# EU regions (NUTS 2) by active companies, 2025

All 19 values come from Instituto Nacional de Estadística for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `active_companies`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).
- Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por provincia (tabla 302) (https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=302)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- Citation: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por provincia (tabla 302). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=302. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/eu-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/active-companies/eu-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Catalonia | 610,062 |
| 2 | Andalusia | 540,462 |
| 3 | Community of Madrid | 526,588 |
| 4 | Valencian Community | 372,121 |
| 5 | Galicia | 186,951 |
| 6 | Castile and León | 148,679 |
| 7 | Canary Islands | 146,001 |
| 8 | Basque Country | 134,953 |
| 9 | Castilla-La Mancha | 124,033 |
| 10 | Balearic Islands | 103,319 |
| 11 | Region of Murcia | 93,956 |
| 12 | Aragon | 85,008 |
| 13 | Asturias | 64,608 |
| 14 | Extremadura | 64,255 |
| 15 | Navarre | 42,375 |
| 16 | Cantabria | 38,340 |
| 17 | La Rioja | 21,481 |
| 18 | Melilla | 4,396 |
| 19 | Ceuta | 3,236 |