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

Grande Lisboa had the highest local units in administrative and support services of 241 regions in 2022, at 70,361. Ceuta had the lowest, at 81. The median was 5,284. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest70,361Grande Lisboa

Lowest81Ceuta

Median5,284241 regions

Top 40 regions, 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	Regions	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Grande Lisboa	70,361	n/a
2	Ile-de-France	70,240	+11.4%
3	Norte	63,736	+23%
4	Lombardia	54,277	+6.5%
5	Community of Madrid	50,680	+8.6%
6	Catalonia	48,698	-2.5%
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	39,252	+17.1%
8	Andalusia	37,540	+3.5%
9	Rhône-Alpes	36,487	+12.8%
10	Zuid-Holland	30,235	n/a
11	Lazio	29,730	+11.8%
12	Noord-Holland	27,754	+10.8%
13	Centro (PT)	27,392	n/a
14	Valencian Community	27,085	-1.9%
15	Veneto	21,288	+8.4%
16	Piemonte	20,451	+7.6%
17	Budapest	20,233	+1.3%
18	Galicia	19,830	+36.5%
19	Península de Setúbal	19,691	n/a
20	Aquitaine	19,591	+13.3%
21	Warszawski stołeczny	19,365	+2.2%
22	Bratislavský kraj	19,130	+10.7%
23	Emilia-Romagna	19,083	+6.9%
24	Oberbayern	19,060	+4.1%
25	Martinique	18,052	+13.8%
26	Toscana	17,837	+10%
27	Düsseldorf	17,482	+4%
28	Noord-Brabant	16,765	+10.8%
29	Campania	16,381	+8.3%
30	Pays de la Loire	16,002	+14.5%
31	Darmstadt	15,355	+3.7%
32	Languedoc-Roussillon	15,279	+15.3%
33	Eastern and Midland	15,243	n/a
34	Midi-Pyrénées	15,114	+12.6%
35	Západné Slovensko	15,027	+10.8%
36	Köln	14,768	+4.5%
37	Stockholm	14,644	+1%
38	Bretagne	14,621	+15.2%
39	Canary Islands	14,051	+27.1%
40	Gelderland	13,835	+11.1%
41	Praha	13,656	+9.5%
42	Berlin	13,594	+3.5%
43	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	13,459	n/a
44	Algarve	12,891	+15.9%
45	Sicilia	12,432	+9.5%
46	Balearic Islands	11,759	+13.2%
47	Nord-Pas de Calais	11,526	+14.3%
48	Stuttgart	11,383	+2%
49	Pest	11,270	+6.6%
50	Wielkopolskie	11,034	+0.4%
51	Utrecht	11,028	n/a
52	Prov. Antwerpen	11,023	+10.8%
53	Centre - Val de Loire	10,686	+13.1%
54	Puglia	10,606	+7.2%
55	Schleswig-Holstein	10,233	+4.4%
56	Stredné Slovensko	10,030	+13.9%
57	Východné Slovensko	10,001	+13%
58	Śląskie	9,852	+1.2%
59	Małopolskie	9,518	+2.4%
60	Helsinki-Uusimaa	9,410	+7.7%
61	Arnsberg	9,366	+3.6%
62	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	9,346	+7.1%
63	Castile and León	9,170	+1.3%
64	Västsverige	9,030	+1.9%
65	Eesti	8,845	+22.2%
66	Bucureşti-Ilfov	8,836	+7.9%
67	Dolnośląskie	8,714	+2.8%
68	Brandenburg	8,668	+3.3%
69	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	8,577	+11.7%
70	Hovedstaden	8,417	+3.1%
71	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	8,022	+9%
72	Karlsruhe	7,995	+2.6%
73	Poitou-Charentes	7,962	+16.1%
74	Wien	7,895	-0.4%
75	Jadranska Hrvatska	7,828	+7.7%
76	Castilla-La Mancha	7,742	+33.9%
77	Southern	7,542	n/a
78	Latvija	7,492	+3.9%
79	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	7,414	+6.5%
80	Alsace	7,299	+12.7%
81	Hamburg	7,294	+1.8%
