# Active enterprises

Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.

## 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.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `active_enterprises`
- Unit: count
- Note: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/active-enterprises
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/active_enterprises

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | count | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| European Union (27) | 2024 | 34,188,564 | Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12. |

## Rankings

- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/eu-countries.md) (27 places)
- [EU regions (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/eu-regions.md) (233 places)
- [Autonomous communities of Spain](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/spain-regions.md) (19 places)
- [Provinces of Spain](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/spain-provinces.md) (49 places)
- [Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/germany-regions.md) (38 places)
- [Regions of France (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/france-regions.md) (27 places)
- [Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/italy-regions.md) (21 places)
- [Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/poland-regions.md) (17 places)
- [Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/greece-regions.md) (13 places)
- [Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/netherlands-regions.md) (12 places)
- [Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/austria-regions.md) (9 places)
- [Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/portugal-regions.md) (9 places)
- [Regions of Czechia (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/czechia-regions.md) (8 places)
- [Regions of Hungary (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/hungary-regions.md) (8 places)
- [Regions of Romania (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/romania-regions.md) (8 places)
- [Regions of Sweden (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/sweden-regions.md) (8 places)
- [Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/bulgaria-regions.md) (6 places)
- [Regions of Denmark (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/denmark-regions.md) (5 places)
- [Regions of Finland (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/finland-regions.md) (5 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Germany](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/germany-provinces.md) (400 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Italy](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/italy-provinces.md) (107 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of France](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/france-provinces.md) (101 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Poland](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/poland-provinces.md) (73 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Greece](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/greece-provinces.md) (52 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Romania](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/romania-provinces.md) (42 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/netherlands-provinces.md) (40 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Austria](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/austria-provinces.md) (35 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/bulgaria-provinces.md) (28 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Portugal](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/portugal-provinces.md) (26 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Croatia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/croatia-provinces.md) (21 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Sweden](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/sweden-provinces.md) (21 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Hungary](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/hungary-provinces.md) (20 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Finland](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/finland-provinces.md) (19 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Czechia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/czechia-provinces.md) (14 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Slovenia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/slovenia-provinces.md) (12 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Denmark](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/denmark-provinces.md) (11 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Lithuania](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/lithuania-provinces.md) (10 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Ireland](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/ireland-provinces.md) (8 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Slovakia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/slovakia-provinces.md) (8 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Estonia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/estonia-provinces.md) (5 places)
- [NUTS 3 areas of Latvia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/latvia-provinces.md) (5 places)