# EU countries by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `business_local_units_professional_scientific`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of local units of enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M). 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, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (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, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (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-professional-scientific/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 944,598 |
| 2 | France | 861,707 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 580,211 |
| 4 | Germany | 550,606 |
| 5 | Spain | 481,581 |
| 6 | Poland | 393,457 |
| 7 | Czechia | 222,437 |
| 8 | Sweden | 213,697 |
| 9 | Belgium | 206,810 |
| 10 | Greece | 171,325 |
| 11 | Portugal | 165,283 |
| 12 | Hungary | 154,122 |
| 13 | Austria | 114,561 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 105,864 |
| 15 | Romania | 86,615 |
| 16 | Finland | 69,158 |
| 17 | Ireland | 55,864 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 50,836 |
| 19 | Lithuania | 49,951 |
| 20 | Denmark | 46,513 |
| 21 | Croatia | 44,192 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 42,064 |
| 23 | Estonia | 30,294 |
| 24 | Latvia | 21,088 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 13,968 |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 11,483 |
| 27 | Malta | 9,637 |