EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in manufacturing

Lombardia had the highest local units in manufacturing of 242 regions in 2022, at 81,687. Ceuta had the lowest, at 72. The median was 6,865. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest81,687Lombardia

Lowest72Ceuta

Median6,865242 regions

Top 40 regions, 2022

count. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Lombardia	81,687	-0.1%
2	Veneto	46,472	+0.5%
3	Toscana	39,543	+0.7%
4	Emilia-Romagna	36,989	+0.1%
5	Rhône-Alpes	36,600	+7.4%
6	Catalonia	36,336	-3%
7	Ile-de-France	36,231	+6.2%
8	Norte	34,823	+1.6%
9	Jihovýchod	33,043	+1.2%
10	Piemonte	31,911	+0.6%
11	Praha	31,434	+1.8%
12	Západné Slovensko	31,392	+5.4%
13	Śląskie	29,340	-1.8%
14	Andalusia	29,219	+1.1%
15	Severovýchod	28,599	+0.6%
16	Campania	28,459	+0.7%
17	Wielkopolskie	27,479	-1.5%
18	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	25,650	+9%
19	Małopolskie	24,512	-1.3%
20	Střední Čechy	23,955	+1.6%
21	Valencian Community	23,838	+1.7%
22	Attiki	23,539	+7.9%
23	Východné Slovensko	23,318	+5.7%
24	Střední Morava	22,369	+0.6%
25	Warszawski stołeczny	21,445	-2.9%
26	Sicilia	21,439	+0.7%
27	Lazio	21,387	+0.5%
28	Puglia	21,383	+0.4%
29	Stredné Slovensko	21,365	+5.4%
30	Jihozápad	19,276	+1%
31	Community of Madrid	19,003	-0.8%
32	Pomorskie	18,991	-2.5%
33	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	18,958	+3.8%
34	Aquitaine	18,883	+9.3%
35	Moravskoslezsko	18,003	+2.1%
36	Łódzkie	17,971	-2.2%
37	Zuid-Holland	17,553	n/a
38	Pays de la Loire	17,477	+7.7%
39	Dolnośląskie	17,052	-0.6%
40	Noord-Brabant	16,967	+4.7%
41	Bretagne	16,302	+9.5%
42	Midi-Pyrénées	16,279	+9.1%
43	Marche	16,126	-0.1%
44	Noord-Holland	14,594	+5.8%
45	Oberbayern	14,132	+0.3%
46	Severozápad	13,996	+3.8%
47	Languedoc-Roussillon	13,960	+10%
48	Stuttgart	13,829	-1.2%
49	Västsverige	13,635	+2.1%
50	Centro (PT)	13,262	n/a
51	Galicia	12,907	+2.9%
52	Nord-Pas de Calais	12,893	+9.4%
53	Düsseldorf	12,644	-1.5%
54	Latvija	12,578	+1.4%
55	Mazowiecki regionalny	12,440	-1.1%
56	Kentriki Makedonia	12,371	+1.8%
57	Eesti	12,328	+7.9%
58	Podkarpackie	12,211	+1.3%
59	Gelderland	11,927	+6.3%
60	Kujawsko-pomorskie	11,905	-1.4%
61	Budapest	11,840	-0.8%
62	Bratislavský kraj	11,550	+8.6%
63	Castile and León	11,198	+4.6%
64	Vzhodna Slovenija	11,087	+1.9%
65	Centre - Val de Loire	11,075	+7.8%
66	Stockholm	11,007	+0.1%
67	Zachodniopomorskie	10,985	-3.1%
68	Castilla-La Mancha	10,890	-1.7%
69	Basque Country	10,523	+0.8%
70	Yugozapaden	10,198	+1.7%
71	Arnsberg	10,161	-1.2%
72	Pest	10,110	+1.4%
73	Zahodna Slovenija	10,094	+1.8%
74	Länsi-Suomi	10,085	+2.1%
75	Köln	9,995	-0.8%
76	Nord-Vest	9,919	-1.6%
77	Lubelskie	9,591	+0.7%
78	Poitou-Charentes	9,416	+8.6%
79	Freiburg	9,236	-1.1%
80	Östra Mellansverige	9,234	-0.2%
81	Abruzzo	9,021	+0.5%
