EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2024

France had the highest enterprises in administrative and support services of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 366,867. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 2,693. The median was 29,300 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.07 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest366,867France

Lowest2,693Luxembourg

Median29,30027 EU countries

European Union (27)2,074,171History

All EU countries, 2024

count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	France	366,867	+12%
2	Portugal	259,083	+5.8%
3	Germany	238,299	+4.3%
4	Spain	228,537	+2.8%
5	Italy	189,983	+8%
6	Netherlands	145,710	+14.6%
7	Poland	112,449	+5.5%
8	Slovakia	64,198	+9.8%
9	Belgium	59,902	+8%
10	Hungary	56,706	+1.9%
11	Romania	50,688	+3%
12	Czechia	47,437	+9.1%
13	Sweden	41,737	+2.7%
14	Greece	29,300	+8.9%
15	Austria	28,340	+5.6%
16	Finland	27,746	+7.8%
17	Ireland	22,441	+4.3%
18	Denmark	21,149	+0.4%
19	Croatia	16,117	+8%
20	Lithuania	15,836	+7%
21	Bulgaria	12,745	+4.7%
22	Slovenia	10,827	+6.7%
23	Estonia	9,406	+7.7%
24	Latvia	7,516	+6.1%
25	Cyprus	4,577	+3.8%
26	Malta	3,882	+7.7%
27	Luxembourg	2,693	+2.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), from Eurostat structural business statistics. An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units that produces goods or services with some autonomy in its decisions; one enterprise can have several local units.

Eurostat structural business statistics. From 2021 the series come from sbs_ovw_act under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics; 2005 to 2020 come from the earlier table sbs_na_sca_r2. Values for 2021 are flagged as a break: value added moved from factor cost to basic prices and some activities changed coverage, so the change from 2020 to 2021 is not all real. Amounts are published in euros for every country, including those outside the euro area. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).

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

How to cite

Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act) (EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

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Structural business statistics, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-administrative-support/eu-countries. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-administrative-support/eu-countries.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-administrative-support/eu-countries (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which EU country has the highest enterprises in administrative and support services?

France, with 366,867 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest enterprises in administrative and support services?

Luxembourg, with 2,693 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Structural business statistics, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.