EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in transportation and storage

Ile-de-France had the highest local units in transportation and storage of 242 regions in 2023, at 85,565. Prov. Luxembourg (BE) had the lowest, at 166. The median was 4,136. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest85,565Ile-de-France

Lowest166Prov. Luxembourg (BE)

Median4,136242 regions

Top 40 regions, 2023

count. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Transportation and storage (NACE Rev. 2 section H) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Ile-de-France	85,565	+3.8%
2	Catalonia	49,348	-3.6%
3	Community of Madrid	43,775	-0.7%
4	Andalusia	37,675	-6.3%
5	Attiki	31,017	+6.1%
6	Lombardia	27,416	-0%
7	Valencian Community	22,549	-4.9%
8	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	22,342	+9.4%
9	Zuid-Holland	21,327	+8%
10	Grande Lisboa	20,769	+27.5%
11	Noord-Holland	20,424	+8.3%
12	Rhône-Alpes	20,010	-0.2%
13	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	19,782	+2.1%
14	Warszawski stołeczny	17,942	+3.4%
15	Śląskie	17,503	-2%
16	Wielkopolskie	17,176	+0.5%
17	Eastern and Midland	16,666	-0.2%
18	Małopolskie	16,171	+0.2%
19	Lazio	15,909	+0.1%
20	Sostinės regionas	15,529	+8.2%
21	Galicia	15,171	-2%
22	Norte	14,555	+23.8%
23	Veneto	13,413	-1.5%
24	Emilia-Romagna	13,400	-2%
25	Castilla-La Mancha	12,765	+1.8%
26	Canary Islands	12,540	+8.4%
27	Praha	12,526	+8.3%
28	Nord-Vest	12,455	+2.7%
29	Campania	12,424	+1.1%
30	Budapest	12,262	-14.7%
31	Dolnośląskie	11,911	-0.2%
32	Pomorskie	11,727	+0.1%
33	Stockholm	11,560	+3.5%
34	Castile and León	11,500	-9.2%
35	Mazowiecki regionalny	11,328	+0.7%
36	Basque Country	10,924	+5.3%
37	Łódzkie	10,707	-1.8%
38	Západné Slovensko	10,597	+0.9%
39	Bucureşti-Ilfov	10,366	+5.2%
40	Noord-Brabant	10,049	+4.9%
41	Kentriki Makedonia	10,023	+3.7%
42	Piemonte	9,953	-2.8%
43	Aquitaine	9,768	+0.6%
44	Nord-Pas de Calais	9,633	+2.2%
45	Yugozapaden	9,507	+0.3%
46	Sud-Muntenia	9,477	+4.5%
47	Toscana	9,088	-1.1%
48	Eesti	9,083	+6.5%
49	Lubelskie	8,981	+0.2%
50	Sicilia	8,978	+0.9%
51	Kujawsko-pomorskie	8,632	-2%
52	Helsinki-Uusimaa	8,554	+4.1%
53	Podkarpackie	8,553	+0.6%
54	Střední Čechy	8,256	+5.1%
55	Jadranska Hrvatska	8,183	+10.9%
56	Düsseldorf	8,057	+0.5%
57	Zachodniopomorskie	8,025	-3.1%
58	Jihovýchod	7,955	+5.7%
59	Sud-Est	7,947	+3.7%
60	Darmstadt	7,864	+0.6%
61	Centru	7,849	+3.5%
62	Oberbayern	7,791	+0.1%
63	Pays de la Loire	7,789	+3.4%
64	Nord-Est	7,782	+4%
65	Midi-Pyrénées	7,754	+0.1%
66	Puglia	7,736	-0.8%
67	Pest	7,704	-11.3%
68	Västsverige	7,686	+3.2%
69	Languedoc-Roussillon	7,105	+1.2%
70	Region of Murcia	6,926	+8.4%
71	Aragon	6,835	-1.2%
72	Bratislavský kraj	6,709	+6.7%
73	Gelderland	6,606	+3.5%
74	Balearic Islands	6,388	+28.6%
75	Východné Slovensko	6,361	+6%
76	Southern	6,308	-11.5%
77	Köln	6,302	-0.1%
78	Bretagne	6,208	+0.3%
79	Severovýchod	6,206	+3%
