Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies

València had the highest active companies of 520 municipalities in 2022, at 69,365. Pavías had the lowest, at 4. The median was 104 and the figure for Valencian Community was 374,917. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest69,365València

Lowest4Pavías

Median104520 municipalities

Valencian Community374,917History

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	València	69,365	+2.6%
2	Alacant/Alicante	27,388	+1.5%
3	Elx/Elche	17,877	+1%
4	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	13,604	+2%
5	Torrevieja	6,377	+2.9%
6	Orihuela	6,053	+1.1%
7	Paterna	6,022	+1.1%
8	Benidorm	5,684	+3.5%
9	Torrent	5,252	+2.1%
10	Gandia	5,226	+0.4%
11	Dénia	4,777	+2.4%
12	Elda	3,958	+0.9%
13	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,904	-0.2%
14	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,732	+1.9%
15	Sagunt/Sagunto	3,574	+1.2%
16	Xàbia/Jávea	3,306	+3.1%
17	Vila-real	3,247	+1.5%
18	Alzira	2,993	+2.1%
19	Ontinyent	2,861	+0.9%
20	Altea	2,486	+4.3%
21	Petrer	2,462	+2.4%
22	Santa Pola	2,441	+4.9%
23	el Campello	2,308	+2.5%
24	Villena	2,269	+1.2%
25	Xàtiva	2,233	+2.1%
26	Vinaròs	2,183	+1.4%
27	Calp	2,180	+3.7%
28	Mislata	2,179	+0.5%
29	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,155	+2.7%
30	Riba-roja de Túria	2,123	0%
31	Burjassot	2,112	+2.1%
32	Crevillent	2,107	+1%
33	Sant Joan d'Alacant	2,106	+2.1%
34	Borriana/Burriana	2,100	+1.7%
35	Manises	2,078	+1.3%
36	Catarroja	2,055	+2.8%
37	Bétera	2,046	+3.4%
38	la Pobla de Vallbona	1,972	+3.4%
39	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,968	+1.7%
40	Aldaia	1,951	+0.7%
41	Ibi	1,907	+2.1%
42	Alboraia/Alboraya	1,893	+3%
43	Mutxamel	1,860	+1.6%
44	Benicarló	1,855	+3%
45	Alaquàs	1,833	+0.9%
46	Sueca	1,802	+1.3%
47	la Vall d'Uixó	1,787	-0.4%
48	Onda	1,767	+0.3%
49	Almassora	1,745	-0.1%
50	Novelda	1,710	+0.9%
51	l'Eliana	1,691	+3%
52	Oliva	1,621	-0.4%
53	Algemesí	1,538	+1.1%
54	Paiporta	1,532	+0.7%
55	la Nucia	1,527	+2.9%
56	Xirivella	1,516	+1.9%
57	Teulada	1,504	+1%
58	Benicàssim/Benicasim	1,491	+4.6%
59	Quart de Poblet	1,485	-0.9%
60	Aspe	1,472	+2.4%
61	Almoradí	1,471	+0.2%
62	Cullera	1,463	+2.8%
63	Pilar de la Horadada	1,428	+4.8%
64	Llíria	1,365	+1.6%
65	Benissa	1,358	+5.6%
66	Montcada/Moncada	1,332	+2.4%
67	Puçol	1,304	+1.1%
68	Picassent	1,284	+2%
69	Guardamar del Segura	1,279	+1.3%
70	Requena	1,250	-0.2%
71	Silla	1,248	+2.5%
72	Chiva	1,130	+2.5%
73	Carcaixent	1,086	+2.5%
74	Callosa de Segura	1,062	+0.5%
75	Rojales	1,059	+1.9%
76	Alfafar	1,050	+3.9%
77	Godella	1,034	+0.4%
78	Cocentaina	1,001	+1.4%
79	Albal	1,000	+2.2%
80	Carlet	950	-0.6%
81	Tavernes de la Valldigna	900	-0.4%
82	Alginet	882	+0.6%
83	Massamagrell	868	+0.8%
84	Benetússer	867	+5.7%
85	Castalla	847	-0.8%
86	Pego	843	+1.2%
87	Albatera	837	-1.2%
88	Nules	819	+2.1%
89	Muro de Alcoy	805	-1.2%
90	Canals	779	-0.6%
91	Benifaió	778	+2.6%
92	Massanassa	773	+1.8%
93	Picanya	769	+3.2%
94	Pedreguer	755	+2.7%
95	Rafelbunyol	747	+4.3%
96	l'Alcúdia	744	-2.9%
96	Orpesa/Oropesa del Mar	744	+2.6%
96	Rocafort	744	+4.8%
99	Cox	740	+1.1%
99	Segorbe	740	+1.8%
101	Finestrat	736	+11.3%
102	San Antonio de Benagéber	733	+5.3%
