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

Ile-de-France had the highest local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles of 243 regions in 2023, at 174,027. Åland had the lowest, at 483. The median was 19,538. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest174,027Ile-de-France

Lowest483Åland

Median19,538243 regions

Top 40 regions, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Ile-de-France	174,027	+2.5%
2	Lombardia	170,995	-2.7%
3	Andalusia	163,882	-3.4%
4	Catalonia	150,445	-2.5%
5	Campania	120,329	-1.7%
6	Community of Madrid	108,682	-0.7%
7	Lazio	104,956	-1.8%
8	Valencian Community	100,697	-4%
9	Rhône-Alpes	95,331	+1.2%
10	Attiki	93,089	+0.8%
11	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	92,130	+1.6%
12	Veneto	91,262	-1.7%
13	Norte	90,723	+0.3%
14	Sicilia	89,678	-1.6%
15	Puglia	82,697	-1.9%
16	Emilia-Romagna	81,851	-1.9%
17	Piemonte	80,462	-2.2%
18	Toscana	75,046	-2.2%
19	Zuid-Holland	75,008	+1%
20	Warszawski stołeczny	68,618	+2.1%
21	Wielkopolskie	65,783	-4.2%
22	Noord-Holland	65,710	+0.2%
23	Śląskie	63,331	-1.8%
24	Noord-Brabant	57,958	+0.2%
25	Praha	57,862	+0.2%
26	Galicia	57,365	-1.6%
27	Yugozapaden	55,813	+0.5%
28	Aquitaine	55,257	+2%
29	Małopolskie	50,861	+0.2%
30	Languedoc-Roussillon	47,274	+2.5%
31	Kentriki Makedonia	47,241	-0.6%
32	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	46,880	+1.5%
33	Grande Lisboa	45,921	+1.2%
34	Düsseldorf	45,773	-0.2%
35	Nord-Pas de Calais	45,333	+1.7%
36	Pays de la Loire	45,021	+1.2%
37	Castile and León	44,203	-4.5%
38	Gelderland	44,144	+1%
39	Midi-Pyrénées	44,132	+1.9%
40	Bucureşti-Ilfov	43,023	+2.3%
41	Dolnośląskie	42,431	-1.1%
42	Oberbayern	42,261	-0.5%
43	Canary Islands	41,464	+4.3%
44	Centro (PT)	40,657	-0%
45	Bretagne	40,654	+1.6%
46	Łódzkie	40,484	-0.2%
47	Castilla-La Mancha	37,666	-4.6%
48	Stockholm	37,156	+2.6%
49	Budapest	37,037	-2.3%
50	Calabria	37,014	-2.2%
51	Jihovýchod	36,633	-1.3%
52	Západné Slovensko	35,659	+1.6%
53	Köln	34,912	-0.8%
54	Eastern and Midland	33,365	-10.4%
55	Västsverige	33,240	+3.6%
56	Darmstadt	33,172	-1.2%
57	Basque Country	32,961	+4%
58	Stuttgart	32,801	-0.7%
59	Yuzhen tsentralen	32,381	+1.6%
60	Střední Čechy	32,180	+0.3%
61	Pomorskie	32,085	-1.2%
62	Mazowiecki regionalny	31,636	-1.5%
63	Centre - Val de Loire	31,322	+0.7%
64	Eesti	30,834	+2.2%
65	Region of Murcia	30,781	-0.1%
66	Marche	30,247	-2.5%
67	Severovýchod	30,127	-0.8%
68	Sardegna	29,939	-2.2%
69	Liguria	29,426	-2.4%
70	Prov. Antwerpen	28,783	+15.3%
71	Utrecht	27,234	+1%
72	Kujawsko-pomorskie	27,079	-1.2%
73	Arnsberg	27,048	-0.9%
74	Lubelskie	26,604	-0.4%
75	Lorraine	26,596	+1.1%
76	Overijssel	26,063	+3%
77	Niederösterreich	25,806	-0.7%
78	Východné Slovensko	25,774	+1.5%
79	Stredné Slovensko	25,760	+0.4%
80	Alsace	25,705	+0.7%
81	Abruzzo	25,652	-2.3%
82	Wien	25,508	-0.9%
