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 242 regions in 2023, at 78,143. Melilla had the lowest, at 80. The median was 5,337. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest78,143Grande Lisboa

Lowest80Melilla

Median5,337242 regions

Top 40 regions, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Grande Lisboa	78,143	+11.1%
2	Ile-de-France	78,105	+11.2%
3	Norte	70,101	+10%
4	Lombardia	56,023	+3.2%
5	Catalonia	48,678	-0%
6	Community of Madrid	47,387	-6.5%
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	43,648	+11.2%
8	Rhône-Alpes	40,712	+11.6%
9	Andalusia	36,793	-2%
10	Zuid-Holland	34,788	+15.1%
11	Noord-Holland	31,583	+13.8%
12	Lazio	30,723	+3.3%
13	Centro (PT)	30,512	+11.4%
14	Valencian Community	28,657	+5.8%
15	Península de Setúbal	22,535	+14.4%
16	Veneto	22,132	+4%
17	Aquitaine	22,109	+12.9%
18	Piemonte	20,834	+1.9%
19	Bratislavský kraj	20,736	+8.4%
20	Warszawski stołeczny	20,735	+7.1%
21	Martinique	20,447	+13.3%
22	Oberbayern	19,767	+3.7%
23	Emilia-Romagna	19,761	+3.6%
24	Noord-Brabant	18,922	+12.9%
25	Toscana	18,511	+3.8%
26	Pays de la Loire	18,177	+13.6%
27	Düsseldorf	18,047	+3.2%
28	Budapest	17,777	-12.1%
29	Languedoc-Roussillon	17,193	+12.5%
30	Midi-Pyrénées	16,863	+11.6%
31	Campania	16,804	+2.6%
32	Západné Slovensko	16,470	+9.6%
33	Bretagne	16,254	+11.2%
34	Darmstadt	15,809	+3%
35	Gelderland	15,472	+11.8%
36	Stockholm	15,423	+5.3%
37	Köln	15,214	+3%
38	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	14,796	+9.9%
39	Praha	14,488	+6.1%
40	Algarve	14,193	+10.1%
41	Galicia	14,131	-28.7%
42	Berlin	13,967	+2.7%
43	Eastern and Midland	13,388	-12.2%
44	Sicilia	13,216	+6.3%
45	Canary Islands	12,999	-7.5%
46	Nord-Pas de Calais	12,995	+12.7%
47	Balearic Islands	12,577	+7%
48	Utrecht	12,535	+13.7%
49	Attiki	12,194	n/a
50	Centre - Val de Loire	11,971	+12%
51	Stuttgart	11,773	+3.4%
52	Wielkopolskie	11,688	+5.9%
53	Puglia	10,741	+1.3%
54	Stredné Slovensko	10,720	+6.9%
55	Východné Slovensko	10,666	+6.6%
56	Schleswig-Holstein	10,566	+3.3%
57	Prov. Antwerpen	10,418	-5.5%
58	Śląskie	10,237	+3.9%
59	Małopolskie	10,228	+7.5%
60	Bucureşti-Ilfov	9,765	+10.5%
61	Arnsberg	9,699	+3.6%
62	Pest	9,691	-14%
63	Eesti	9,633	+8.9%
64	Västsverige	9,528	+5.5%
65	Helsinki-Uusimaa	9,498	+0.9%
66	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	9,110	+6.2%
67	Dolnośląskie	9,052	+3.9%
68	Castile and León	8,965	-2.2%
69	Poitou-Charentes	8,941	+12.3%
70	Brandenburg	8,903	+2.7%
70	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	8,903	-4.7%
72	Jadranska Hrvatska	8,881	+13.5%
73	Hovedstaden	8,485	+0.8%
74	Wien	8,360	+5.9%
75	Karlsruhe	8,318	+4%
76	Alsace	8,203	+12.4%
77	Lorraine	8,026	+13%
78	Castilla-La Mancha	7,781	+0.5%
79	Sydsverige	7,748	+6.8%
80	Pomorskie	7,683	+6.7%
81	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	7,542	-6%
82	Hamburg	7,516	+3%
