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Enterprises in accommodation and food services in European Union (27)

Enterprises in accommodation and food services in the European Union (27) was 2.02 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.8% from 2023.

2024, count2,024,635
Change on 2023+1.8%
Series high2,024,6352024
Series low1,696,6862011

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Enterprises in accommodation and food services in European Union (27), 2011 to 2024

1.6M1.7M1.8M1.9M2M2.1M20112013201520172019202120242011: 1,696,686 count2012: 1,699,969 count2013: 1,698,854 count2014: 1,767,755 count2015: 1,785,473 count2016: 1,849,311 count2017: 1,850,461 count2018: 1,863,325 count2019: 1,888,142 count2020: 1,842,057 count2021: 1,904,753 count2022: 1,956,213 count2023: 1,988,721 count2024: 2,024,635 count1.6M1.7M1.8M1.9M2M2.1M2011201620242011: 1,696,686 count2012: 1,699,969 count2013: 1,698,854 count2014: 1,767,755 count2015: 1,785,473 count2016: 1,849,311 count2017: 1,850,461 count2018: 1,863,325 count2019: 1,888,142 count2020: 1,842,057 count2021: 1,904,753 count2022: 1,956,213 count2023: 1,988,721 count2024: 2,024,635 count
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 14 values
Periodcount
20242,024,635
20231,988,721
20221,956,213
20211,904,753 Series break
20201,842,057
20191,888,142
20181,863,325
20171,850,461
20161,849,311
20151,785,473
20141,767,755
20131,698,854
20121,699,969
20111,696,686

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Definition

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).

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Enterprises in accommodation and food services, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

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Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), Enterprises in accommodation and food services, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprises-accommodation-food/european-union. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Enterprises in accommodation and food services, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprises-accommodation-food/european-union.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), Enterprises in accommodation and food services, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprises-accommodation-food/european-union (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Enterprises in accommodation and food services in the European Union (27) was 2.02 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.8% from 2023.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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2.02 million in 2024, the highest value since 2011 in this series.

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