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

Catalonia had the highest local units in administrative and support services of 19 autonomous communities in 2023, at 48,678. Melilla had the lowest, at 80. The median was 6,293 and the figure for Spain was 249,136. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest48,678Catalonia

Lowest80Melilla

Median6,29319 autonomous communities

Spain249,136History

Map of autonomous communities, 2023

Under 2,100
2,100 to 6,000
6,000 to 8,700
8,700 to 20K
20K and over

count, 2023. 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, 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	Autonomous communities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Catalonia	48,678	-0%
2	Community of Madrid	47,387	-6.5%
3	Andalusia	36,793	-2%
4	Valencian Community	28,657	+5.8%
5	Galicia	14,131	-28.7%
6	Canary Islands	12,999	-7.5%
7	Balearic Islands	12,577	+7%
8	Castile and León	8,965	-2.2%
9	Castilla-La Mancha	7,781	+0.5%
10	Aragon	6,293	+7%
11	Region of Murcia	6,043	-3.5%
12	Basque Country	6,030	+2.4%
13	Asturias	4,189	-4.1%
14	Extremadura	3,185	-1%
15	Navarre	2,310	-12.2%
16	Cantabria	1,708	-26.4%
17	La Rioja	1,242	+89.9%
18	Ceuta	90	+11.1%
19	Melilla	80	-9.1%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (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, 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which autonomous community has the highest local units in administrative and support services?

Catalonia, with 48,678 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Melilla, with 80 in 2023.

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.