Enterprises in administrative and support services

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

More on how it is measured
  • 2 section N), 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.
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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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Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2024

Top 15. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

France: 366,867 countFrance366,867Portugal: 259,083 countPortugal259,083Germany: 238,299 countGermany238,299Spain: 228,537 countSpain228,537Italy: 189,983 countItaly189,983Netherlands: 145,710 countNetherlands145,710Poland: 112,449 countPoland112,449Slovakia: 64,198 countSlovakia64,198Belgium: 59,902 countBelgium59,902Hungary: 56,706 countHungary56,706Romania: 50,688 countRomania50,688Czechia: 47,437 countCzechia47,437Sweden: 41,737 countSweden41,737Greece: 29,300 countGreece29,300Austria: 28,340 countAustria28,340France: 366,867 countFrance366,867Portugal: 259,083 countPortugal259,083Germany: 238,299 countGermany238,299Spain: 228,537 countSpain228,537Italy: 189,983 countItaly189,983Netherlands: 145,710 countNetherlands145,710Poland: 112,449 countPoland112,449Slovakia: 64,198 countSlovakia64,198Belgium: 59,902 countBelgium59,902Hungary: 56,706 countHungary56,706Romania: 50,688 countRomania50,688Czechia: 47,437 countCzechia47,437Sweden: 41,737 countSweden41,737Greece: 29,300 countGreece29,300Austria: 28,340 countAustria28,340
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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