# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by local units in information and communication, 2024

All 38 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `business_local_units_information_communication`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-information-communication/germany-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oberbayern | 17,310 |
| 2 | Berlin | 15,091 |
| 3 | Darmstadt | 11,111 |
| 4 | Köln | 10,970 |
| 5 | Düsseldorf | 9,599 |
| 6 | Stuttgart | 7,684 |
| 7 | Hamburg | 7,511 |
| 8 | Karlsruhe | 5,912 |
| 9 | Arnsberg | 4,479 |
| 10 | Schleswig-Holstein | 4,435 |
| 11 | Mittelfranken | 3,397 |
| 12 | Freiburg | 3,357 |
| 13 | Brandenburg | 3,327 |
| 14 | Münster | 3,319 |
| 15 | Hannover | 3,185 |
| 16 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 3,077 |
| 17 | Schwaben | 3,046 |
| 18 | Tübingen | 3,041 |
| 19 | Detmold | 2,964 |
| 20 | Weser-Ems | 2,700 |
| 21 | Dresden | 2,339 |
| 22 | Leipzig | 2,101 |
| 23 | Thüringen | 2,082 |
| 24 | Koblenz | 2,060 |
| 25 | Lüneburg | 2,058 |
| 26 | Unterfranken | 2,029 |
| 27 | Braunschweig | 1,760 |
| 28 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 1,694 |
| 29 | Niederbayern | 1,594 |
| 30 | Oberpfalz | 1,525 |
| 31 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1,416 |
| 32 | Kassel | 1,372 |
| 33 | Gießen | 1,364 |
| 34 | Chemnitz | 1,353 |
| 35 | Saarland | 1,338 |
| 36 | Oberfranken | 1,310 |
| 37 | Bremen | 1,183 |
| 38 | Trier | 506 |