EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in construction

Lombardia had the highest local units in construction of 243 regions in 2023, at 111,292. Ceuta had the lowest, at 33. The median was 12,186. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest111,292Lombardia

Lowest33Ceuta

Median12,186243 regions

Top 40 regions, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Lombardia	111,292	+0.7%
2	Ile-de-France	107,110	+3%
3	Zuid-Holland	84,488	+9.3%
4	Rhône-Alpes	78,504	+3.8%
5	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	72,101	+3.8%
6	Catalonia	68,356	-14.9%
7	Community of Madrid	54,089	-11.8%
8	Veneto	53,933	+1.1%
9	Lazio	53,138	+0.1%
10	Noord-Holland	52,635	+6.6%
11	Andalusia	52,612	-17.5%
12	Emilia-Romagna	52,364	+1.1%
13	Basque Country	52,148	+118.7%
14	Valencian Community	49,984	+1.3%
15	Wielkopolskie	49,246	+1.3%
16	Piemonte	49,122	+0.1%
17	Małopolskie	47,371	+1.3%
18	Noord-Brabant	46,328	+6.3%
19	Campania	44,153	-0.8%
20	Aquitaine	43,513	+5.1%
21	Eastern and Midland	42,787	+5.4%
22	Východné Slovensko	42,611	+7.8%
23	Toscana	42,240	-0.6%
24	Śląskie	40,425	+1.5%
25	Západné Slovensko	40,205	+4.9%
26	Languedoc-Roussillon	38,749	+5%
27	Stredné Slovensko	37,970	+4.4%
28	Norte	37,091	+4.8%
29	Midi-Pyrénées	36,243	+3.7%
30	Warszawski stołeczny	35,444	+5.2%
31	Sicilia	35,427	-1.3%
32	Praha	34,912	+5.9%
33	Puglia	34,604	-0.8%
34	Jihovýchod	33,967	+2.2%
35	Dolnośląskie	33,374	+0.6%
36	Galicia	32,803	+13.7%
37	Pays de la Loire	32,299	+3.8%
38	Gelderland	32,279	+6.9%
39	Stockholm	32,042	+3.7%
40	Pomorskie	31,657	+2.3%
41	Bretagne	29,786	+3.5%
42	Severovýchod	29,029	+2.9%
43	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	28,995	+4.4%
44	Attiki	28,187	+5.7%
45	Střední Čechy	27,758	+2.3%
46	Oberbayern	26,538	+0.5%
47	Västsverige	25,999	+3.4%
48	Castilla-La Mancha	25,661	+22%
49	Castile and León	25,366	+0.4%
50	Nord-Pas de Calais	25,148	+2.3%
51	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	24,436	+9%
52	Prov. Antwerpen	24,380	+8.1%
53	Southern	23,231	+3.1%
54	Mazowiecki regionalny	22,927	+1.5%
55	Düsseldorf	22,756	+0.6%
56	Pest	21,969	-5.6%
57	Eesti	21,921	+3%
58	Łódzkie	21,908	+1.1%
59	Centre - Val de Loire	21,632	+3.9%
60	Jihozápad	21,624	+2.6%
61	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	21,369	+6.3%
62	Střední Morava	21,142	+1.9%
63	Podkarpackie	20,976	+1.9%
64	Darmstadt	20,433	+1.3%
65	Zachodniopomorskie	20,393	-1%
66	Liguria	20,297	-0.3%
67	Östra Mellansverige	20,112	+4.4%
68	Kujawsko-pomorskie	20,082	+1.1%
69	Köln	19,960	+1.5%
70	Centro (PT)	19,834	+2.3%
71	Budapest	19,647	-5.1%
72	Utrecht	19,352	+5.2%
73	Grande Lisboa	19,068	+6%
74	Lubelskie	19,028	+0.9%
75	Stuttgart	18,965	+0.9%
76	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	18,379	+13.8%
