Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in administrative and support services

Community of Madrid had the highest local units in administrative and support services of 19 autonomous communities in 2022, at 50,680. Ceuta had the lowest, at 81. The median was 6,260 and the figure for Spain was 257,941. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest50,680Community of Madrid

Lowest81Ceuta

Median6,26019 autonomous communities

Spain257,941History

Map of autonomous communities, 2022

Under 2,500
2,500 to 5,900
5,900 to 8,900
8,900 to 23K
23K 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 autonomous communities, 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	Autonomous communities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Community of Madrid	50,680	+8.6%
2	Catalonia	48,698	-2.5%
3	Andalusia	37,540	+3.5%
4	Valencian Community	27,085	-1.9%
5	Galicia	19,830	+36.5%
6	Canary Islands	14,051	+27.1%
7	Balearic Islands	11,759	+13.2%
8	Castile and León	9,170	+1.3%
9	Castilla-La Mancha	7,742	+33.9%
10	Region of Murcia	6,260	+17%
11	Basque Country	5,886	+8.6%
12	Aragon	5,882	+21.9%
13	Asturias	4,366	+26%
14	Extremadura	3,218	-0.3%
15	Navarre	2,631	+7.2%
16	Cantabria	2,320	+7%
17	La Rioja	654	-62.8%
18	Melilla	88	+15.8%
19	Ceuta	81	-6.9%

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 autonomous communities 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) (Autonomous communities of Spain 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), Autonomous communities of Spain 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/spain-regions?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). Autonomous communities of Spain 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/spain-regions?period=2022.

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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), Autonomous communities of Spain 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/spain-regions?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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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): Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in administrative and support services, 2022}},
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  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which autonomous community has the highest local units in administrative and support services?

Community of Madrid, with 50,680 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Ceuta, with 81 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.