# Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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/france-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 299,778 |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 93,320 |
| 3 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 76,980 |
| 4 | Aquitaine | 46,758 |
| 5 | Pays de la Loire | 39,230 |
| 6 | Midi-Pyrénées | 35,794 |
| 7 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 34,317 |
| 8 | Bretagne | 33,033 |
| 9 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 31,818 |
| 10 | Alsace | 19,595 |
| 11 | Centre - Val de Loire | 19,264 |
| 12 | Poitou-Charentes | 14,689 |
| 13 | Lorraine | 14,450 |
| 14 | Haute-Normandie | 13,592 |
| 15 | Bourgogne | 13,304 |
| 16 | Picardie | 12,031 |
| 17 | Basse-Normandie | 11,356 |
| 18 | Auvergne | 10,335 |
| 19 | Champagne-Ardenne | 8,844 |
| 20 | Franche-Comté | 7,964 |
| 21 | La Réunion | 6,904 |
| 22 | Limousin | 5,203 |
| 23 | Corse | 4,155 |
| 24 | Guadeloupe | 3,714 |
| 25 | Martinique | 3,338 |
| 26 | Guyane | 1,509 |
| 27 | Mayotte | 432 |