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

Ile-de-France had the highest local units in professional, scientific and technical activities of 244 regions in 2022, at 269,252. Melilla had the lowest, at 192. The median was 12,548. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest269,252Ile-de-France

Lowest192Melilla

Median12,548244 regions

Top 40 regions, 2022

count. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Ile-de-France	269,252	+14.6%
2	Lombardia	187,987	+6.2%
3	Noord-Holland	118,007	+4.7%
4	Zuid-Holland	107,038	n/a
5	Community of Madrid	104,762	+3.4%
6	Lazio	102,820	+5.9%
7	Catalonia	95,347	+0.2%
8	Rhône-Alpes	83,510	+15.5%
9	Warszawski stołeczny	83,296	+2.2%
10	Attiki	78,923	+6.2%
11	Stockholm	76,658	-2.1%
12	Veneto	74,881	+5%
13	Campania	71,945	+6.4%
14	Emilia-Romagna	71,182	+4.2%
15	Andalusia	70,491	+4.9%
16	Noord-Brabant	69,696	+5.3%
17	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	68,504	+15.1%
18	Praha	65,733	+2.1%
19	Budapest	63,822	+1.4%
20	Toscana	60,830	+5%
21	Piemonte	59,505	+5.3%
22	Gelderland	54,036	+5.6%
23	Utrecht	53,043	n/a
24	Sicilia	52,773	+7%
25	Valencian Community	52,647	+7%
26	Oberbayern	52,140	+1.9%
27	Puglia	48,739	+5.5%
28	Norte	47,966	+5.4%
29	Grande Lisboa	47,846	n/a
30	Aquitaine	40,930	+16.3%
31	Berlin	40,121	+2.2%
32	Prov. Antwerpen	38,105	+8.5%
33	Västsverige	36,262	-0.8%
34	Śląskie	36,163	+1.1%
35	Wielkopolskie	35,520	+1.1%
36	Düsseldorf	35,295	+1.7%
37	Wien	34,788	-0.5%
38	Pays de la Loire	34,339	+15%
39	Köln	34,238	+1.3%
40	Małopolskie	33,955	+3.5%
41	Darmstadt	33,437	+1.4%
42	Bratislavský kraj	32,683	+5.7%
43	Helsinki-Uusimaa	32,477	+7.2%
44	Midi-Pyrénées	32,224	+15.7%
45	Jihovýchod	31,139	+2.9%
46	Dolnośląskie	30,704	+2.2%
47	Languedoc-Roussillon	30,273	+14.2%
48	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	29,633	+5%
49	Eastern and Midland	29,403	n/a
50	Západné Slovensko	28,836	+8.2%
51	Bretagne	28,783	+15.1%
52	Yugozapaden	28,428	+3.4%
53	Nord-Pas de Calais	28,334	+14.4%
54	Bucureşti-Ilfov	28,288	+1%
55	Stuttgart	28,177	+0.8%
56	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	28,078	+7.8%
57	Galicia	27,331	+7.1%
58	Sydsverige	26,827	-3.3%
59	Pest	26,825	+4.9%
60	Eesti	26,358	+14.5%
61	Pomorskie	25,655	+2.8%
62	Kentriki Makedonia	25,394	+4.7%
63	Střední Čechy	25,382	+3.5%
64	Zahodna Slovenija	25,379	+4.4%
65	Overijssel	24,213	+6%
66	Marche	24,181	+4.9%
67	Östra Mellansverige	24,053	-1.7%
68	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	23,295	+9%
69	Hamburg	23,266	+0.7%
70	Liguria	22,889	+4.3%
71	Sostinės regionas	22,841	+10.9%
72	Severovýchod	22,167	+1.3%
73	Calabria	21,760	+7%
74	Limburg (NL)	21,723	+5.6%
75	Canary Islands	21,711	+9.7%
76	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	21,659	+7.7%
77	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	21,358	+10.2%
78	Centro (PT)	21,220	n/a
79	Hovedstaden	21,216	+5.6%