82	Sydsverige	7,256	+2.7%
83	Pomorskie	7,198	+3.6%
84	Lorraine	7,102	+14.3%
85	Münster	7,098	+5.2%
86	Közép-Dunántúl	6,981	+3.5%
87	Östra Mellansverige	6,884	+2.5%
88	Liguria	6,755	+8.6%
89	Alentejo	6,685	n/a
90	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	6,617	+3.1%
91	Bourgogne	6,572	+13.1%
92	Weser-Ems	6,547	+3.9%
93	Sardegna	6,508	+6.7%
94	Észak-Alföld	6,503	+1.8%
95	Marche	6,407	+5.4%
96	Overijssel	6,275	+10.4%
97	Region of Murcia	6,260	+17%
98	Haute-Normandie	6,258	+11.4%
99	Picardie	6,145	+13.2%
100	Yugozapaden	6,134	+3.2%
101	Limburg (NL)	6,087	+11.2%
102	Thüringen	5,979	+1%
103	Zahodna Slovenija	5,955	+8.8%
104	Niederösterreich	5,894	+1.6%
105	Basque Country	5,886	+8.6%
106	Aragon	5,882	+21.9%
107	Hannover	5,781	+3.3%
108	Jihovýchod	5,763	+9.6%
109	Länsi-Suomi	5,751	+9%
110	Abruzzo	5,743	+7.3%
111	Detmold	5,720	+3.5%
112	Basse-Normandie	5,706	+11.3%
113	Dél-Alföld	5,690	+2.7%
114	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	5,684	+3.4%
115	Sostinės regionas	5,683	+15.8%
116	Freiburg	5,630	+2.4%
117	Střední Čechy	5,506	+8.3%
118	Nyugat-Dunántúl	5,485	+5.1%
119	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	5,454	+11.5%
120	Schwaben	5,429	+6.6%
121	Etelä-Suomi	5,284	+7.6%
122	Łódzkie	5,265	-1.9%
123	Mittelfranken	5,218	+4.4%
124	Sachsen-Anhalt	5,100	+3.2%
125	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	4,943	+5.2%
126	Guadeloupe	4,942	+16.6%
127	Auvergne	4,909	+14%
128	Dresden	4,885	+2.3%
129	Região Autónoma da Madeira	4,881	+8.5%
130	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	4,854	+8.4%
131	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4,792	+11.2%
132	Kýpros	4,737	+3%
133	Dél-Dunántúl	4,710	+5.3%
134	Lüneburg	4,685	+4.5%
135	Tübingen	4,683	+3.3%
136	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4,652	+1.3%
137	Zachodniopomorskie	4,638	-2.6%
138	Midtjylland	4,604	+1.2%
139	Severovýchod	4,597	+6.4%
140	La Réunion	4,581	+4.7%
141	Mazowiecki regionalny	4,491	+1.2%
142	Prov. Hainaut	4,486	+5.1%
143	Észak-Magyarország	4,425	+2.7%
144	Koblenz	4,411	+7.8%
145	Asturias	4,366	+26%
146	Prov. Liège	4,352	+13.5%
147	Champagne-Ardenne	4,300	+14.8%
148	Syddanmark	4,284	-0.3%
149	Calabria	4,225	+8%
150	Oberösterreich	4,215	+3.2%
151	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4,114	+8%
152	Chemnitz	4,085	+1.3%
153	Steiermark	3,975	+3.8%
154	Nord-Vest	3,958	+6%
155	Friesland (NL)	3,924	+9.2%
156	Lubelskie	3,812	+9.6%
157	Jihozápad	3,778	+5.9%
158	Leipzig	3,773	+2.8%
159	Moravskoslezsko	3,771	+5.7%
160	Sjælland	3,695	+1.5%
161	Flevoland	3,676	+12.3%
162	Norra Mellansverige	3,642	+7%
163	Vzhodna Slovenija	3,599	+7.5%
164	Northern and Western	3,565	n/a
165	Franche-Comté	3,530	+13.4%
166	Småland med öarna	3,478	+4.1%
167	Centru	3,468	+3.6%
168	Střední Morava	3,411	+5.1%
169	Niederbayern	3,376	+4%
170	Groningen	3,364	+7.5%
171	Grad Zagreb	3,348	+7.8%
172	Umbria	3,334	+6.7%
173	Unterfranken	3,315	+3.9%
174	Kentriki Makedonia	3,265	+9%
175	Braunschweig	3,263	+5.9%
