# EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2024

All 242 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable. 2 regions have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- 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-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 299,778 |
| 2 | Lombardia | 200,551 |
| 3 | Noord-Holland | 135,205 |
| 4 | Zuid-Holland | 123,687 |
| 5 | Lazio | 107,976 |
| 6 | Community of Madrid | 100,713 |
| 7 | Rhône-Alpes | 93,320 |
| 8 | Catalonia | 92,791 |
| 9 | Warszawski stołeczny | 91,879 |
| 10 | Attiki | 85,333 |
| 11 | Stockholm | 82,627 |
| 12 | Noord-Brabant | 82,360 |
| 13 | Veneto | 78,957 |
| 14 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 76,980 |
| 15 | Campania | 76,646 |
| 16 | Emilia-Romagna | 74,255 |
| 17 | Andalusia | 72,292 |
| 18 | Praha | 69,632 |
| 19 | Toscana | 63,677 |
| 20 | Gelderland | 62,981 |
| 21 | Piemonte | 62,080 |
| 22 | Utrecht | 59,513 |
| 23 | Sicilia | 55,305 |
| 24 | Oberbayern | 54,779 |
| 25 | Budapest | 54,348 |
| 26 | Grande Lisboa | 52,223 |
| 27 | Norte | 52,114 |
| 28 | Valencian Community | 51,390 |
| 29 | Puglia | 50,540 |
| 30 | Aquitaine | 46,758 |
| 31 | Berlin | 41,615 |
| 32 | Prov. Antwerpen | 39,787 |
| 33 | Västsverige | 39,670 |
| 34 | Pays de la Loire | 39,230 |
| 35 | Śląskie | 38,602 |
| 36 | Wielkopolskie | 38,376 |
| 37 | Wien | 37,603 |
| 38 | Małopolskie | 37,270 |
| 39 | Bratislavský kraj | 36,521 |
| 40 | Düsseldorf | 36,344 |
| 41 | Midi-Pyrénées | 35,794 |
| 42 | Köln | 35,398 |
| 43 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 34,317 |
| 44 | Darmstadt | 34,316 |
| 45 | Dolnośląskie | 33,263 |
| 46 | Bretagne | 33,033 |
| 47 | Jihovýchod | 32,618 |
| 48 | Eastern and Midland | 32,051 |
| 49 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 31,818 |
| 50 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 31,772 |
| 51 | Západné Slovensko | 31,019 |
| 52 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 30,604 |
| 53 | Eesti | 30,294 |
| 54 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 30,204 |
| 55 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 30,103 |
| 56 | Sydsverige | 28,929 |
| 57 | Overijssel | 28,826 |
| 58 | Stuttgart | 28,788 |
| 59 | Yugozapaden | 28,546 |
| 60 | Pomorskie | 28,066 |
| 61 | Kentriki Makedonia | 27,000 |
| 62 | Střední Čechy | 26,994 |
| 63 | Zahodna Slovenija | 26,711 |
| 64 | Östra Mellansverige | 25,928 |
| 65 | Sostinės regionas | 25,820 |
| 66 | Galicia | 25,407 |
| 67 | Marche | 25,372 |
| 68 | Limburg (NL) | 25,183 |
| 69 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 24,518 |
| 70 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 24,131 |
| 71 | Hamburg | 24,079 |
| 72 | Liguria | 23,679 |
| 73 | Calabria | 23,236 |
| 74 | Pest | 23,091 |
| 75 | Severovýchod | 23,034 |
| 76 | Centro (PT) | 22,718 |
| 77 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 22,632 |
| 78 | Hovedstaden | 22,111 |
| 79 | Canary Islands | 21,702 |
| 80 | Abruzzo | 20,967 |
| 81 | Sardegna | 20,644 |
| 82 | Łódzkie | 20,304 |
| 83 | Alsace | 19,595 |
| 84 | Stredné Slovensko | 19,492 |
| 85 | Moravskoslezsko | 19,366 |
| 86 | Centre - Val de Loire | 19,264 |
| 87 | Karlsruhe | 19,188 |
| 88 | Jihozápad | 19,144 |
| 89 | Střední Morava | 18,974 |
| 90 | Basque Country | 18,605 |
| 91 | Castile and León | 18,539 |
| 92 | Grad Zagreb | 17,947 |
| 93 | Arnsberg | 17,808 |
| 94 | Niederösterreich | 17,502 |
| 95 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 16,849 |
| 96 | Southern | 16,773 |
| 97 | Schleswig-Holstein | 16,289 |
| 98 | Friesland (NL) | 15,903 |
| 99 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 15,353 |
| 100 | Dél-Alföld | 14,958 |
| 101 | Poitou-Charentes | 14,689 |
| 102 | Länsi-Suomi | 14,502 |
| 103 | Oberösterreich | 14,459 |
| 104 | Lorraine | 14,450 |
| 105 | Steiermark | 14,395 |
| 106 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 14,380 |
| 107 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 14,300 |
| 108 | Balearic Islands | 14,190 |
| 109 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 14,187 |
| 110 | Groningen | 14,167 |
| 111 | Umbria | 13,996 |
| 112 | Kýpros | 13,968 |
| 113 | Észak-Alföld | 13,919 |
| 114 | Freiburg | 13,906 |
| 115 | Zachodniopomorskie | 13,876 |
| 116 | Prov. Liège | 13,865 |
| 117 | Közép-Dunántúl | 13,786 |
| 118 | Münster | 13,655 |
