Enterprises in accommodation and food services

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in accommodation and food services (NACE Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 2 section I), from Eurostat structural business statistics.
  • An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units that produces goods or services with some autonomy in its decisions; one enterprise can have several local units.

Eurostat structural business statistics. From 2021 the series come from sbs_ovw_act under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics; 2005 to 2020 come from the earlier table sbs_na_sca_r2. Values for 2021 are flagged as a break: value added moved from factor cost to basic prices and some activities changed coverage, so the change from 2020 to 2021 is not all real. Amounts are published in euros for every country, including those outside the euro area. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).

Key facts

Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

EU countries by enterprises in accommodation and food services, 2024

Top 15. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Italy: 332,128 countItaly332,128France: 303,462 countFrance303,462Spain: 297,323 countSpain297,323Germany: 238,965 countGermany238,965Portugal: 128,022 countPortugal128,022Greece: 111,019 countGreece111,019Netherlands: 88,257 countNetherlands88,257Poland: 80,772 countPoland80,772Czechia: 62,480 countCzechia62,480Belgium: 57,156 countBelgium57,156Austria: 48,381 countAustria48,381Romania: 44,799 countRomania44,799Hungary: 32,697 countHungary32,697Sweden: 31,586 countSweden31,586Bulgaria: 25,416 countBulgaria25,416Italy: 332,128 countItaly332,128France: 303,462 countFrance303,462Spain: 297,323 countSpain297,323Germany: 238,965 countGermany238,965Portugal: 128,022 countPortugal128,022Greece: 111,019 countGreece111,019Netherlands: 88,257 countNetherlands88,257Poland: 80,772 countPoland80,772Czechia: 62,480 countCzechia62,480Belgium: 57,156 countBelgium57,156Austria: 48,381 countAustria48,381Romania: 44,799 countRomania44,799Hungary: 32,697 countHungary32,697Sweden: 31,586 countSweden31,586Bulgaria: 25,416 countBulgaria25,416
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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