Data / Rankings / Enterprises in administrative and support services / EU countries

EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services

France had the highest enterprises in administrative and support services of 27 EU countries in 2014, at 223,358. Malta had the lowest, at 1,461. The median was 19,403 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.26 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest223,358France
Lowest1,461Malta
Median19,40327 EU countries
European Union (27)1,263,978History

Map of EU countries, 2014

Austria: 14,693 countBelgium: 37,241 countBulgaria: 9,742 countCyprus: 2,131 countCzechia: 30,769 countGermany: 181,396 countDenmark: 16,912 countEstonia: 4,172 countSpain: 132,413 countFinland: 13,970 countFrance: 223,358 countGreece: 21,905 countCroatia: 6,324 countHungary: 34,692 countIreland: 15,412 countItaly: 139,898 countLithuania: 6,524 countLuxembourg: 2,050 countLatvia: 5,827 countMalta: 1,461 countNetherlands: 67,362 countPoland: 63,246 countPortugal: 144,987 countRomania: 19,403 countSweden: 37,056 countSlovenia: 6,431 countSlovakia: 24,603 count
  • Under 6,000
  • 6,000 to 15K
  • 15K to 28K
  • 28K to 67K
  • 67K and over
count, 2014. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2014

France: 223,358 countFrance223,358Germany: 181,396 countGermany181,396Portugal: 144,987 countPortugal144,987Italy: 139,898 countItaly139,898Spain: 132,413 countSpain132,413Netherlands: 67,362 countNetherlands67,362Poland: 63,246 countPoland63,246Belgium: 37,241 countBelgium37,241Sweden: 37,056 countSweden37,056Hungary: 34,692 countHungary34,692Czechia: 30,769 countCzechia30,769Slovakia: 24,603 countSlovakia24,603Greece: 21,905 countGreece21,905Romania: 19,403 countRomania19,403Denmark: 16,912 countDenmark16,912Ireland: 15,412 countIreland15,412Austria: 14,693 countAustria14,693Finland: 13,970 countFinland13,970Bulgaria: 9,742 countBulgaria9,742Lithuania: 6,524 countLithuania6,524Slovenia: 6,431 countSlovenia6,431Croatia: 6,324 countCroatia6,324Latvia: 5,827 countLatvia5,827Estonia: 4,172 countEstonia4,172Cyprus: 2,131 countCyprus2,131Luxembourg: 2,050 countLuxembourg2,050Malta: 1,461 countMalta1,461France: 223,358 countFrance223,358Germany: 181,396 countGermany181,396Portugal: 144,987 countPortugal144,987Italy: 139,898 countItaly139,898Spain: 132,413 countSpain132,413Netherlands: 67,362 countNetherlands67,362Poland: 63,246 countPoland63,246Belgium: 37,241 countBelgium37,241Sweden: 37,056 countSweden37,056Hungary: 34,692 countHungary34,692Czechia: 30,769 countCzechia30,769Slovakia: 24,603 countSlovakia24,603Greece: 21,905 countGreece21,905Romania: 19,403 countRomania19,403Denmark: 16,912 countDenmark16,912Ireland: 15,412 countIreland15,412Austria: 14,693 countAustria14,693Finland: 13,970 countFinland13,970Bulgaria: 9,742 countBulgaria9,742Lithuania: 6,524 countLithuania6,524Slovenia: 6,431 countSlovenia6,431Croatia: 6,324 countCroatia6,324Latvia: 5,827 countLatvia5,827Estonia: 4,172 countEstonia4,172Cyprus: 2,131 countCyprus2,131Luxembourg: 2,050 countLuxembourg2,050Malta: 1,461 countMalta1,461
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2014
count		Change on 2013
1France Series break223,358+9.6%
2Germany181,396+20.5%
3Portugal144,987+6.4%
4Italy139,898+0.4%
5Spain132,413+14.6%
6Netherlands67,362+3.2%
7Poland63,246+10.1%
8Belgium37,241-6.9%
9Sweden37,056+3.1%
10Hungary34,692+3.3%
11Czechia30,769-0.3%
12Slovakia24,603+34.1%
13Greece21,905+5.8%
14Romania19,403+7.5%
15Denmark16,912+2.8%
16Ireland15,412-2.2%
17Austria14,693+2.8%
18Finland13,970-1.5%
19Bulgaria9,742+5.9%
20Lithuania6,524+17.4%
21Slovenia6,431+7.8%
22Croatia6,324+5.2%
23Latvia5,827+6.1%
24Estonia4,172-4.6%
25Cyprus2,131+9.1%
26Luxembourg2,050+7%
27Malta1,461+6.2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in administrative and support services (NACE Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 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 (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2024). Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2) (EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table

MLA 9

Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2014. Eurostat, European Commission, 1 Mar. 2024, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-administrative-support/eu-countries?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2024. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-administrative-support/eu-countries?period=2014.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2024) Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-administrative-support/eu-countries?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_enterprises_2014,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs\_na\_sca\_r2): EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2014}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-administrative-support/eu-countries?period=2014. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs\_na\_sca\_r2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs\_na\_sca\_r2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2): EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services, 2014
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/03/01
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-administrative-support/eu-countries?period=2014
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-administrative-support/eu-countries?period=2014.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank EU countries by enterprises in administrative and support services using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"sbs_enterprises_administrative_support","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=sbs_enterprises_administrative_support&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

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

France, with 223,358 in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Malta, with 1,461 in 2014.

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 (2005 to 2020), Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

EU countries: more rankings