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Provinces of Spain by new companies created

Madrid province had the highest new companies created of 52 provinces in June 2026, at 2,510. Melilla province had the lowest, at 6. The median was 90 and the figure for Spain was 11,153. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2,510Madrid province
Lowest6Melilla province
Median9052 provinces
Spain11,153History

All provinces, June 2026

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Madrid provinceMadrid province: 2,510 count2,510Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 1,731 count1,731Valencia provinceValencia province: 735 count735Málaga provinceMálaga province: 677 count677Alicante provinceAlicante province: 580 count580Seville provinceSeville province: 418 count418Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 392 count392Murcia provinceMurcia province: 301 count301Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 224 count224Biscay provinceBiscay province: 217 count217Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 191 count191Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 182 count182A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 175 count175Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 172 count172Girona provinceGirona province: 168 count168Granada provinceGranada province: 166 count166Asturias provinceAsturias province: 161 count161Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 158 count158Navarre provinceNavarre province: 139 count139Almería provinceAlmería province: 134 count134Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 126 count126Toledo provinceToledo province: 122 count122Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 105 count105Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 96 count96Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 92 count92Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 92 count92Castellón provinceCastellón province: 88 count88Lleida provinceLleida province: 85 count85Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 80 count80Huelva provinceHuelva province: 69 count69Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 61 count61Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 61 count61Álava provinceÁlava province: 56 count56La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 56 count56Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 53 count53Jaén provinceJaén province: 53 count53León provinceLeón province: 51 count51Lugo provinceLugo province: 47 count47Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 42 count42Burgos provinceBurgos province: 38 count38Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 37 count37Huesca provinceHuesca province: 34 count34Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 31 count31Ourense provinceOurense province: 31 count31Segovia provinceSegovia province: 25 count25Zamora provinceZamora province: 20 count20Ávila provinceÁvila province: 18 count18Teruel provinceTeruel province: 15 count15Palencia provincePalencia province: 13 count13Soria provinceSoria province: 13 count13Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 6 count6Melilla provinceMelilla province: 6 count6
count. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesJune 2026
count		Change on June 2025
1Madrid province Provisional2,510-2.6%
2Barcelona province Provisional1,731+10%
3Valencia province Provisional735+7.8%
4Málaga province Provisional677-3.3%
5Alicante province Provisional580-12.3%
6Seville province Provisional418+3%
7Balearic Islands province Provisional392+4.8%
8Murcia province Provisional301+24.4%
9Zaragoza province Provisional224+18.5%
10Biscay province Provisional217+18.6%
11Las Palmas province Provisional191-3%
12Cádiz province Provisional182-16.1%
13A Coruña province Provisional175+2.3%
14Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional172-22.5%
15Girona province Provisional168+12%
16Granada province Provisional166+3.8%
17Asturias province Provisional161+22%
18Tarragona province Provisional158+17%
19Navarre province Provisional139+78.2%
20Almería province Provisional134+8.9%
21Pontevedra province Provisional126-24.6%
22Toledo province Provisional122-18.1%
23Córdoba province Provisional105-7.1%
24Gipuzkoa province Provisional96-2%
25Badajoz province Provisional92+13.6%
25Cantabria province Provisional92+5.7%
27Castellón province Provisional88-50%
28Lleida province Provisional85-8.6%
29Valladolid province Provisional80+48.1%
30Huelva province Provisional69+9.5%
31Albacete province Provisional61+7%
31Ciudad Real province Provisional61-16.4%
33Álava province Provisional56+16.7%
33La Rioja province Provisional56+86.7%
35Cáceres province Provisional53+89.3%
35Jaén province Provisional53-1.9%
37León province Provisional51+13.3%
38Lugo province Provisional47-7.8%
39Salamanca province Provisional42-14.3%
40Burgos province Provisional38-5%
41Cuenca province Provisional37+48%
42Huesca province Provisional34+3%
43Guadalajara province Provisional31-6.1%
43Ourense province Provisional31-20.5%
45Segovia province Provisional25+31.6%
46Zamora province Provisional20-23.1%
47Ávila province Provisional18+80%
48Teruel province Provisional15-11.8%
49Palencia province Provisional13-18.8%
49Soria province Provisional13+160%
51Ceuta province Provisional6-25%
51Melilla province Provisional6-33.3%

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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 2,510 in June 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest new companies created?

Melilla province, with 6 in June 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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