# EU countries by local units in mining and quarrying, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `business_local_units_mining`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of local units of enterprises in mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B). 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, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B) (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, Mining and quarrying (NACE Rev. 2 section B) (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-mining/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | France | 2,898 |
| 2 | Poland | 2,720 |
| 3 | Spain | 2,337 |
| 4 | Germany | 2,278 |
| 5 | Italy | 2,267 |
| 6 | Romania | 1,472 |
| 7 | Finland | 1,193 |
| 8 | Portugal | 1,186 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 824 |
| 10 | Czechia | 806 |
| 11 | Greece | 791 |
| 12 | Sweden | 765 |
| 13 | Austria | 682 |
| 14 | Latvia | 474 |
| 15 | Hungary | 465 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 408 |
| 17 | Ireland | 405 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 369 |
| 19 | Denmark | 368 |
| 20 | Croatia | 341 |
| 21 | Estonia | 327 |
| 22 | Lithuania | 198 |
| 23 | Belgium | 167 |
| 24 | Slovenia | 100 |
| 25 | Malta | 62 |
| 26 | Cyprus | 50 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 22 |