77	Lorraine	17,931	+4.9%
78	Moravskoslezsko	17,748	+2%
79	Poitou-Charentes	17,614	+3.9%
80	Helsinki-Uusimaa	17,556	+0.1%
81	Sydsverige	17,357	+3.8%
82	Bucureşti-Ilfov	17,334	+5.7%
83	Marche	16,962	+0.2%
84	Severozápad	16,955	+2.6%
85	Brandenburg	16,835	-1.6%
86	Sardegna	16,604	-0.4%
87	Közép-Dunántúl	16,585	-5.4%
88	Alsace	16,537	+4.8%
89	Balearic Islands	16,215	-11.6%
90	Bratislavský kraj	16,053	+10.9%
91	Észak-Alföld	15,807	-5.7%
92	Berlin	15,106	+1.5%
93	Dél-Alföld	15,041	-5.7%
94	Northern and Western	15,029	+3.3%
95	Canary Islands	15,002	-3.4%
96	Nord-Vest	14,938	+6.4%
97	Länsi-Suomi	14,837	-0.7%
98	Nyugat-Dunántúl	14,386	-6.7%
99	Overijssel	14,360	+7.5%
100	Bourgogne	14,197	+3.8%
101	Sostinės regionas	13,945	+6.8%
102	Calabria	13,931	-1.2%
103	Prov. Limburg (BE)	13,926	+7.3%
104	Schleswig-Holstein	13,851	-0.3%
105	Picardie	13,779	+4.8%
106	Arnsberg	13,761	+0.6%
107	Abruzzo	13,664	-0.7%
108	Warmińsko-mazurskie	13,545	+0.5%
109	Haute-Normandie	13,496	+4.2%
110	Jadranska Hrvatska	13,263	+9%
111	Limburg (NL)	13,188	+8.6%
112	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	13,187	+2.1%
113	Etelä-Suomi	13,009	-0.7%
114	Region of Murcia	13,007	+5.4%
115	Zahodna Slovenija	12,874	+6.9%
116	Lubuskie	12,670	+1.1%
117	Thüringen	12,636	-2%
118	Auvergne	12,627	+4.2%
119	Karlsruhe	12,621	+1.8%
120	Świętokrzyskie	12,381	+1.6%
121	Norra Mellansverige	12,270	+6.3%
122	Basse-Normandie	12,186	+3.3%
123	Weser-Ems	12,055	+2.2%
124	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	11,961	-0.1%
125	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	11,544	-0.5%
126	Yugozapaden	11,492	+6.2%
127	Podlaskie	11,443	+0.6%
128	Dél-Dunántúl	11,413	-6.1%
129	Vzhodna Slovenija	11,338	+6.4%
130	Hovedstaden	11,192	-0.5%
131	Sachsen-Anhalt	11,128	-1.5%
132	Prov. Liège	11,065	+6%
133	Prov. Hainaut	10,988	+2.9%
134	Kentriki Makedonia	10,822	+4.1%
135	Észak-Magyarország	10,675	-6.8%
136	Småland med öarna	10,412	+5.6%
137	Kýpros	10,405	+2.4%
138	Aragon	10,326	-19.4%
139	Friesland (NL)	10,246	+6.6%
140	Extremadura	10,208	+10.8%
141	Münster	10,183	+1.7%
142	Schwaben	10,170	+0.7%
143	Freiburg	10,144	+0.6%
144	Opolskie	10,055	-0.2%
145	Centru	10,035	+8.6%
146	Champagne-Ardenne	9,987	+3.4%
147	Nord-Est	9,856	+7.6%
148	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	9,748	+0.7%
149	Asturias	9,668	+0.3%
150	Franche-Comté	9,611	+3.9%
151	Sud-Muntenia	9,595	+6.4%
152	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	9,572	-1.2%
153	Chemnitz	9,323	-2.5%
154	Niederösterreich	9,228	+2.2%
155	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	9,183	+5.5%
156	Tübingen	9,175	+1.6%
157	Dresden	9,021	-2.5%
158	Hannover	8,960	+0.2%
159	Umbria	8,790	-0.8%
160	Detmold	8,713	+0.7%
161	Algarve	8,702	+8.8%
