EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in accommodation and food services

Andalusia had the highest local units in accommodation and food services of 244 regions in 2022, at 64,400. Melilla had the lowest, at 222. The median was 6,029. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest64,400Andalusia

Lowest222Melilla

Median6,029244 regions

Top 40 regions, 2022

count. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Andalusia	64,400	+5.7%
2	Ile-de-France	60,444	+3.9%
3	Catalonia	55,808	+2.9%
4	Lombardia	54,008	+1.9%
5	Valencian Community	39,042	+1.5%
6	Community of Madrid	38,920	+9.3%
7	Rhône-Alpes	38,827	+4.6%
8	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	37,112	+5%
9	Lazio	36,138	+1.9%
10	Norte	35,940	-1.2%
11	Campania	31,228	+3.7%
12	Veneto	31,040	+2%
13	Emilia-Romagna	28,732	+1.4%
14	Toscana	27,788	+2.1%
15	Grande Lisboa	26,304	n/a
16	Piemonte	24,735	+3.8%
17	Sicilia	24,164	+3.5%
18	Attiki	23,728	+6.8%
19	Puglia	23,600	+3.1%
20	Galicia	22,268	-0.9%
21	Noord-Holland	21,713	+10.3%
22	Aquitaine	21,345	+4.5%
23	Canary Islands	20,292	+14.3%
24	Languedoc-Roussillon	20,266	+5.2%
25	Castile and León	19,424	-1.3%
26	Algarve	19,104	+30%
27	Bretagne	18,086	+4.4%
28	Zuid-Holland	17,296	n/a
29	Kentriki Makedonia	16,708	+4.2%
30	Midi-Pyrénées	16,506	+5.6%
31	Pays de la Loire	16,094	+3.8%
32	Centro (PT)	15,410	n/a
33	Jadranska Hrvatska	15,217	-1.4%
34	Oberbayern	14,944	+2.8%
35	Düsseldorf	14,612	+2.9%
36	Nord-Pas de Calais	14,231	+4.8%
37	Notio Aigaio	13,866	+5.5%
38	Castilla-La Mancha	13,639	+9.4%
39	Balearic Islands	13,321	-2.7%
40	Darmstadt	13,283	+4.7%
41	Berlin	13,184	+5.6%
42	Liguria	13,174	+2.4%
43	Basque Country	12,582	-9%
44	Praha	12,416	+2.5%
45	Köln	12,263	+3.1%
46	Sardegna	12,224	+1.9%
47	Noord-Brabant	11,898	+5%
48	Stuttgart	11,880	+3.7%
49	Tirol	11,612	+2.8%
50	Stockholm	11,182	+4.2%
51	Kriti	11,015	+3.1%
52	Calabria	10,776	+2.4%
53	Centre - Val de Loire	10,666	+5.4%
54	Schleswig-Holstein	10,499	+2.3%
55	Wien	10,282	+5.2%
56	Eastern and Midland	10,176	n/a
57	Warszawski stołeczny	10,157	-0.1%
58	Małopolskie	10,075	+0.5%
59	Aragon	9,843	+8.9%
60	Asturias	9,830	+11.8%
61	Marche	9,794	+1.8%
62	Ionia Nisia	9,667	+4.7%
63	Region of Murcia	9,477	+2.4%
64	Gelderland	9,359	+6.7%
65	Arnsberg	9,251	+2.7%
66	Abruzzo	9,248	+1.8%
67	Yugozapaden	9,231	+4.4%
68	Zahodna Slovenija	9,208	+7.2%
69	Poitou-Charentes	9,076	+5.3%
70	Jihovýchod	9,000	+3.4%
71	Freiburg	8,924	+3.7%
72	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	8,879	n/a
73	Karlsruhe	8,860	+2.9%
74	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	8,810	+1.7%
75	Prov. Antwerpen	8,726	-1.5%
76	Budapest	8,684	+0.7%
77	Severovýchod	8,480	+2%
78	Lorraine	8,424	+4.4%
79	Alsace	8,399	+3.5%
80	Jihozápad	8,332	+2.4%
81	Hovedstaden	8,313	+0.5%
82	Weser-Ems	8,274	+5.3%
83	Śląskie	8,172	-1.1%
84	Västsverige	8,032	+5.4%
85	Niederösterreich	7,978	+3.1%
86	Southern	7,960	n/a
87	Steiermark	7,921	+4.5%
88	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	7,887	+1.6%
89	Basse-Normandie	7,688	+4.5%
90	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	7,679	-1.2%
91	Extremadura	7,648	-2.4%
92	Pomorskie	7,600	+1.1%
93	Bourgogne	7,565	+3.6%
