EU countries by enterprises with e-commerce sales

Ireland had the highest enterprises with e-commerce sales of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 30.3%. Bulgaria had the lowest, at 5.4%. The median was 16.5% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 17.6%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest30.3Ireland

Lowest5.4Bulgaria

Median16.527 EU countries

European Union (27)17.6History

Map of EU countries, 2016

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%, 2016. Source: Eurostat, Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc_ec_eseln2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2016

%. Source: Eurostat, Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc_ec_eseln2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Ireland	30.3	-1.9 pts
2	Denmark	27.7	+1.7 pts
3	Sweden	26.8	+0.5 pts
4	Czechia	26.6	+2.9 pts
5	Germany	26.2	+1.6 pts
6	Belgium	24	-0.6 pts
7	Spain	19.1	+2.6 pts
8	Portugal	18.6	-0.7 pts
9	Croatia	18.6	-0.9 pts
9	Lithuania	18.6	+0.8 pts
11	Malta	18.4	+2.3 pts
12	Finland	18.2	+2.6 pts
13	France	16.6	+0.1 pts
14	Netherlands	16.5	-0.6 pts
15	Estonia	15.7	+3.2 pts
16	Austria	15.3	+0.7 pts
17	Slovenia	14	-2.3 pts
18	Cyprus	12.7	+2.1 pts
19	Slovakia	12.2	-1 pts
20	Hungary	12.2	+1.6 pts
21	Poland	10.7	+0.4 pts
22	Greece	10.2	+4 pts
23	Luxembourg	9.3	+2.8 pts
24	Latvia	8.4	-0.2 pts
25	Italy	7.6	+0.9 pts
26	Romania	7.4	-0.2 pts
27	Bulgaria	5.4	-0.5 pts

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About this ranking

Share of enterprises with 10 or more persons employed whose e-commerce sales (orders received through websites, apps, online marketplaces or EDI-type messages) were at least 1% of their turnover in the previous calendar year. Covers all activities except agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining and quarrying and the financial sector. Eurostat survey on ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises.

The reported year is the survey year; sales refer to the preceding calendar year. The EU Digital Economy and Society Index reports the same measure for small and medium-sized enterprises (10 to 249 persons employed); this series covers every enterprise with 10 or more. It counts enterprises, not sales: ecommerce_turnover_share is the share of turnover from e-commerce.

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. Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc_ec_eseln2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ec_eseln2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc_ec_eseln2) (EU countries by enterprises with e-commerce sales, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ec_eseln2/default/table

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Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc_ec_eseln2), EU countries by enterprises with e-commerce sales, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 15 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ec_eseln2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-ecommerce-sales/eu-countries?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc_ec_eseln2). EU countries by enterprises with e-commerce sales, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ec_eseln2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-ecommerce-sales/eu-countries?period=2016.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc_ec_eseln2), EU countries by enterprises with e-commerce sales, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ec_eseln2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-ecommerce-sales/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_enterprises_2016,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1\% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc\_ec\_eseln2): EU countries by enterprises with e-commerce sales, 2016}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ec_eseln2/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-ecommerce-sales/eu-countries?period=2016. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1\% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc\_ec\_eseln2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc\_ec\_eseln2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which EU country has the highest enterprises with e-commerce sales?

Ireland, with 30.3% in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest enterprises with e-commerce sales?

Bulgaria, with 5.4% in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Enterprises with e-commerce sales of at least 1% of turnover, 10 or more persons employed, all activities except agriculture, mining and finance, survey year (isoc_ec_eseln2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.