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 242 regions in 2023, at 284,507. Mayotte had the lowest, at 355. The median was 12,919. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 284,507 | +5.7% |
| 2 | Lombardia | 195,115 | +3.8% |
| 3 | Noord-Holland | 122,171 | +3.5% |
| 4 | Zuid-Holland | 111,697 | +4.4% |
| 5 | Lazio | 105,614 | +2.7% |
| 6 | Community of Madrid | 103,139 | -1.5% |
| 7 | Catalonia | 93,525 | -1.9% |
| 8 | Rhône-Alpes | 88,777 | +6.3% |
| 9 | Warszawski stołeczny | 87,710 | +5.3% |
| 10 | Attiki | 81,792 | +3.6% |
| 11 | Stockholm | 80,935 | +5.6% |
| 12 | Veneto | 77,330 | +3.3% |
| 13 | Campania | 74,976 | +4.2% |
| 14 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 73,157 | +6.8% |
| 15 | Emilia-Romagna | 73,146 | +2.8% |
| 16 | Noord-Brabant | 72,791 | +4.4% |
| 17 | Andalusia | 70,839 | +0.5% |
| 18 | Praha | 67,355 | +2.5% |
| 19 | Toscana | 62,545 | +2.8% |
| 20 | Piemonte | 61,011 | +2.5% |
| 21 | Gelderland | 56,603 | +4.8% |
| 22 | Budapest | 55,402 | -13.2% |
| 23 | Utrecht | 54,635 | +3% |
| 24 | Sicilia | 54,328 | +2.9% |
| 25 | Oberbayern | 53,816 | +3.2% |
| 26 | Valencian Community | 51,732 | -1.7% |
| 27 | Grande Lisboa | 50,151 | +4.8% |
| 28 | Puglia | 50,144 | +2.9% |
| 29 | Norte | 49,988 | +4.2% |
| 30 | Aquitaine | 44,024 | +7.6% |
| 31 | Berlin | 41,391 | +3.2% |
| 32 | Västsverige | 38,395 | +5.9% |
| 33 | Śląskie | 37,376 | +3.4% |
| 34 | Pays de la Loire | 37,091 | +8% |
| 35 | Wielkopolskie | 36,887 | +3.8% |
| 36 | Prov. Antwerpen | 36,336 | -4.6% |
| 37 | Wien | 36,186 | +4% |
| 38 | Düsseldorf | 35,692 | +1.1% |
| 39 | Małopolskie | 35,553 | +4.7% |
| 40 | Köln | 34,860 | +1.8% |
| 41 | Bratislavský kraj | 34,437 | +5.4% |
| 42 | Midi-Pyrénées | 34,249 | +6.3% |
| 43 | Darmstadt | 33,893 | +1.4% |
| 44 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 32,465 | +7.2% |
| 45 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 32,145 | -1% |
| 46 | Dolnośląskie | 31,785 | +3.5% |
| 47 | Jihovýchod | 31,571 | +1.4% |
| 48 | Bretagne | 31,073 | +8% |
| 49 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 30,212 | +6.6% |
| 50 | Eastern and Midland | 30,203 | +2.7% |
| 51 | Západné Slovensko | 30,120 | +4.5% |
| 52 | Eesti | 29,361 | +11.4% |
| 53 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 29,193 | +3.2% |
| 54 | Yugozapaden | 29,031 | +2.1% |
| 55 | Stuttgart | 28,497 | +1.1% |
| 56 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 28,464 | -3.9% |
| 57 | Sydsverige | 28,368 | +5.7% |
| 58 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 27,619 | -1.6% |
| 59 | Pomorskie | 26,793 | +4.4% |
| 60 | Zahodna Slovenija | 26,088 | +2.8% |
| 61 | Kentriki Makedonia | 26,055 | +2.6% |
| 62 | Střední Čechy | 25,860 | +1.9% |
| 63 | Overijssel | 25,382 | +4.8% |
| 64 | Östra Mellansverige | 25,299 | +5.2% |
| 65 | Marche | 24,873 | +2.9% |
| 66 | Sostinės regionas | 24,780 | +8.5% |
| 67 | Galicia | 24,669 | -9.7% |
| 68 | Hamburg | 23,959 | +3% |
| 69 | Liguria | 23,471 | +2.5% |
| 70 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 23,280 | +7.5% |
| 71 | Pest | 23,246 | -13.3% |
| 72 | Calabria | 22,707 | +4.4% |
| 73 | Severovýchod | 22,409 | +1.1% |
| 74 | Limburg (NL) | 22,348 | +2.9% |
| 75 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 22,246 | -4.5% |
| 76 | Centro (PT) | 22,012 | +3.7% |
| 77 | Hovedstaden | 21,759 | +2.6% |
| 78 | Canary Islands | 20,907 | -3.7% |
| 79 | Abruzzo | 20,473 | +2.9% |
| 80 | Sardegna | 20,169 | +2.5% |
| 81 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 20,033 | -6.2% |
| 82 | Łódzkie | 19,613 | +3.2% |
| 83 | Castile and León | 19,585 | +7.1% |
| 84 | Karlsruhe | 18,845 | +2.3% |
| 85 | Stredné Slovensko | 18,728 | +3.8% |
| 86 | Moravskoslezsko | 18,702 | +1.9% |
| 87 | Alsace | 18,675 | +6.7% |
| 88 | Jihozápad | 18,666 | +0.4% |
