EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in administrative and support services, 2024

Ile-de-France had the highest local units in administrative and support services of 242 regions in 2024, at 86,360. Ceuta had the lowest, at 96. The median was 5,476. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest86,360Ile-de-France

Lowest96Ceuta

Median5,476242 regions

Top 40 regions, 2024

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	Regions	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Ile-de-France	86,360	+10.6%
2	Grande Lisboa	82,409	+5.5%
3	Norte	74,985	+7%
4	Lombardia Estimated	50,701	-9.5%
5	Catalonia	49,950	+2.6%
6	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	48,564	+11.3%
7	Community of Madrid	46,646	-1.6%
8	Rhône-Alpes	45,549	+11.9%
9	Zuid-Holland	39,766	+14.3%
10	Andalusia	38,774	+5.4%
11	Noord-Holland	35,559	+12.6%
12	Centro (PT)	31,818	+4.3%
13	Lazio Estimated	31,304	+1.9%
14	Valencian Community	28,895	+0.8%
15	Aquitaine	24,796	+12.2%
16	Península de Setúbal	23,694	+5.1%
17	Bratislavský kraj	22,560	+8.8%
18	Warszawski stołeczny	22,179	+7%
19	Martinique	21,838	+6.8%
20	Noord-Brabant	21,519	+13.7%
21	Oberbayern	20,633	+4.4%
22	Pays de la Loire	20,477	+12.7%
23	Languedoc-Roussillon	19,363	+12.6%
24	Veneto Estimated	18,796	-15.1%
25	Piemonte Estimated	18,794	-9.8%
26	Düsseldorf	18,762	+4%
27	Midi-Pyrénées	18,724	+11%
28	Západné Slovensko	18,127	+10.1%
29	Bretagne	17,904	+10.2%
30	Budapest	17,855	+0.4%
31	Emilia-Romagna Estimated	17,583	-11%
32	Toscana Estimated	17,484	-5.5%
33	Gelderland	17,469	+12.9%
34	Campania Estimated	16,546	-1.5%
35	Darmstadt	16,537	+4.6%
36	Attiki	16,167	+32.6%
37	Stockholm	16,066	+4.2%
38	Praha	15,940	+10%
39	Köln	15,824	+4%
40	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	15,710	+6.2%
41	Algarve	15,276	+7.6%
42	Nord-Pas de Calais	14,408	+10.9%
43	Eastern and Midland	14,406	+7.6%
44	Berlin	14,284	+2.3%
45	Galicia	14,048	-0.6%
46	Utrecht	14,042	+12%
47	Centre - Val de Loire	13,310	+11.2%
48	Canary Islands	13,306	+2.4%
49	Sicilia Estimated	12,868	-2.6%
50	Wielkopolskie	12,425	+6.3%
51	Stuttgart	12,380	+5.2%
52	Balearic Islands	12,223	-2.8%
53	Východné Slovensko	11,976	+12.3%
54	Stredné Slovensko	11,580	+8%
55	Prov. Antwerpen	11,183	+7.3%
56	Małopolskie	11,067	+8.2%
57	Schleswig-Holstein	10,891	+3.1%
58	Śląskie	10,659	+4.1%
59	Bucureşti-Ilfov	10,414	+6.6%
60	Eesti	10,199	+5.9%
61	Puglia Estimated	10,188	-5.1%
62	Pest	10,132	+4.6%
63	Västsverige	10,067	+5.7%
64	Arnsberg	10,054	+3.7%
65	Poitou-Charentes	9,986	+11.7%
66	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	9,726	+9.2%
67	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	9,652	+5.9%
68	Dolnośląskie	9,403	+3.9%
69	Helsinki-Uusimaa	9,377	-1.3%
70	Jadranska Hrvatska	9,317	+4.9%
71	Alsace	9,197	+12.1%
72	Brandenburg	9,148	+2.8%
73	Castile and León	9,092	+1.4%
74	Lorraine	9,026	+12.5%
75	Wien	8,810	+5.4%
76	Karlsruhe	8,737	+5%
77	Hovedstaden	8,441	-0.5%
78	Bourgogne	8,268	+12.2%
