Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana had the highest active companies of 122 municipalities in 2024, at 12,539. Fuentes de Ayódar had the lowest, at 4. The median was 41 and the figure for Castellón province was 39,437. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,539Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana

Lowest4Fuentes de Ayódar

Median41122 municipalities

Castellón province39,437History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,539	+0.8%
2	Vila-real	3,084	+2.5%
3	Vinaròs	2,062	+0.4%
4	Borriana/Burriana	1,983	+2.6%
5	Benicarló	1,770	+0.1%
6	Almassora	1,743	+3.4%
7	la Vall d'Uixó	1,679	+0.5%
8	Onda	1,650	-1.1%
9	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,466	+0.8%
10	Nules	782	+2%
11	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	761	+3.4%
12	Segorbe	713	+2.4%
13	Peníscola/Peñíscola	678	+6.4%
14	l'Alcora	622	+0.2%
15	Alcalà de Xivert	619	+6%
16	Moncofa	445	-1.5%
17	Borriol	415	+1%
18	Almenara	344	+9.6%
19	Betxí	340	+2.7%
20	Morella	325	0%
21	Torreblanca	322	+1.3%
22	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	291	0%
23	Cabanes	252	+5%
24	Altura	247	+3.3%
25	Sant Joan de Moró	181	+1.1%
26	Chilches/Xilxes	163	+3.8%
27	Vall d'Alba	160	-1.2%
28	Sant Mateu	148	0%
29	Vilafamés	145	+4.3%
30	la Vilavella	144	-0.7%
31	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	142	+1.4%
32	Càlig	129	-5.8%
33	les Coves de Vinromà	108	+2.9%
34	Artana	106	+7.1%
35	Viver	103	+1%
36	Jérica	101	-1%
37	Atzeneta del Maestrat	99	-1%
38	Albocàsser	97	-1%
39	Sant Jordi/San Jorge	91	+2.2%
40	Soneja	89	-3.3%
41	Traiguera	87	+3.6%
42	Sierra Engarcerán	85	-2.3%
43	Benassal	84	+5%
44	la Pobla Tornesa	82	+6.5%
45	Llucena/Lucena del Cid	78	0%
46	Catí	70	-5.4%
46	Rossell	70	+6.1%
48	Xert	60	-1.6%
49	les Useres/Useras	57	+1.8%
49	Ribesalbes	57	+11.8%
51	Navajas	53	-5.4%
52	la Llosa	52	+13%
53	Castellnovo	51	-1.9%
54	Montanejos	50	-7.4%
55	Benlloc	47	-6%
56	la Jana	45	-2.2%
57	Cinctorres	44	-6.4%
58	Santa Magdalena de Pulpis	43	+2.4%
59	Forcall	42	0%
60	Culla	41	+10.8%
60	Eslida	41	-4.7%
62	Cervera del Maestre	40	+5.3%
62	la Salzadella	40	-11.1%
64	Canet lo Roig	39	+5.4%
65	Caudiel	35	+16.7%
65	Tales	35	-14.6%
65	Vilanova d'Alcolea	35	+9.4%
68	Geldo	34	+9.7%
69	Suera/Sueras	33	0%
70	Alfondeguilla	32	+3.2%
70	Bejís	32	+10.3%
72	Costur	27	-6.9%
72	San Rafael del Río	27	+12.5%
74	Figueroles	26	0%
74	Vistabella del Maestrat	26	+8.3%
76	Almedíjar	25	+25%
76	Tírig	25	+4.2%
78	la Mata de Morella	24	-4%
79	Azuébar	23	+4.5%
79	Villahermosa del Río	23	-17.9%
81	la Pobla de Benifassà	21	+5%
81	Montán	21	-8.7%
83	Sot de Ferrer	20	-16.7%
84	El Toro	19	-9.5%
84	la Torre d'en Besora	19	+11.8%
84	Ludiente	19	+5.6%
87	Cortes de Arenoso	18	+5.9%
88	Gaibiel	16	+33.3%
88	Todolella	16	+23.1%
90	Algimia de Almonacid	15	0%
90	Barracas	15	+15.4%
92	Torás	14	+16.7%
92	Zucaina	14	+27.3%
94	Portell de Morella	13	+8.3%
94	Teresa	13	-18.8%
96	Aín	12	+33.3%
96	Chóvar	12	0%
96	Olocau del Rey	12	0%
99	Castellfort	11	0%
99	Fanzara	11	-8.3%
99	Vall de Almonacid	11	-21.4%
99	Vilar de Canes	11	0%
103	Ares del Maestrat	9	0%
104	Alcudia de Veo	7	-12.5%
104	Ayódar	7	+75%
104	Benafer	7	0%
104	Cirat	7	-12.5%
104	Puebla de Arenoso	7	-22.2%
104	Villanueva de Viver	7	+16.7%
110	Arañuel	6	-14.3%
110	Argelita	6	-14.3%
110	Benafigos	6	0%
110	Pina de Montalgrao	6	+20%
114	Herbers	5	-28.6%
114	la Torre d'en Doménec	5	-28.6%
114	Matet	5	0%
114	Vallibona	5	0%
114	Xodos/Chodos	5	n/a
114	Zorita del Maestrazgo	5	0%
120	Espadilla	4	n/a
120	Fuente la Reina	4	0%
120	Fuentes de Ayódar	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. 7 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2024 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castellon-province-municipalities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_castellon_province_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Castellón province by active companies, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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.},
}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana, with 12,539 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Fuentes de Ayódar, with 4 in 2024.

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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. 7 municipalities have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.