162	Midtjylland	8,308	-1.5%
163	Koblenz	8,294	+1.8%
164	Mittelfranken	8,187	+1.1%
165	Lüneburg	8,129	+1.1%
166	Wien	8,120	-0.5%
167	Sud-Est	8,084	+7.9%
168	Vest	7,837	+7.1%
169	Flevoland	7,820	+10.1%
170	Sjælland	7,766	+0.2%
171	Niederbayern	7,643	+0.3%
172	Oberösterreich	7,512	+1.3%
173	Syddanmark	7,461	-1.6%
174	Península de Setúbal	7,435	+8%
175	La Réunion	7,377	+9.6%
176	Groningen	7,181	+9.3%
177	Corse	7,148	+6%
178	Steiermark	7,146	+1.6%
179	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	6,902	+2.2%
180	Övre Norrland	6,819	+5.7%
181	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	6,813	+1.5%
182	Kriti	6,712	+3.5%
183	Sjeverna Hrvatska	6,607	+9.8%
184	Navarre	6,591	+7.7%
185	Limousin	6,456	+3.9%
186	Hamburg	6,443	+1.9%
187	Unterfranken	6,425	+0.8%
188	Drenthe	6,280	+5.7%
189	Panonska Hrvatska	6,105	+11.4%
190	Grad Zagreb	5,961	+5.1%
191	Malta	5,869	+6.5%
192	Zeeland	5,860	+6.7%
193	Leipzig	5,819	-0.4%
194	Oberpfalz	5,815	+1.3%
195	Mellersta Norrland	5,769	+3.5%
196	Cantabria	5,636	-6.7%
197	Notio Aigaio	5,434	+4.3%
198	Prov. Namur	5,413	-3.9%
199	Tirol	5,324	+2%
200	Basilicata	5,238	-0.6%
201	Braunschweig	5,211	+0.5%
202	Sud-Vest Oltenia	5,207	+9.3%
203	Kassel	5,153	+1.1%
204	Luxembourg	5,144	-0.7%
205	Prov. Brabant wallon	5,111	+0.6%
206	Gießen	5,061	+1.3%
207	Peloponnisos	4,902	+1.6%
208	Thessalia	4,667	+3.2%
209	Oberfranken	4,531	+1.1%
210	Saarland	4,227	+1%
211	Dytiki Elláda	4,211	+0.2%
212	Salzburg	3,956	+0.8%
213	Alentejo	3,941	+5.5%
214	Yuzhen tsentralen	3,936	+5.4%
215	Nordjylland	3,930	-1.7%
216	Guadeloupe	3,832	+7.2%
217	Sterea Elláda	3,787	-1.3%
218	Kärnten	3,707	+2.5%
219	Ionia Nisia	3,445	+3.7%
220	La Rioja	3,359	+12.2%
221	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	3,357	+3.1%
222	Yugoiztochen	3,296	+5.1%
223	Severoiztochen	3,252	+4.8%
224	Molise	3,214	-3.3%
225	Martinique	3,066	+4.3%
226	Ipeiros	2,818	0%
227	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,699	-2.6%
228	Trier	2,422	+0.5%
229	Vorarlberg	2,323	+0.9%
230	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	2,189	-0.7%
231	Bremen	2,114	-0.5%
232	Burgenland	2,066	-0.1%
233	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1,958	+2.6%
234	Guyane	1,947	+12.7%
235	Voreio Aigaio	1,886	+0.7%
236	Severen tsentralen	1,786	+6.2%
237	Dytiki Makedonia	1,771	-1.5%
238	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,753	+7.9%
239	Severozapaden	1,288	+8.1%
240	Mayotte	584	-20.5%
241	Åland	561	+0.5%
242	Melilla	59	-89.1%
243	Ceuta	33	-86.1%

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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 111,292 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Ceuta, with 33 in 2023.

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