# EU countries by enterprises in manufacturing, 2024

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `sbs_enterprises_manufacturing`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C), 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Structural business statistics, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-manufacturing/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 347,845 |
| 2 | France | 279,540 |
| 3 | Poland | 241,804 |
| 4 | Germany | 198,560 |
| 5 | Czechia | 193,224 |
| 6 | Spain | 164,278 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 92,488 |
| 8 | Slovakia | 89,886 |
| 9 | Romania | 76,284 |
| 10 | Portugal | 69,876 |
| 11 | Greece | 57,239 |
| 12 | Hungary | 55,898 |
| 13 | Sweden | 45,810 |
| 14 | Belgium | 37,583 |
| 15 | Austria | 34,351 |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 29,510 |
| 17 | Finland | 29,230 |
| 18 | Lithuania | 25,491 |
| 19 | Croatia | 25,228 |
| 20 | Slovenia | 21,501 |
| 21 | Ireland | 19,617 |
| 22 | Denmark | 15,256 |
| 23 | Latvia | 11,549 |
| 24 | Estonia | 9,589 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 5,033 |
| 26 | Malta | 3,121 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 847 |