82	Darmstadt	8,945	-0.1%
83	Sydsverige	8,830	+1.6%
84	Lorraine	8,795	+7.3%
85	Karlsruhe	8,618	-1.2%
86	Centru	8,577	-0.7%
87	Eastern and Midland	8,461	+12.3%
88	Grande Lisboa	8,458	n/a
89	Bucureşti-Ilfov	8,297	-0.7%
90	Jadranska Hrvatska	8,195	+2.8%
91	Dél-Alföld	8,182	-1%
92	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	8,125	+1.2%
93	Oberösterreich	8,006	+0.2%
94	Közép-Dunántúl	7,996	+2.3%
95	Alsace	7,979	+8.3%
96	Calabria	7,909	+0.3%
97	Yuzhen tsentralen	7,880	+1.9%
98	Liguria	7,872	+1%
99	Bourgogne	7,813	+6.9%
100	Sostinės regionas	7,741	+7.1%
101	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	7,700	+15.8%
102	Prov. Antwerpen	7,684	+14.4%
103	Észak-Alföld	7,552	+0.3%
104	Etelä-Suomi	7,522	+0.3%
105	Tübingen	7,513	-0.9%
106	Småland med öarna	7,439	+0.4%
107	Sardegna	7,416	+0.8%
108	Thüringen	7,389	-1.4%
109	Warmińsko-mazurskie	7,348	-1%
110	Niederösterreich	7,315	+0.6%
111	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	7,283	+4%
112	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	7,277	+13%
113	Nord-Est	7,256	-0.3%
114	Auvergne	7,156	+7.4%
115	Nyugat-Dunántúl	7,095	+1%
116	Świętokrzyskie	7,057	+0.7%
117	Detmold	6,957	-0.7%
118	Region of Murcia	6,936	-1.7%
119	Helsinki-Uusimaa	6,918	+3%
120	Southern	6,890	+1.8%
121	Schleswig-Holstein	6,881	-0.5%
122	Aragon	6,849	+3.1%
123	Sud-Muntenia	6,790	-1.9%
124	Haute-Normandie	6,785	+6.5%
125	Picardie	6,754	+8%
126	Schwaben	6,666	+0.9%
127	Umbria	6,602	-0.2%
128	Basse-Normandie	6,556	+7.7%
129	Sjeverna Hrvatska	6,516	+4.6%
130	Overijssel	6,433	+5.1%
131	Weser-Ems	6,321	-0.8%
132	Münster	6,285	-0.5%
133	Franche-Comté	6,258	+8.2%
134	Sud-Est	6,131	-1.7%
135	Norra Mellansverige	6,103	+0.8%
136	Utrecht	5,967	n/a
137	Champagne-Ardenne	5,913	+6.8%
138	Opolskie	5,894	-0.3%
139	Észak-Magyarország	5,867	0%
140	Lubuskie	5,730	-1%
141	Chemnitz	5,700	-0.5%
142	Panonska Hrvatska	5,695	+4.4%
143	Steiermark	5,691	+1.5%
144	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	5,685	n/a
145	Limburg (NL)	5,623	+4.9%
146	Canary Islands	5,619	+16.4%
147	Brandenburg	5,606	-0.7%
148	Dél-Dunántúl	5,599	+1.8%
149	Podlaskie	5,598	+1%
150	Vest	5,406	+0.9%
151	Koblenz	5,398	-0.4%
152	Kýpros	5,377	-0.4%
153	Sachsen-Anhalt	5,272	-0.5%
154	Grad Zagreb	5,227	+0.6%
155	Berlin	5,188	-0.5%
156	Balearic Islands	5,166	+6.6%
157	Mittelfranken	5,076	-0.5%
158	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	4,907	-1%
159	Dresden	4,843	0%
160	Midtjylland	4,784	+2.1%
161	Niederbayern	4,707	-0.2%
162	Friesland (NL)	4,701	+5.2%
163	Hovedstaden	4,662	+1.7%
164	Syddanmark	4,575	+1.5%
165	Kriti	4,480	+2.5%
166	Hannover	4,475	-0%
167	Extremadura	4,432	+2.6%
168	Thessalia	4,423	+3%
169	Unterfranken	4,369	+0.1%
170	Sud-Vest Oltenia	4,226	-2.3%
171	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4,210	+14.8%
