EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in construction

Lombardia had the highest local units in construction of 244 regions in 2022, at 110,502. Ceuta had the lowest, at 238. The median was 12,008. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest110,502Lombardia

Lowest238Ceuta

Median12,008244 regions

Top 40 regions, 2022

count. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Lombardia	110,502	+5.9%
2	Ile-de-France	103,985	+5.7%
3	Catalonia	80,341	+9.4%
4	Zuid-Holland	77,325	n/a
5	Rhône-Alpes	75,646	+6.6%
6	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	69,493	+7.2%
7	Andalusia	63,780	+7.5%
8	Community of Madrid	61,329	+12.6%
9	Veneto	53,364	+4.2%
10	Lazio	53,101	+8.5%
11	Emilia-Romagna	51,802	+6.8%
12	Noord-Holland	49,387	+8.3%
13	Valencian Community	49,325	+8.5%
14	Piemonte	49,079	+4.8%
15	Wielkopolskie	48,593	-0.6%
16	Małopolskie	46,745	+0.4%
17	Campania	44,515	+13.8%
18	Noord-Brabant	43,569	+7.7%
19	Toscana	42,484	+7.1%
20	Aquitaine	41,416	+6%
21	Eastern and Midland	40,591	+14.7%
22	Śląskie	39,826	-0.5%
23	Východné Slovensko	39,524	+11.2%
24	Západné Slovensko	38,342	+6.7%
25	Languedoc-Roussillon	36,904	+6.7%
26	Stredné Slovensko	36,359	+7.6%
27	Sicilia	35,898	+15.5%
28	Norte	35,408	+4.6%
29	Midi-Pyrénées	34,954	+5.9%
30	Puglia	34,887	+8.7%
31	Warszawski stołeczny	33,702	+0.7%
32	Jihovýchod	33,246	+3.6%
33	Dolnośląskie	33,182	-1%
34	Praha	32,981	+5%
35	Pays de la Loire	31,126	+7.2%
36	Pomorskie	30,935	-1.6%
37	Stockholm	30,902	+3.7%
38	Gelderland	30,197	+7.6%
39	Galicia	28,850	+9.9%
40	Bretagne	28,766	+7%
41	Severovýchod	28,213	+2.3%
42	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	27,760	+11.1%
43	Střední Čechy	27,127	+2.8%
44	Attiki	26,674	+7.3%
45	Oberbayern	26,400	+1.5%
46	Castile and León	25,264	+12.3%
47	Västsverige	25,139	+1.2%
48	Nord-Pas de Calais	24,590	+8.4%
49	Basque Country	23,843	+21.6%
50	Pest	23,275	+9.5%
51	Düsseldorf	22,611	+1.4%
52	Mazowiecki regionalny	22,579	-0.5%
53	Prov. Antwerpen	22,553	+10.2%
54	Southern	22,543	+5.5%
55	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	22,414	+10.9%
56	Łódzkie	21,675	-1%
57	Eesti	21,290	+19.4%
58	Jihozápad	21,073	+2.4%
59	Castilla-La Mancha	21,027	+8.5%
60	Centre - Val de Loire	20,822	+5.2%
61	Střední Morava	20,750	+1.4%
62	Budapest	20,708	+3.9%
63	Zachodniopomorskie	20,606	-3.7%
64	Podkarpackie	20,593	+2.7%
65	Liguria	20,364	+9.6%
66	Darmstadt	20,179	+2%
67	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	20,111	+9.5%
68	Kujawsko-pomorskie	19,872	-0.9%
69	Köln	19,668	+1.3%
70	Centro (PT)	19,381	n/a
71	Östra Mellansverige	19,266	+0.7%
72	Lubelskie	18,857	+1.1%
73	Stuttgart	18,796	+0.9%
74	Utrecht	18,387	n/a
75	Balearic Islands	18,341	+7.7%
76	Grande Lisboa	17,988	n/a
77	Helsinki-Uusimaa	17,536	+6.4%
78	Közép-Dunántúl	17,533	+8.3%
79	Moravskoslezsko	17,399	+3.6%
80	Brandenburg	17,113	-0.6%
