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EU countries by enterprises in information and communication

France had the highest enterprises in information and communication of 27 EU countries in 2014, at 152,448. Malta had the lowest, at 1,016. The median was 18,208 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 913,381. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest152,448France
Lowest1,016Malta
Median18,20827 EU countries
European Union (27)913,381History

Map of EU countries, 2014

Austria: 18,444 countBelgium: 29,264 countBulgaria: 10,739 countCyprus: 1,043 countCzechia: 36,424 countGermany: 114,870 countDenmark: 16,105 countEstonia: 4,047 countSpain: 54,654 countFinland: 9,718 countFrance: 152,448 countGreece: 20,416 countCroatia: 6,147 countHungary: 35,039 countIreland: 13,687 countItaly: 96,997 countLithuania: 4,919 countLuxembourg: 2,144 countLatvia: 5,558 countMalta: 1,016 countNetherlands: 84,219 countPoland: 77,754 countPortugal: 14,834 countRomania: 19,499 countSweden: 57,270 countSlovenia: 7,919 countSlovakia: 18,208 count
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  • 20K to 57K
  • 57K and over
count, 2014. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2014

France: 152,448 countFrance152,448Germany: 114,870 countGermany114,870Italy: 96,997 countItaly96,997Netherlands: 84,219 countNetherlands84,219Poland: 77,754 countPoland77,754Sweden: 57,270 countSweden57,270Spain: 54,654 countSpain54,654Czechia: 36,424 countCzechia36,424Hungary: 35,039 countHungary35,039Belgium: 29,264 countBelgium29,264Greece: 20,416 countGreece20,416Romania: 19,499 countRomania19,499Austria: 18,444 countAustria18,444Slovakia: 18,208 countSlovakia18,208Denmark: 16,105 countDenmark16,105Portugal: 14,834 countPortugal14,834Ireland: 13,687 countIreland13,687Bulgaria: 10,739 countBulgaria10,739Finland: 9,718 countFinland9,718Slovenia: 7,919 countSlovenia7,919Croatia: 6,147 countCroatia6,147Latvia: 5,558 countLatvia5,558Lithuania: 4,919 countLithuania4,919Estonia: 4,047 countEstonia4,047Luxembourg: 2,144 countLuxembourg2,144Cyprus: 1,043 countCyprus1,043Malta: 1,016 countMalta1,016France: 152,448 countFrance152,448Germany: 114,870 countGermany114,870Italy: 96,997 countItaly96,997Netherlands: 84,219 countNetherlands84,219Poland: 77,754 countPoland77,754Sweden: 57,270 countSweden57,270Spain: 54,654 countSpain54,654Czechia: 36,424 countCzechia36,424Hungary: 35,039 countHungary35,039Belgium: 29,264 countBelgium29,264Greece: 20,416 countGreece20,416Romania: 19,499 countRomania19,499Austria: 18,444 countAustria18,444Slovakia: 18,208 countSlovakia18,208Denmark: 16,105 countDenmark16,105Portugal: 14,834 countPortugal14,834Ireland: 13,687 countIreland13,687Bulgaria: 10,739 countBulgaria10,739Finland: 9,718 countFinland9,718Slovenia: 7,919 countSlovenia7,919Croatia: 6,147 countCroatia6,147Latvia: 5,558 countLatvia5,558Lithuania: 4,919 countLithuania4,919Estonia: 4,047 countEstonia4,047Luxembourg: 2,144 countLuxembourg2,144Cyprus: 1,043 countCyprus1,043Malta: 1,016 countMalta1,016
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2014
count		Change on 2013
1France Series break152,448+10.4%
2Germany114,870+15.7%
3Italy96,997+1.1%
4Netherlands84,219+3.9%
5Poland77,754+10.9%
6Sweden57,270+3.7%
7Spain54,654+5.3%
8Czechia36,424+2.5%
9Hungary35,039+8.7%
10Belgium29,264-2.6%
11Greece20,416+61.1%
12Romania19,499+6.7%
13Austria18,444+2.2%
14Slovakia18,208+19.5%
15Denmark16,105+4.5%
16Portugal14,834+2.3%
17Ireland13,687+0.8%
18Bulgaria10,739+7.2%
19Finland9,718+0.9%
20Slovenia7,919+9.7%
21Croatia6,147+2%
22Latvia5,558+6.1%
23Lithuania4,919+44.8%
24Estonia4,047+5.7%
25Luxembourg2,144+4.3%
26Cyprus1,043+5.6%
27Malta1,016+10.3%

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About this ranking

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in information and communication (NACE Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 2 section J), 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.

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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

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Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by enterprises in information and communication, 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-information-communication/eu-countries?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2024. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). EU countries by enterprises in information and communication, 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-information-communication/eu-countries?period=2014.

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

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Which EU country has the highest enterprises in information and communication?

France, with 152,448 in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest enterprises in information and communication?

Malta, with 1,016 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), Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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