Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in accommodation and food services

Andalusia had the highest local units in accommodation and food services of 19 autonomous communities in 2021, at 60,932. Ceuta had the lowest, at 197. The median was 12,463 and the figure for Spain was 335,934. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest60,932Andalusia

Lowest197Ceuta

Median12,46319 autonomous communities

Spain335,934History

Map of autonomous communities, 2021

Under 4,400
4,400 to 9,100
9,100 to 14K
14K to 28K
28K and over

count, 2021. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All autonomous communities, 2021

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	Autonomous communities	2021 count
1	Andalusia	60,932
2	Catalonia	54,210
3	Valencian Community	38,462
4	Community of Madrid	35,610
5	Galicia	22,461
6	Castile and León	19,675
7	Canary Islands	17,748
8	Basque Country	13,826
9	Balearic Islands	13,696
10	Castilla-La Mancha	12,463
11	Region of Murcia	9,251
12	Aragon	9,038
13	Asturias	8,795
14	Extremadura	7,838
15	Cantabria	4,390
16	Navarre	4,322
17	La Rioja	2,715
18	Melilla	303
19	Ceuta	197

Other periods

2024
2023
2022
2021

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the autonomous communities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs_r_nuts2021) (Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in accommodation and food services, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table

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Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs_r_nuts2021), Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in accommodation and food services, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-accommodation-food/spain-regions?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in accommodation and food services, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-accommodation-food/spain-regions?period=2021.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs_r_nuts2021), Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in accommodation and food services, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-accommodation-food/spain-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs\_r\_nuts2021): Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in accommodation and food services, 2021}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-accommodation-food/spain-regions?period=2021. Publisher attribution: 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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Which autonomous community has the highest local units in accommodation and food services?

Andalusia, with 60,932 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Ceuta, with 197 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.