Data / Rankings / Enterprises in construction / EU countries

EU countries by enterprises in construction

Italy had the highest enterprises in construction of 27 EU countries in 2017, at 502,775. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 3,930. The median was 57,255 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 3.19 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest502,775Italy
Lowest3,930Luxembourg
Median57,25527 EU countries
European Union (27)3,193,012History

Map of EU countries, 2017

Austria: 36,157 countBelgium: 114,645 countBulgaria: 19,889 countCyprus: 7,886 countCzechia: 177,390 countGermany: 338,475 countDenmark: 32,643 countEstonia: 10,931 countSpain: 376,235 countFinland: 41,110 countFrance: 468,974 countGreece: 61,832 countCroatia: 17,994 countHungary: 69,658 countIreland: 57,255 countItaly: 502,775 countLithuania: 31,708 countLuxembourg: 3,930 countLatvia: 11,590 countMalta: 4,125 countNetherlands: 173,775 countPoland: 281,953 countPortugal: 81,629 countRomania: 52,792 countSweden: 104,097 countSlovenia: 18,668 countSlovakia: 95,114 count
  • Under 18K
  • 18K to 38K
  • 38K to 77K
  • 77K to 180K
  • 180K and over
count, 2017. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2017

Italy: 502,775 countItaly502,775France: 468,974 countFrance468,974Spain: 376,235 countSpain376,235Germany: 338,475 countGermany338,475Poland: 281,953 countPoland281,953Czechia: 177,390 countCzechia177,390Netherlands: 173,775 countNetherlands173,775Belgium: 114,645 countBelgium114,645Sweden: 104,097 countSweden104,097Slovakia: 95,114 countSlovakia95,114Portugal: 81,629 countPortugal81,629Hungary: 69,658 countHungary69,658Greece: 61,832 countGreece61,832Ireland: 57,255 countIreland57,255Romania: 52,792 countRomania52,792Finland: 41,110 countFinland41,110Austria: 36,157 countAustria36,157Denmark: 32,643 countDenmark32,643Lithuania: 31,708 countLithuania31,708Bulgaria: 19,889 countBulgaria19,889Slovenia: 18,668 countSlovenia18,668Croatia: 17,994 countCroatia17,994Latvia: 11,590 countLatvia11,590Estonia: 10,931 countEstonia10,931Cyprus: 7,886 countCyprus7,886Malta: 4,125 countMalta4,125Luxembourg: 3,930 countLuxembourg3,930Italy: 502,775 countItaly502,775France: 468,974 countFrance468,974Spain: 376,235 countSpain376,235Germany: 338,475 countGermany338,475Poland: 281,953 countPoland281,953Czechia: 177,390 countCzechia177,390Netherlands: 173,775 countNetherlands173,775Belgium: 114,645 countBelgium114,645Sweden: 104,097 countSweden104,097Slovakia: 95,114 countSlovakia95,114Portugal: 81,629 countPortugal81,629Hungary: 69,658 countHungary69,658Greece: 61,832 countGreece61,832Ireland: 57,255 countIreland57,255Romania: 52,792 countRomania52,792Finland: 41,110 countFinland41,110Austria: 36,157 countAustria36,157Denmark: 32,643 countDenmark32,643Lithuania: 31,708 countLithuania31,708Bulgaria: 19,889 countBulgaria19,889Slovenia: 18,668 countSlovenia18,668Croatia: 17,994 countCroatia17,994Latvia: 11,590 countLatvia11,590Estonia: 10,931 countEstonia10,931Cyprus: 7,886 countCyprus7,886Malta: 4,125 countMalta4,125Luxembourg: 3,930 countLuxembourg3,930
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2017
count		Change on 2016
1Italy Series break502,775-1.2%
2France Series break468,974-7.5%
3Spain376,235+2.3%
4Germany338,475-5.7%
5Poland281,953+6.6%
6Czechia177,390+1.4%
7Netherlands173,775+4%
8Belgium114,645+7.7%
9Sweden104,097+2.2%
10Slovakia95,114+8.5%
11Portugal81,629+3.5%
12Hungary69,658+9.1%
13Greece61,832-19.9%
14Ireland57,255+11%
15Romania52,792+6.2%
16Finland Series break41,110+0.5%
17Austria36,157+3.1%
18Denmark32,643+2.1%
19Lithuania31,708+1.8%
20Bulgaria19,889+1.9%
21Slovenia18,668-0.2%
22Croatia17,994+2.3%
23Latvia11,590-1.4%
24Estonia10,931+7.5%
25Cyprus7,886+7.6%
26Malta4,125+3%
27Luxembourg3,930+4.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in construction (NACE Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 2 section F), 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), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), 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), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2) (EU countries by enterprises in construction, 2017) [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), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by enterprises in construction, 2017. 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-construction/eu-countries?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2024. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). EU countries by enterprises in construction, 2017. 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-construction/eu-countries?period=2017.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2024) Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by enterprises in construction, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-construction/eu-countries?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_enterprises_2017,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), enterprises, number (sbs\_na\_sca\_r2): EU countries by enterprises in construction, 2017}},
  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-construction/eu-countries?period=2017. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), 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), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2): EU countries by enterprises in construction, 2017
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-construction/eu-countries?period=2017
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-construction/eu-countries?period=2017.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), 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 construction using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"sbs_enterprises_construction","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=sbs_enterprises_construction&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 construction?

Italy, with 502,775 in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest enterprises in construction?

Luxembourg, with 3,930 in 2017.

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), Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

EU countries: more rankings