172	Wien	4,184	+1%
173	Yugoiztochen	4,150	+3.6%
174	Limousin	4,019	+10.2%
175	Prov. Liège	3,967	+11.3%
176	Peloponnisos	3,946	+5.1%
177	Oberpfalz	3,884	-0.2%
178	Oberfranken	3,793	-0.2%
179	Övre Norrland	3,787	+1%
180	Tirol	3,748	-0.2%
181	Lüneburg	3,736	-0.6%
182	Severoiztochen	3,722	+1.4%
183	Northern and Western	3,716	+4.1%
184	Asturias	3,682	+2.9%
185	Severen tsentralen	3,680	+1.2%
186	La Réunion	3,613	+8.8%
187	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3,549	+12.9%
188	Dytiki Elláda	3,510	-3.7%
189	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3,493	0%
190	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	3,478	+1.2%
191	Prov. Hainaut	3,457	+13.2%
192	Gießen	3,353	-0.3%
193	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	3,339	+1.2%
194	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	3,249	+0.3%
195	Kassel	3,185	-1.5%
196	Sterea Elláda	3,123	+1.8%
197	Salzburg	3,117	+0.1%
198	Navarre	3,054	-2.3%
199	Hamburg	3,027	-1.7%
200	Basilicata	3,003	+0.6%
201	Alentejo	3,002	n/a
202	Kärnten	2,872	-0.5%
203	Malta	2,839	+4.7%
204	Península de Setúbal	2,827	n/a
205	Braunschweig	2,819	-0.3%
206	Mellersta Norrland	2,745	+1.2%
207	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	2,729	+12.8%
208	Severozapaden	2,704	+2.8%
209	Groningen	2,645	+5.3%
210	Sjælland	2,576	+0.2%
211	Zeeland	2,546	+5.9%
212	Saarland	2,508	-0.4%
213	Drenthe	2,442	+4.7%
214	Ipeiros	2,329	+21.6%
215	Vorarlberg	2,328	-0.3%
216	Guadeloupe	2,313	+12.9%
217	Corse	2,309	+10.5%
218	Leipzig	2,270	-0.5%
219	Nordjylland	2,257	+2.1%
220	Flevoland	2,253	+5.2%
221	Algarve	2,241	+4.6%
222	Dytiki Makedonia	2,019	+0.4%
223	Notio Aigaio	2,006	+3.5%
224	La Rioja	1,868	-13.6%
225	Molise	1,727	-0.3%
226	Martinique	1,678	+6.5%
227	Prov. Namur	1,631	+13.8%
228	Trier	1,623	-0.2%
229	Prov. Brabant wallon	1,546	+20.1%
230	Cantabria	1,497	-25.6%
231	Bremen	1,357	-0.7%
232	Burgenland	1,255	-0.6%
233	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1,233	+5.9%
234	Luxembourg	951	+4.2%
235	Região Autónoma da Madeira	822	+3.1%
236	Guyane	800	+8.8%
237	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	757	+13%
238	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	645	-1.8%
239	Mayotte	292	+8.1%
240	Åland	262	+4.4%
241	Melilla	91	+9.6%
242	Ceuta	72	+41.2%

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About this ranking

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.

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, 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.

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Which region has the highest local units in manufacturing?

Lombardia, with 81,687 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Ceuta, with 72 in 2022.

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