EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles

Lombardia had the highest local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles of 244 regions in 2022, at 175,676. Åland had the lowest, at 484. The median was 19,164. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest175,676Lombardia

Lowest484Åland

Median19,164244 regions

Top 40 regions, 2022

count. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Lombardia	175,676	+1%
2	Ile-de-France	169,830	+3.2%
3	Andalusia	169,619	+1.7%
4	Catalonia	154,344	-0.2%
5	Campania	122,442	+0.8%
6	Community of Madrid	109,491	-2.8%
7	Lazio	106,886	+1.3%
8	Valencian Community	104,878	-2.4%
9	Rhône-Alpes	94,173	+1.8%
10	Veneto	92,805	-0.2%
11	Attiki	92,350	+1.5%
12	Sicilia	91,176	+0.5%
13	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	90,708	+2.3%
14	Norte	90,455	+0.6%
15	Puglia	84,297	+0.5%
16	Emilia-Romagna	83,458	0%
17	Piemonte	82,247	+0.2%
18	Toscana	76,765	+0.7%
19	Zuid-Holland	74,283	n/a
20	Wielkopolskie	68,657	-1.8%
21	Warszawski stołeczny	67,225	-1.5%
22	Noord-Holland	65,552	+3.2%
23	Śląskie	64,477	-3%
24	Galicia	58,295	+0.7%
25	Noord-Brabant	57,848	+2.3%
26	Praha	57,748	-0.6%
27	Yugozapaden	55,509	+4.4%
28	Aquitaine	54,154	-0.1%
29	Małopolskie	50,740	-2.6%
30	Kentriki Makedonia	47,525	+1.4%
31	Castile and León	46,306	+0.7%
32	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	46,208	+1.7%
33	Languedoc-Roussillon	46,112	+2.8%
34	Düsseldorf	45,884	-0.1%
35	Grande Lisboa	45,383	n/a
36	Nord-Pas de Calais	44,591	+1.5%
37	Pays de la Loire	44,509	+1%
38	Gelderland	43,705	+2.6%
39	Midi-Pyrénées	43,312	+0.9%
40	Dolnośląskie	42,914	-4.5%
41	Oberbayern	42,483	0%
42	Bucureşti-Ilfov	42,059	-0.3%
43	Centro (PT)	40,675	n/a
44	Łódzkie	40,574	-3%
45	Bretagne	40,014	+1.4%
46	Canary Islands	39,765	+7.1%
47	Castilla-La Mancha	39,492	-0.7%
48	Budapest	37,912	-1.3%
49	Calabria	37,850	+0.3%
50	Eastern and Midland	37,250	n/a
51	Jihovýchod	37,104	-0.1%
52	Stockholm	36,205	+0.3%
53	Latvija	35,405	-0.8%
54	Köln	35,189	-0.4%
55	Západné Slovensko	35,114	+1.6%
56	Darmstadt	33,583	+0.1%
57	Stuttgart	33,038	-1%
58	Pomorskie	32,479	-2.1%
59	Mazowiecki regionalny	32,110	-3.3%
60	Střední Čechy	32,077	+0.7%
61	Västsverige	32,071	-0.4%
62	Yuzhen tsentralen	31,885	+4.2%
63	Basque Country	31,683	-4.9%
64	Centre - Val de Loire	31,095	+0.9%
65	Marche	31,017	-0.4%
66	Region of Murcia	30,805	+4.7%
67	Sardegna	30,611	+0.2%
68	Severovýchod	30,380	-1.4%
69	Eesti	30,175	+11.4%
70	Liguria	30,156	+0.1%
71	Kujawsko-pomorskie	27,401	-2.5%
72	Arnsberg	27,295	+0.4%
73	Utrecht	26,969	n/a
74	Lubelskie	26,712	-2.7%
75	Lorraine	26,314	-0.5%
76	Abruzzo	26,256	+0.1%
77	Niederösterreich	25,991	+1.1%
78	Wien	25,745	+1.4%
79	Stredné Slovensko	25,659	+2.3%
80	Alsace	25,514	+0.7%
81	Východné Slovensko	25,404	+2.5%
82	Overijssel	25,312	+2.8%
83	Prov. Antwerpen	24,972	-12.6%
84	Nord-Vest	24,813	+0.8%
85	Jihozápad	24,713	-0.4%
86	Berlin	24,687	0%
87	Poitou-Charentes	24,680	+1.3%
88	Podkarpackie	24,659	-1.6%
89	Schleswig-Holstein	24,296	-1.2%
90	Pest	23,997	+2.2%
91	Yugoiztochen	23,992	+5.7%
92	Extremadura	23,885	+4.9%
