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

Düsseldorf had the highest local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles of 38 regions in 2021, at 45,939. Trier had the lowest, at 4,208. The median was 15,610 and the figure for Germany was 672,237. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest45,939Düsseldorf

Lowest4,208Trier

Median15,61038 regions

Germany672,237History

All regions, 2021

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	2021 count
1	Düsseldorf	45,939
2	Oberbayern	42,465
3	Köln	35,319
4	Darmstadt	33,549
5	Stuttgart	33,387
6	Arnsberg	27,180
7	Berlin	24,679
8	Schleswig-Holstein	24,580
9	Karlsruhe	22,695
10	Münster	21,168
11	Weser-Ems	20,947
12	Freiburg	19,478
13	Brandenburg	19,179
14	Detmold	17,890
15	Schwaben	17,427
16	Hannover	16,340
17	Tübingen	15,953
18	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	15,798
19	Hamburg	15,778
20	Thüringen	15,442
21	Mittelfranken	14,907
22	Sachsen-Anhalt	14,582
23	Lüneburg	13,858
24	Koblenz	13,061
25	Niederbayern	12,212
26	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	11,866
27	Unterfranken	11,562
28	Dresden	11,515
29	Chemnitz	11,292
30	Braunschweig	10,112
31	Oberpfalz	9,958
32	Kassel	9,602
33	Oberfranken	9,061
34	Gießen	8,670
35	Saarland	8,186
36	Leipzig	7,267
37	Bremen	5,125
38	Trier	4,208

Other periods

2024
2023
2022
2021

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. 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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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Local units by NUTS 2 region, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G) (sbs_r_nuts2021) (Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 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, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G) (sbs_r_nuts2021), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 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-trade/germany-regions?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 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-trade/germany-regions?period=2021.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Local units by NUTS 2 region, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G) (sbs_r_nuts2021), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-trade/germany-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which region has the highest local units in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles?

Düsseldorf, with 45,939 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Trier, with 4,208 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, Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (NACE Rev. 2 section G) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.