Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities

Community of Madrid had the highest local units in professional, scientific and technical activities of 19 autonomous communities in 2021, at 101,329. Melilla had the lowest, at 78. The median was 12,851 and the figure for Spain was 472,868. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest101,329Community of Madrid

Lowest78Melilla

Median12,85119 autonomous communities

Spain472,868History

Map of autonomous communities, 2021

Under 5,000
5,000 to 12K
12K to 17K
17K to 35K
35K and over

count, 2021. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All autonomous communities, 2021

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	Autonomous communities	2021 count
1	Community of Madrid	101,329
2	Catalonia	95,121
3	Andalusia	67,181
4	Valencian Community	49,200
5	Galicia	25,519
6	Canary Islands	19,799
7	Castile and León	18,635
8	Basque Country	18,181
9	Region of Murcia	12,945
10	Castilla-La Mancha	12,851
11	Balearic Islands	12,461
12	Aragon	11,960
13	Asturias	7,602
14	Extremadura	6,514
15	Navarre	6,028
16	Cantabria	4,404
17	La Rioja	2,838
18	Ceuta	221
19	Melilla	78

Other periods

2024
2023
2022
2021

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 autonomous communities are compared on one definition. 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.

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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) (Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table

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Local units by NUTS 2 region, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (sbs_r_nuts2021), Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/spain-regions?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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). Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/spain-regions?period=2021.

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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), Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-professional-scientific/spain-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Local units by NUTS 2 region, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M) (sbs\_r\_nuts2021): Autonomous communities of Spain by local units in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2021}},
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Which autonomous community has the highest local units in professional, scientific and technical activities?

Community of Madrid, with 101,329 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Melilla, with 78 in 2021.

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.