83	Nord-Vest	25,330	+2.1%
84	Poitou-Charentes	25,070	+1.6%
85	Podkarpackie	24,330	-1.3%
86	Jihozápad	24,309	-1.6%
87	Yugoiztochen	24,278	+1.2%
88	Berlin	24,223	-1.9%
89	Sydsverige	24,205	+2.8%
90	Bratislavský kraj	24,163	+4.2%
91	Sud-Muntenia	24,142	+1.5%
92	Schleswig-Holstein	24,123	-0.7%
93	Nord-Est	23,660	+2.5%
94	Pest	23,611	-1.6%
95	Sostinės regionas	23,306	+3.3%
96	Střední Morava	23,029	-1.5%
97	Aragon	22,851	+3%
98	Moravskoslezsko	22,752	-1.2%
99	Bourgogne	22,721	+0.9%
100	Zachodniopomorskie	22,491	-2.4%
101	Karlsruhe	22,195	-1.1%
102	Southern	22,189	-6.6%
103	Sud-Est	22,101	+1.2%
104	Extremadura	21,985	-8%
105	Oberösterreich	21,887	-0.5%
106	Östra Mellansverige	21,870	+2.9%
107	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	21,858	+17.6%
108	Jadranska Hrvatska	21,794	+0.8%
109	Limburg (NL)	21,587	+0.3%
110	Centru	21,075	+3.1%
111	Balearic Islands	21,069	-3.8%
112	Észak-Alföld	20,994	-3.6%
113	Münster	20,945	-0.7%
114	Haute-Normandie	20,853	+1.6%
115	Weser-Ems	20,710	-0.7%
116	Helsinki-Uusimaa	20,688	-2.2%
117	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	20,624	-0.2%
118	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	20,619	+14.7%
119	Picardie	20,453	+1.3%
120	Severoiztochen	20,275	+1.2%
121	Dél-Alföld	19,703	-3.3%
122	Basse-Normandie	19,538	+1%
123	Freiburg	19,141	-0.6%
124	Severozápad	18,810	-0.4%
125	Kýpros	18,692	-2%
126	Brandenburg	18,642	-1%
127	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	18,406	-1.6%
128	Auvergne	18,119	+1.8%
129	Steiermark	17,967	-0.5%
130	Hovedstaden	17,889	-0.7%
131	Detmold	17,688	-1%
132	Świętokrzyskie	17,567	-1.6%
133	Schwaben	17,500	0%
134	Umbria	16,649	-2%
135	Länsi-Suomi	16,441	-2.3%
136	Champagne-Ardenne	16,430	+2%
137	Hannover	16,301	-0.6%
138	Zahodna Slovenija	16,281	+1%
139	Kriti	16,073	-0.6%
140	Vest	15,919	+2%
141	Tübingen	15,877	-0.1%
142	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	15,855	+14%
143	Asturias	15,844	-8.4%
144	Thessalia	15,810	-1%
145	Sud-Vest Oltenia	15,583	+2.4%
146	Severen tsentralen	15,563	+1.6%
147	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	15,553	+18.2%
148	Hamburg	15,535	-0.8%
149	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	15,489	-1.2%
150	Warmińsko-mazurskie	15,355	-1.3%
151	Thüringen	15,000	-1.6%
152	Grad Zagreb	14,917	-0.1%
153	Közép-Dunántúl	14,908	-2.6%
154	Podlaskie	14,870	+0.2%
155	Nyugat-Dunántúl	14,863	-2.6%
156	Mittelfranken	14,830	-0.3%
157	Península de Setúbal	14,810	+1.1%
158	Franche-Comté	14,769	+1.6%
159	Prov. Hainaut	14,546	+13.2%
160	Dytiki Elláda	14,462	-0.6%
161	Lubuskie	14,165	-1.9%
162	Sachsen-Anhalt	14,054	-2%
163	Friesland (NL)	13,912	+1.6%
164	Etelä-Suomi	13,775	-2.6%
165	Lüneburg	13,733	-0.5%
166	Vzhodna Slovenija	13,486	+1.1%
167	Midtjylland	13,279	-1.4%
168	Severozapaden	13,181	+0.6%
169	Észak-Magyarország	13,135	-3.9%
