NUTS 3 areas of Austria by active enterprises

Wien had the highest active enterprises of 35 areas in 2021, at 142,334. Lungau had the lowest, at 1,355. The median was 11,974 and the figure for Austria was 589,615. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest142,334Wien

Lowest1,355Lungau

Median11,97435 areas

Austria589,615History

All areas, 2021

count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2021 count
1	Wien	142,334
2	Linz-Wels	36,745
3	Graz	32,270
4	Salzburg und Umgebung	29,183
5	Wiener Umland/Südteil	25,063
6	Innsbruck	23,894
7	Wiener Umland/Nordteil	21,946
8	Klagenfurt-Villach	19,941
9	Tiroler Unterland	19,461
10	Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet	19,320
11	Innviertel	15,531
12	Oststeiermark	15,404
13	Traunviertel	15,133
14	Niederösterreich-Süd	15,061
15	Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen	13,240
16	Pinzgau-Pongau	13,170
17	Waldviertel	12,618
18	West- und Südsteiermark	11,974
19	Mühlviertel	10,948
20	Nordburgenland	10,003
21	Sankt Pölten	9,100
22	Steyr-Kirchdorf	8,530
23	Tiroler Oberland	8,276
24	Unterkärnten	8,137
25	Östliche Obersteiermark	7,672
26	Oberkärnten	7,640
27	Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald	6,636
28	Weinviertel	5,903
29	Südburgenland	5,484
30	Westliche Obersteiermark	5,207
31	Liezen	4,843
32	Osttirol	3,070
33	Außerfern	2,444
34	Mittelburgenland	2,079
35	Lungau	1,355

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.

Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). For the UK it counts every enterprise active at some point in the year, so it differs from registered_enterprises_total (UK Business Counts), a snapshot of the register in March.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r) (NUTS 3 areas of Austria by active enterprises, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

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Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Austria by active enterprises, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/austria-provinces?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). NUTS 3 areas of Austria by active enterprises, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/austria-provinces?period=2021.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Austria by active enterprises, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/austria-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which area has the highest active enterprises?

Wien, with 142,334 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest active enterprises?

Lungau, with 1,355 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.