7%
4Alicante province Provisional686+43.2%
5Málaga province Provisional638-0.3%
6Balearic Islands province Provisional452-5%
7Seville province Provisional406-15.8%
8Murcia province Provisional333+23.3%
9A Coruña province Provisional204-2.9%
10Las Palmas province Provisional197-19.6%
11Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional190+4.4%
12Cádiz province Provisional185-8%
13Girona province Provisional184-6.1%
14Biscay province Provisional175-6.9%
14Zaragoza province Provisional175+7.4%
16Granada province Provisional170-4.5%
17Tarragona province Provisional169-10.6%
18Castellón province Provisional160+14.3%
19Almería province Provisional154-18.5%
20Pontevedra province Provisional151-11.2%
21Toledo province Provisional148+12.1%
22Asturias province Provisional141+39.6%
23Córdoba province Provisional129-5.1%
24Cantabria province Provisional1100%
24Navarre province Provisional110+22.2%
26Gipuzkoa province Provisional104-6.3%
26Lleida province Provisional104+22.4%
28Badajoz province Provisional93+10.7%
29Huelva province Provisional83+3.8%
30Ciudad Real province Provisional76+22.6%
31Valladolid province Provisional73+14.1%
32Jaén province Provisional60-13%
33León province Provisional58+5.5%
34Lugo province Provisional47+2.2%
35La Rioja province Provisional44+41.9%
36Albacete province Provisional43-37.7%
37Salamanca province Provisional42+5%
38Cáceres province Provisional39-20.4%
38Guadalajara province Provisional39-9.3%
40Álava province Provisional37-19.6%
40Ourense province Provisional37-2.6%
42Huesca province Provisional31+10.7%
43Burgos province Provisional27-34.1%
44Segovia province Provisional26+36.8%
45Cuenca province Provisional24-41.5%
46Ávila province Provisional14-22.2%
46Palencia province Provisional14-26.3%
48Soria province Provisional12-14.3%
48Zamora province Provisional12+200%
50Teruel province Provisional9-18.2%
51Ceuta province Provisional5-28.6%
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 2,537 in April 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest new companies created?

Melilla province, with 2 in April 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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