Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in manufacturing

Catalonia had the highest local units in manufacturing of 19 autonomous communities in 2023, at 35,557. Ceuta had the lowest, at 76. The median was 6,533 and the figure for Spain was 191,342. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest35,557Catalonia

Lowest76Ceuta

Median6,53319 autonomous communities

Spain191,342History

Map of autonomous communities, 2023

Under 2,800
2,800 to 5,300
5,300 to 9,900
9,900 to 14K
14K and over

count, 2023. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All autonomous communities, 2023

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	Autonomous communities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Catalonia	35,557	-2.1%
2	Andalusia	29,105	-0.4%
3	Valencian Community	23,861	+0.1%
4	Community of Madrid	17,505	-7.9%
5	Galicia	12,285	-4.8%
6	Castile and León	11,388	+1.7%
7	Castilla-La Mancha	11,068	+1.6%
8	Basque Country	10,685	+1.5%
9	Region of Murcia	6,901	-0.5%
10	Aragon	6,533	-4.6%
11	Canary Islands	5,322	-5.3%
12	Balearic Islands	5,248	+1.6%
13	Extremadura	4,959	+11.9%
14	Asturias	3,612	-1.9%
15	Navarre	3,320	+8.7%
16	La Rioja	1,914	+2.5%
17	Cantabria	1,867	+24.7%
18	Melilla	135	+48.4%
19	Ceuta	76	+5.6%

Other periods

2024
2023
2022
2021

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the autonomous communities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Local units by NUTS 2 region, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (sbs_r_nuts2021) (Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in manufacturing, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table

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Local units by NUTS 2 region, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (sbs_r_nuts2021), Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in manufacturing, 2023. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-manufacturing/spain-regions?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in manufacturing, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-manufacturing/spain-regions?period=2023.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Local units by NUTS 2 region, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (sbs_r_nuts2021), Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in manufacturing, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-manufacturing/spain-regions?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Local units by NUTS 2 region, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (sbs\_r\_nuts2021): Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in manufacturing, 2023}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-manufacturing/spain-regions?period=2023. Publisher attribution: 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 autonomous community has the highest local units in manufacturing?

Catalonia, with 35,557 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which autonomous community has the lowest local units in manufacturing?

Ceuta, with 76 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Manufacturing (NACE Rev. 2 section C) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.