Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies

València had the highest active companies of 519 municipalities in 2016, at 62,013. Pavías had the lowest, at 4. The median was 94 and the figure for Valencian Community was 344,556. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest62,013València

Lowest4Pavías

Median94519 municipalities

Valencian Community344,556History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	València	62,013	+1.9%
2	Alacant/Alicante	24,886	+2.1%
3	Elx/Elche	16,298	+3.8%
4	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,387	+1.9%
5	Paterna	5,497	+3%
6	Torrevieja	5,446	+1%
7	Benidorm	5,326	+0.1%
8	Orihuela	5,251	+1.9%
9	Gandia	4,885	+0.4%
10	Torrent	4,618	+2.6%
11	Dénia	4,191	+1.6%
12	Elda	3,911	+2.1%
13	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,751	+1%
14	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,564	+2.7%
15	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,543	+1.4%
16	Vila-real	3,221	+3.7%
17	Ontinyent	2,858	-3.2%
18	Alzira	2,780	-0.7%
19	Xàbia/Jávea	2,727	+1%
20	Petrer	2,356	+0.6%
21	Altea	2,256	+0.9%
22	Villena	2,162	+1.4%
23	Vinaròs	2,156	+1.5%
24	Xàtiva	2,155	+1.4%
25	Borriana/Burriana	2,059	+2.2%
26	Crevillent	2,048	+4.4%
27	Mislata	2,034	+0.1%
28	el Campello	2,005	+1.7%
29	Riba-roja de Túria	1,969	+3.8%
30	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	1,961	+1.3%
31	Santa Pola	1,947	+4.9%
32	Aldaia	1,944	-0.6%
33	Burjassot	1,929	-0.9%
34	Catarroja	1,908	+0.6%
35	Manises	1,886	-0.6%
36	Calp	1,880	+2.6%
37	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,879	+3.2%
38	la Vall d'Uixó	1,854	+2.8%
39	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,841	+1.9%
40	Alaquàs	1,808	+1.7%
41	la Pobla de Vallbona	1,800	+3.4%
42	Benicarló	1,794	+1.6%
43	Sueca	1,787	+1.1%
44	Ibi	1,780	+0.8%
45	Novelda	1,754	+0.3%
46	Onda	1,752	+0.6%
47	Bétera	1,706	+3.1%
48	Almassora	1,677	+1%
49	Alboraia/Alboraya	1,671	+1.7%
50	Mutxamel	1,663	+3.6%
51	Paiporta	1,504	+3.7%
52	Oliva	1,491	-1%
53	l'Eliana	1,479	+0.5%
54	Algemesí	1,469	+0.4%
55	Quart de Poblet	1,439	+0.2%
56	Almoradí	1,375	+2.5%
57	Xirivella	1,343	+1.6%
58	Montcada/Moncada	1,318	+1.3%
59	Teulada	1,308	+1.6%
60	Aspe	1,305	+3.3%
61	Llíria	1,297	+0.9%
62	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,294	+0.6%
63	Cullera	1,289	-0.9%
63	la Nucia	1,289	+1.7%
65	Puçol	1,262	+1.4%
66	Requena	1,214	-1.8%
67	Picassent	1,210	-0.7%
68	Silla	1,159	+1.5%
69	Pilar de la Horadada	1,143	+2.1%
70	Benissa	1,132	+1.1%
71	Guardamar del Segura	1,126	+4.5%
72	Carcaixent	1,020	-2.5%
73	Chiva	1,001	+0.3%
74	Callosa de Segura	995	+3%
75	Albal	976	0%
76	Cocentaina	957	-0.5%
77	Godella	936	+2.7%
78	Carlet	934	+2.3%
79	Alfafar	928	-0.2%
80	Tavernes de la Valldigna	887	+1.6%
81	Massamagrell	873	+1.6%
82	Alginet	857	+0.2%
83	Rojales	836	+6.6%
84	Nules	826	+0.2%
85	Castalla	816	+1.4%
86	Canals	809	-1.1%
87	Albatera	804	+1.3%
88	Benetússer	782	+0.3%
89	Muro de Alcoy	773	+3.1%
90	Pego	767	+0.3%
91	Utiel	749	-1.3%
92	l'Alcúdia	748	0%
93	Benifaió	739	+2.2%
93	el Puig de Santa Maria	739	+2.5%
95	Picanya	737	-0.8%
96	Segorbe	733	+2.5%
97	Cox	727	+3%
98	Monòver/Monóvar	720	+1.7%
99	Rafelbunyol	718	-2.4%
100	l'Alcora	704	-1.4%
101	Massanassa	692	+1.9%
102	Sedaví	662	+2.6%
103	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	647	+1.4%
104	Pedreguer	641	-0.8%
105	Benaguasil	633	-2.5%
106	Meliana	630	+1.9%
107	Rocafort	616	+3.2%
108	Alcalà de Xivert	612	+0.7%
109	Alcàsser	605	+1.9%
110	Alberic	603	-3.7%
111	Ondara	600	-1.3%
112	Sax	599	+1.2%
113	Onil	577	-1.4%
114	San Antonio de Benagéber	570	+6.9%
115	Vilamarxant	568	+3.1%
116	Finestrat	562	+2.6%
117	Banyeres de Mariola	547	-1.6%
118	Catral	546	+1.5%
119	Albaida	544	+2.4%
120	Peníscola/Peñíscola	536	-0.2%
121	el Pinós/Pinoso	533	+0.9%
122	Nàquera/Náquera	530	+2.3%
123	Monforte del Cid	524	+1.6%
124	Callosa d'en Sarrià	520	+1.2%
125	Beniparrell	519	+1.6%
126	Almussafes	512	+2.6%
127	Dolores	510	+8.1%
128	Montserrat	508	+6.3%
129	Cheste	505	+1.4%
130	l'Olleria	501	-2.1%
131	Gata de Gorgos	500	+3.3%
132	Buñol	490	-6.1%
133	la Pobla de Farnals	487	-1.6%
134	Foios	485	+2.8%
