Local units in mining and quarrying

Number of local units of enterprises in mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B). A local unit is an enterprise, or part of one, at a geographically identified place, such as a factory, shop, office or warehouse. Eurostat structural business statistics by region.

Eurostat structural business statistics by region (sbs_r_nuts2021), from 2021. Counted where each unit is located, so an enterprise with shops in several regions counts once in each. Countries and NUTS 2 regions. Eurostat publishes 2021 on NUTS 2021 codes and later years on NUTS 2024 codes, so regions created in 2024 (in Portugal and the Netherlands) start in 2022. Some countries publish estimates, flagged as such.

Key facts

Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

EU countries by local units in mining and quarrying, 2024

Top 15. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

France: 2,898 countFrance2,898Poland: 2,720 countPoland2,720Spain: 2,337 countSpain2,337Germany: 2,278 countGermany2,278Italy: 2,267 countItaly2,267Romania: 1,472 countRomania1,472Finland: 1,193 countFinland1,193Portugal: 1,186 countPortugal1,186Netherlands: 824 countNetherlands824Czechia: 806 countCzechia806Greece: 791 countGreece791Sweden: 765 countSweden765Austria: 682 countAustria682Latvia: 474 countLatvia474Hungary: 465 countHungary465
count. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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