93	Sud-Muntenia	23,789	-0.1%
94	Southern	23,763	n/a
95	Sydsverige	23,545	+0.9%
96	Střední Morava	23,389	-0.9%
97	Bratislavský kraj	23,200	+4%
98	Nord-Est	23,084	+2.1%
99	Zachodniopomorskie	23,044	-2.6%
100	Moravskoslezsko	23,032	-0.7%
101	Sostinės regionas	22,566	+3.1%
102	Bourgogne	22,514	+1%
103	Karlsruhe	22,453	-1.1%
104	Aragon	22,185	-1.3%
105	Oberösterreich	22,006	+0.8%
106	Balearic Islands	21,903	+0.8%
107	Sud-Est	21,833	-1.9%
108	Észak-Alföld	21,780	+0.4%
109	Jadranska Hrvatska	21,617	-2.7%
110	Limburg (NL)	21,513	+2.2%
111	Östra Mellansverige	21,256	+0.3%
112	Helsinki-Uusimaa	21,143	+0.3%
113	Münster	21,086	-0.4%
114	Weser-Ems	20,862	-0.4%
115	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	20,660	n/a
116	Haute-Normandie	20,520	+0.4%
117	Centru	20,443	+0.1%
118	Dél-Alföld	20,380	+0.5%
119	Picardie	20,186	+1.1%
120	Severoiztochen	20,026	+4.7%
121	Basse-Normandie	19,342	+0.8%
122	Freiburg	19,252	-1.2%
123	Kýpros	19,076	-0.5%
124	Severozápad	18,890	-1%
125	Brandenburg	18,838	-1.8%
126	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	18,705	-1.3%
127	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	18,591	-12.2%
128	Steiermark	18,060	+0.9%
129	Hovedstaden	18,011	+1.6%
130	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	17,972	-12.5%
131	Detmold	17,860	-0.2%
132	Świętokrzyskie	17,845	-3.5%
133	Auvergne	17,802	+2.3%
134	Schwaben	17,500	+0.4%
135	Asturias	17,296	-5.4%
136	Umbria	16,997	-0%
137	Länsi-Suomi	16,824	+0.2%
138	Hannover	16,404	+0.4%
139	Kriti	16,176	+1.2%
140	Zahodna Slovenija	16,121	-0.3%
141	Champagne-Ardenne	16,113	+0.7%
142	Thessalia	15,962	+1.9%
143	Tübingen	15,885	-0.4%
144	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	15,680	-0.7%
145	Hamburg	15,655	-0.8%
146	Vest	15,604	-0.9%
147	Warmińsko-mazurskie	15,562	-2.8%
148	Severen tsentralen	15,325	+4.3%
149	Közép-Dunántúl	15,301	+1.2%
150	Nyugat-Dunántúl	15,256	+1.3%
151	Thüringen	15,237	-1.3%
152	Sud-Vest Oltenia	15,219	-1.7%
153	Grad Zagreb	14,933	-1.7%
154	Mittelfranken	14,871	-0.2%
155	Podlaskie	14,842	-1.9%
156	Península de Setúbal	14,656	n/a
157	Dytiki Elláda	14,546	+0.7%
158	Franche-Comté	14,533	+0.2%
159	Lubuskie	14,434	-4.1%
160	Sachsen-Anhalt	14,343	-1.6%
161	Etelä-Suomi	14,147	+0.9%
162	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	13,905	-14.2%
163	Lüneburg	13,800	-0.4%
164	Friesland (NL)	13,687	+2.7%
165	Észak-Magyarország	13,664	0%
166	Midtjylland	13,465	+2.8%
167	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	13,387	+1.2%
168	Vzhodna Slovenija	13,343	-0.1%
169	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	13,162	-11%
170	Severozapaden	13,108	+5.1%
171	Koblenz	12,949	-0.9%
172	Dél-Dunántúl	12,883	+0.2%
173	Peloponnisos	12,864	+2.7%
174	Prov. Hainaut	12,853	-11.5%
175	Algarve	12,782	+1.8%
176	Småland med öarna	12,496	-0.2%
177	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	12,434	+1.4%
178	Syddanmark	12,291	+2.3%
179	Niederbayern	12,177	-0.3%
180	Norra Mellansverige	11,843	+1%
181	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	11,795	-0.6%
182	Northern and Western	11,714	n/a
