# Local units in professional, scientific and technical activities

Number of local units of enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M). 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.

## Key facts

- Italy had the highest local units in professional, scientific and technical activities of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 944,598, and Malta the lowest, at 9,637. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 271 places, with figures from 2021 to 2024.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `business_local_units_professional_scientific`
- Unit: count
- Note: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/local-units-professional-scientific
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/business_local_units_professional_scientific

## Rankings

- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/eu-countries.md) (27 places)
- [EU regions (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/eu-regions.md) (244 places)
- [Autonomous communities of Spain](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/spain-regions.md) (19 places)
- [Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/germany-regions.md) (38 places)
- [Regions of France (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/france-regions.md) (27 places)
- [Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/italy-regions.md) (21 places)
- [Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/poland-regions.md) (17 places)
- [Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/greece-regions.md) (13 places)
- [Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/netherlands-regions.md) (12 places)
- [Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/belgium-regions.md) (11 places)
- [Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/austria-regions.md) (9 places)
- [Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/portugal-regions.md) (9 places)
- [Regions of Czechia (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/czechia-regions.md) (8 places)
- [Regions of Hungary (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/hungary-regions.md) (8 places)
- [Regions of Romania (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/romania-regions.md) (8 places)
- [Regions of Sweden (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/sweden-regions.md) (8 places)
- [Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/bulgaria-regions.md) (6 places)
- [Regions of Denmark (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/denmark-regions.md) (5 places)
- [Regions of Finland (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/finland-regions.md) (5 places)