176	Severozápad	3,259	+2.1%
177	Extremadura	3,218	-0.3%
178	Podkarpackie	3,205	+2.9%
179	Malta	3,110	+7.5%
180	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,086	-2.9%
181	Tirol	3,045	+2.5%
182	Vest	3,007	+7.6%
183	Corse	2,926	+19.7%
184	Limousin	2,873	+13.4%
185	Kassel	2,856	+5.2%
186	Oberpfalz	2,812	+5%
187	Drenthe	2,771	+5.8%
188	Gießen	2,761	+4.3%
188	Notio Aigaio	2,761	+13.3%
190	Warmińsko-mazurskie	2,755	-1.4%
191	Sud-Muntenia	2,670	+7.3%
192	Luxembourg	2,668	+2.8%
193	Sud-Est	2,656	+4.2%
194	Navarre	2,631	+7.2%
195	Oberfranken	2,539	+6.8%
196	Lubuskie	2,512	+2.7%
197	Övre Norrland	2,481	-0.2%
198	Prov. Namur	2,471	+12.8%
199	Nord-Est	2,453	+9.8%
200	Saarland	2,415	+3.5%
201	Cantabria	2,320	+7%
202	Zeeland	2,318	+10.1%
203	Kriti	2,284	+9.2%
204	Salzburg	2,270	+2.7%
205	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2,248	+9.3%
206	Opolskie	2,174	+0.4%
207	Świętokrzyskie	2,128	+4.9%
208	Nordjylland	2,111	+3.4%
209	Podlaskie	1,992	+1.1%
210	Kärnten	1,953	+2.8%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	1,930	+11.9%
212	Bremen	1,915	+3.3%
213	Mellersta Norrland	1,838	+3.8%
214	Ionia Nisia	1,816	+12.3%
215	Basilicata	1,787	+6.9%
216	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,694	+4.6%
217	Severoiztochen	1,663	+3.6%
218	Yugoiztochen	1,593	+4.2%
219	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,452	+4.8%
220	Guyane	1,448	+10.4%
221	Sjeverna Hrvatska	1,389	+14.7%
222	Panonska Hrvatska	1,349	+10.9%
223	Trier	1,269	+10.9%
224	Vorarlberg	1,211	-2%
225	Thessalia	1,173	+12.8%
226	Dytiki Elláda	1,090	+9.3%
227	Molise	1,084	+3.6%
228	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1,063	+19.4%
229	Burgenland	981	+5.3%
230	Peloponnisos	924	+13.4%
231	Severen tsentralen	895	+3.5%
232	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	795	+8.8%
233	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	772	+7.8%
234	Sterea Elláda	753	+14.8%
235	La Rioja	654	-62.8%
236	Severozapaden	605	+7.3%
237	Mayotte	284	+1.8%
238	Dytiki Makedonia	269	+15%
239	Åland	189	+5.6%
240	Melilla	88	+15.8%
241	Ceuta	81	-6.9%

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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. 3 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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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  title = {{Local units by NUTS 2 region, Administrative and support services (NACE Rev. 2 section N) (sbs\_r\_nuts2021): EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in administrative and support services, 2022}},
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Which region has the highest local units in administrative and support services?

Grande Lisboa, with 70,361 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Ceuta, with 81 in 2022.

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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. 3 regions have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.