Data / Rankings / Enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles / EU countries

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 2019, at 1.06 million. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 7,740. The median was 112,205 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 5.72 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest1,057,841Italy
Lowest7,740Luxembourg
Median112,20527 EU countries
European Union (27)5,718,891History

Map of EU countries, 2019

Austria: 77,725 countBelgium: 128,309 countBulgaria: 142,317 countCyprus: 17,074 countCzechia: 225,467 countGermany: 574,827 countDenmark: 40,776 countEstonia: 17,464 countSpain: 739,923 countFinland: 39,932 countFrance: 674,915 countGreece: 227,004 countCroatia: 36,919 countHungary: 136,333 countIreland: 46,786 countItaly: 1,057,841 countLithuania: 57,734 countLuxembourg: 7,740 countLatvia: 26,081 countMalta: 8,637 countNetherlands: 262,873 countPoland: 538,931 countPortugal: 218,441 countRomania: 171,275 countSweden: 112,205 countSlovenia: 26,051 countSlovakia: 105,353 count
  • Under 30K
  • 30K to 70K
  • 70K to 140K
  • 140K to 260K
  • 260K and over
count, 2019. 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, 2019

Italy: 1,057,841 countItaly1,057,841Spain: 739,923 countSpain739,923France: 674,915 countFrance674,915Germany: 574,827 countGermany574,827Poland: 538,931 countPoland538,931Netherlands: 262,873 countNetherlands262,873Greece: 227,004 countGreece227,004Czechia: 225,467 countCzechia225,467Portugal: 218,441 countPortugal218,441Romania: 171,275 countRomania171,275Bulgaria: 142,317 countBulgaria142,317Hungary: 136,333 countHungary136,333Belgium: 128,309 countBelgium128,309Sweden: 112,205 countSweden112,205Slovakia: 105,353 countSlovakia105,353Austria: 77,725 countAustria77,725Lithuania: 57,734 countLithuania57,734Ireland: 46,786 countIreland46,786Denmark: 40,776 countDenmark40,776Finland: 39,932 countFinland39,932Croatia: 36,919 countCroatia36,919Latvia: 26,081 countLatvia26,081Slovenia: 26,051 countSlovenia26,051Estonia: 17,464 countEstonia17,464Cyprus: 17,074 countCyprus17,074Malta: 8,637 countMalta8,637Luxembourg: 7,740 countLuxembourg7,740Italy: 1,057,841 countItaly1,057,841Spain: 739,923 countSpain739,923France: 674,915 countFrance674,915Germany: 574,827 countGermany574,827Poland: 538,931 countPoland538,931Netherlands: 262,873 countNetherlands262,873Greece: 227,004 countGreece227,004Czechia: 225,467 countCzechia225,467Portugal: 218,441 countPortugal218,441Romania: 171,275 countRomania171,275Bulgaria: 142,317 countBulgaria142,317Hungary: 136,333 countHungary136,333Belgium: 128,309 countBelgium128,309Sweden: 112,205 countSweden112,205Slovakia: 105,353 countSlovakia105,353Austria: 77,725 countAustria77,725Lithuania: 57,734 countLithuania57,734Ireland: 46,786 countIreland46,786Denmark: 40,776 countDenmark40,776Finland: 39,932 countFinland39,932Croatia: 36,919 countCroatia36,919Latvia: 26,081 countLatvia26,081Slovenia: 26,051 countSlovenia26,051Estonia: 17,464 countEstonia17,464Cyprus: 17,074 countCyprus17,074Malta: 8,637 countMalta8,637Luxembourg: 7,740 countLuxembourg7,740
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 countries2019
count		Change on 2018
1Italy1,057,841-2.1%
2Spain739,923-0.6%
3France674,915-0.9%
4Germany574,827-1.3%
5Poland538,931-1.1%
6Netherlands262,873+3.3%
7Greece227,004-0.2%
8Czechia225,467+0.1%
9Portugal218,441+0.3%
10Romania171,275-0.8%
11Bulgaria142,317+0.6%
12Hungary136,333+1.6%
13Belgium128,309-9.1%
14Sweden112,205-0.9%
15Slovakia105,353-3.6%
16Austria77,725+2.6%
17Lithuania57,734-0.4%
18Ireland46,786-2.1%
19Denmark40,776-1%
20Finland39,932-0.9%
21Croatia Series break36,919+4.8%
22Latvia26,081-2.8%
23Slovenia26,051-0.4%
24Estonia17,464+3.9%
25Cyprus17,074+0.6%
26Malta8,637-2.3%
27Luxembourg7,740+1.3%

Other periods

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.

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table

MLA 9

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, 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-trade/eu-countries?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 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-trade/eu-countries?period=2019.

Harvard

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

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_enterprises_2019,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{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, 2019}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-trade/eu-countries?period=2019. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - 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, 2019
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/03/01
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-trade/eu-countries?period=2019
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-trade/eu-countries?period=2019.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank EU countries by enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"sbs_enterprises_trade","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=sbs_enterprises_trade&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

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

Italy, with 1.06 million in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Luxembourg, with 7,740 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), Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

EU countries: more rankings