94	Dolnośląskie	7,562	+2.2%
95	Thessalia	7,412	+2%
96	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	7,362	+7.4%
97	Península de Setúbal	7,352	n/a
98	Auvergne	7,256	+4.5%
99	Peloponnisos	7,146	+2.9%
100	Haute-Normandie	6,979	+3.4%
100	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	6,979	-0.6%
102	Oberösterreich	6,856	+2.8%
103	Kýpros	6,815	+2.3%
103	Salzburg	6,815	+3.3%
105	Wielkopolskie	6,740	+0.9%
106	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	6,685	+0.8%
107	Brandenburg	6,634	+2.6%
108	Západné Slovensko	6,591	+3%
109	Utrecht	6,564	n/a
110	Střední Čechy	6,514	+3.9%
111	Alentejo	6,504	n/a
112	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	6,424	+3%
113	Helsinki-Uusimaa	6,392	+3.1%
114	Latvija	6,382	+1.5%
115	Picardie	6,357	+5.4%
116	Schwaben	6,347	+3.4%
117	Limburg (NL)	6,316	+4.3%
118	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	6,223	-5.2%
119	Münster	6,201	+2.1%
120	Eesti	6,181	+14.7%
121	Severozápad	6,055	+1.5%
122	Střední Morava	6,046	-0.2%
123	Zachodniopomorskie	6,012	-1.6%
124	Sydsverige	6,006	+3.2%
125	Hamburg	5,943	+3.3%
126	Dytiki Elláda	5,807	+2.5%
127	Yugoiztochen	5,764	+9.4%
128	Hannover	5,717	+4.3%
129	Tübingen	5,697	+2.2%
130	Vzhodna Slovenija	5,658	+4.6%
131	Östra Mellansverige	5,606	+4.5%
132	Sterea Elláda	5,600	+0.8%
133	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	5,576	+1.8%
134	Sachsen-Anhalt	5,443	+3.3%
135	Umbria	5,417	+1.7%
136	Mittelfranken	5,339	+2.6%
137	Cantabria	5,272	+20.1%
138	Thüringen	5,270	+3%
139	Stredné Slovensko	5,250	+6%
140	Yuzhen tsentralen	5,244	+5.2%
141	Corse	5,202	+8.5%
142	Centru	5,105	+3%
142	Kärnten	5,105	+2.5%
144	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	5,094	+0.8%
145	Moravskoslezsko	5,089	+1.2%
146	Východné Slovensko	4,991	+3.8%
147	Champagne-Ardenne	4,950	+6.2%
148	Detmold	4,949	+3%
149	Overijssel	4,880	+5.1%
150	Região Autónoma da Madeira	4,863	+11.8%
151	Nord-Vest	4,820	+3.4%
152	Northern and Western	4,749	n/a
153	Koblenz	4,734	+1.2%
154	Prov. Liège	4,630	+1.6%
155	Prov. Hainaut	4,616	-8.4%
156	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	4,611	-3.9%
157	Lüneburg	4,601	+2.9%
158	Sud-Est	4,596	+3.9%
159	Ipeiros	4,579	+1.9%
160	Franche-Comté	4,561	+3.5%
161	Bucureşti-Ilfov	4,508	+5.1%
162	Nyugat-Dunántúl	4,362	-1.3%
163	Navarre	4,330	+0.2%
164	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	4,277	+2.9%
165	Dél-Alföld	4,231	+0.1%
166	Länsi-Suomi	4,225	+4.1%
167	Észak-Alföld	4,191	+0.4%
168	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4,173	+0.8%
169	Közép-Dunántúl	4,168	+1.2%
170	Dresden	4,162	+2.4%
171	Niederbayern	4,126	+4.9%
172	Braunschweig	4,120	+4.4%
173	Pest	4,065	+1.6%
174	Midtjylland	4,061	+1.4%
175	Bratislavský kraj	4,058	+4.2%
176	Grad Zagreb	4,037	-1.9%
177	Dél-Dunántúl	4,035	+1.7%
178	Unterfranken	3,925	+2.8%
179	Nord-Est	3,907	+4.5%
180	Syddanmark	3,876	+0.9%
181	Etelä-Suomi	3,853	+1%
182	La Réunion	3,792	+8.2%
183	Kassel	3,776	+5.1%
184	Łódzkie	3,637	+0.7%
185	Észak-Magyarország	3,636	+0.6%
186	Limousin	3,537	+4.7%
187	Sostinės regionas	3,527	+11%
188	Friesland (NL)	3,512	+6.7%
189	Saarland	3,511	+4.8%
190	Panonska Hrvatska	3,486	-2.8%
191	Norra Mellansverige	3,468	+2.7%
