EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in information and communication, 2024

Ile-de-France had the highest local units in information and communication of 243 regions in 2024, at 114,193. Melilla had the lowest, at 40. The median was 3,363. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest114,193Ile-de-France

Lowest40Melilla

Median3,363243 regions

Top 40 regions, 2024

count. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Ile-de-France	114,193	+7.6%
2	Warszawski stołeczny	65,527	+6.3%
3	Noord-Holland	41,557	+9.5%
4	Praha	38,555	+39.1%
5	Stockholm	34,866	+2.7%
6	Zuid-Holland	32,000	+9.2%
7	Lombardia Estimated	31,777	+0.5%
8	Małopolskie	28,067	+9.4%
9	Community of Madrid	25,421	+3.5%
10	Dolnośląskie	24,917	+7.3%
11	Rhône-Alpes	24,914	+9.2%
12	Catalonia	21,824	+0.3%
13	Budapest	21,153	-3%
14	Śląskie	20,169	+5.4%
15	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	19,418	+9.5%
16	Lazio Estimated	18,800	+1%
17	Noord-Brabant	18,711	+9.6%
18	Attiki	18,392	+12.3%
19	Wielkopolskie	18,285	+6.5%
20	Bucureşti-Ilfov	18,092	+8.1%
21	Utrecht	17,529	+8.4%
22	Oberbayern	17,310	+1.3%
23	Pomorskie	16,036	+7%
24	Grande Lisboa	15,953	+9.3%
25	Eesti	15,951	+4.4%
26	Berlin	15,091	+0.2%
27	Gelderland	14,905	+8.6%
28	Bratislavský kraj	14,525	+4.2%
29	Wien	14,343	+6.1%
30	Västsverige	13,814	+4.6%
31	Eastern and Midland	13,746	-0.6%
32	Hovedstaden	12,170	-1.5%
33	Yugozapaden	12,165	-0.5%
34	Andalusia	12,082	+1%
35	Aquitaine	11,881	+10.5%
36	Helsinki-Uusimaa	11,547	-1.3%
37	Darmstadt	11,111	+0.5%
38	Veneto Estimated	11,090	+0.8%
39	Emilia-Romagna Estimated	11,062	+1.6%
40	Valencian Community	11,021	+10%
41	Prov. Antwerpen	10,993	+12.2%
42	Köln	10,970	+1.4%
43	Pays de la Loire	10,840	+10.5%
44	Łódzkie	10,790	+4.6%
45	Midi-Pyrénées	10,320	+10.7%
46	Norte	10,241	+11.9%
47	Nord-Pas de Calais	10,231	+12.9%
48	Střední Čechy	10,224	+9%
49	Sostinės regionas	9,912	+9.5%
50	Sydsverige	9,898	+2.5%
51	Piemonte Estimated	9,705	+0.6%
52	Düsseldorf	9,599	+1.8%
53	Languedoc-Roussillon	9,311	+9.7%
54	Bretagne	9,155	+11.1%
55	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	9,078	+11%
56	Pest	9,019	-1%
57	Östra Mellansverige	8,987	+0.9%
58	Jihovýchod	8,794	+5.3%
59	Campania Estimated	8,768	+3.3%
60	Toscana Estimated	8,599	-0%
61	Zahodna Slovenija	8,300	+4.1%
62	Západné Slovensko	8,163	+2%
63	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	7,931	+12.5%
64	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	7,844	+15%
65	Stuttgart	7,684	+2%
66	Nord-Vest	7,668	+13%
67	Overijssel	7,574	+8.8%
68	Hamburg	7,511	+0.2%
69	Lubelskie	7,342	+3.2%
70	Grad Zagreb	7,265	+3.4%
71	Podkarpackie	7,200	+5.8%
72	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	7,049	+9.7%
73	Severovýchod	6,537	+7.7%
74	Východné Slovensko	6,447	n/a
75	Sicilia Estimated	6,240	+0.8%
76	Kujawsko-pomorskie	6,104	+3.8%
77	Niederösterreich	6,102	+5.1%
78	Stredné Slovensko	6,059	+0.2%