80	Latvija	20,664	+4.8%
81	Abruzzo	19,892	+5.6%
82	Sardegna	19,672	+5.8%
83	Łódzkie	19,011	+0.7%
84	Jihozápad	18,588	+1.8%
85	Karlsruhe	18,426	+0.8%
86	Moravskoslezsko	18,361	+2.8%
87	Castile and León	18,289	-1.9%
88	Stredné Slovensko	18,040	n/a
89	Střední Morava	18,032	+2.7%
90	Alsace	17,506	+12%
91	Basque Country	17,235	-5.2%
92	Arnsberg	17,227	+1.1%
93	Centre - Val de Loire	17,073	+14.3%
94	Východné Slovensko	17,016	+6.7%
95	Dél-Alföld	16,732	+3.2%
96	Grad Zagreb	16,463	+4.9%
97	Niederösterreich	16,165	-0.1%
98	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	16,100	+4.8%
99	Schleswig-Holstein	15,725	+1.5%
100	Közép-Dunántúl	15,602	+4.7%
101	Észak-Alföld	15,462	+4.1%
102	Southern	15,393	n/a
103	Länsi-Suomi	14,530	+8.5%
104	Vzhodna Slovenija	14,499	+5.1%
105	Nyugat-Dunántúl	14,341	+4.3%
106	Friesland (NL)	13,878	+5.1%
107	Prov. Limburg (BE)	13,752	+8%
108	Castilla-La Mancha	13,694	+6.6%
109	Umbria	13,424	+5%
110	Oberösterreich	13,372	+0.2%
111	Zachodniopomorskie	13,315	-0.3%
112	Kujawsko-pomorskie	13,305	+0.9%
113	Freiburg	13,284	+1.5%
114	Steiermark	13,279	-1.1%
115	Münster	13,170	+1.1%
116	Jadranska Hrvatska	13,109	+5.1%
117	Poitou-Charentes	13,024	+16.8%
118	Brandenburg	12,932	+1.7%
119	Balearic Islands	12,923	+3.7%
120	Lorraine	12,719	+12.4%
121	Severozápad	12,560	-0.3%
122	Podkarpackie	12,551	+2.3%
123	Lubelskie	12,544	+1.9%
124	Dél-Dunántúl	12,525	+4.2%
125	Region of Murcia	12,500	-3.4%
126	Kýpros	12,463	+10.2%
127	Prov. Liège	12,452	+8.1%
128	Mazowiecki regionalny	12,380	-0.1%
129	Groningen	12,319	+5.5%
130	Etelä-Suomi	12,246	+8%
131	Hannover	12,227	+1.5%
132	Weser-Ems	12,208	+2.3%
133	Haute-Normandie	12,111	+9.8%
134	Aragon	11,761	-1.7%
135	Bourgogne	11,671	+13.1%
136	Tübingen	11,382	+0.8%
137	Nord-Vest	11,119	+3.2%
138	Prov. Brabant wallon	11,084	+10.2%
139	Prov. Hainaut	11,073	+8.1%
140	Schwaben	11,039	+3.1%
141	Luxembourg	10,996	+2.8%
142	Észak-Magyarország	10,920	+2.6%
143	Picardie	10,748	+15.1%
144	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	10,734	+1.6%
145	Norra Mellansverige	10,708	-0.6%
146	Mittelfranken	10,696	+1.4%
147	Detmold	10,557	+1.3%
148	Småland med öarna	10,466	-1.2%
149	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	10,405	+9.6%
150	Flevoland	10,101	+6.4%
151	Basse-Normandie	10,051	+11.6%
152	Drenthe	9,676	+6.4%
153	Península de Setúbal	9,193	n/a
154	Tirol	9,068	+0.4%
155	Thüringen	9,006	-0.5%
156	Auvergne	8,997	+14.6%
157	Lüneburg	8,885	+3.7%
158	Centru	8,876	+2%
159	Midtjylland	8,848	+6.5%
160	Dresden	8,655	+0.6%
161	Kriti	8,644	+6.1%
162	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	8,624	n/a
163	Thessalia	8,435	+4.6%
164	Warmińsko-mazurskie	8,333	+0.3%
165	Asturias	8,300	+9.2%
166	Sachsen-Anhalt	7,889	+1.4%
167	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	7,855	+4.3%
168	Champagne-Ardenne	7,773	+14.8%
169	Koblenz	7,667	+1.5%
170	Podlaskie	7,665	+3.5%
171	Malta	7,654	+4.3%
