Bystřice pod Hostýnem consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] Bystřice pod Hostýnem is located about 23 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of Kroměříž and 19 km (12 mi) north of Zlín.

The last owners were the Loudouns, the descendants of Ernst Gideon von Laudon, who held the castle until 1933.

In 1861, German industrialists Michael Thonet and his son August established the largest factory for bentwood furniture in Europe here.

Industrialization meant the greatest economic development of Bystřice pod Hostýnem and the influx of new inhabitants.

In 1953, the company was renamed TON (Továrny na ohýbaný nábytek, i.e. "bentwood furniture factories").