# EU countries by local units in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, 2024

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `business_local_units_water_waste`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of local units of enterprises in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E). 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E) (sbs_r_nuts2021) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E) (sbs_r_nuts2021). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-water-waste/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | France | 18,869 |
| 2 | Italy | 15,968 |
| 3 | Germany | 12,825 |
| 4 | Poland | 9,176 |
| 5 | Spain | 9,150 |
| 6 | Czechia | 8,409 |
| 7 | Austria | 3,631 |
| 8 | Romania | 3,503 |
| 9 | Denmark | 3,129 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 3,054 |
| 11 | Hungary | 3,037 |
| 12 | Sweden | 2,991 |
| 13 | Finland | 2,806 |
| 14 | Greece | 2,359 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 2,287 |
| 16 | Portugal | 1,967 |
| 17 | Belgium | 1,953 |
| 18 | Croatia | 1,126 |
| 19 | Ireland | 1,110 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 1,033 |
| 21 | Lithuania | 735 |
| 22 | Latvia | 536 |
| 23 | Estonia | 507 |
| 24 | Slovenia | 456 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 251 |
| 26 | Malta | 165 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 82 |