EU regions (NUTS 2) by active enterprises

Ile-de-France had the highest active enterprises of 233 regions in 2022, at 1.16 million. Mayotte had the lowest, at 1,970. The median was 92,087 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 32.59 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,162,950Ile-de-France

Lowest1,970Mayotte

Median92,087233 regions

European Union (27)32,591,380History

Top 40 regions, 2022

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	Regions	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Ile-de-France Series break	1,162,950	+6%
2	Lombardia	852,012	+3.1%
3	Catalonia	644,491	+1.4%
4	Rhône-Alpes Series break	577,439	+8.4%
5	Andalusia	571,510	+2.8%
6	Community of Madrid	548,738	+2%
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break	524,885	+7.7%
8	Zuid-Holland	477,024	n/a
9	Lazio	469,665	+3.8%
10	Noord-Holland	462,557	+7.5%
11	Norte	439,666	+7.1%
12	Veneto	399,392	+1.9%
13	Valencian Community	388,314	+2.6%
14	Warszawski stołeczny	378,491	+2%
15	Campania	373,655	+3.1%
16	Emilia-Romagna	371,790	+1.7%
17	Attiki	354,872	+5.4%
18	Piemonte	334,348	+2.3%
19	Grande Lisboa	333,104	+9.1%
20	Toscana	328,382	+2.4%
21	Noord-Brabant	317,098	+6.7%
22	Aquitaine Series break	316,078	+8.6%
23	Praha	315,353	+3.5%
24	Sicilia	291,639	+3.1%
25	Śląskie	282,864	-0.3%
26	Wielkopolskie	276,623	-0.4%
27	Budapest	270,676	+1.9%
28	Puglia	267,345	+2.3%
29	Małopolskie	262,733	+1.9%
30	Stockholm	262,208	-21.5%
31	Languedoc-Roussillon Series break	258,805	+8.1%
32	Midi-Pyrénées Series break	258,157	+8.7%
33	Pays de la Loire Series break	250,654	+9.1%
34	Gelderland	247,552	+6.9%
35	Oberbayern	239,698	+1%
36	Bretagne Series break	230,455	+9.1%
37	Dolnośląskie	216,892	+1.6%
38	Nord-Pas de Calais Series break	216,098	+7.1%
39	Eastern and Midland	201,819	+6.5%
40	Düsseldorf	201,383	+1.1%
41	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	200,663	+8.1%
42	Bucureşti-Ilfov	200,437	+7.8%
43	Galicia	198,818	+1.1%
44	Jihovýchod	198,074	+3.4%
45	Západné Slovensko	196,708	+6.1%
46	Centro (PT)	194,172	+5.5%
47	Utrecht	192,417	n/a
48	Pomorskie	184,007	+0.7%
49	Köln	179,698	+1.1%
50	Darmstadt	171,869	+1.3%
51	Berlin	169,006	+1.8%
52	Helsinki-Uusimaa	165,305	+3.8%
53	Střední Čechy	163,596	+4%
54	Yugozapaden	161,962	+2.8%
55	Västsverige	161,249	-18.7%
56	Severovýchod	158,731	+2.2%
57	Łódzkie	158,578	-0.4%
58	Castile and León	156,230	+0.4%
59	Stuttgart	155,487	-0.2%
60	Centre - Val de Loire Series break	155,362	+8.4%
61	Pest	154,331	+4.6%
62	Nord-Vest	154,140	+4.4%
63	Eesti	153,907	+12.5%
64	Canary Islands	152,640	+4.5%
65	Východné Slovensko	149,355	+7.4%
66	Kentriki Makedonia	147,242	+4%
67	Bratislavský kraj	145,837	+7.6%
68	Latvija	145,441	+5.1%
69	Stredné Slovensko	143,877	+6.5%
70	Basque Country	143,595	+1.4%
71	Wien	139,740	-1.8%
72	Hovedstaden	138,461	+29.9%
73	Castilla-La Mancha	133,226	+1.8%
74	Alsace Series break	132,236	+7.6%
