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

Italy had the highest enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles of 27 EU countries in 2017, at 1.1 million. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 7,665. The median was 127,309 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 5.77 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest1,103,967Italy
Lowest7,665Luxembourg
Median127,30927 EU countries
European Union (27)5,765,980History

Map of EU countries, 2017

Austria: 79,365 countBelgium: 129,262 countBulgaria: 141,059 countCyprus: 16,635 countCzechia: 227,908 countGermany: 590,992 countDenmark: 41,984 countEstonia: 17,049 countSpain: 762,387 countFinland: 41,833 countFrance: 655,412 countGreece: 231,914 countCroatia: 35,567 countHungary: 133,457 countIreland: 48,598 countItaly: 1,103,967 countLithuania: 58,612 countLuxembourg: 7,665 countLatvia: 27,657 countMalta: 9,124 countNetherlands: 249,367 countPoland: 499,047 countPortugal: 219,190 countRomania: 172,435 countSweden: 127,309 countSlovenia: 26,391 countSlovakia: 112,056 count
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count, 2017. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2017

Italy: 1,103,967 countItaly1,103,967Spain: 762,387 countSpain762,387France: 655,412 countFrance655,412Germany: 590,992 countGermany590,992Poland: 499,047 countPoland499,047Netherlands: 249,367 countNetherlands249,367Greece: 231,914 countGreece231,914Czechia: 227,908 countCzechia227,908Portugal: 219,190 countPortugal219,190Romania: 172,435 countRomania172,435Bulgaria: 141,059 countBulgaria141,059Hungary: 133,457 countHungary133,457Belgium: 129,262 countBelgium129,262Sweden: 127,309 countSweden127,309Slovakia: 112,056 countSlovakia112,056Austria: 79,365 countAustria79,365Lithuania: 58,612 countLithuania58,612Ireland: 48,598 countIreland48,598Denmark: 41,984 countDenmark41,984Finland: 41,833 countFinland41,833Croatia: 35,567 countCroatia35,567Latvia: 27,657 countLatvia27,657Slovenia: 26,391 countSlovenia26,391Estonia: 17,049 countEstonia17,049Cyprus: 16,635 countCyprus16,635Malta: 9,124 countMalta9,124Luxembourg: 7,665 countLuxembourg7,665Italy: 1,103,967 countItaly1,103,967Spain: 762,387 countSpain762,387France: 655,412 countFrance655,412Germany: 590,992 countGermany590,992Poland: 499,047 countPoland499,047Netherlands: 249,367 countNetherlands249,367Greece: 231,914 countGreece231,914Czechia: 227,908 countCzechia227,908Portugal: 219,190 countPortugal219,190Romania: 172,435 countRomania172,435Bulgaria: 141,059 countBulgaria141,059Hungary: 133,457 countHungary133,457Belgium: 129,262 countBelgium129,262Sweden: 127,309 countSweden127,309Slovakia: 112,056 countSlovakia112,056Austria: 79,365 countAustria79,365Lithuania: 58,612 countLithuania58,612Ireland: 48,598 countIreland48,598Denmark: 41,984 countDenmark41,984Finland: 41,833 countFinland41,833Croatia: 35,567 countCroatia35,567Latvia: 27,657 countLatvia27,657Slovenia: 26,391 countSlovenia26,391Estonia: 17,049 countEstonia17,049Cyprus: 16,635 countCyprus16,635Malta: 9,124 countMalta9,124Luxembourg: 7,665 countLuxembourg7,665
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2017
count		Change on 2016
1Italy Series break1,103,967-0.1%
2Spain762,387-4.2%
3France Series break655,412-13.8%
4Germany590,992+0.4%
5Poland499,047-0.6%
6Netherlands249,367-0.3%
7Greece231,914-9.2%
8Czechia227,908-5.3%
9Portugal219,190-0.5%
10Romania172,435+1.6%
11Bulgaria141,059+0.4%
12Hungary133,457-1.3%
13Belgium129,262+1.2%
14Sweden127,309-0.5%
15Slovakia112,056-1.1%
16Austria79,365+2%
17Lithuania58,612-1.7%
18Ireland48,598+4.3%
19Denmark41,984+0.5%
20Finland Series break41,833-1.9%
21Croatia35,567-2.9%
22Latvia27,657-4.6%
23Slovenia26,3910%
24Estonia17,049+4.3%
25Cyprus16,635+1.9%
26Malta9,124-2.4%
27Luxembourg7,665+1.3%

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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.

More on how it is measured
  • 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 (2005 to 2020), Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), 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), Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2) (EU countries by enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2017) [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), Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2017. 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-trade/eu-countries?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2024) Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-trade/eu-countries?period=2017 (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 1.1 million in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Luxembourg, with 7,665 in 2017.

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), Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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