Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana had the highest active companies of 121 municipalities in 2016, at 12,387. Pavías had the lowest, at 4. The median was 38 and the figure for Castellón province was 39,228. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,387Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana

Lowest4Pavías

Median38121 municipalities

Castellón province39,228History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

count. Source: INE, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,387	+1.9%
2	Vila-real	3,221	+3.7%
3	Vinaròs	2,156	+1.5%
4	Borriana/Burriana	2,059	+2.2%
5	la Vall d'Uixó	1,854	+2.8%
6	Benicarló	1,794	+1.6%
7	Onda	1,752	+0.6%
8	Almassora	1,677	+1%
9	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,294	+0.6%
10	Nules	826	+0.2%
11	Segorbe	733	+2.5%
12	l'Alcora	704	-1.4%
13	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	647	+1.4%
14	Alcalà de Xivert	612	+0.7%
15	Peníscola/Peñíscola	536	-0.2%
16	Moncofa	439	+5.3%
17	Borriol	392	+2.1%
18	Torreblanca	332	+0.9%
19	Betxí	313	-2.8%
20	Morella	289	-3%
21	Almenara	284	-5%
22	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	277	+6.1%
23	Altura	250	+0.4%
24	Cabanes	237	0%
25	Sant Joan de Moró	195	-3.9%
26	Vall d'Alba	166	+3.1%
27	Sant Mateu	160	-1.2%
28	Càlig	156	+2.6%
29	Chilches/Xilxes	153	-1.3%
30	la Vilavella	139	-4.1%
31	Vilafamés	135	+9.8%
32	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	130	-2.3%
33	les Coves de Vinromà	108	-0.9%
34	Viver	101	-5.6%
35	Jérica	96	+1.1%
36	Albocàsser	94	+4.4%
37	Traiguera	92	-4.2%
38	Atzeneta del Maestrat	91	-3.2%
39	Artana	90	+2.3%
40	Benassal	88	-4.3%
41	Soneja	87	-9.4%
42	Sierra Engarcerán	84	-4.5%
43	Llucena/Lucena del Cid	81	+1.3%
44	la Pobla Tornesa	77	0%
45	Catí	74	+5.7%
46	Sant Jordi/San Jorge	73	+19.7%
47	Rossell	64	-5.9%
48	Ribesalbes	62	-6.1%
49	la Salzadella	60	0%
50	Castellnovo	57	-3.4%
50	Navajas	57	+5.6%
52	Forcall	54	+5.9%
53	Benlloc	51	+4.1%
54	Xert	49	+2.1%
55	les Useres/Useras	46	-2.1%
56	Santa Magdalena de Pulpis	43	+2.4%
57	la Llosa	41	+2.5%
57	Montanejos	41	+2.5%
59	la Jana	40	-2.4%
60	Caudiel	38	+5.6%
60	Cinctorres	38	-5%
62	Eslida	37	+2.8%
63	Figueroles	36	-5.3%
63	Vilanova d'Alcolea	36	0%
65	Tales	34	+3%
66	Canet lo Roig	32	+3.2%
66	San Rafael del Río	32	+6.7%
68	Villahermosa del Río	30	+15.4%
69	Cervera del Maestre	29	+3.6%
70	Alfondeguilla	27	+3.8%
70	Geldo	27	+3.8%
72	Bejís	26	-3.7%
72	Culla	26	+8.3%
72	Suera/Sueras	26	0%
75	Tírig	25	+4.2%
76	Montán	22	-15.4%
77	Azuébar	21	-16%
77	Sot de Ferrer	21	-4.5%
79	Vistabella del Maestrat	20	0%
80	Chóvar	19	+26.7%
81	Costur	17	-10.5%
82	Cortes de Arenoso	16	+45.5%
82	la Pobla de Benifassà	16	+6.7%
84	Fanzara	15	+25%
85	Algimia de Almonacid	14	-22.2%
85	El Toro	14	-22.2%
85	Gaibiel	14	+7.7%
85	la Mata de Morella	14	-12.5%
85	la Torre d'en Besora	14	0%
85	Ludiente	14	+7.7%
85	Portell de Morella	14	-17.6%
85	Teresa	14	0%
93	Ares del Maestrat	13	-18.8%
93	Todolella	13	-13.3%
93	Torás	13	0%
96	Vall de Almonacid	12	-7.7%
96	Zucaina	12	-7.7%
98	Almedíjar	11	-8.3%
98	Barracas	11	-21.4%
98	Vilar de Canes	11	0%
101	Castellfort	10	0%
101	Olocau del Rey	10	-16.7%
103	Benafer	9	+28.6%
103	Cirat	9	+12.5%
105	Aín	8	+14.3%
105	Puebla de Arenoso	8	+14.3%
107	Alcudia de Veo	7	+40%
107	Arañuel	7	+40%
109	Ayódar	6	-14.3%
109	Herbers	6	-14.3%
109	la Serratella	6	+20%
109	Pina de Montalgrao	6	-14.3%
109	Zorita del Maestrazgo	6	-14.3%
114	Benafigos	5	+25%
114	Fuentes de Ayódar	5	-16.7%
114	la Torre d'en Doménec	5	0%
114	Torrechiva	5	0%
118	Argelita	4	-20%
118	Castillo de Villamalefa	4	n/a
118	Fuente la Reina	4	-33.3%
118	Pavías	4	0%

Other periods

About this ranking

Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 8 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_castellon_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2016}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2016. Publisher attribution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana, with 12,387 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pavías, with 4 in 2016.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 8 municipalities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.