192	Região Autónoma dos Açores	3,419	+9.9%
193	Småland med öarna	3,362	+1.4%
194	Malta	3,355	+5.8%
195	Basilicata	3,339	+3.3%
196	Oberfranken	3,329	+2.6%
197	Vest	3,294	+3.7%
198	Voreio Aigaio	3,285	+0.7%
199	Severoiztochen	3,282	+7.4%
200	Chemnitz	3,250	+2%
201	Oberpfalz	3,237	+3.2%
202	Sud-Muntenia	3,134	+5.3%
203	Luxembourg	3,131	+2.9%
204	Podkarpackie	3,072	+3.1%
205	Zeeland	3,025	+5.6%
206	Lubelskie	2,980	+2.2%
207	Vorarlberg	2,895	+6%
208	Kujawsko-pomorskie	2,881	-3.5%
209	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,835	-0.6%
210	Gießen	2,833	+4.8%
211	Guadeloupe	2,687	+8.3%
212	Groningen	2,646	+5.7%
213	Leipzig	2,612	+3.9%
214	Sjeverna Hrvatska	2,576	-2.2%
215	Warmińsko-mazurskie	2,515	-0.7%
216	Sud-Vest Oltenia	2,486	+2.9%
217	Dytiki Makedonia	2,428	+1.2%
218	Sjælland	2,362	+1.2%
219	Drenthe	2,278	+2.9%
220	Severen tsentralen	2,225	+3.9%
221	Trier	2,164	+2.9%
222	Bremen	2,163	+3.4%
223	Severozapaden	2,152	+2.5%
224	Martinique	1,954	+4.7%
225	Molise	1,934	+2%
226	Övre Norrland	1,933	+3.5%
227	Prov. Namur	1,904	+1.3%
228	Flevoland	1,898	+9.8%
229	Lubuskie	1,897	+1.5%
230	Nordjylland	1,888	+0.3%
231	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,882	+4.1%
232	La Rioja	1,854	-31.7%
233	Burgenland	1,817	+3%
234	Mellersta Norrland	1,745	+3.3%
235	Świętokrzyskie	1,739	-0.6%
236	Podlaskie	1,638	+0.4%
237	Prov. Brabant wallon	1,575	-1.4%
238	Opolskie	1,533	-2.3%
239	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1,325	+3.9%
240	Guyane	778	+8.4%
241	Ceuta	582	+195.4%
242	Mayotte	353	+12.4%
243	Åland	263	+4.8%
244	Melilla	222	-26.7%

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2023
2022
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About this ranking

Number of local units of enterprises in accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I). A local unit is an enterprise, or part of one, at a geographically identified place, such as a factory, shop, office or warehouse. Eurostat structural business statistics by region.

Eurostat structural business statistics by region (sbs_r_nuts2021), from 2021. Counted where each unit is located, so an enterprise with shops in several regions counts once in each. Countries and NUTS 2 regions. Eurostat publishes 2021 on NUTS 2021 codes and later years on NUTS 2024 codes, so regions created in 2024 (in Portugal and the Netherlands) start in 2022. Some countries publish estimates, flagged as such.

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Eurostat. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs_r_nuts2021). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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  title = {{Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs\_r\_nuts2021): EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in accommodation and food services, 2022}},
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Which region has the highest local units in accommodation and food services?

Andalusia, with 64,400 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest local units in accommodation and food services?

Melilla, with 222 in 2022.

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