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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 2022, at 197,965. Malta had the lowest, at 2,435. The median was 29,315 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.39 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest197,965France
Lowest2,435Malta
Median29,31527 EU countries
European Union (27)1,392,261History

Map of EU countries, 2022

Austria: 29,923 countBelgium: 48,537 countBulgaria: 16,663 countCyprus: 3,742 countCzechia: 62,771 countGermany: 130,517 countDenmark: 20,518 countEstonia: 12,495 countSpain: 77,973 countFinland: 20,986 countFrance: 197,965 countGreece: 23,549 countCroatia: 14,238 countHungary: 59,593 countIreland: 19,331 countItaly: 116,710 countLithuania: 13,330 countLuxembourg: 3,258 countLatvia: 7,956 countMalta: 2,435 countNetherlands: 122,007 countPoland: 193,652 countPortugal: 29,315 countRomania: 58,187 countSweden: 62,351 countSlovenia: 11,822 countSlovakia: 32,437 count
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count, 2022. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2022

France: 197,965 countFrance197,965Poland: 193,652 countPoland193,652Germany: 130,517 countGermany130,517Netherlands: 122,007 countNetherlands122,007Italy: 116,710 countItaly116,710Spain: 77,973 countSpain77,973Czechia: 62,771 countCzechia62,771Sweden: 62,351 countSweden62,351Hungary: 59,593 countHungary59,593Romania: 58,187 countRomania58,187Belgium: 48,537 countBelgium48,537Slovakia: 32,437 countSlovakia32,437Austria: 29,923 countAustria29,923Portugal: 29,315 countPortugal29,315Greece: 23,549 countGreece23,549Finland: 20,986 countFinland20,986Denmark: 20,518 countDenmark20,518Ireland: 19,331 countIreland19,331Bulgaria: 16,663 countBulgaria16,663Croatia: 14,238 countCroatia14,238Lithuania: 13,330 countLithuania13,330Estonia: 12,495 countEstonia12,495Slovenia: 11,822 countSlovenia11,822Latvia: 7,956 countLatvia7,956Cyprus: 3,742 countCyprus3,742Luxembourg: 3,258 countLuxembourg3,258Malta: 2,435 countMalta2,435France: 197,965 countFrance197,965Poland: 193,652 countPoland193,652Germany: 130,517 countGermany130,517Netherlands: 122,007 countNetherlands122,007Italy: 116,710 countItaly116,710Spain: 77,973 countSpain77,973Czechia: 62,771 countCzechia62,771Sweden: 62,351 countSweden62,351Hungary: 59,593 countHungary59,593Romania: 58,187 countRomania58,187Belgium: 48,537 countBelgium48,537Slovakia: 32,437 countSlovakia32,437Austria: 29,923 countAustria29,923Portugal: 29,315 countPortugal29,315Greece: 23,549 countGreece23,549Finland: 20,986 countFinland20,986Denmark: 20,518 countDenmark20,518Ireland: 19,331 countIreland19,331Bulgaria: 16,663 countBulgaria16,663Croatia: 14,238 countCroatia14,238Lithuania: 13,330 countLithuania13,330Estonia: 12,495 countEstonia12,495Slovenia: 11,822 countSlovenia11,822Latvia: 7,956 countLatvia7,956Cyprus: 3,742 countCyprus3,742Luxembourg: 3,258 countLuxembourg3,258Malta: 2,435 countMalta2,435
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2022
count		Change on 2021
1France197,965+17.2%
2Poland193,652+17.7%
3Germany130,517+1.1%
4Netherlands122,007+7.5%
5Italy116,710+3.6%
6Spain77,973+4.2%
7Czechia62,771+6.5%
8Sweden62,351-4.3%
9Hungary59,593+2.4%
10Romania58,187+13.9%
11Belgium48,537+9.7%
12Slovakia32,437+10.5%
13Austria29,923+1.7%
14Portugal29,315+19.2%
15Greece23,549+15%
16Finland20,986+3.5%
17Denmark20,518+5.5%
18Ireland19,331+4.3%
19Bulgaria16,663+6.2%
20Croatia14,238+8.6%
21Lithuania13,330+12.3%
22Estonia12,495+18.5%
23Slovenia11,822+6.9%
24Latvia7,956+6.7%
25Cyprus3,742+29.3%
26Luxembourg3,258+1.6%
27Malta2,435+6.6%

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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.

How to cite

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

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act) (EU countries by enterprises in information and communication, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

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Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by enterprises in information and communication, 2022. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-information-communication/eu-countries?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). EU countries by enterprises in information and communication, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-information-communication/eu-countries?period=2022.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by enterprises in information and communication, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-information-communication/eu-countries?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

France, with 197,965 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Malta, with 2,435 in 2022.

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