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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 2019, at 147,513. Malta had the lowest, at 1,588. The median was 21,004 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.12 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest147,513France
Lowest1,588Malta
Median21,00427 EU countries
European Union (27)1,118,646History

Map of EU countries, 2019

Austria: 21,124 countBelgium: 40,976 countBulgaria: 15,080 countCyprus: 2,269 countCzechia: 52,400 countGermany: 127,191 countDenmark: 18,961 countEstonia: 6,838 countSpain: 69,505 countFinland: 11,241 countFrance: 147,513 countGreece: 16,851 countCroatia: 11,091 countHungary: 49,931 countIreland: 16,418 countItaly: 104,879 countLithuania: 9,465 countLuxembourg: 2,792 countLatvia: 7,571 countMalta: 1,588 countNetherlands: 106,735 countPoland: 132,848 countPortugal: 21,004 countRomania: 26,888 countSweden: 60,871 countSlovenia: 10,185 countSlovakia: 26,518 count
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count, 2019. 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, 2019

France: 147,513 countFrance147,513Poland: 132,848 countPoland132,848Germany: 127,191 countGermany127,191Netherlands: 106,735 countNetherlands106,735Italy: 104,879 countItaly104,879Spain: 69,505 countSpain69,505Sweden: 60,871 countSweden60,871Czechia: 52,400 countCzechia52,400Hungary: 49,931 countHungary49,931Belgium: 40,976 countBelgium40,976Romania: 26,888 countRomania26,888Slovakia: 26,518 countSlovakia26,518Austria: 21,124 countAustria21,124Portugal: 21,004 countPortugal21,004Denmark: 18,961 countDenmark18,961Greece: 16,851 countGreece16,851Ireland: 16,418 countIreland16,418Bulgaria: 15,080 countBulgaria15,080Finland: 11,241 countFinland11,241Croatia: 11,091 countCroatia11,091Slovenia: 10,185 countSlovenia10,185Lithuania: 9,465 countLithuania9,465Latvia: 7,571 countLatvia7,571Estonia: 6,838 countEstonia6,838Luxembourg: 2,792 countLuxembourg2,792Cyprus: 2,269 countCyprus2,269Malta: 1,588 countMalta1,588France: 147,513 countFrance147,513Poland: 132,848 countPoland132,848Germany: 127,191 countGermany127,191Netherlands: 106,735 countNetherlands106,735Italy: 104,879 countItaly104,879Spain: 69,505 countSpain69,505Sweden: 60,871 countSweden60,871Czechia: 52,400 countCzechia52,400Hungary: 49,931 countHungary49,931Belgium: 40,976 countBelgium40,976Romania: 26,888 countRomania26,888Slovakia: 26,518 countSlovakia26,518Austria: 21,124 countAustria21,124Portugal: 21,004 countPortugal21,004Denmark: 18,961 countDenmark18,961Greece: 16,851 countGreece16,851Ireland: 16,418 countIreland16,418Bulgaria: 15,080 countBulgaria15,080Finland: 11,241 countFinland11,241Croatia: 11,091 countCroatia11,091Slovenia: 10,185 countSlovenia10,185Lithuania: 9,465 countLithuania9,465Latvia: 7,571 countLatvia7,571Estonia: 6,838 countEstonia6,838Luxembourg: 2,792 countLuxembourg2,792Cyprus: 2,269 countCyprus2,269Malta: 1,588 countMalta1,588
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 countries2019
count		Change on 2018
1France147,513+9.5%
2Poland132,848+9.5%
3Germany127,191-2.2%
4Netherlands106,735+5.3%
5Italy104,879-0.5%
6Spain69,505-0.6%
7Sweden60,871+3.2%
8Czechia52,400+5.3%
9Hungary49,931+10%
10Belgium40,976+12.8%
11Romania26,888+5.8%
12Slovakia26,518+8.3%
13Austria21,124+7.3%
14Portugal21,004+9.9%
15Denmark18,961+2.6%
16Greece16,851+1.9%
17Ireland16,418+3.2%
18Bulgaria15,080+6.2%
19Finland11,241+5.3%
20Croatia Series break11,091+49.9%
21Slovenia10,185+2.2%
22Lithuania9,465+9.8%
23Latvia7,571+2.1%
24Estonia6,838+13.1%
25Luxembourg2,792+7.6%
26Cyprus2,269+18.8%
27Malta1,588+7%

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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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

France, with 147,513 in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Malta, with 1,588 in 2019.

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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