83	Östra Mellansverige	7,415	+7.7%
84	Bourgogne	7,366	+12.1%
85	Münster	7,310	+3%
86	Southern	7,145	-5.3%
87	Alentejo	7,129	+6.6%
88	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	7,085	-4.4%
89	Haute-Normandie	7,069	+13%
90	Overijssel	6,911	+10.1%
91	Liguria	6,907	+2.3%
92	Picardie	6,862	+11.7%
93	Weser-Ems	6,797	+3.8%
94	Sardegna	6,793	+4.4%
95	Limburg (NL)	6,769	+11.2%
96	Sostinės regionas	6,541	+15.1%
97	Yugozapaden	6,426	+4.8%
98	Marche	6,413	+0.1%
99	Zahodna Slovenija	6,331	+6.3%
100	Aragon	6,293	+7%
101	Basse-Normandie	6,278	+10%
102	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	6,277	-5.1%
103	Jihovýchod	6,138	+6.5%
104	Niederösterreich	6,094	+3.4%
105	Közép-Dunántúl	6,065	-13.1%
106	Region of Murcia	6,043	-3.5%
107	Basque Country	6,030	+2.4%
108	Thüringen	5,962	-0.3%
109	Hannover	5,921	+2.4%
110	Střední Čechy	5,883	+6.8%
111	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	5,845	+2.8%
112	Freiburg	5,838	+3.7%
113	Detmold	5,807	+1.5%
114	Länsi-Suomi	5,770	+0.3%
115	Schwaben	5,701	+5%
116	Abruzzo	5,628	-2%
117	Észak-Alföld	5,534	-14.9%
118	Auvergne	5,531	+12.7%
119	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	5,515	+1.1%
120	Łódzkie	5,467	+3.8%
121	Mittelfranken	5,371	+2.9%
122	Guadeloupe	5,302	+7.3%
123	Etelä-Suomi	5,285	0%
124	La Réunion	5,195	+13.4%
125	Sachsen-Anhalt	5,179	+1.5%
126	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	5,118	+3.5%
127	Região Autónoma da Madeira	5,111	+4.7%
128	Dél-Alföld	5,041	-11.4%
129	Nyugat-Dunántúl	5,029	-8.3%
130	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	4,992	+2.8%
131	Tübingen	4,887	+4.4%
132	Dresden	4,875	-0.2%
133	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4,845	+4.1%
134	Lüneburg	4,831	+3.1%
135	Zachodniopomorskie	4,830	+4.1%
136	Mazowiecki regionalny	4,786	+6.6%
137	Severovýchod	4,762	+3.6%
138	Champagne-Ardenne	4,739	+10.2%
139	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4,665	-2.7%
140	Kýpros	4,618	-2.5%
141	Midtjylland	4,617	+0.3%
142	Koblenz	4,610	+4.5%
143	Calabria	4,451	+5.3%
144	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4,441	+7.9%
145	Syddanmark	4,382	+2.3%
146	Friesland (NL)	4,368	+11.3%
147	Oberösterreich	4,359	+3.4%
148	Nord-Vest	4,343	+9.7%
149	Flevoland	4,333	+17.9%
150	Prov. Hainaut	4,282	-4.5%
151	Dél-Dunántúl	4,210	-10.6%
152	Asturias	4,189	-4.1%
153	Steiermark	4,167	+4.8%
154	Chemnitz	4,136	+1.2%
155	Prov. Liège	4,039	-7.2%
156	Moravskoslezsko	3,960	+5%
157	Norra Mellansverige	3,955	+8.6%
158	Jihozápad	3,927	+3.9%
159	Észak-Magyarország	3,913	-11.6%
160	Vzhodna Slovenija	3,903	+8.4%
161	Franche-Comté	3,891	+10.2%
162	Northern and Western	3,845	+7.9%
163	Groningen	3,839	+14.1%
164	Centru	3,826	+10.3%
165	Leipzig	3,817	+1.2%
166	Lubelskie	3,747	-1.7%
167	Sjælland	3,719	+0.6%
168	Småland med öarna	3,674	+5.6%
169	Grad Zagreb	3,661	+9.3%