80	Wien	6,203	+4.8%
81	Sud-Vest Oltenia	6,139	+4.4%
82	Centro (PT)	5,867	+13%
83	Vest	5,864	+2.6%
84	Länsi-Suomi	5,738	-1.2%
85	Zahodna Slovenija	5,678	+5%
86	Centre - Val de Loire	5,650	-0.2%
87	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	5,646	-0.6%
88	Stuttgart	5,602	-1.5%
89	Asturias	5,522	+1.5%
90	Hamburg	5,490	+6.6%
91	Utrecht	5,477	+5%
92	Podlaskie	5,411	+0.3%
93	Észak-Alföld	5,329	-7.1%
94	Kýpros	5,249	+26.2%
95	Jihozápad	5,221	+5%
96	Hovedstaden	5,208	-1.3%
97	Östra Mellansverige	5,129	+3.7%
98	Etelä-Suomi	5,078	-1.3%
99	Warmińsko-mazurskie	5,063	-2.3%
100	Lubuskie	5,041	+2.2%
101	Berlin	5,006	-0.9%
102	Střední Morava	4,956	+1.7%
103	Sydsverige	4,813	+2.4%
104	Prov. Antwerpen	4,780	-9.4%
105	Moravskoslezsko	4,774	+8%
106	Península de Setúbal	4,760	+31.8%
107	Liguria	4,709	-1.6%
108	Świętokrzyskie	4,703	-0.4%
109	Picardie	4,563	+1.4%
110	Extremadura	4,481	-12.4%
111	Vzhodna Slovenija	4,398	+0.8%
112	Dél-Alföld	4,390	-7.5%
113	Alsace	4,388	-1.7%
114	Arnsberg	4,376	-2%
115	Közép-Dunántúl	4,370	-9.2%
116	Lorraine	4,362	-3.1%
117	Haute-Normandie	4,361	+0.1%
118	Nyugat-Dunántúl	4,294	-8.9%
119	Severozápad	4,280	+6%
120	Schleswig-Holstein	4,274	-1.5%
121	Yuzhen tsentralen	4,149	+2.9%
122	Dytiki Elláda	4,123	+1.6%
123	Brandenburg	3,947	-2.1%
124	Karlsruhe	3,869	-2.4%
125	Algarve	3,842	+41.1%
126	Malta	3,786	+10.5%
127	Marche	3,775	-2.8%
128	Sardegna	3,699	-1.4%
129	Limburg (NL)	3,690	+4.4%
130	Kriti	3,679	-9.5%
131	Weser-Ems	3,602	-2.9%
132	Bourgogne	3,561	+0.4%
133	Thessalia	3,557	+3.6%
134	Észak-Magyarország	3,552	-7%
135	Niederösterreich	3,524	+0.7%
136	Navarre	3,433	-4.1%
137	Grad Zagreb	3,383	+10.6%
138	Yugoiztochen	3,380	+0.8%
139	Northern and Western	3,364	+2.7%
140	Peloponnisos	3,315	-1.3%
141	Calabria	3,303	-2%
142	Dél-Dunántúl	3,296	-7.3%
143	Sterea Elláda	3,279	-0.2%
144	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	3,251	-8.5%
145	Oberösterreich	3,200	+1.3%
146	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	3,189	-16.5%
147	Poitou-Charentes	3,139	-0.2%
148	Hannover	3,058	-1.4%
149	Champagne-Ardenne	3,041	-4.5%
150	Overijssel	2,990	+4.8%
151	Opolskie	2,964	+1.2%
152	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	2,962	+21.7%
153	Panonska Hrvatska	2,955	+6.1%
154	Mittelfranken	2,954	-3.1%
155	Steiermark	2,927	+4.5%
156	Notio Aigaio	2,907	+2.5%
157	Midtjylland	2,876	+0.2%
158	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	2,865	-6.9%
159	Auvergne	2,859	-3.2%
160	Syddanmark	2,834	-0.9%
161	Münster	2,810	-1.9%
162	Norra Mellansverige	2,794	+6.2%
163	Severoiztochen	2,748	+1.8%
164	Cantabria	2,736	-23.5%
165	Freiburg	2,710	-1.2%
166	Thüringen	2,701	-6%
167	Sjeverna Hrvatska	2,687	+4%
168	Småland med öarna	2,674	+1.1%
169	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2,647	-2.4%
170	Abruzzo	2,619	-3.8%
171	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,553	-3.6%
