Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in construction

Catalonia had the highest local units in construction of 19 autonomous communities in 2021, at 73,424. Ceuta had the lowest, at 238. The median was 15,842 and the figure for Spain was 408,180. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest73,424Catalonia

Lowest238Ceuta

Median15,84219 autonomous communities

Spain408,180History

Map of autonomous communities, 2021

Under 6,200
6,200 to 11K
11K to 19K
19K to 34K
34K and over

count, 2021. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All autonomous communities, 2021

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	Autonomous communities	2021 count
1	Catalonia	73,424
2	Andalusia	59,328
3	Community of Madrid	54,455
4	Valencian Community	45,473
5	Galicia	26,247
6	Castile and León	22,488
7	Basque Country	19,603
8	Castilla-La Mancha	19,387
9	Balearic Islands	17,029
10	Canary Islands	15,842
11	Region of Murcia	11,646
12	Aragon	11,138
13	Extremadura	8,358
14	Asturias	8,170
15	Navarre	6,767
16	Cantabria	5,417
17	La Rioja	2,784
18	Melilla	385
19	Ceuta	238

Other periods

2024
2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

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.

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, 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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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Local units by NUTS 2 region, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F) (sbs_r_nuts2021) (Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in construction, 2021) [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, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F) (sbs_r_nuts2021), Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in construction, 2021. 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-construction/spain-regions?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in construction, 2021. 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-construction/spain-regions?period=2021.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Local units by NUTS 2 region, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F) (sbs_r_nuts2021), Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in construction, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-construction/spain-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which autonomous community has the highest local units in construction?

Catalonia, with 73,424 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which autonomous community has the lowest local units in construction?

Ceuta, with 238 in 2021.

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, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.