| 89 | Centre - Val de Loire | 18,349 | +7.5% |
| 90 | Střední Morava | 18,270 | +1.3% |
| 91 | Arnsberg | 17,520 | +1.7% |
| 92 | Basque Country | 17,472 | +1.4% |
| 93 | Grad Zagreb | 17,370 | +5.5% |
| 94 | Niederösterreich | 16,916 | +4.6% |
| 95 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 16,572 | +2.9% |
| 96 | Schleswig-Holstein | 16,170 | +2.8% |
| 97 | Southern | 15,945 | +3.6% |
| 98 | Dél-Alföld | 15,077 | -9.9% |
| 99 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 14,976 | +3.3% |
| 100 | Länsi-Suomi | 14,500 | -0.2% |
| 101 | Friesland (NL) | 14,317 | +3.2% |
| 102 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 14,093 | +7.5% |
| 103 | Észak-Alföld | 14,048 | -9.1% |
| 104 | Közép-Dunántúl | 14,027 | -10.1% |
| 105 | Poitou-Charentes | 13,977 | +7.3% |
| 106 | Steiermark | 13,852 | +4.3% |
| 107 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 13,841 | +4% |
| 108 | Umbria | 13,817 | +2.9% |
| 109 | Oberösterreich | 13,784 | +3.1% |
| 110 | Lorraine | 13,668 | +7.5% |
| 111 | Freiburg | 13,664 | +2.9% |
| 112 | Zachodniopomorskie | 13,498 | +1.4% |
| 113 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 13,371 | -2.8% |
| 114 | Kýpros | 13,276 | +6.5% |
| 115 | Münster | 13,246 | +0.6% |
| 116 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 13,223 | -7.8% |
| 117 | Castilla-La Mancha | 13,219 | -3.5% |
| 118 | Balearic Islands | 13,171 | +1.9% |
| 119 | Brandenburg | 13,149 | +1.7% |
| 120 | Haute-Normandie | 13,107 | +8.2% |
| 121 | Podkarpackie | 12,953 | +3.2% |
| 122 | Lubelskie | 12,884 | +2.7% |
| 123 | Groningen | 12,849 | +4.3% |
| 124 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 12,809 | +3.5% |
| 125 | Bourgogne | 12,613 | +8.1% |
| 126 | Severozápad | 12,577 | +0.1% |
| 127 | Weser-Ems | 12,458 | +2% |
| 128 | Hannover | 12,383 | +1.3% |
| 129 | Prov. Liège | 12,254 | -1.6% |
| 130 | Etelä-Suomi | 12,169 | -0.6% |
| 131 | Region of Murcia | 11,753 | -6% |
| 132 | Aragon | 11,687 | -0.6% |
| 133 | Tübingen | 11,656 | +2.4% |
| 134 | Nord-Vest | 11,640 | +4.7% |
| 135 | Picardie | 11,476 | +6.8% |
| 136 | Norra Mellansverige | 11,431 | +6.8% |
| 137 | Schwaben | 11,405 | +3.3% |
| 138 | Dél-Dunántúl | 11,309 | -9.7% |
| 139 | Luxembourg | 11,185 | +1.7% |
| 140 | Småland med öarna | 11,017 | +5.3% |
| 141 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 10,923 | +1.8% |
| 142 | Mittelfranken | 10,911 | +2% |
| 143 | Basse-Normandie | 10,796 | +7.4% |
| 144 | Flevoland | 10,625 | +5.2% |
| 145 | Detmold | 10,582 | +0.2% |
| 146 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 10,564 | -4.7% |
| 147 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 10,453 | +0.5% |
| 148 | Prov. Hainaut | 10,254 | -7.4% |
| 149 | Drenthe | 9,929 | +2.6% |
| 150 | Észak-Magyarország | 9,859 | -9.7% |
| 151 | Auvergne | 9,725 | +8.1% |
| 152 | Península de Setúbal | 9,723 | +5.8% |
| 153 | Tirol | 9,491 | +4.7% |
| 154 | Centru | 9,355 | +5.4% |
| 155 | Asturias | 9,045 | +9% |
| 156 | Lüneburg | 9,009 | +1.4% |
| 156 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 9,009 | +4.5% |
| 158 | Thüringen | 8,986 | -0.2% |
| 159 | Midtjylland | 8,973 | +1.4% |
| 160 | Malta | 8,882 | +16% |
| 161 | Kriti | 8,877 | +2.7% |
| 162 | Dresden | 8,757 | +1.2% |
| 163 | Thessalia | 8,624 | +2.2% |
| 164 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 8,584 | +3% |
| 165 | Champagne-Ardenne | 8,252 | +6.2% |
| 166 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 8,122 | +3.4% |
| 167 | Podlaskie | 7,972 | +4% |
| 168 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 7,913 | +0.3% |
| 169 | Nord-Est | 7,831 | +5.9% |
| 170 | Koblenz | 7,767 | +1.3% |
| 171 | Salzburg | 7,549 | +3.5% |
| 172 | Basilicata | 7,493 | +4.1% |
| 173 | Franche-Comté | 7,473 | +7.9% |
| 174 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 7,454 | +3% |
