# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by local units in manufacturing, 2024

All 38 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/germany-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oberbayern | 13,971 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 13,429 |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | 12,201 |
| 4 | Arnsberg | 9,883 |
| 5 | Köln | 9,700 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 9,124 |
| 7 | Darmstadt | 8,703 |
| 8 | Karlsruhe | 8,447 |
| 9 | Tübingen | 7,416 |
| 10 | Thüringen | 7,172 |
| 11 | Schleswig-Holstein | 6,759 |
| 12 | Detmold | 6,747 |
| 13 | Schwaben | 6,552 |
| 14 | Weser-Ems | 6,326 |
| 15 | Münster | 6,159 |
| 16 | Brandenburg | 5,500 |
| 17 | Chemnitz | 5,423 |
| 18 | Koblenz | 5,268 |
| 19 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 5,023 |
| 20 | Mittelfranken | 4,945 |
| 21 | Berlin | 4,944 |
| 22 | Dresden | 4,725 |
| 23 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 4,714 |
| 24 | Niederbayern | 4,703 |
| 25 | Hannover | 4,365 |
| 26 | Unterfranken | 4,254 |
| 27 | Oberpfalz | 3,820 |
| 28 | Lüneburg | 3,662 |
| 28 | Oberfranken | 3,662 |
| 30 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 3,412 |
| 31 | Gießen | 3,239 |
| 32 | Kassel | 3,100 |
| 33 | Hamburg | 3,057 |
| 34 | Braunschweig | 2,706 |
| 35 | Saarland | 2,407 |
| 36 | Leipzig | 2,211 |
| 37 | Trier | 1,555 |
| 38 | Bremen | 1,297 |