# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2024

All 38 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/germany-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oberbayern | 54,779 |
| 2 | Berlin | 41,615 |
| 3 | Düsseldorf | 36,344 |
| 4 | Köln | 35,398 |
| 5 | Darmstadt | 34,316 |
| 6 | Stuttgart | 28,788 |
| 7 | Hamburg | 24,079 |
| 8 | Karlsruhe | 19,188 |
| 9 | Arnsberg | 17,808 |
| 10 | Schleswig-Holstein | 16,289 |
| 11 | Freiburg | 13,906 |
| 12 | Münster | 13,655 |
| 13 | Brandenburg | 13,388 |
| 14 | Weser-Ems | 12,815 |
| 15 | Hannover | 12,606 |
| 16 | Tübingen | 11,934 |
| 17 | Schwaben | 11,794 |
| 18 | Mittelfranken | 11,240 |
| 19 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 11,106 |
| 20 | Detmold | 10,763 |
| 21 | Lüneburg | 9,127 |
| 22 | Thüringen | 9,109 |
| 23 | Dresden | 8,856 |
| 24 | Koblenz | 8,041 |
| 25 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 7,975 |
| 26 | Unterfranken | 7,497 |
| 27 | Leipzig | 7,078 |
| 28 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 6,905 |
| 29 | Braunschweig | 6,779 |
| 30 | Niederbayern | 6,630 |
| 31 | Oberpfalz | 6,343 |
| 32 | Chemnitz | 6,002 |
| 33 | Kassel | 5,842 |
| 34 | Gießen | 5,674 |
| 35 | Oberfranken | 5,576 |
| 36 | Saarland | 4,880 |
| 37 | Bremen | 4,066 |
| 38 | Trier | 2,415 |