EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units, wholesale trade (Spain)

Catalonia had the highest local units, wholesale trade (Spain) of 17 regions in 2021, at 48,875. La Rioja had the lowest, at 1,087. The median was 9,265. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest48,875Catalonia

Lowest1,087La Rioja

Median9,26517 regions

All regions, 2021

count. Source: INE, Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: número de locales, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Catalonia	48,875	+5.6%
2	Andalusia	39,177	+6.4%
3	Community of Madrid	38,083	+9.6%
4	Valencian Community	32,886	+7.1%
5	Galicia	16,546	+7.4%
6	Castile and León	11,083	-0.6%
7	Castilla-La Mancha	10,313	+14.7%
8	Basque Country	9,675	-12.5%
9	Region of Murcia	9,265	+6.2%
10	Canary Islands	9,193	-6.5%
11	Aragon	6,604	-5.3%
12	Extremadura	5,744	+5%
13	Balearic Islands	4,747	-9%
14	Asturias	3,950	-12.6%
15	Navarre	2,234	-12.3%
16	Cantabria	1,435	-44.4%
17	La Rioja	1,087	-45.2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of local units (premises such as shops, warehouses, offices and workshops) of enterprises whose main activity is wholesale trade (CNAE 2009 division 46), by the comunidad where each local unit is located, from the regional results of the INE structural business statistics for the trade sector (Estadística Estructural de Empresas: Sector Comercio).

Spain only: the country and the 17 comunidades autónomas from 2018, plus Ceuta and Melilla for the sector as a whole. These are INE regional results: each local unit counts where it is located, and figures are not consolidated within enterprise groups, so the Spain total is higher than the national results INE headlines (trade turnover in 2024: EUR 1,068,257 million here, 1,044,477 million in the national results). A sample survey, so small regions can move a lot from one year to the next. Published about 15 months after the reference year.

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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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: número de locales, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: número de locales, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units, wholesale trade (Spain), 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817

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Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: número de locales, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817), EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units, wholesale trade (Spain), 2021. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 8 Apr. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-wholesale-spain/eu-regions?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: número de locales, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units, wholesale trade (Spain), 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-wholesale-spain/eu-regions?period=2021.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: número de locales, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817), EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units, wholesale trade (Spain), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-wholesale-spain/eu-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which region has the highest local units, wholesale trade (Spain)?

Catalonia, with 48,875 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which region has the lowest local units, wholesale trade (Spain)?

La Rioja, with 1,087 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: número de locales, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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