79	Karlsruhe	5,912	+1.6%
80	Mazowiecki regionalny	5,817	+5.5%
81	Zachodniopomorskie	5,790	+4.5%
82	Centre - Val de Loire	5,585	+10.1%
83	Puglia Estimated	5,379	+0.9%
84	Limburg (NL)	5,344	+8.8%
85	Alsace	5,261	+11.3%
86	Podlaskie	5,206	+4.9%
87	Oberösterreich	4,708	+5.4%
88	Kýpros	4,694	+10.3%
89	Vzhodna Slovenija	4,672	+5.4%
90	Jihozápad	4,645	+5.9%
91	Centru	4,582	+9.1%
92	Steiermark	4,488	+5.3%
93	Galicia	4,480	+15.2%
94	Arnsberg	4,479	+1.1%
95	Schleswig-Holstein	4,435	+0.8%
96	Nord-Est	4,392	+12.8%
97	Flevoland	4,349	+9%
98	Länsi-Suomi	4,328	-1.8%
99	Southern	4,301	-11%
100	Centro (PT)	4,240	+11.5%
101	Střední Morava	4,184	+5%
102	Groningen	4,117	+6.8%
103	Lorraine	4,113	+10.4%
104	Dél-Alföld	4,100	+1.8%
105	Moravskoslezsko	4,098	+7.7%
106	Kentriki Makedonia	4,088	+8.7%
107	Poitou-Charentes	4,076	+9.2%
108	Canary Islands	4,038	+4.6%
109	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	3,980	+12.7%
110	Jadranska Hrvatska	3,974	+1.6%
111	Midtjylland	3,870	-1%
112	Severozápad	3,711	+6.2%
113	Haute-Normandie	3,688	+12.7%
113	Norra Mellansverige	3,688	+5%
113	Prov. Limburg (BE)	3,688	+15%
116	Közép-Dunántúl	3,676	-1.3%
117	Luxembourg	3,644	+2%
118	Vest	3,565	+11.3%
119	Basque Country	3,542	+4.7%
120	Småland med öarna	3,538	+3.1%
121	Mittelfranken	3,397	+1.1%
122	Warmińsko-mazurskie	3,363	+3.2%
123	Freiburg	3,357	+2.4%
124	Észak-Alföld	3,355	+0.8%
125	Brandenburg	3,327	+2.2%
126	Münster	3,319	+2.8%
127	Friesland (NL)	3,269	+4.6%
128	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,254	+12.4%
129	Picardie	3,241	+10.1%
130	Hannover	3,185	+3%
131	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3,175	0%
132	Marche Estimated	3,173	+0.9%
133	Bourgogne	3,141	+8.7%
134	Península de Setúbal	3,132	+14.3%
135	Etelä-Suomi	3,130	-2%
136	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3,077	+0.9%
137	Sud-Muntenia	3,049	+7.5%
138	Schwaben	3,046	+1.3%
139	Tübingen	3,041	+3.6%
140	Detmold	2,964	+1.9%
141	Świętokrzyskie	2,953	+4.3%
142	Basse-Normandie	2,920	+8.8%
143	Malta	2,914	+4.7%
144	Liguria Estimated	2,892	-1.2%
145	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	2,855	-1.3%
146	Dél-Dunántúl	2,713	-1.4%
147	Auvergne	2,700	+10.6%
147	Weser-Ems	2,700	+1.8%
149	Észak-Magyarország	2,641	+0.8%
150	Castile and León	2,603	-4.7%
151	Opolskie	2,591	+6.4%
152	Sardegna Estimated	2,585	+1.1%
153	Syddanmark	2,570	+0.3%
154	Prov. Hainaut	2,561	+11.6%
155	Friuli-Venezia Giulia Estimated	2,559	+0.3%
156	Drenthe	2,553	+8.4%
157	Lubuskie	2,521	+3.3%
157	Panonska Hrvatska	2,521	+7%
159	Sjeverna Hrvatska	2,508	+7.4%
160	Abruzzo Estimated	2,501	+2.4%
161	Tirol	2,498	+4.7%
162	Övre Norrland	2,445	+0.5%
163	Northern and Western	2,402	+0.6%
164	Prov. Liège	2,384	+8.7%
165	Region of Murcia	2,378	+21.5%
166	Calabria Estimated	2,362	+2.4%
167	Sud-Est	2,355	+5.2%
168	Dresden	2,339	+3.5%
169	Aragon	2,302	+10.7%
170	Balearic Islands	2,292	+10.2%
171	Yuzhen tsentralen	2,182	+2.8%