172	Nord-Est	7,393	+4.7%
173	Salzburg	7,294	-0.5%
174	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	7,236	+5.3%
175	Unterfranken	7,217	+2%
176	Basilicata	7,197	+6%
177	Extremadura	7,104	+9.1%
178	Zeeland	7,013	+5.7%
179	Świętokrzyskie	7,001	+2.1%
180	Vest	6,941	+2.7%
181	Franche-Comté	6,929	+11.9%
182	Dytiki Elláda	6,924	+4.3%
183	Övre Norrland	6,878	-1%
184	Leipzig	6,780	+2.3%
185	Sud-Muntenia	6,779	+3.7%
186	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	6,761	+1.2%
187	Syddanmark	6,581	+5.9%
188	Braunschweig	6,540	+1.3%
188	Northern and Western	6,540	n/a
190	Algarve	6,538	+7.7%
191	Sud-Est	6,454	+1.5%
192	Lubuskie	6,416	+0.6%
193	Yuzhen tsentralen	6,323	+5.3%
194	Niederbayern	6,313	+3.2%
195	Peloponnisos	6,119	+5.5%
196	Prov. Namur	5,998	+6.7%
197	Navarre	5,993	-0.6%
198	Chemnitz	5,953	+0.7%
199	Oberpfalz	5,938	+1.1%
200	La Réunion	5,837	+14.9%
201	Opolskie	5,787	-0.6%
202	Kassel	5,645	+1.2%
203	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	5,535	+3.9%
204	Kärnten	5,498	+0.3%
205	Gießen	5,495	+1.9%
206	Severoiztochen	5,451	+5.5%
207	Panonska Hrvatska	5,443	+3.6%
208	Mellersta Norrland	5,418	-0.1%
209	Oberfranken	5,350	+3.3%
210	Sjeverna Hrvatska	5,276	+6.1%
211	Sjælland	5,006	+6.3%
212	Sterea Elláda	4,824	+4.6%
213	Alentejo	4,726	n/a
214	Yugoiztochen	4,709	+5.9%
215	Saarland	4,697	-0.1%
216	Limousin	4,606	+14.3%
217	Cantabria	4,542	+3.1%
218	Molise	4,179	+5.9%
219	Notio Aigaio	4,085	+6.8%
220	Bremen	3,966	-1.6%
221	Vorarlberg	3,949	-1.1%
222	Ipeiros	3,941	+3.6%
223	Sud-Vest Oltenia	3,934	+2.7%
224	Corse	3,745	+14.4%
225	Guadeloupe	3,126	+12.5%
226	Região Autónoma da Madeira	3,039	+5.3%
227	Nordjylland	3,022	+8.4%
228	Severen tsentralen	2,927	+5.1%
229	Martinique	2,825	+15.8%
230	Dytiki Makedonia	2,780	+6.6%
231	Ionia Nisia	2,684	+4.7%
232	Burgenland	2,507	-0.4%
233	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,307	+3.3%
234	Trier	2,283	+1.8%
235	Voreio Aigaio	1,983	+3.7%
236	La Rioja	1,945	-31.5%
237	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,872	+2.5%
238	Severozapaden	1,868	+7.5%
239	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1,678	+4%
240	Guyane	1,253	+15.2%
241	Åland	481	+4.1%
242	Mayotte	359	+13.6%
243	Ceuta	220	-0.5%
244	Melilla	192	+146.2%

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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.

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.

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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.

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Which region has the highest local units in professional, scientific and technical activities?

Ile-de-France, with 269,252 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest local units in professional, scientific and technical activities?

Melilla, with 192 in 2022.

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