103	el Puig de Santa Maria	732	+1.8%
104	Monòver/Monóvar	730	+1.1%
105	Alcàsser	709	+3.5%
106	Benaguasil	706	+4.6%
107	Ondara	701	+0.9%
108	Utiel	692	+1%
109	Nàquera/Náquera	681	+4.4%
110	l'Alcora	680	-2.6%
111	Sedaví	666	+2%
112	Meliana	656	+3.3%
113	Catral	651	+5%
114	Alberic	641	+1.1%
115	Peníscola/Peñíscola	637	+5.3%
116	Alcalà de Xivert	602	+0.2%
116	Onil	602	+2.9%
118	Vilamarxant	592	+2.6%
119	Callosa d'en Sarrià	589	+2.4%
120	Sax	580	+1.9%
121	el Pinós/Pinoso	579	+1.8%
122	l'Olleria	565	+1.4%
123	Montserrat	564	+2.7%
124	Monforte del Cid	553	+0.5%
125	Dolores	552	-0.2%
126	Albaida	551	+0.5%
127	Gata de Gorgos	549	+0.4%
128	Almussafes	548	+2.6%
129	Banyeres de Mariola	545	+1.1%
130	San Miguel de Salinas	542	+5.2%
131	la Pobla de Farnals	539	+3.5%
132	Cheste	538	+4.7%
133	Museros	527	+1.3%
134	Bigastro	526	+0.6%
135	Foios	513	+4.9%
136	San Fulgencio	506	+4.5%
137	Beniparrell	480	+0.4%
137	Redován	480	-4.6%
139	Buñol	474	+2.4%
140	Tavernes Blanques	472	+2.4%
141	Los Montesinos	445	+2.8%
142	Turís	441	+6.5%
143	Borriol	436	+0.9%
144	Xixona/Jijona	433	0%
145	Moncofa	430	-1.8%
146	Ayora	429	+1.4%
147	Almàssera	416	+1.7%
148	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	414	+6.4%
149	el Verger	413	+4%
150	Guadassuar	407	-0.7%
151	Canet d'En Berenguer	404	-1.5%
151	Castelló	404	-4.3%
153	Polop	403	+1.5%
154	Benigànim	390	+2.9%
155	Benejúzar	367	+2.5%
156	Betxí	352	0%
157	Xeraco	343	-2.3%
158	Agost	338	+1.2%
159	Biar	321	+6.6%
159	Moixent/Mogente	321	-1.8%
159	Morella	321	+2.9%
162	Enguera	317	-2.5%
163	Almenara	314	+4.7%
164	Torreblanca	313	-2.2%
165	l'Alcúdia de Crespins	312	-2.2%
166	Bocairent	305	-2.2%
167	Aielo de Malferit	304	+2%
168	Bellreguard	300	+8.7%
169	Sollana	299	+1%
170	les Alqueries/Alquerías del Niño Perdido	297	-0.7%
171	Formentera del Segura	289	+10.3%
172	Xaló	288	+0.3%
173	Benijófar	276	+5.7%
174	Rafal	274	-3.2%
175	Vilallonga/Villalonga	263	-2.2%
176	la Pobla Llarga	260	-3.3%
177	Albalat dels Sorells	259	-1.9%
178	Altura	257	+2%
179	Cabanes	253	+3.3%
180	Serra	245	+8.9%
181	Albuixech	243	-4.3%
182	Daimús	239	+4.4%
183	Algorfa	236	-2.5%
184	Villar del Arzobispo	233	+3.1%
185	Godelleta	228	+7.5%
186	Gilet	227	+1.3%
187	Albalat de la Ribera	222	+0.9%
188	el Real de Gandia	219	0%
188	la Llosa de Ranes	219	+1.4%
190	Vinalesa	218	-2.2%
191	la Font d'en Carròs	216	-1.4%
192	Agullent	212	-0.5%
192	Bonrepòs i Mirambell	212	-4.5%
192	Granja de Rocamora	212	+2.9%
195	Busot	208	+6.1%
196	Corbera	207	-2.8%
197	Beniarbeig	200	+7%
198	Piles	199	+2.6%
199	Alfara del Patriarca	195	+7.1%
199	Casinos	195	0%
201	els Poblets	191	0%
201	Massalfassar	191	-1%
203	Catadau	190	+7.3%
204	Vallada	189	+1.1%
205	Orba	188	+1.1%
206	Faura	184	-1.1%
206	Sant Joan de Moró	184	+3.4%
208	Jacarilla	183	-1.1%
209	Vall d'Alba	182	+5.8%
210	Almoines	181	+1.7%
211	San Isidro	177	+1.1%
212	Miramar	175	+2.3%
213	el Genovés	170	0%
214	Llombai	168	+1.8%
215	Quatretonda	167	+4.4%
216	Llutxent	165	-2.4%
217	Navarrés	164	+10.8%
218	Chilches/Xilxes	162	+7.3%
218	la Romana	162	+3.2%
220	la Pobla del Duc	159	-0.6%
221	Castelló de Rugat	157	-1.9%
221	Montroi/Montroy	157	+6.1%
221	Pedralba	157	-5.4%
224	Sant Mateu	153	+0.7%