| 119 | Haute-Normandie | 13,592 |
| 120 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 13,465 |
| 121 | Brandenburg | 13,388 |
| 122 | Podkarpackie | 13,382 |
| 123 | Lubelskie | 13,352 |
| 124 | Bourgogne | 13,304 |
| 125 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 13,152 |
| 126 | Weser-Ems | 12,815 |
| 127 | Severozápad | 12,675 |
| 128 | Hannover | 12,606 |
| 129 | Castilla-La Mancha | 12,597 |
| 130 | Nord-Vest | 12,209 |
| 131 | Picardie | 12,031 |
| 132 | Etelä-Suomi | 12,011 |
| 133 | Region of Murcia | 11,998 |
| 134 | Tübingen | 11,934 |
| 135 | Flevoland | 11,804 |
| 136 | Schwaben | 11,794 |
| 137 | Norra Mellansverige | 11,759 |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 11,483 |
| 139 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 11,442 |
| 140 | Småland med öarna | 11,381 |
| 141 | Basse-Normandie | 11,356 |
| 142 | Aragon | 11,323 |
| 143 | Mittelfranken | 11,240 |
| 144 | Dél-Dunántúl | 11,170 |
| 145 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 11,106 |
| 146 | Drenthe | 11,079 |
| 147 | Prov. Hainaut | 10,974 |
| 148 | Detmold | 10,763 |
| 149 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 10,355 |
| 150 | Auvergne | 10,335 |
| 151 | Península de Setúbal | 10,212 |
| 152 | Centru | 9,812 |
| 153 | Tirol | 9,810 |
| 154 | Észak-Magyarország | 9,698 |
| 155 | Malta | 9,637 |
| 156 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 9,501 |
| 157 | Kriti | 9,197 |
| 158 | Midtjylland | 9,134 |
| 159 | Lüneburg | 9,127 |
| 160 | Thüringen | 9,109 |
| 161 | Asturias | 8,877 |
| 162 | Dresden | 8,856 |
| 163 | Champagne-Ardenne | 8,844 |
| 164 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 8,800 |
| 165 | Thessalia | 8,774 |
| 166 | Zeeland | 8,522 |
| 167 | Podlaskie | 8,284 |
| 168 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 8,244 |
| 169 | Nord-Est | 8,216 |
| 170 | Koblenz | 8,041 |
| 171 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 7,975 |
| 172 | Franche-Comté | 7,964 |
| 173 | Salzburg | 7,887 |
| 174 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 7,625 |
| 175 | Basilicata | 7,616 |
| 176 | Övre Norrland | 7,555 |
| 177 | Unterfranken | 7,497 |
| 178 | Algarve | 7,452 |
| 179 | Vest | 7,446 |
| 180 | Sud-Muntenia | 7,386 |
| 181 | Dytiki Elláda | 7,345 |
| 182 | Świętokrzyskie | 7,342 |
| 183 | Leipzig | 7,078 |
| 184 | Extremadura | 7,073 |
| 185 | Sud-Est | 7,042 |
| 186 | Northern and Western | 7,040 |
| 187 | Syddanmark | 6,909 |
| 188 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 6,905 |
| 189 | La Réunion | 6,904 |
| 190 | Braunschweig | 6,779 |
| 191 | Lubuskie | 6,743 |
| 192 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 6,659 |
| 193 | Niederbayern | 6,630 |
| 194 | Peloponnisos | 6,426 |
| 195 | Oberpfalz | 6,343 |
| 196 | Panonska Hrvatska | 6,195 |
| 197 | Opolskie | 6,153 |
| 198 | Prov. Namur | 6,027 |
| 199 | Chemnitz | 6,002 |
| 200 | Kärnten | 5,887 |
| 201 | Navarre | 5,882 |
| 202 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 5,863 |
| 203 | Mellersta Norrland | 5,848 |
| 204 | Kassel | 5,842 |
| 205 | Gießen | 5,674 |
| 206 | Severoiztochen | 5,665 |
| 207 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 5,649 |
| 208 | Oberfranken | 5,576 |
| 209 | Sjælland | 5,275 |
| 210 | Limousin | 5,203 |
| 211 | Sterea Elláda | 5,117 |
| 212 | Alentejo | 5,090 |
| 213 | Yugoiztochen | 4,983 |
| 214 | Saarland | 4,880 |
| 215 | Cantabria | 4,745 |
| 216 | Notio Aigaio | 4,440 |
| 217 | Molise | 4,413 |
| 218 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 4,401 |
| 219 | Vorarlberg | 4,256 |
| 220 | Corse | 4,155 |
| 221 | Bremen | 4,066 |
| 222 | Ipeiros | 4,035 |
| 223 | Guadeloupe | 3,714 |
| 224 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 3,396 |
| 225 | Martinique | 3,338 |
| 226 | Nordjylland | 3,084 |
| 227 | Severen tsentralen | 3,040 |
| 228 | Dytiki Makedonia | 2,999 |
| 229 | La Rioja | 2,899 |
| 230 | Ionia Nisia | 2,896 |
| 231 | Burgenland | 2,762 |
| 232 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 2,560 |
| 233 | Trier | 2,415 |
| 234 | Voreio Aigaio | 2,114 |
| 235 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 1,970 |
| 236 | Severozapaden | 1,943 |
| 237 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 1,656 |
| 238 | Guyane | 1,509 |
| 239 | Åland | 518 |
| 240 | Mayotte | 432 |
| 241 | Melilla | 377 |
| 242 | Ceuta | 181 |