Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies

València had the highest active companies of 518 municipalities in 2018, at 65,068. Torrechiva had the lowest, at 4. The median was 100 and the figure for Valencian Community was 356,480. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest65,068València

Lowest4Torrechiva

Median100518 municipalities

Valencian Community356,480History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	València	65,068	+2.5%
2	Alacant/Alicante	26,042	+2.5%
3	Elx/Elche	17,016	+2.9%
4	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	12,648	+0.3%
5	Torrevieja	5,851	+5%
6	Paterna	5,777	+2.2%
7	Orihuela	5,650	+4.6%
8	Benidorm	5,511	+2.5%
9	Gandia	5,059	+2.4%
10	Torrent	4,764	+1%
11	Dénia	4,378	+2.6%
12	Elda	3,908	-0.4%
13	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,817	+0.1%
14	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,627	+0.8%
15	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,484	-1.2%
16	Vila-real	3,229	+0.3%
17	Xàbia/Jávea	2,931	+4.3%
18	Alzira	2,875	+1.9%
19	Ontinyent	2,819	-0.9%
20	Petrer	2,382	-0.3%
21	Altea	2,324	+0.8%
22	Villena	2,232	+2.3%
23	Vinaròs	2,134	-0.4%
24	Xàtiva	2,128	-0.5%
25	Crevillent	2,121	+2.4%
26	Santa Pola	2,110	+5.1%
27	Riba-roja de Túria	2,092	+2.8%
28	Mislata	2,071	+0.2%
29	el Campello	2,054	+2.4%
30	Borriana/Burriana	2,025	-0.8%
31	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,014	+2.3%
32	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,991	+3.3%
33	Manises	1,990	+2.6%
34	Calp	1,977	+3.6%
35	Burjassot	1,973	-0.6%
36	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,930	+3.3%
37	Aldaia	1,924	+0.7%
38	Catarroja	1,897	0%
39	la Vall d'Uixó	1,889	-0.6%
40	la Pobla de Vallbona	1,868	+1.2%
41	Bétera	1,848	+5.4%
42	Alaquàs	1,823	-0.5%
43	Benicarló	1,789	+1%
43	Onda	1,789	-1.3%
45	Alboraia/Alboraya	1,787	+4.3%
46	Ibi	1,774	+0.5%
47	Sueca	1,763	+0.6%
48	Novelda	1,758	+0.9%
49	Mutxamel	1,734	+4%
50	Almassora	1,705	+1.9%
51	l'Eliana	1,547	+2%
52	Oliva	1,543	+1.8%
53	Algemesí	1,507	+1.5%
54	Paiporta	1,496	+0.4%
55	Quart de Poblet	1,464	-0.1%
56	Almoradí	1,426	+2.9%
57	Xirivella	1,408	+3.8%
58	Teulada	1,384	+4.1%
59	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,369	+2.5%
59	la Nucia	1,369	+3.2%
61	Aspe	1,365	+1.5%
62	Llíria	1,337	+1.7%
63	Montcada/Moncada	1,335	+2%
64	Cullera	1,334	0%
65	Puçol	1,331	+2.7%
66	Requena	1,243	+1.6%
67	Pilar de la Horadada	1,238	+6.2%
68	Picassent	1,233	-1.7%
69	Guardamar del Segura	1,193	+5.4%
70	Benissa	1,183	+2%
71	Silla	1,165	+1%
72	Chiva	1,072	+3.5%
73	Carcaixent	1,057	+0.8%
74	Callosa de Segura	1,024	+1.5%
75	Cocentaina	1,000	+0.8%
76	Godella	998	+3%
77	Albal	993	+2.5%
78	Alfafar	989	+0.9%
79	Carlet	952	+1.2%
80	Rojales	914	+6.5%
81	Tavernes de la Valldigna	913	+1.4%
82	Massamagrell	888	+3.4%
83	Alginet	848	0%
84	Castalla	842	+0.5%
85	Benetússer	822	+2.4%
86	Albatera	820	+2.8%
87	Canals	818	-1.2%
87	Muro de Alcoy	818	+4.3%
89	Pego	796	+1.9%
90	Nules	789	-2.2%
91	Picanya	775	+2.6%
92	Benifaió	757	+1.5%
93	l'Alcúdia	753	+0.8%
94	Cox	748	-0.8%
95	Rafelbunyol	737	+1.8%
96	Utiel	731	-2.3%
97	l'Alcora	726	+2.8%
98	Segorbe	724	-0.4%
99	el Puig de Santa Maria	723	-0.3%
99	Monòver/Monóvar	723	-0.3%
101	Massanassa	705	+2.9%
102	Pedreguer	699	+3.6%
103	Rocafort	679	+4.8%
104	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	662	+1.2%
105	Benaguasil	654	+0.2%
106	Sedaví	646	+0.6%
107	San Antonio de Benagéber	642	+6.6%
108	Alcàsser	637	+2.4%
109	Ondara	631	+1.4%
110	Meliana	624	-3.4%
111	Alberic	622	-1.9%
112	Finestrat	611	+6.1%
113	Catral	595	+2.9%
114	Onil	590	+1.4%
115	Alcalà de Xivert	589	+0.3%
116	Vilamarxant	580	+4.1%
117	Sax	578	-3.7%
118	Nàquera/Náquera	569	+3.3%
119	Callosa d'en Sarrià	562	+3.7%
120	el Pinós/Pinoso	554	+0.7%
121	Peníscola/Peñíscola	553	+2%
122	Banyeres de Mariola	551	+1.1%
123	Albaida	539	+0.2%
124	Almussafes	532	+2.1%
124	Monforte del Cid	532	-0.4%
126	l'Olleria	531	+1.7%
127	Dolores	516	-1.1%
128	Cheste	500	-0.2%
128	Gata de Gorgos	500	-2%