75	Sostinės regionas	128,698	+12.3%
76	Marche	128,143	+1.5%
77	Poitou-Charentes Series break	128,049	+9.4%
78	Centru	127,441	+3.9%
79	Liguria	127,046	+2.3%
80	Jihozápad	127,009	+2.6%
81	Mazowiecki regionalny	126,305	-0.7%
82	Lorraine Series break	125,685	+6.3%
83	Kujawsko-pomorskie	121,814	-1.2%
84	Střední Morava	121,768	+2.2%
85	Nord-Est	121,663	+4.3%
86	Overijssel	118,760	+6.6%
87	Sydsverige	117,947	-18.6%
88	Zachodniopomorskie	117,745	-2.3%
89	Arnsberg	117,483	+0.5%
90	Southern	115,330	+4.6%
91	Calabria	114,948	+2.9%
92	Zahodna Slovenija	113,781	+5%
93	Moravskoslezsko	113,341	+3.3%
94	Östra Mellansverige	113,230	-17%
95	Schleswig-Holstein	112,500	+0.2%
96	Lubelskie	111,746	+0.8%
97	Sud-Muntenia	111,643	+2.9%
98	Podkarpackie	111,569	+1.5%
99	Sardegna	111,183	+2.5%
100	Limburg (NL)	110,994	+6.2%
101	Karlsruhe	108,201	+0.1%
102	Balearic Islands	107,734	+4.5%
103	Észak-Alföld	106,060	+2.4%
104	Bourgogne Series break	105,834	+8%
105	Länsi-Suomi	104,734	+2.7%
106	Dél-Alföld	103,960	+3.1%
107	Niederösterreich	101,772	-1.1%
108	Abruzzo	100,935	+2.5%
109	Haute-Normandie Series break	100,520	+7.6%
110	Region of Murcia	99,964	+1.5%
111	Sud-Est	99,174	+1.9%
112	Közép-Dunántúl	99,056	+3.4%
113	Picardie Series break	98,384	+7.6%
114	Severozápad	94,564	+2.3%
115	Nyugat-Dunántúl	93,895	+3.1%
116	Auvergne Series break	92,629	+9.7%
117	Basse-Normandie Series break	92,087	+8%
118	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	91,101	+6.8%
119	Península de Setúbal	90,899	+10.1%
120	Hamburg	90,172	+0.1%
121	Vest	89,670	+3.8%
122	Jadranska Hrvatska	89,476	+4.3%
123	Brandenburg	89,466	+0.3%
124	Aragon	88,995	+0.7%
125	Freiburg	88,558	0%
126	Weser-Ems	88,159	+0.5%
127	Münster	87,906	+0.5%
128	Kýpros	87,707	+5.6%
129	Oberösterreich	86,488	-0.5%
130	Midtjylland	85,600	+35.3%
131	Etelä-Suomi	85,156	+2.3%
132	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	84,038	+1.9%
133	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	83,374	+2.8%
134	Vzhodna Slovenija	81,095	+5%
135	Algarve	81,053	+14.3%
136	Schwaben	79,057	+1.4%
137	Steiermark	76,908	-0.6%
138	Champagne-Ardenne Series break	75,821	+7.4%
139	Dél-Dunántúl	75,646	+3.4%
140	Warmińsko-mazurskie	75,633	-1.4%
141	Detmold	73,427	+0.3%
142	Észak-Magyarország	73,340	+2.1%
143	Tübingen	73,136	0%
144	Hannover	72,611	+0.9%
145	Syddanmark	71,439	+30.4%
146	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	71,247	+1%
147	Sud-Vest Oltenia	70,800	+2.2%
148	Friesland (NL)	70,516	+6.2%
149	Asturias	69,811	+0.8%
150	Yuzhen tsentralen	69,770	+3.3%
151	Franche-Comté Series break	69,682	+7.4%
152	Thüringen	69,616	-1%
153	Mittelfranken	68,890	+0.7%
154	Extremadura	68,218	+1.3%
155	Umbria	68,134	+2.1%
156	Świętokrzyskie	67,089	-0.2%
157	Podlaskie	66,522	+1.6%
158	Grad Zagreb	64,518	+4.4%
159	Lubuskie	64,228	-1.2%
160	Sachsen-Anhalt	63,571	-0.2%
161	Northern and Western	63,433	+4.9%
162	Norra Mellansverige	58,935	-17.3%
163	Groningen	58,870	+6.3%