135	Bigastro	472	+2.2%
136	Museros	470	-0.8%
136	Redován	470	+6.1%
138	Tavernes Blanques	460	+2.7%
139	Moncofa	439	+5.3%
140	Castelló	423	-7.4%
141	Xixona/Jijona	418	-0.2%
142	Los Montesinos	410	+4.6%
143	Benigànim	405	+1.8%
143	Turís	405	+6.3%
145	San Miguel de Salinas	403	+7.8%
146	Ayora	401	+0.8%
147	Borriol	392	+2.1%
148	Canet d'En Berenguer	382	+5.5%
149	Almàssera	381	+5%
150	Guadassuar	379	-3.1%
151	Benejúzar	368	+3.7%
152	San Fulgencio	360	+1.4%
153	el Verger	351	+2%
154	Agost	346	+3.9%
155	Xeraco	334	-5.1%
156	Torreblanca	332	+0.9%
157	l'Alcúdia de Crespins	326	+0.9%
158	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	322	+3.9%
159	Moixent/Mogente	316	-1.6%
160	Enguera	315	-0.6%
160	Polop	315	+5%
162	Betxí	313	-2.8%
163	Bocairent	311	-0.3%
164	Sollana	310	+5.1%
165	Biar	290	+2.5%
166	Morella	289	-3%
167	Aielo de Malferit	287	0%
168	Almenara	284	-5%
169	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	277	+6.1%
170	la Pobla Llarga	267	-3.3%
171	Bellreguard	265	0%
172	Xaló	257	0%
173	Albuixech	252	+0.4%
174	la Llosa de Ranes	251	-7.7%
175	Altura	250	+0.4%
176	Albalat dels Sorells	249	+0.4%
177	Villar del Arzobispo	248	-0.4%
178	Vilallonga/Villalonga	244	0%
179	Rafal	243	-7.3%
180	el Real de Gandia	242	+3.4%
181	Cabanes	237	0%
182	Daimús	234	+0.4%
183	Formentera del Segura	230	+1.8%
184	Bonrepòs i Mirambell	223	-4.3%
185	Serra	219	+4.3%
186	Benijófar	217	-0.9%
186	Corbera	217	+1.4%
188	Faura	212	+1.4%
189	Albalat de la Ribera	211	+3.4%
190	Vinalesa	209	+1.5%
191	Gilet	207	+2.5%
191	Massalfassar	207	+3%
193	Agullent	206	-2.4%
194	Casinos	204	+2%
195	la Font d'en Carròs	197	-3.9%
196	els Poblets	195	+8.9%
196	Sant Joan de Moró	195	-3.9%
198	Jacarilla	188	0%
199	Busot	185	+6.9%
200	Vallada	184	+1.1%
201	Alfara del Patriarca	178	+1.1%
201	Castelló de Rugat	178	+2.9%
201	Catadau	178	+6.6%
204	Piles	177	+7.3%
205	Algorfa	174	+7.4%
206	Almoines	172	+7.5%
207	Navarrés	171	-1.7%
208	Granja de Rocamora	170	-2.9%
209	Godelleta	169	+7%
209	San Isidro	169	-2.3%
211	Vall d'Alba	166	+3.1%
212	Beniarbeig	164	+1.2%
213	el Genovés	163	-2.4%
213	la Pobla del Duc	163	-5.2%
213	Llutxent	163	+1.9%
216	Sant Mateu	160	-1.2%
217	Quatretonda	159	-8.1%
217	Simat de la Valldigna	159	-4.2%
219	Anna	156	-1.3%
219	Càlig	156	+2.6%
221	Chilches/Xilxes	153	-1.3%
222	Pedralba	151	+0.7%
223	Llombai	150	-7.4%
224	Benissanó	149	+4.2%
225	Polinyà de Xúquer	147	-7%
226	Miramar	146	+0.7%
227	la Romana	145	-2.7%
228	la Font de la Figuera	140	-1.4%
228	Montaverner	140	-4.8%
230	la Vilavella	139	-4.1%
231	Orba	137	-1.4%
232	Real	136	-3.5%
233	Beniarjó	135	-2.9%
233	Vilafamés	135	+9.8%
235	Montroi/Montroy	133	0%
236	Beneixama	131	-0.8%
236	Xeresa	131	-1.5%
238	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	130	-2.3%
239	Loriguilla	128	+4.1%
240	Chelva	123	0%
241	Chella	122	-5.4%
241	Manuel	122	+0.8%
243	Daya Nueva	121	+6.1%
244	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	119	+7.2%
245	Favara	115	-8%
246	Benirredrà	114	+4.6%
247	Quartell	110	-6%
248	les Coves de Vinromà	108	-0.9%
248	Rafelguaraf	108	-6.9%
248	Yátova	108	+1.9%

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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. 14 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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 Valencian Community by active companies, 2016) [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 Valencian Community by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/valencian-community-municipalities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_valencian_community_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies, 2016}},
  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/valencian-community-municipalities?period=2016. 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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València, with 62,013 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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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. 14 municipalities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.