Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana had the highest active companies of 120 municipalities in 2022, at 13,604. Pavías had the lowest, at 4. The median was 42 and the figure for Castellón province was 41,269. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest13,604Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana

Lowest4Pavías

Median42120 municipalities

Castellón province41,269History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	13,604	+2%
2	Vila-real	3,247	+1.5%
3	Vinaròs	2,183	+1.4%
4	Borriana/Burriana	2,100	+1.7%
5	Benicarló	1,855	+3%
6	la Vall d'Uixó	1,787	-0.4%
7	Onda	1,767	+0.3%
8	Almassora	1,745	-0.1%
9	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,491	+4.6%
10	Nules	819	+2.1%
11	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	744	+2.6%
12	Segorbe	740	+1.8%
13	l'Alcora	680	-2.6%
14	Peníscola/Peñíscola	637	+5.3%
15	Alcalà de Xivert	602	+0.2%
16	Borriol	436	+0.9%
17	Moncofa	430	-1.8%
18	Betxí	352	0%
19	Morella	321	+2.9%
20	Almenara	314	+4.7%
21	Torreblanca	313	-2.2%
22	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	297	-0.7%
23	Altura	257	+2%
24	Cabanes	253	+3.3%
25	Sant Joan de Moró	184	+3.4%
26	Vall d'Alba	182	+5.8%
27	Chilches/Xilxes	162	+7.3%
28	Sant Mateu	153	+0.7%
29	la Vilavella	152	+0.7%
30	Vilafamés	143	+6.7%
31	Càlig	142	-0.7%
32	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	141	+4.4%
33	Atzeneta del Maestrat	105	+5%
33	les Coves de Vinromà	105	-3.7%
35	Jérica	104	+3%
36	Viver	101	-1%
37	Albocàsser	99	+2.1%
38	Artana	92	+4.5%
39	Sant Jordi/San Jorge	91	+8.3%
40	Soneja	88	0%
41	Benassal	86	+3.6%
42	Traiguera	85	-1.2%
43	Llucena/Lucena del Cid	82	-1.2%
43	Sierra Engarcerán	82	+1.2%
45	la Pobla Tornesa	80	-1.2%
46	Rossell	68	-9.3%
47	Catí	67	-1.5%
48	Xert	59	+3.5%
49	Ribesalbes	55	-3.5%
50	les Useres/Useras	54	0%
51	la Llosa	53	-3.6%
52	Navajas	52	+4%
53	Castellnovo	50	0%
54	Cinctorres	49	-2%
55	Montanejos	48	+11.6%
56	Benlloc	47	-13%
57	la Salzadella	46	-2.1%
58	Forcall	45	-4.3%
58	Santa Magdalena de Pulpis	45	-2.2%
60	la Jana	44	-2.2%
61	Caudiel	40	+11.1%
62	Vilanova d'Alcolea	39	+5.4%
63	Canet lo Roig	36	+9.1%
63	Eslida	36	+5.9%
63	Figueroles	36	+2.9%
66	Cervera del Maestre	35	0%
67	Suera/Sueras	34	+3%
68	Culla	32	0%
69	Alfondeguilla	31	+6.9%
69	Tales	31	-11.4%
71	Geldo	30	+3.4%
72	San Rafael del Río	28	-3.4%
73	Sot de Ferrer	27	+12.5%
73	Villahermosa del Río	27	0%
75	Bejís	26	+13%
75	Tírig	26	+8.3%
77	Costur	22	-8.3%
78	Azuébar	20	+5.3%
78	la Pobla de Benifassà	20	0%
78	Montán	20	-4.8%
78	Vistabella del Maestrat	20	0%
82	El Toro	19	+11.8%
82	la Mata de Morella	19	-5%
84	Ludiente	18	+12.5%
85	Cortes de Arenoso	17	-5.6%
85	la Torre d'en Besora	17	+6.3%
87	Almedíjar	16	+14.3%
88	Chóvar	15	0%
88	Portell de Morella	15	+7.1%
88	Vall de Almonacid	15	0%
91	Todolella	14	+7.7%
92	Algimia de Almonacid	13	-18.8%
92	Barracas	13	0%
92	Fanzara	13	0%
92	Vilar de Canes	13	-7.1%
96	Ares del Maestrat	12	-7.7%
96	Castellfort	12	+9.1%
96	Gaibiel	12	-7.7%
96	Olocau del Rey	12	+20%
96	Torás	12	-20%
101	Teresa	11	0%
102	Aín	10	0%
102	Benafer	10	+11.1%
104	Cirat	9	0%
104	Zucaina	9	-10%
106	Ayódar	8	0%
107	Alcudia de Veo	7	0%
107	Herbers	7	0%
107	Pina de Montalgrao	7	0%
107	Puebla de Arenoso	7	-12.5%
111	Argelita	6	-14.3%
112	Arañuel	5	n/a
112	Benafigos	5	0%
112	Fuentes de Ayódar	5	n/a
112	la Serratella	5	-16.7%
112	Toga	5	+25%
112	Zorita del Maestrazgo	5	-16.7%
118	la Torre d'en Doménec	4	n/a
118	Matet	4	n/a
118	Pavías	4	n/a

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. 9 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_castellon_province_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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 13,604 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pavías, with 4 in 2022.

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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. 9 municipalities have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.