225	la Vilavella	152	+0.7%
225	Simat de la Valldigna	152	+1.3%
227	Benissanó	150	-1.3%
227	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	150	+3.4%
229	Loriguilla	147	+2.1%
230	Vilafamés	143	+6.7%
231	Càlig	142	-0.7%
231	Xeresa	142	-3.4%
233	Quartell	141	+3.7%
233	Vilafranca/Villafranca del Cid	141	+4.4%
235	Anna	140	-4.1%
236	Beniarjó	139	+3.7%
237	Real	138	+0.7%
238	Polinyà de Xúquer	136	+3%
239	Chelva	135	+0.7%
239	Montaverner	135	0%
241	Favara	129	-0.8%
242	Chella	128	0%
243	Beneixama	123	-2.4%
244	Daya Nueva	122	-0.8%
245	Benifairó de les Valls	120	+9.1%
245	Palma de Gandía	120	+2.6%
247	Yátova	119	+6.3%
248	la Font de la Figuera	118	-6.3%
249	Benferri	112	-0.9%
249	Manuel	112	+3.7%

Showing the top 250 of 520. The Excel download has every row.

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. 13 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

MLA 9

Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Valencian Community 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/valencian-community-municipalities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Valencian Community 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/valencian-community-municipalities?period=2022.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/valencian-community-municipalities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_valencian_community_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Valencian Community 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/valencian-community-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

TY  - DATA
AU  - Instituto Nacional de Estadística
TI  - Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies, 2022
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/07
PB  - Instituto Nacional de Estadística
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/valencian-community-municipalities?period=2022
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/valencian-community-municipalities?period=2022.
N1  - 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.
ER  -

Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Embed code

<iframe src="https://invokely.ai/embed/rankings/active-companies/valencian-community-municipalities?period=2022" width="760" height="500" title="Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies, 2022, chart from Invokely" loading="lazy" style="border:0;width:100%;max-width:760px" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe>

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Municipalities in Valencian Community by active companies using official data, and cite the source.

rank_places {"indicator":"active_companies","level":"municipality","within":"Valencian Community","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=active_companies&level=municipality&within=Valencian%20Community&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which municipality has the highest active companies?

València, with 69,365 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pavías, with 4 in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

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