183	Opolskie	11,632	-2.5%
184	La Réunion	11,575	+4.5%
185	Unterfranken	11,568	+0.1%
186	Tirol	11,448	+0.9%
187	Prov. Liège	11,388	-10.9%
188	Dresden	11,377	-1.2%
189	Chemnitz	11,150	-1.3%
190	Prov. Limburg (BE)	11,126	-11%
191	Sterea Elláda	11,106	+0.9%
192	Notio Aigaio	11,040	+2.9%
193	Panonska Hrvatska	10,975	-3.4%
194	Alentejo	10,838	n/a
195	Basilicata	10,723	-0.4%
196	Groningen	10,594	+2.6%
197	Drenthe	10,197	+2.2%
198	Braunschweig	10,128	+0.2%
199	Oberpfalz	9,843	-1.2%
200	Flevoland	9,769	+3.6%
201	Malta	9,646	-1.5%
202	Salzburg	9,626	+0.4%
203	Kassel	9,567	-0.4%
204	Navarre	9,564	-1.6%
205	Sjeverna Hrvatska	9,508	-1.2%
206	Limousin	9,214	+1.5%
207	Oberfranken	9,086	+0.3%
208	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	8,890	+0.1%
209	Luxembourg	8,768	+2.8%
210	Gießen	8,645	-0.3%
211	Kärnten	8,510	+1.4%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	8,459	+0.1%
213	Cantabria	8,214	+1.8%
214	Saarland	8,211	+0.3%
215	Sjælland	7,853	+1.7%
216	Zeeland	7,351	+1.5%
217	Leipzig	7,295	+0.4%
218	Ipeiros	6,666	+1.3%
219	Corse	6,447	+2.3%
220	Ionia Nisia	6,373	+2%
221	Övre Norrland	6,278	-0.5%
222	Molise	5,827	+0.8%
223	Vorarlberg	5,760	+0.9%
224	Nordjylland	5,735	+2.7%
225	Guadeloupe	5,621	+2.6%
226	Dytiki Makedonia	5,586	+1%
227	Prov. Brabant wallon	5,223	-13.4%
228	Mellersta Norrland	5,171	-0.2%
229	Prov. Namur	5,144	-8.7%
230	Bremen	5,091	-0.7%
231	Voreio Aigaio	4,775	-0.2%
232	Martinique	4,688	+4.7%
233	Burgenland	4,675	-0.2%
234	Região Autónoma da Madeira	4,347	+2.2%
235	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4,344	+0.9%
236	Trier	4,176	-0.8%
237	La Rioja	3,603	-23.2%
238	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,395	-9.8%
239	Guyane	1,968	+5.6%
240	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,913	+0.2%
241	Mayotte	1,757	-10.1%
242	Melilla	1,234	+27.5%
243	Ceuta	504	-32%
244	Åland	484	+1.7%

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About this ranking

Number of local units of enterprises in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G). 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, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G) (sbs_r_nuts2021). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Local units by NUTS 2 region, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G) (sbs_r_nuts2021), EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2022. 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-trade/eu-regions?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  title = {{Local units by NUTS 2 region, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G) (sbs\_r\_nuts2021): EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2022}},
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}

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Which region has the highest local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles?

Lombardia, with 175,676 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles?

Åland, with 484 in 2022.

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