Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana had the highest active companies of 120 municipalities in 2023, at 12,434. Fuente la Reina had the lowest, at 4. The median was 42 and the figure for Castellón province was 38,897. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,434Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana

Lowest4Fuente la Reina

Median42120 municipalities

Castellón province38,897History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,434	-8.6%
2	Vila-real	3,008	-7.4%
3	Vinaròs	2,054	-5.9%
4	Borriana/Burriana	1,932	-8%
5	Benicarló	1,769	-4.6%
6	Almassora	1,686	-3.4%
7	la Vall d'Uixó	1,670	-6.5%
8	Onda	1,669	-5.5%
9	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,455	-2.4%
10	Nules	767	-6.3%
11	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	736	-1.1%
12	Segorbe	696	-5.9%
13	Peníscola/Peñíscola	637	0%
14	l'Alcora	621	-8.7%
15	Alcalà de Xivert	584	-3%
16	Moncofa	452	+5.1%
17	Borriol	411	-5.7%
18	Betxí	331	-6%
19	Morella	325	+1.2%
20	Torreblanca	318	+1.6%
21	Almenara	314	0%
22	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	291	-2%
23	Cabanes	240	-5.1%
24	Altura	239	-7%
25	Sant Joan de Moró	179	-2.7%
26	Vall d'Alba	162	-11%
27	Chilches/Xilxes	157	-3.1%
28	Sant Mateu	148	-3.3%
29	la Vilavella	145	-4.6%
30	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	140	-0.7%
31	Vilafamés	139	-2.8%
32	Càlig	137	-3.5%
33	les Coves de Vinromà	105	0%
34	Jérica	102	-1.9%
34	Viver	102	+1%
36	Atzeneta del Maestrat	100	-4.8%
37	Artana	99	+7.6%
38	Albocàsser	98	-1%
39	Soneja	92	+4.5%
40	Sant Jordi/San Jorge	89	-2.2%
41	Sierra Engarcerán	87	+6.1%
42	Traiguera	84	-1.2%
43	Benassal	80	-7%
44	Llucena/Lucena del Cid	78	-4.9%
45	la Pobla Tornesa	77	-3.8%
46	Catí	74	+10.4%
47	Rossell	66	-2.9%
48	Xert	61	+3.4%
49	les Useres/Useras	56	+3.7%
49	Navajas	56	+7.7%
51	Montanejos	54	+12.5%
52	Castellnovo	52	+4%
53	Ribesalbes	51	-7.3%
54	Benlloc	50	+6.4%
55	Cinctorres	47	-4.1%
56	la Jana	46	+4.5%
56	la Llosa	46	-13.2%
58	la Salzadella	45	-2.2%
59	Eslida	43	+19.4%
60	Forcall	42	-6.7%
60	Santa Magdalena de Pulpis	42	-6.7%
62	Tales	41	+32.3%
63	Cervera del Maestre	38	+8.6%
64	Canet lo Roig	37	+2.8%
64	Culla	37	+15.6%
66	Suera/Sueras	33	-2.9%
67	Vilanova d'Alcolea	32	-17.9%
68	Alfondeguilla	31	0%
68	Geldo	31	+3.3%
70	Caudiel	30	-25%
71	Bejís	29	+11.5%
71	Costur	29	+31.8%
73	Villahermosa del Río	28	+3.7%
74	Figueroles	26	-27.8%
75	la Mata de Morella	25	+31.6%
76	San Rafael del Río	24	-14.3%
76	Sot de Ferrer	24	-11.1%
76	Tírig	24	-7.7%
76	Vistabella del Maestrat	24	+20%
80	Montán	23	+15%
81	Azuébar	22	+10%
82	El Toro	21	+10.5%
83	Almedíjar	20	+25%
83	la Pobla de Benifassà	20	0%
85	Ludiente	18	0%
86	Cortes de Arenoso	17	0%
86	la Torre d'en Besora	17	0%
88	Teresa	16	+45.5%
89	Algimia de Almonacid	15	+15.4%
90	Vall de Almonacid	14	-6.7%
91	Barracas	13	0%
91	Todolella	13	-7.1%
93	Chóvar	12	-20%
93	Fanzara	12	-7.7%
93	Gaibiel	12	0%
93	Olocau del Rey	12	0%
93	Portell de Morella	12	-20%
93	Torás	12	0%
99	Castellfort	11	-8.3%
99	Vilar de Canes	11	-15.4%
99	Zucaina	11	+22.2%
102	Aín	9	-10%
102	Ares del Maestrat	9	-25%
102	Puebla de Arenoso	9	+28.6%
105	Alcudia de Veo	8	+14.3%
105	Cirat	8	-11.1%
107	Arañuel	7	+40%
107	Argelita	7	+16.7%
107	Benafer	7	-30%
107	Herbers	7	0%
107	la Torre d'en Doménec	7	+75%
112	Benafigos	6	+20%
112	Villanueva de Viver	6	n/a
114	Higueras	5	n/a
114	Matet	5	+25%
114	Pina de Montalgrao	5	-28.6%
114	Vallibona	5	n/a
114	Zorita del Maestrazgo	5	0%
119	Ayódar	4	-50%
119	Fuente la Reina	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 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_castellon_province_2023,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2023}},
  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=2023. 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 12,434 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Fuente la Reina, with 4 in 2023.

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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 2023 and are not ranked.