EU countries by local units in administrative and support services

France had the highest local units in administrative and support services of 27 EU countries in 2022, at 343,687. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 2,668. The median was 28,500. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest343,687France

Lowest2,668Luxembourg

Median28,50027 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2022

Under 10K
10K to 26K
26K to 47K
47K to 120K
120K and over

count, 2022. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	France	343,687	+13.5%
2	Spain	257,941	+7.4%
3	Germany	251,370	+3.8%
4	Italy	247,755	+8.1%
5	Portugal	223,219	+18.3%
6	Netherlands	128,191	+11.3%
7	Poland	103,305	+1.7%
8	Hungary	65,297	+3.3%
9	Belgium	62,888	+8%
10	Slovakia	54,188	+11.7%
11	Sweden	49,253	+2.3%
12	Czechia	43,741	+7.5%
13	Austria	31,439	+1.8%
14	Romania	28,500	+6.7%
15	Greece	28,174	+9.5%
16	Ireland	26,350	+10.1%
17	Finland	26,088	+8.7%
18	Denmark	23,111	+1.8%
19	Lithuania	14,260	+13.3%
20	Croatia	13,914	+8.7%
21	Bulgaria	12,584	+3.8%
22	Slovenia	9,554	+8.3%
23	Estonia	8,845	+22.2%
24	Latvia	7,492	+3.9%
25	Cyprus	4,737	+3%
26	Malta	3,110	+7.5%
27	Luxembourg	2,668	+2.8%

Other periods

2024
2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Number of local units of enterprises in administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N). 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 EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N) (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, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N) (sbs_r_nuts2021) (EU countries by local units in administrative and support services, 2022) [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, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N) (sbs_r_nuts2021), EU countries by local units in administrative and support services, 2022. 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-administrative-support/eu-countries?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N) (sbs_r_nuts2021). EU countries by local units in administrative and support services, 2022. 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-administrative-support/eu-countries?period=2022.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Local units by NUTS 2 region, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N) (sbs_r_nuts2021), EU countries by local units in administrative and support services, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-administrative-support/eu-countries?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
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Which EU country has the highest local units in administrative and support services?

France, with 343,687 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest local units in administrative and support services?

Luxembourg, with 2,668 in 2022.

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, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.