79	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	8,249	+9.4%
80	Pomorskie	8,183	+6.5%
81	Castilla-La Mancha	8,104	+4.2%
82	Sydsverige	7,951	+2.6%
83	Haute-Normandie	7,925	+12.1%
84	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	7,804	+10.1%
85	Limburg (NL)	7,747	+14.4%
86	Overijssel	7,724	+11.8%
87	Picardie	7,708	+12.3%
88	Hamburg	7,704	+2.5%
89	Southern	7,682	+7.5%
90	Münster	7,635	+4.4%
91	Östra Mellansverige	7,585	+2.3%
92	Alentejo	7,518	+5.5%
93	Weser-Ems	7,189	+5.8%
94	Basse-Normandie	7,074	+12.7%
95	Sostinės regionas	6,803	+4%
96	Zahodna Slovenija	6,754	+6.7%
97	Basque Country	6,695	+11%
98	Jihovýchod	6,672	+8.7%
99	Yugozapaden	6,580	+2.4%
100	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	6,577	+4.8%
101	Liguria Estimated	6,568	-4.9%
102	Region of Murcia	6,524	+8%
103	Střední Čechy	6,474	+10%
104	Niederösterreich	6,420	+5.3%
105	Auvergne	6,305	+14%
106	Sardegna Estimated	6,254	-7.9%
107	Hannover	6,220	+5%
108	Freiburg	6,206	+6.3%
109	Közép-Dunántúl	6,184	+2%
110	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	6,130	+4.9%
111	Detmold	6,117	+5.3%
112	Thüringen	6,009	+0.8%
113	Schwaben	5,985	+5%
114	Łódzkie	5,838	+6.8%
115	Länsi-Suomi	5,785	+0.3%
116	La Réunion	5,711	+9.9%
117	Guadeloupe	5,661	+6.8%
118	Aragon	5,637	-10.4%
119	Mittelfranken	5,596	+4.2%
120	Marche Estimated	5,580	-13%
121	Észak-Alföld	5,477	-1%
122	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	5,475	-0.7%
123	Champagne-Ardenne	5,372	+13.4%
124	Sachsen-Anhalt	5,339	+3.1%
125	Etelä-Suomi	5,325	+0.8%
126	Severovýchod	5,268	+10.6%
127	Região Autónoma da Madeira	5,263	+3%
128	Dél-Alföld	5,231	+3.8%
129	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	5,217	+1.9%
130	Tübingen	5,150	+5.4%
131	Abruzzo Estimated	5,108	-9.2%
132	Nyugat-Dunántúl	5,103	+1.5%
133	Lüneburg	5,076	+5.1%
134	Prov. Limburg (BE)	5,052	+8.3%
135	Kujawsko-pomorskie	5,021	+3.6%
136	Mazowiecki regionalny	5,003	+4.5%
137	Dresden	4,956	+1.7%
138	Zachodniopomorskie	4,904	+1.5%
139	Flevoland	4,889	+12.8%
140	Koblenz	4,862	+5.5%
141	Friesland (NL)	4,859	+11.2%
142	Kýpros	4,769	+3.3%
143	Nord-Vest	4,682	+7.8%
144	Midtjylland	4,651	+0.7%
145	Prov. Hainaut	4,558	+6.4%
146	Moravskoslezsko	4,520	+14.1%
147	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4,513	+1.6%
148	Oberösterreich	4,495	+3.1%
149	Syddanmark	4,446	+1.5%
150	Franche-Comté	4,376	+12.5%
151	Steiermark	4,374	+5%
152	Prov. Liège	4,322	+7%
153	Friuli-Venezia Giulia Estimated	4,318	-13.5%
154	Dél-Dunántúl	4,305	+2.3%
155	Jihozápad	4,267	+8.7%
156	Groningen	4,265	+11.1%
157	Calabria Estimated	4,253	-4.4%
158	Asturias	4,251	+1.5%
159	Chemnitz	4,192	+1.4%
160	Vzhodna Slovenija	4,185	+7.2%
161	Norra Mellansverige	4,083	+3.2%
162	Centru	4,060	+6.1%
163	Lubelskie	3,978	+6.2%
164	Észak-Magyarország	3,966	+1.4%
165	Střední Morava	3,941	+8.7%
166	Grad Zagreb	3,913	+6.9%
167	Kentriki Makedonia	3,890	+13.9%
168	Malta	3,882	+7.7%
169	Leipzig	3,881	+1.7%
170	Småland med öarna	3,835	+4.4%
