EU countries by enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2024

Italy had the highest enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 969,519. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 7,736. The median was 113,155 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 5.79 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest969,519Italy

Lowest7,736Luxembourg

Median113,15527 EU countries

European Union (27)5,788,765History

All EU countries, 2024

count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Italy	969,519	-4%
2	France	749,018	+1.3%
3	Spain	687,920	-1.8%
4	Germany	536,665	-1.1%
5	Poland	519,161	-0.7%
6	Netherlands	323,917	+7%
7	Romania	266,516	-1.8%
8	Czechia	222,767	-0.3%
9	Greece	220,379	-1.1%
10	Portugal	218,801	+0.7%
11	Hungary	142,035	+0.1%
12	Belgium	140,874	-2.2%
13	Bulgaria	135,930	+0.7%
14	Sweden	113,155	+1.8%
15	Slovakia	103,389	-1.8%
16	Austria	93,575	+1.5%
17	Lithuania	60,062	+0.7%
18	Finland	54,344	+0.3%
19	Ireland	49,299	+0.2%
20	Denmark	39,520	-3.1%
21	Croatia	35,832	+1%
22	Slovenia	25,926	-0%
23	Latvia	23,752	+0.3%
24	Estonia	22,492	-1.7%
25	Cyprus	16,302	-2.2%
26	Malta	9,879	+0.7%
27	Luxembourg	7,736	-1.6%

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About this ranking

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), 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, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), 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, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act) (EU countries by enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2024) [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, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-trade/eu-countries. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). EU countries by enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2024. 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-trade/eu-countries.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-trade/eu-countries (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles?

Italy, with 969,519 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles?

Luxembourg, with 7,736 in 2024.

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, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.