81	Lorraine	17,101	+5.7%
82	Poitou-Charentes	16,958	+5.7%
83	Marche	16,923	+8.1%
84	Észak-Alföld	16,766	+8%
85	Sydsverige	16,720	+3.7%
86	Sardegna	16,672	+9%
87	Severozápad	16,528	+2.5%
88	Bucureşti-Ilfov	16,407	+6%
89	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	16,157	+17.6%
90	Dél-Alföld	15,951	+10.2%
91	Alsace	15,782	+7.3%
92	Canary Islands	15,523	-2%
93	Nyugat-Dunántúl	15,425	+6.3%
94	Länsi-Suomi	14,939	+3.5%
95	Berlin	14,884	+1.4%
96	Northern and Western	14,542	+6.1%
97	Bratislavský kraj	14,472	+13.4%
98	Calabria	14,106	+11.4%
99	Nord-Vest	14,042	+6%
100	Schleswig-Holstein	13,890	0%
101	Abruzzo	13,760	+10.6%
102	Arnsberg	13,676	+0.6%
103	Bourgogne	13,675	+5.8%
104	Warmińsko-mazurskie	13,482	-2.7%
105	Overijssel	13,360	+7.4%
106	Picardie	13,154	+1.7%
107	Etelä-Suomi	13,103	+2.9%
108	Sostinės regionas	13,059	+16.4%
109	Prov. Limburg (BE)	12,984	+10.8%
110	Haute-Normandie	12,946	+5.6%
111	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	12,911	+2.7%
112	Thüringen	12,897	-2.1%
113	Aragon	12,818	+15.1%
114	Lubuskie	12,535	-3%
115	Karlsruhe	12,402	+1.2%
116	Region of Murcia	12,341	+6%
117	Świętokrzyskie	12,182	+0.1%
118	Jadranska Hrvatska	12,165	+6.7%
119	Dél-Dunántúl	12,150	+8.7%
120	Limburg (NL)	12,146	+8.5%
121	Auvergne	12,122	+5%
122	Zahodna Slovenija	12,045	+5.2%
123	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	11,970	+7.6%
124	Basse-Normandie	11,800	+4.2%
125	Weser-Ems	11,791	+2.4%
126	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	11,607	+3.7%
127	Norra Mellansverige	11,546	+3.3%
128	Észak-Magyarország	11,459	+7.9%
129	Podlaskie	11,375	-0.1%
130	Sachsen-Anhalt	11,303	-1.6%
131	Hovedstaden	11,250	+2.6%
132	Latvija	11,035	+0.9%
133	Yugozapaden	10,823	+4.5%
134	Prov. Hainaut	10,675	+7.2%
135	Vzhodna Slovenija	10,656	+6.9%
136	Prov. Liège	10,440	+8.4%
137	Kentriki Makedonia	10,393	+7.4%
138	Kýpros	10,164	+3.8%
139	Schwaben	10,097	+1.7%
140	Freiburg	10,083	+0.2%
141	Opolskie	10,075	+0.1%
142	Münster	10,012	+1.2%
143	Småland med öarna	9,863	+1.6%
144	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	9,685	-1.4%
144	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	9,685	+1.6%
146	Champagne-Ardenne	9,659	+5.8%
147	Asturias	9,643	+18%
148	Friesland (NL)	9,609	+8.2%
149	Chemnitz	9,566	-1.8%
150	Dresden	9,256	-0.8%
151	Franche-Comté	9,254	+6.6%
152	Centru	9,243	+5.7%
153	Extremadura	9,215	+10.3%
154	Nord-Est	9,161	+7.3%
155	Tübingen	9,029	+0.2%
156	Niederösterreich	9,026	+2.2%
157	Sud-Muntenia	9,021	+6.2%
158	Hannover	8,939	+1.8%
159	Umbria	8,864	+8.7%
160	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	8,701	n/a
161	Detmold	8,649	+0.6%
162	Midtjylland	8,433	+4.3%
163	Wien	8,159	+1.2%
164	Koblenz	8,148	+2.7%
165	Mittelfranken	8,100	+0.9%
166	Lüneburg	8,038	+1%
167	Algarve	7,995	+9.4%
168	Sjælland	7,749	+0.8%
169	Niederbayern	7,623	+2.4%
