Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana had the highest active companies of 119 municipalities in 2018, at 12,648. Torrechiva had the lowest, at 4. The median was 40 and the figure for Castellón province was 39,799. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,648Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana

Lowest4Torrechiva

Median40119 municipalities

Castellón province39,799History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,648	+0.3%
2	Vila-real	3,229	+0.3%
3	Vinaròs	2,134	-0.4%
4	Borriana/Burriana	2,025	-0.8%
5	la Vall d'Uixó	1,889	-0.6%
6	Benicarló	1,789	+1%
6	Onda	1,789	-1.3%
8	Almassora	1,705	+1.9%
9	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,369	+2.5%
10	Nules	789	-2.2%
11	l'Alcora	726	+2.8%
12	Segorbe	724	-0.4%
13	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	662	+1.2%
14	Alcalà de Xivert	589	+0.3%
15	Peníscola/Peñíscola	553	+2%
16	Moncofa	439	+0.2%
17	Borriol	417	+3.7%
18	Torreblanca	339	-0.9%
19	Betxí	333	0%
20	Morella	305	+2%
21	Almenara	299	+2.7%
22	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	291	+3.9%
23	Cabanes	250	+5.9%
24	Altura	242	-2%
25	Sant Joan de Moró	193	+1.6%
26	Vall d'Alba	178	+4.7%
27	Sant Mateu	167	+3.1%
28	Chilches/Xilxes	166	+3.1%
29	Càlig	151	+1.3%
30	Vilafamés	143	+4.4%
31	la Vilavella	138	-4.8%
32	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	135	+1.5%
33	Jérica	110	+8.9%
34	les Coves de Vinromà	109	-2.7%
35	Viver	100	+2%
36	Atzeneta del Maestrat	99	+7.6%
37	Albocàsser	94	+1.1%
38	Artana	89	-2.2%
38	Traiguera	89	-2.2%
40	Benassal	86	+2.4%
40	Soneja	86	-3.4%
42	Sierra Engarcerán	84	-1.2%
43	la Pobla Tornesa	80	+5.3%
44	Sant Jordi/San Jorge	78	+14.7%
45	Llucena/Lucena del Cid	76	-1.3%
46	Catí	73	-5.2%
47	Rossell	68	+3%
48	Ribesalbes	61	-1.6%
49	Castellnovo	58	+3.6%
50	Xert	56	+7.7%
51	Benlloc	54	0%
51	Forcall	54	+1.9%
51	Navajas	54	+5.9%
54	la Salzadella	52	-1.9%
55	la Llosa	48	-2%
55	les Useres/Useras	48	+9.1%
55	Montanejos	48	+11.6%
58	Cinctorres	45	+9.8%
58	Santa Magdalena de Pulpis	45	+4.7%
60	la Jana	40	+11.1%
61	Caudiel	39	0%
61	Tales	39	+11.4%
63	Figueroles	37	0%
64	Eslida	35	+6.1%
65	Canet lo Roig	33	-2.9%
65	Vilanova d'Alcolea	33	0%
67	San Rafael del Río	31	0%
68	Cervera del Maestre	30	+3.4%
68	Culla	30	+7.1%
70	Alfondeguilla	27	-12.9%
70	Geldo	27	-6.9%
70	Suera/Sueras	27	-6.9%
70	Villahermosa del Río	27	0%
74	Bejís	24	-4%
75	Montán	22	+4.8%
75	Sot de Ferrer	22	0%
75	Tírig	22	0%
78	Azuébar	21	-12.5%
78	Costur	21	0%
78	la Pobla de Benifassà	21	+10.5%
81	Portell de Morella	18	+20%
81	Vall de Almonacid	18	+38.5%
83	Chóvar	17	-15%
83	la Mata de Morella	17	+13.3%
83	Vistabella del Maestrat	17	-5.6%
86	El Toro	16	0%
86	la Torre d'en Besora	16	+14.3%
88	Algimia de Almonacid	15	0%
89	Barracas	14	+16.7%
89	Teresa	14	+7.7%
91	Almedíjar	13	0%
91	Cortes de Arenoso	13	-18.8%
91	Ludiente	13	-7.1%
91	Vilar de Canes	13	+18.2%
95	Benafer	12	+33.3%
95	Fanzara	12	0%
95	Gaibiel	12	+9.1%
95	Torás	12	0%
95	Zucaina	12	0%
100	Ares del Maestrat	11	0%
101	Castellfort	10	0%
101	Olocau del Rey	10	+11.1%
101	Todolella	10	-23.1%
104	Ayódar	9	+50%
104	Cirat	9	+12.5%
106	Aín	8	0%
106	Alcudia de Veo	8	0%
106	Pina de Montalgrao	8	+33.3%
109	Castillo de Villamalefa	6	+20%
109	Herbers	6	-25%
109	Zorita del Maestrazgo	6	0%
112	Benafigos	5	0%
112	la Serratella	5	+25%
112	la Torre d'en Doménec	5	0%
112	Puebla de Arenoso	5	-37.5%
112	Vallibona	5	0%
117	Fuente la Reina	4	-33.3%
117	Fuentes de Ayódar	4	0%
117	Torrechiva	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. 10 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_castellon_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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 12,648 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Torrechiva, with 4 in 2018.

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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. 10 municipalities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.