170	Střední Morava	3,625	+6.3%
171	Malta	3,606	+15.9%
172	Niederbayern	3,577	+6%
173	Unterfranken	3,460	+4.4%
174	Umbria	3,449	+3.4%
175	Severozápad	3,429	+5.2%
176	Kentriki Makedonia	3,414	+4.6%
177	Braunschweig	3,334	+2.2%
178	Vest	3,287	+9.3%
179	Podkarpackie	3,280	+2.3%
180	Corse	3,266	+11.6%
181	Tirol	3,260	+7.1%
182	Limousin	3,245	+12.9%
183	Extremadura	3,185	-1%
184	Oberpfalz	3,020	+7.4%
185	Drenthe	2,993	+8%
186	Prov. Brabant wallon	2,945	-4.6%
187	Sud-Est	2,937	+10.6%
188	Notio Aigaio	2,925	+5.9%
189	Sud-Muntenia	2,915	+9.2%
190	Kassel	2,910	+1.9%
191	Gießen	2,836	+2.7%
192	Warmińsko-mazurskie	2,830	+2.7%
193	Luxembourg	2,769	+3.8%
194	Nord-Est	2,756	+12.4%
195	Övre Norrland	2,684	+8.2%
196	Lubuskie	2,583	+2.8%
197	Oberfranken	2,570	+1.2%
198	Zeeland	2,505	+8.1%
199	Saarland	2,496	+3.4%
200	Salzburg	2,433	+7.2%
201	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2,379	+5.8%
202	Kriti	2,360	+3.3%
203	Navarre	2,310	-12.2%
204	Opolskie	2,216	+1.9%
205	Świętokrzyskie	2,184	+2.6%
206	Prov. Namur	2,167	-12.3%
207	Podlaskie	2,137	+7.3%
208	Kärnten	2,108	+7.9%
209	Nordjylland	2,099	-0.6%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2,026	+5%
211	Mellersta Norrland	1,986	+8.1%
212	Bremen	1,978	+3.3%
213	Ionia Nisia	1,943	+7%
214	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,797	+6.1%
215	Basilicata	1,796	+0.5%
216	Severoiztochen	1,785	+7.3%
217	Cantabria	1,708	-26.4%
218	Sjeverna Hrvatska	1,641	+18.1%
219	Yugoiztochen	1,637	+2.8%
220	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,619	+11.5%
221	Guyane	1,572	+8.6%
222	Panonska Hrvatska	1,553	+15.1%
223	Trier	1,327	+4.6%
224	Thessalia	1,256	+7.1%
225	Vorarlberg	1,246	+2.9%
226	La Rioja	1,242	+89.9%
227	Dytiki Elláda	1,149	+5.4%
228	Burgenland	1,082	+10.3%
229	Molise	1,020	-5.9%
230	Peloponnisos	993	+7.5%
231	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	973	-8.5%
232	Severen tsentralen	936	+4.6%
233	Sterea Elláda	804	+6.8%
234	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	800	+0.6%
235	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	799	+3.5%
236	Severozapaden	650	+7.4%
237	Ipeiros	620	n/a
238	Mayotte	291	+2.5%
239	Dytiki Makedonia	281	+4.5%
240	Åland	202	+6.9%
241	Ceuta	90	+11.1%
242	Melilla	80	-9.1%

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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. 2 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  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, 2023}},
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Which region has the highest local units in administrative and support services?

Grande Lisboa, with 78,143 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Melilla, with 80 in 2023.

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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 2023 and are not ranked.