170	Syddanmark	7,579	+3%
171	Sud-Est	7,495	+5.2%
172	Oberösterreich	7,412	+2.3%
173	Vest	7,318	+5.3%
174	Flevoland	7,104	+13%
175	Steiermark	7,036	+3.3%
176	Península de Setúbal	6,882	n/a
177	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	6,754	+5.2%
178	Corse	6,744	+7.3%
179	La Réunion	6,730	+7.7%
180	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	6,714	+7.6%
181	Groningen	6,572	+10%
182	Kriti	6,482	+4.5%
183	Övre Norrland	6,449	+3.1%
184	Unterfranken	6,374	+0.6%
185	Hamburg	6,325	0%
186	Limousin	6,213	+4%
187	Navarre	6,122	-9.5%
188	Cantabria	6,043	+11.6%
189	Sjeverna Hrvatska	6,020	+10.5%
190	Drenthe	5,940	+7.9%
191	Leipzig	5,844	-0.9%
192	Oberpfalz	5,741	+1.3%
193	Grad Zagreb	5,671	+7.4%
194	Prov. Namur	5,633	+19.5%
195	Mellersta Norrland	5,572	+0.1%
196	Malta	5,513	+2.5%
197	Zeeland	5,493	+9.7%
198	Panonska Hrvatska	5,482	+9.9%
199	Basilicata	5,267	+10.5%
200	Tirol	5,221	+3.3%
201	Notio Aigaio	5,211	+8.6%
202	Braunschweig	5,183	+1.9%
203	Luxembourg	5,181	+9.2%
204	Kassel	5,095	+1.1%
205	Prov. Brabant wallon	5,083	+16%
206	Gießen	4,996	+1.8%
207	Peloponnisos	4,825	+4.1%
208	Sud-Vest Oltenia	4,764	+6.6%
209	Thessalia	4,521	+5.5%
210	Oberfranken	4,480	+0.3%
211	Dytiki Elláda	4,201	+3.3%
212	Saarland	4,184	+0.9%
213	Nordjylland	3,996	+3.3%
214	Salzburg	3,923	+3%
215	Sterea Elláda	3,835	+4.1%
216	Alentejo	3,737	n/a
217	Yuzhen tsentralen	3,735	+6.5%
218	Kärnten	3,618	+2.1%
219	Guadeloupe	3,576	+9.4%
220	Ionia Nisia	3,323	+8.7%
221	Molise	3,322	+12.1%
222	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	3,255	+5%
223	Yugoiztochen	3,135	+5.6%
224	Severoiztochen	3,104	+5.8%
225	La Rioja	2,994	+7.5%
226	Martinique	2,939	+5.2%
227	Ipeiros	2,817	+5.8%
228	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,772	+24.6%
229	Trier	2,409	+2.6%
230	Vorarlberg	2,302	+2.8%
231	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	2,204	+6.2%
232	Bremen	2,124	+0.3%
233	Burgenland	2,069	+1.2%
234	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1,908	+5.5%
235	Voreio Aigaio	1,872	n/a
236	Dytiki Makedonia	1,798	+4.9%
237	Guyane	1,728	+9.1%
238	Severen tsentralen	1,681	+8.7%
239	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,624	+7.4%
240	Severozapaden	1,192	+3.5%
241	Mayotte	735	+9.2%
242	Åland	558	-0.9%
243	Melilla	541	+40.5%
244	Ceuta	238	0%

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Number of local units of enterprises in construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F). 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.

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Eurostat. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F) (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 construction?

Lombardia, with 110,502 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Ceuta, with 238 in 2022.

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