171	Niederbayern	3,792	+6%
172	Sjælland	3,774	+1.5%
173	Northern and Western	3,773	-1.9%
174	Severozápad	3,677	+7.2%
175	Corse	3,663	+12.2%
176	Limousin	3,647	+12.4%
177	Unterfranken	3,638	+5.1%
178	Braunschweig	3,528	+5.8%
179	Tirol	3,448	+5.8%
180	Podkarpackie	3,432	+4.6%
181	Vest	3,411	+3.8%
182	Navarre	3,318	+43.6%
183	Drenthe	3,259	+8.9%
184	Umbria Estimated	3,245	-5.9%
185	Notio Aigaio	3,230	+10.4%
186	Extremadura	3,197	+0.4%
187	Oberpfalz	3,191	+5.7%
188	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,184	+8.1%
189	Kassel	3,074	+5.6%
190	Sud-Muntenia	3,054	+4.8%
191	Sud-Est	3,025	+3%
192	Gießen	3,016	+6.3%
193	Nord-Est	2,881	+4.5%
194	Warmińsko-mazurskie	2,880	+1.8%
195	Luxembourg	2,842	+2.6%
196	Övre Norrland	2,810	+4.7%
197	Zeeland	2,712	+8.3%
198	Oberfranken	2,669	+3.9%
199	Lubuskie	2,655	+2.8%
200	Kriti	2,584	+9.5%
201	Saarland	2,541	+1.8%
202	Salzburg	2,514	+3.3%
203	Prov. Namur	2,482	+14.5%
204	Opolskie	2,297	+3.7%
205	Cantabria	2,265	+32.6%
206	Kärnten	2,258	+7.1%
207	Podlaskie	2,228	+4.3%
208	Provincia Autonoma di Trento Estimated	2,202	-7.4%
209	Świętokrzyskie	2,198	+0.6%
210	Ionia Nisia	2,136	+9.9%
211	Nordjylland	2,126	+1.3%
212	Mellersta Norrland	2,080	+4.7%
213	Bremen	2,053	+3.8%
214	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Estimated	2,016	-0.5%
215	Sjeverna Hrvatska	1,874	+14.2%
216	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,843	+2.6%
217	Severoiztochen	1,831	+2.6%
218	Panonska Hrvatska	1,800	+15.9%
219	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,681	+3.8%
220	Yugoiztochen	1,648	+0.7%
221	Basilicata Estimated	1,592	-11.4%
222	Guyane	1,564	-0.5%
223	Trier	1,409	+6.2%
224	Thessalia	1,371	+9.2%
225	Vorarlberg	1,289	+3.5%
226	Dytiki Elláda	1,226	+6.7%
227	Burgenland	1,116	+3.1%
228	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1,112	+14.3%
229	Peloponnisos	1,038	+4.5%
230	Severen tsentralen	995	+6.3%
231	La Rioja	950	-23.5%
232	Molise Estimated	930	-8.8%
233	Sterea Elláda	882	+9.7%
234	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	881	+10.3%
235	Voreio Aigaio	785	n/a
236	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Estimated	694	-13.3%
237	Ipeiros	675	+8.9%
238	Severozapaden	650	0%
239	Mayotte	334	+14.8%
240	Åland	218	+7.9%
241	Melilla	121	+51.2%
242	Ceuta	96	+6.7%

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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 regions are compared on one definition. 2 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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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Which region has the highest local units in administrative and support services?

Ile-de-France, with 86,360 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Ceuta, with 96 in 2024.

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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. 2 regions have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.