172	Champagne-Ardenne	2,140	+7.3%
173	Leipzig	2,101	+2.4%
174	Castilla-La Mancha	2,095	-5%
175	Thüringen	2,082	+2.9%
176	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	2,062	+14.2%
177	Koblenz	2,060	+2.7%
178	Lüneburg	2,058	+1.3%
179	Salzburg	2,031	+2.8%
180	Unterfranken	2,029	+1.5%
181	Sjælland	2,026	-1.4%
182	Severoiztochen	1,999	+1.6%
183	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,950	+5%
184	La Réunion	1,945	+12.8%
185	Mellersta Norrland	1,861	+2.9%
186	Franche-Comté	1,823	+8.4%
187	Umbria Estimated	1,806	-0.6%
188	Braunschweig	1,760	+2.1%
189	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,694	+1.6%
190	Kärnten	1,604	+4.8%
191	Niederbayern	1,594	+4.9%
192	Zeeland	1,570	+7.8%
193	Oberpfalz	1,525	+3.5%
194	Prov. Namur	1,521	+20.3%
195	Yugoiztochen	1,509	+2.8%
196	Algarve	1,502	+15.3%
197	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Estimated	1,460	+1.3%
198	Asturias	1,457	-11.9%
199	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,416	+1.1%
200	Kassel	1,372	+0.7%
201	Gießen	1,364	+0.8%
202	Chemnitz	1,353	+3.4%
203	Provincia Autonoma di Trento Estimated	1,352	+0.7%
204	Saarland	1,338	+1.4%
205	Oberfranken	1,310	-0.9%
206	Limousin	1,255	+9.3%
207	Nordjylland	1,221	-0.4%
208	Kriti	1,198	+5.8%
209	Bremen	1,183	+2%
210	Vorarlberg	1,116	+4.7%
211	Dytiki Elláda	1,114	+6.7%
212	Severen tsentralen	1,060	-1.8%
213	Thessalia	948	+5.5%
214	Extremadura	892	+14.4%
215	Guadeloupe	891	+4.9%
216	Burgenland	887	+5.7%
217	Navarre	863	-18.7%
218	Região Autónoma da Madeira	860	+7.9%
219	Corse	835	+9%
220	Martinique	828	+4.4%
221	Basilicata Estimated	803	-1.8%
222	Peloponnisos	761	+3.4%
223	Severozapaden	733	-0.9%
224	Alentejo	719	+9.1%
225	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	705	+1.4%
226	Cantabria	592	-10.4%
227	Sterea Elláda	574	+7.7%
228	Ipeiros	538	+8.9%
229	Notio Aigaio	512	-0.2%
230	Trier	506	+0.8%
231	Região Autónoma dos Açores	491	+8.6%
232	Molise Estimated	453	+3.2%
233	Ionia Nisia	382	+16.1%
234	Dytiki Makedonia	361	+2%
235	Guyane	303	+5.9%
236	Voreio Aigaio	286	+1.4%
237	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Estimated	256	-1.9%
238	La Rioja	231	+2.2%
239	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	228	+16.9%
240	Åland	169	+0.6%
241	Mayotte	119	+14.4%
242	Ceuta	49	+58.1%
243	Melilla	40	+5.3%

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Number of local units of enterprises in information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J). 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 regions are compared on one definition. 1 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J) (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 information and communication?

Ile-de-France, with 114,193 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest local units in information and communication?

Melilla, with 40 in 2024.

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