172	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,546	-4.2%
173	La Réunion	2,543	+4.1%
173	Schwaben	2,543	-3.3%
175	Tirol	2,518	+1.6%
176	Severen tsentralen	2,514	+1.9%
177	Basse-Normandie	2,495	-2.2%
178	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	2,482	-12.1%
179	Friesland (NL)	2,468	+2.4%
180	Flevoland	2,428	+6%
181	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	2,403	+1%
182	Lüneburg	2,390	-4.2%
183	Detmold	2,381	-4.4%
184	Salzburg	2,272	+0.1%
185	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2,208	-6.6%
186	Tübingen	2,122	-5.5%
187	Ipeiros	2,043	+4.2%
188	Övre Norrland	2,040	+4.8%
189	Umbria	1,930	-2.8%
190	Koblenz	1,914	-6%
191	Unterfranken	1,909	-3%
192	Franche-Comté	1,908	-2.5%
193	Severozapaden	1,878	+0.3%
194	Sjælland	1,854	-2.1%
195	Ionia Nisia	1,839	+1.8%
196	Groningen	1,836	-0.1%
197	Chemnitz	1,832	-3.9%
198	Dresden	1,829	-5.1%
199	Zeeland	1,754	+5.3%
200	Niederbayern	1,721	-1.3%
201	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	1,668	-0.2%
202	Kassel	1,607	-2.8%
203	Mellersta Norrland	1,604	+1.3%
204	La Rioja	1,600	+16.7%
205	Oberpfalz	1,552	-2.3%
206	Alentejo	1,539	+23.5%
207	Bremen	1,523	+1.5%
208	Braunschweig	1,434	-4.2%
209	Prov. Limburg (BE)	1,428	-6.6%
210	Kärnten	1,411	+2.4%
211	Prov. Hainaut	1,399	-11.7%
212	Leipzig	1,398	-3.9%
213	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	1,391	-3.6%
214	Martinique	1,381	+0.5%
215	Nordjylland	1,370	-2.4%
216	Guadeloupe	1,359	+3.5%
217	Prov. Liège	1,343	-8.1%
218	Limousin	1,330	+1.7%
219	Oberfranken	1,304	-5.9%
220	Dytiki Makedonia	1,278	+1.9%
221	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,235	+4.7%
222	Basilicata	1,204	-3.9%
222	Drenthe	1,204	+0.2%
224	Gießen	1,173	-2.8%
225	Luxembourg	1,127	+0.4%
226	Saarland	1,046	-5.4%
227	Corse	1,008	+5.1%
228	Voreio Aigaio	959	-1.8%
229	Ceuta	901	+337.4%
230	Vorarlberg	842	+1.3%
231	Região Autónoma dos Açores	816	+6.7%
232	Melilla	791	+1,218.3%
233	Molise	786	-4.5%
234	Guyane	620	+4.2%
235	Burgenland	598	-0.3%
236	Trier	561	-4.1%
237	Prov. Brabant wallon	492	-18%
238	Prov. Namur	491	-14.2%
239	Mayotte	302	-17.5%
240	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	280	-7.6%
241	Åland	187	+1.1%
242	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	166	-17.4%

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Number of local units of enterprises in transportation and storage (NACE Rev. 2 section H). 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. 2 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, Transportation and storage (NACE Rev. 2 section H) (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 transportation and storage?

Ile-de-France, with 85,565 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest local units in transportation and storage?

Prov. Luxembourg (BE), with 166 in 2023.

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