| 175 | Unterfranken | 7,418 | +2.8% |
| 176 | Zeeland | 7,392 | +5.4% |
| 177 | Övre Norrland | 7,247 | +5.4% |
| 178 | Vest | 7,204 | +3.8% |
| 179 | Extremadura | 7,175 | +1% |
| 180 | Świętokrzyskie | 7,144 | +2% |
| 181 | Dytiki Elláda | 7,102 | +2.6% |
| 182 | Algarve | 7,084 | +8.4% |
| 183 | Navarre | 7,050 | +17.6% |
| 184 | Sud-Muntenia | 7,031 | +3.7% |
| 185 | Leipzig | 6,924 | +2.1% |
| 186 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 6,867 | +1.6% |
| 187 | Sud-Est | 6,786 | +5.1% |
| 188 | Northern and Western | 6,769 | +3.5% |
| 189 | Syddanmark | 6,731 | +2.3% |
| 190 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 6,679 | +5.6% |
| 191 | La Réunion | 6,643 | +13.8% |
| 192 | Lubuskie | 6,554 | +2.2% |
| 193 | Braunschweig | 6,546 | +0.1% |
| 194 | Niederbayern | 6,442 | +2% |
| 195 | Peloponnisos | 6,250 | +2.1% |
| 196 | Oberpfalz | 6,093 | +2.6% |
| 197 | Chemnitz | 5,998 | +0.8% |
| 198 | Opolskie | 5,997 | +3.6% |
| 199 | Panonska Hrvatska | 5,894 | +8.3% |
| 200 | Mellersta Norrland | 5,737 | +5.9% |
| 201 | Kassel | 5,708 | +1.1% |
| 202 | Severoiztochen | 5,676 | +4.1% |
| 203 | Kärnten | 5,669 | +3.1% |
| 204 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 5,628 | +1.7% |
| 205 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 5,563 | +5.4% |
| 206 | Gießen | 5,530 | +0.6% |
| 207 | Prov. Namur | 5,439 | -9.3% |
| 208 | Oberfranken | 5,393 | +0.8% |
| 209 | Sjælland | 5,135 | +2.6% |
| 210 | Yugoiztochen | 4,974 | +5.6% |
| 211 | Sterea Elláda | 4,930 | +2.2% |
| 212 | Alentejo | 4,912 | +3.9% |
| 213 | Limousin | 4,890 | +6.2% |
| 214 | Cantabria | 4,846 | +6.7% |
| 215 | Saarland | 4,760 | +1.3% |
| 216 | Molise | 4,376 | +4.7% |
| 217 | Notio Aigaio | 4,241 | +3.8% |
| 218 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 4,167 | +5.9% |
| 219 | Vorarlberg | 4,116 | +4.2% |
| 220 | Ipeiros | 4,017 | +1.9% |
| 221 | Bremen | 3,995 | +0.7% |
| 222 | Corse | 3,989 | +6.5% |
| 223 | Guadeloupe | 3,473 | +11.1% |
| 224 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 3,242 | +6.7% |
| 225 | Martinique | 3,101 | +9.8% |
| 226 | Nordjylland | 3,068 | +1.5% |
| 227 | Severen tsentralen | 3,016 | +3% |
| 228 | Dytiki Makedonia | 2,903 | +4.4% |
| 229 | Ionia Nisia | 2,772 | +3.3% |
| 230 | Burgenland | 2,648 | +5.6% |
| 231 | La Rioja | 2,540 | +30.6% |
| 232 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 2,429 | +5.3% |
| 233 | Trier | 2,347 | +2.8% |
| 234 | Voreio Aigaio | 2,052 | +3.5% |
| 235 | Severozapaden | 1,928 | +3.2% |
| 236 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 1,926 | +2.9% |
| 237 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 1,789 | +6.6% |
| 238 | Guyane | 1,386 | +10.6% |
| 239 | Åland | 514 | +6.9% |
| 240 | Melilla | 360 | +87.5% |
| 241 | Ceuta | 358 | +62.7% |
| 242 | Mayotte | 355 | -1.1% |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 2 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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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.Citation styles
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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Local units by NUTS 2 region, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (sbs_r_nuts2021) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table
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Which region has the highest local units in professional, scientific and technical activities?
Ile-de-France, with 284,507 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest local units in professional, scientific and technical activities?
Mayotte, with 355 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, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 regions have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.
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