# EU countries by local units in manufacturing, 2024

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `business_local_units_manufacturing`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of local units of enterprises in manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C). 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, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (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, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (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-manufacturing/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 393,575 |
| 2 | France | 328,137 |
| 3 | Poland | 246,236 |
| 4 | Germany | 220,581 |
| 5 | Czechia | 206,836 |
| 6 | Spain | 188,628 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 103,405 |
| 8 | Slovakia | 89,962 |
| 9 | Portugal | 73,885 |
| 10 | Greece | 66,613 |
| 11 | Sweden | 65,084 |
| 12 | Hungary | 60,382 |
| 13 | Romania | 58,159 |
| 14 | Austria | 41,323 |
| 15 | Belgium | 39,712 |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 32,054 |
| 17 | Finland | 31,773 |
| 18 | Lithuania | 27,901 |
| 19 | Croatia | 26,723 |
| 20 | Slovenia | 21,890 |
| 21 | Ireland | 19,618 |
| 22 | Denmark | 18,362 |
| 23 | Latvia | 13,096 |
| 24 | Estonia | 12,422 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 5,415 |
| 26 | Malta | 3,121 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 962 |