Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana had the highest active companies of 117 municipalities in 2019, at 12,568. Vallibona had the lowest, at 4. The median was 45 and the figure for Castellón province was 39,742. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,568Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana

Lowest4Vallibona

Median45117 municipalities

Castellón province39,742History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,568	-0.6%
2	Vila-real	3,284	+1.7%
3	Vinaròs	2,123	-0.5%
4	Borriana/Burriana	2,056	+1.5%
5	la Vall d'Uixó	1,849	-2.1%
6	Benicarló	1,791	+0.1%
7	Onda	1,771	-1%
8	Almassora	1,691	-0.8%
9	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,393	+1.8%
10	Nules	794	+0.6%
11	Segorbe	737	+1.8%
12	l'Alcora	707	-2.6%
13	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	693	+4.7%
14	Alcalà de Xivert	588	-0.2%
15	Peníscola/Peñíscola	574	+3.8%
16	Moncofa	443	+0.9%
17	Borriol	420	+0.7%
18	Betxí	338	+1.5%
19	Torreblanca	337	-0.6%
20	Morella	310	+1.6%
21	Almenara	300	+0.3%
22	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	278	-4.5%
23	Cabanes	252	+0.8%
24	Altura	245	+1.2%
25	Sant Joan de Moró	182	-5.7%
26	Vall d'Alba	169	-5.1%
27	Chilches/Xilxes	164	-1.2%
28	Sant Mateu	159	-4.8%
29	Càlig	152	+0.7%
30	la Vilavella	140	+1.4%
31	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	135	0%
32	Vilafamés	133	-7%
33	les Coves de Vinromà	108	-0.9%
34	Jérica	106	-3.6%
35	Atzeneta del Maestrat	103	+4%
36	Viver	99	-1%
37	Albocàsser	95	+1.1%
38	Artana	89	0%
39	Traiguera	88	-1.1%
40	Benassal	84	-2.3%
40	Soneja	84	-2.3%
42	Sierra Engarcerán	81	-3.6%
43	la Pobla Tornesa	78	-2.5%
44	Sant Jordi/San Jorge	77	-1.3%
45	Llucena/Lucena del Cid	76	0%
46	Catí	65	-11%
47	Rossell	64	-5.9%
48	Ribesalbes	59	-3.3%
49	Xert	57	+1.8%
50	Benlloc	53	-1.9%
51	Castellnovo	52	-10.3%
52	la Llosa	51	+6.3%
53	la Salzadella	50	-3.8%
54	les Useres/Useras	49	+2.1%
54	Navajas	49	-9.3%
56	Cinctorres	48	+6.7%
56	Forcall	48	-11.1%
58	Santa Magdalena de Pulpis	47	+4.4%
59	Montanejos	45	-6.3%
60	la Jana	43	+7.5%
61	Caudiel	40	+2.6%
61	Tales	40	+2.6%
63	Eslida	35	0%
64	Cervera del Maestre	33	+10%
64	Culla	33	+10%
64	Vilanova d'Alcolea	33	0%
67	Figueroles	32	-13.5%
68	Canet lo Roig	31	-6.1%
69	Alfondeguilla	30	+11.1%
69	Geldo	30	+11.1%
69	San Rafael del Río	30	-3.2%
72	Suera/Sueras	27	0%
72	Villahermosa del Río	27	0%
74	Tírig	26	+18.2%
75	Bejís	23	-4.2%
75	Costur	23	+9.5%
77	Azuébar	22	+4.8%
77	Montán	22	0%
77	Sot de Ferrer	22	0%
80	la Pobla de Benifassà	20	-4.8%
81	Portell de Morella	19	+5.6%
82	la Mata de Morella	18	+5.9%
82	Vistabella del Maestrat	18	+5.9%
84	Cortes de Arenoso	17	+30.8%
85	Chóvar	16	-5.9%
85	la Torre d'en Besora	16	0%
85	Vall de Almonacid	16	-11.1%
88	Algimia de Almonacid	15	0%
88	El Toro	15	-6.3%
90	Almedíjar	14	+7.7%
91	Fanzara	13	+8.3%
91	Ludiente	13	0%
91	Teresa	13	-7.1%
91	Torás	13	+8.3%
91	Vilar de Canes	13	0%
96	Castellfort	12	+20%
96	Gaibiel	12	0%
96	Zucaina	12	0%
99	Ares del Maestrat	11	0%
99	Barracas	11	-21.4%
101	Todolella	10	0%
102	Aín	9	+12.5%
102	Benafer	9	-25%
102	Cirat	9	0%
102	Olocau del Rey	9	-10%
106	Puebla de Arenoso	8	+60%
107	Alcudia de Veo	7	-12.5%
107	Ayódar	7	-22.2%
107	Herbers	7	+16.7%
107	Zorita del Maestrazgo	7	+16.7%
111	Benafigos	6	+20%
111	la Torre d'en Doménec	6	+20%
111	Pina de Montalgrao	6	-25%
114	Argelita	5	n/a
114	la Serratella	5	0%
116	Fuentes de Ayódar	4	0%
116	Vallibona	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. 12 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2019. 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=2019.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_castellon_province_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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 12,568 in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Vallibona, with 4 in 2019.

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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. 12 municipalities have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.