Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana had the highest active companies of 121 municipalities in 2017, at 12,612. Torrechiva had the lowest, at 4. The median was 37 and the figure for Castellón province was 39,586. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,612Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana

Lowest4Torrechiva

Median37121 municipalities

Castellón province39,586History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,612	+1.8%
2	Vila-real	3,219	-0.1%
3	Vinaròs	2,143	-0.6%
4	Borriana/Burriana	2,042	-0.8%
5	la Vall d'Uixó	1,901	+2.5%
6	Onda	1,812	+3.4%
7	Benicarló	1,772	-1.2%
8	Almassora	1,674	-0.2%
9	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,336	+3.2%
10	Nules	807	-2.3%
11	Segorbe	727	-0.8%
12	l'Alcora	706	+0.3%
13	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	654	+1.1%
14	Alcalà de Xivert	587	-4.1%
15	Peníscola/Peñíscola	542	+1.1%
16	Moncofa	438	-0.2%
17	Borriol	402	+2.6%
18	Torreblanca	342	+3%
19	Betxí	333	+6.4%
20	Morella	299	+3.5%
21	Almenara	291	+2.5%
22	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	280	+1.1%
23	Altura	247	-1.2%
24	Cabanes	236	-0.4%
25	Sant Joan de Moró	190	-2.6%
26	Vall d'Alba	170	+2.4%
27	Sant Mateu	162	+1.3%
28	Chilches/Xilxes	161	+5.2%
29	Càlig	149	-4.5%
30	la Vilavella	145	+4.3%
31	Vilafamés	137	+1.5%
32	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	133	+2.3%
33	les Coves de Vinromà	112	+3.7%
34	Jérica	101	+5.2%
35	Viver	98	-3%
36	Albocàsser	93	-1.1%
37	Atzeneta del Maestrat	92	+1.1%
38	Artana	91	+1.1%
38	Traiguera	91	-1.1%
40	Soneja	89	+2.3%
41	Sierra Engarcerán	85	+1.2%
42	Benassal	84	-4.5%
43	Catí	77	+4.1%
43	Llucena/Lucena del Cid	77	-4.9%
45	la Pobla Tornesa	76	-1.3%
46	Sant Jordi/San Jorge	68	-6.8%
47	Rossell	66	+3.1%
48	Ribesalbes	62	0%
49	Castellnovo	56	-1.8%
50	Benlloc	54	+5.9%
51	Forcall	53	-1.9%
51	la Salzadella	53	-11.7%
53	Xert	52	+6.1%
54	Navajas	51	-10.5%
55	la Llosa	49	+19.5%
56	les Useres/Useras	44	-4.3%
57	Montanejos	43	+4.9%
57	Santa Magdalena de Pulpis	43	0%
59	Cinctorres	41	+7.9%
60	Caudiel	39	+2.6%
61	Figueroles	37	+2.8%
62	la Jana	36	-10%
63	Tales	35	+2.9%
64	Canet lo Roig	34	+6.3%
65	Eslida	33	-10.8%
65	Vilanova d'Alcolea	33	-8.3%
67	Alfondeguilla	31	+14.8%
67	San Rafael del Río	31	-3.1%
69	Cervera del Maestre	29	0%
69	Geldo	29	+7.4%
69	Suera/Sueras	29	+11.5%
72	Culla	28	+7.7%
73	Villahermosa del Río	27	-10%
74	Bejís	25	-3.8%
75	Azuébar	24	+14.3%
76	Sot de Ferrer	22	+4.8%
76	Tírig	22	-12%
78	Costur	21	+23.5%
78	Montán	21	-4.5%
80	Chóvar	20	+5.3%
81	la Pobla de Benifassà	19	+18.8%
82	Vistabella del Maestrat	18	-10%
83	Cortes de Arenoso	16	0%
83	El Toro	16	+14.3%
85	Algimia de Almonacid	15	+7.1%
85	la Mata de Morella	15	+7.1%
85	Portell de Morella	15	+7.1%
88	la Torre d'en Besora	14	0%
88	Ludiente	14	0%
90	Almedíjar	13	+18.2%
90	Teresa	13	-7.1%
90	Todolella	13	0%
90	Vall de Almonacid	13	+8.3%
94	Barracas	12	+9.1%
94	Fanzara	12	-20%
94	Torás	12	-7.7%
94	Zucaina	12	0%
98	Ares del Maestrat	11	-15.4%
98	Gaibiel	11	-21.4%
98	Vilar de Canes	11	0%
101	Castellfort	10	0%
102	Benafer	9	0%
102	Olocau del Rey	9	-10%
104	Aín	8	0%
104	Alcudia de Veo	8	+14.3%
104	Cirat	8	-11.1%
104	Herbers	8	+33.3%
104	Puebla de Arenoso	8	0%
109	Ayódar	6	0%
109	Fuente la Reina	6	+50%
109	Pina de Montalgrao	6	0%
109	Zorita del Maestrazgo	6	0%
113	Benafigos	5	0%
113	Castillo de Villamalefa	5	+25%
113	la Torre d'en Doménec	5	0%
113	Vallibona	5	n/a
117	Arañuel	4	-42.9%
117	Fuentes de Ayódar	4	-20%
117	la Serratella	4	-33.3%
117	Pavías	4	0%
117	Torrechiva	4	-20%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_castellon_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana, with 12,612 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Torrechiva, with 4 in 2017.

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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 2017 and are not ranked.