164	Kriti	58,196	+3.4%
165	Lüneburg	58,159	+0.7%
166	La Réunion Series break	58,109	+11.7%
167	Småland med öarna	58,022	-17.7%
168	Tirol	56,793	-0.6%
169	Koblenz	56,059	+0.9%
170	Dresden	55,844	+0.1%
171	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	54,597	-0.1%
172	Yugoiztochen	54,124	+4.2%
173	Thessalia	53,417	+2.9%
174	Niederbayern	53,191	+1.2%
175	Opolskie	53,026	-0.5%
176	Flevoland	52,657	+9.3%
177	Malta	51,506	-1.1%
178	Chemnitz	50,314	-0.7%
179	Unterfranken	50,221	+0.8%
180	Sjælland	49,764	+24.7%
181	Drenthe	49,500	+5.8%
182	Severoiztochen	48,334	+3.3%
183	Alentejo	48,325	+5.3%
184	Limousin Series break	48,307	+8.3%
185	Dytiki Elláda	47,069	+2.7%
186	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	46,237	+2.7%
187	Peloponnisos	45,356	+3.3%
188	Luxembourg Series break	45,021	+7.6%
189	Notio Aigaio	44,563	+5.6%
190	Navarre	43,594	+8%
191	Salzburg	43,331	-0.9%
192	Braunschweig	43,217	+0.9%
193	Oberpfalz	42,479	+0.2%
194	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	41,754	+2.2%
195	Martinique Series break	40,895	+13.6%
196	Zeeland	40,742	+6.4%
197	Cantabria	40,370	+1.9%
198	Kassel	40,155	+0.4%
199	Corse Series break	38,799	+8.2%
200	Oberfranken	38,348	+0.4%
201	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	38,266	+2.4%
202	Leipzig	38,151	+1.1%
203	Sterea Elláda	37,620	+2.6%
204	Gießen	37,163	+0.9%
205	Sjeverna Hrvatska	36,898	+5.4%
206	Panonska Hrvatska	36,516	+4.4%
207	Basilicata	36,287	+2.2%
208	Kärnten	35,533	-0.5%
209	Övre Norrland	35,246	-16.2%
210	Nordjylland	34,944	+31.2%
211	Saarland	34,774	+0.5%
212	Severen tsentralen	33,492	+2.8%
213	Guadeloupe Series break	32,180	+11.6%
214	Ionia Nisia	29,086	+4.7%
215	Mellersta Norrland	28,706	-16.3%
216	Região Autónoma da Madeira	27,579	+9%
217	Severozapaden	26,453	+2.9%
218	Ipeiros	26,308	+2.8%
219	Vorarlberg	25,835	-0.5%
220	Região Autónoma dos Açores	23,276	+6.5%
221	La Rioja	22,737	+0.3%
222	Bremen	22,701	-1.7%
223	Molise	21,385	+1.3%
224	Dytiki Makedonia	18,909	+3%
225	Trier	18,341	+1.2%
226	Burgenland	17,547	-0.1%
227	Voreio Aigaio	16,509	+1.8%
228	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	11,207	+1.8%
229	Guyane Series break	10,617	+14.1%
230	Melilla	4,857	-2.9%
231	Åland	3,692	+1.3%
232	Ceuta	3,661	-1.2%
233	Mayotte Series break	1,970	-39%

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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 regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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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Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r), EU regions (NUTS 2) by active enterprises, 2022. 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/eu-regions?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Ile-de-France, with 1.16 million in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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