130	Foios	494	+0.4%
131	Buñol	493	-3.3%
131	Museros	493	+0.6%
133	Beniparrell	491	-5%
133	Bigastro	491	+3.2%
133	Montserrat	491	-5.4%
136	la Pobla de Farnals	488	+1%
137	Tavernes Blanques	475	-0.2%
138	Redován	474	-0.4%
139	San Miguel de Salinas	448	+7.7%
140	Moncofa	439	+0.2%
141	Los Montesinos	437	+1.4%
142	Xixona/Jijona	426	+0.7%
143	Castelló	421	+0.2%
144	San Fulgencio	420	+4.2%
145	Borriol	417	+3.7%
146	Canet d'En Berenguer	412	+8.7%
147	Benigànim	399	-5.5%
147	Guadassuar	399	+1.3%
147	Turís	399	-1%
150	Almàssera	396	-0.5%
151	Ayora	394	-3.2%
152	el Verger	375	+2.7%
153	Benejúzar	358	-1.1%
154	Xeraco	346	+1.2%
155	Polop	342	+4.6%
156	Torreblanca	339	-0.9%
157	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	338	+4.3%
158	Betxí	333	0%
158	Moixent/Mogente	333	+6.1%
160	Agost	329	+0.3%
161	Bocairent	326	+0.6%
162	Enguera	307	-5.2%
163	Morella	305	+2%
164	l'Alcúdia de Crespins	304	-5.6%
165	Biar	303	+3.4%
166	Almenara	299	+2.7%
167	Sollana	295	-1%
168	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	291	+3.9%
169	Aielo de Malferit	281	-3.1%
170	Rafal	274	+6.2%
171	Albalat dels Sorells	268	+9.8%
172	Vilallonga/Villalonga	263	+5.2%
173	la Pobla Llarga	262	-3.7%
174	Bellreguard	261	-1.5%
174	Xaló	261	-0.8%
176	Formentera del Segura	251	+3.7%
177	Cabanes	250	+5.9%
178	Albuixech	249	+3.8%
179	Benijófar	243	+11.5%
180	Altura	242	-2%
181	la Llosa de Ranes	240	-5.1%
182	Villar del Arzobispo	233	-0.9%
183	el Real de Gandia	232	0%
184	Daimús	228	-1.3%
185	Serra	226	+3.7%
186	Gilet	220	+2.3%
187	Vinalesa	216	+5.4%
188	Casinos	212	+1.9%
188	la Font d'en Carròs	212	+0.5%
190	Bonrepòs i Mirambell	210	-4.5%
190	Corbera	210	-0.9%
192	Massalfassar	205	-1.9%
193	Agullent	204	-0.5%
193	Albalat de la Ribera	204	-4.7%
195	Algorfa	203	+9.7%
196	Jacarilla	197	+4.8%
197	Faura	195	+4.3%
198	Sant Joan de Moró	193	+1.6%
199	Alfara del Patriarca	191	+1.6%
199	els Poblets	191	+5.5%
201	Granja de Rocamora	188	+3.3%
202	Piles	184	+1.7%
203	Catadau	181	+0.6%
204	Godelleta	180	+3.4%
205	Vall d'Alba	178	+4.7%
206	Busot	176	-1.1%
207	Almoines	175	+2.3%
207	Beniarbeig	175	+2.9%
207	Vallada	175	-2.2%
210	Castelló de Rugat	174	-3.9%
210	San Isidro	174	+1.8%
212	Sant Mateu	167	+3.1%
213	Chilches/Xilxes	166	+3.1%
213	la Romana	166	+3.8%
215	Llombai	165	+0.6%
216	Orba	163	+8.7%
217	el Genovés	161	-1.2%
218	Pedralba	159	+6.7%
219	la Pobla del Duc	158	-3.1%
219	Navarrés	158	-1.9%
221	Benissanó	154	-3.8%
222	Llutxent	153	0%
222	Quatretonda	153	+0.7%
224	Miramar	152	-3.8%
225	Càlig	151	+1.3%
226	Anna	148	-3.9%
227	Simat de la Valldigna	147	-3.9%
228	Montroi/Montroy	146	+13.2%
229	Vilafamés	143	+4.4%
230	Montaverner	140	-2.1%
231	la Vilavella	138	-4.8%
231	Loriguilla	138	+6.2%
231	Real	138	+4.5%
234	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	135	+1.5%
234	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	135	+1.5%
236	Beniarjó	134	+1.5%
236	Polinyà de Xúquer	134	-2.9%
238	la Font de la Figuera	133	+0.8%
239	Daya Nueva	132	+13.8%
239	Favara	132	+5.6%
241	Beneixama	131	+2.3%
241	Xeresa	131	+3.1%
243	Chella	127	+4.1%
243	Chelva	127	+1.6%
245	Benirredrà	123	+8.8%
246	Quartell	122	+9.9%
247	Yátova	116	+12.6%
248	Manuel	114	-1.7%
249	Benifairó de les Valls	113	-3.4%
250	Jérica	110	+8.9%

Showing the top 250 of 518. The Excel download has every row.

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Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

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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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_valencian_community_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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?

València, with 65,068 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Torrechiva, with 4 in 2018.

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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. 15 municipalities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.