Active enterprises
Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.
Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). For the UK it counts every enterprise active at some point in the year, so it differs from registered_enterprises_total (UK Business Counts), a snapshot of the register in March.
Key facts
- Active enterprises in the European Union (27) was 34.19 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- France had the highest active enterprises of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 5.62 million, and Luxembourg the lowest, at 49,737. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 1,746 places, with figures from 2013 to 2024.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Provinces of Spain
- Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)
EU countries by active enterprises, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Finland
- Portugal
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Latvia
- Cyprus
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- South East
- London
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- North West
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- East of England
- Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen
- Wielkopolskie
- Dolnośląskie
- Opolskie
- Småland med öarna
- Sydsverige
Provinces and counties
- Madrid province
- Barcelona province
- Roma
- Berlin
- Milano
- Napoli
- Valencia province
- Nord
- Stockholms län
- Torino
- Val-d’Oise
- Hamburg
- Trójmiejski
- Haut-Rhin
- Bas-Rhin
- Helsinki-Uusimaa
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:
Which places have the highest active enterprises? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"active_enterprises","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=active_enterprises&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)