# EU countries by active enterprises, 2024

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `active_enterprises`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | France | 5,615,765 |
| 2 | Italy | 4,639,890 |
| 3 | Spain | 3,552,872 |
| 4 | Germany | 3,240,939 |
| 5 | Poland | 2,821,170 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 2,424,297 |
| 7 | Portugal | 1,470,937 |
| 8 | Czechia | 1,366,927 |
| 9 | Romania | 1,030,603 |
| 10 | Greece | 964,851 |
| 11 | Belgium | 931,405 |
| 12 | Hungary | 905,324 |
| 13 | Sweden | 873,878 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 682,029 |
| 15 | Austria | 628,058 |
| 16 | Finland | 478,708 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 415,087 |
| 18 | Ireland | 410,205 |
| 19 | Denmark | 379,306 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 371,281 |
| 21 | Croatia | 252,125 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 208,069 |
| 23 | Estonia | 168,518 |
| 24 | Latvia | 152,706 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 94,381 |
| 26 | Malta | 59,496 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 49,737 |