170	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	13,015	-2.8%
171	Koblenz	12,876	-0.6%
172	Småland med öarna	12,868	+3%
173	Prov. Limburg (BE)	12,834	+15.4%
174	Algarve	12,808	+0.2%
175	Peloponnisos	12,643	-1.7%
176	Prov. Liège	12,636	+11%
177	Dél-Dunántúl	12,502	-3%
178	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	12,418	-0.1%
179	La Réunion	12,205	+5.4%
180	Norra Mellansverige	12,185	+2.9%
181	Niederbayern	12,120	-0.5%
182	Syddanmark	12,028	-2.1%
183	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	11,617	-1.5%
184	Unterfranken	11,524	-0.4%
185	Panonska Hrvatska	11,511	+4.9%
186	Northern and Western	11,430	-2.4%
187	Opolskie	11,429	-1.7%
188	Tirol	11,312	-1.2%
189	Dresden	11,246	-1.2%
190	Chemnitz	11,040	-1%
191	Sterea Elláda	10,944	-1.5%
192	Notio Aigaio	10,936	-0.9%
193	Alentejo	10,839	0%
194	Groningen	10,731	+1.3%
195	Basilicata	10,558	-1.5%
196	Drenthe	10,316	+1.2%
197	Braunschweig	10,052	-0.8%
198	Flevoland	9,927	+1.6%
199	Oberpfalz	9,830	-0.1%
200	Malta	9,815	+1.8%
201	Sjeverna Hrvatska	9,645	+1.4%
202	Salzburg	9,505	-1.3%
203	Kassel	9,494	-0.8%
204	Navarre	9,355	-2.2%
205	Limousin	9,322	+1.2%
206	Oberfranken	9,024	-0.7%
207	Luxembourg	8,758	-0.1%
208	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	8,712	-2%
209	Gießen	8,575	-0.8%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	8,416	-0.5%
211	Kärnten	8,393	-1.4%
212	Cantabria	8,311	+1.2%
213	Saarland	8,030	-2.2%
214	Sjælland	7,782	-0.9%
215	Zeeland	7,453	+1.4%
216	Leipzig	7,246	-0.7%
217	Corse	6,616	+2.6%
218	Ipeiros	6,577	-1.3%
219	Övre Norrland	6,451	+2.8%
220	Ionia Nisia	6,299	-1.2%
221	Prov. Brabant wallon	6,212	+18.9%
222	Prov. Namur	5,937	+15.4%
223	Guadeloupe	5,799	+3.2%
224	Vorarlberg	5,697	-1.1%
225	Molise	5,694	-2.3%
226	Nordjylland	5,653	-1.4%
227	Dytiki Makedonia	5,463	-2.2%
228	Mellersta Norrland	5,372	+3.9%
229	Bremen	4,969	-2.4%
230	Martinique	4,848	+3.4%
231	Burgenland	4,686	+0.2%
232	Voreio Aigaio	4,671	-2.2%
233	La Rioja	4,474	+24.2%
234	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4,378	+0.8%
235	Região Autónoma da Madeira	4,376	+0.7%
236	Trier	4,170	-0.1%
237	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,607	+8.9%
238	Guyane	2,109	+7.2%
239	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,884	-1.5%
240	Melilla	1,428	+15.7%
241	Mayotte	1,358	-22.7%
242	Ceuta	709	+40.7%
243	Åland	483	-0.2%

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 1 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, 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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Which region has the highest local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles?

Ile-de-France, with 174,027 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Åland, with 483 in 2023.

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