Enterprises in industry, construction and market services
Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in industry, construction and market services (NACE Rev.
More on how it is measured
- 2 sections B to S except O and S94), 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 (sbs_ovw_act), from 2021. Covers NACE Rev. 2 sections B to S except public administration (O) and membership organisations (S94), so it includes financial and insurance activities, education, health and arts as well as the 12 sections with their own series; it is not their sum. There is no earlier comparable total: the 2005 to 2020 table excluded financial and insurance activities, education, health, arts and most other services in section S. Amounts are published in euros for every country. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).
Key facts
- Enterprises in industry, construction and market services in the European Union (27) was 33.98 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- France had the highest enterprises in industry, construction and market services of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 5.45 million, and Luxembourg the lowest, at 48,771. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 2021 to 2024.
Rankings
EU countries by enterprises in industry, construction and market services, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Denmark
- Finland
- Latvia
- Malta
- Austria
- Lithuania
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest enterprises in industry, construction and market services? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"sbs_enterprises_business_economy","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=sbs_enterprises_business_economy&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)