Active enterprises in the euro area (21) i
Basic · Annual · enterprises
Source: Eurostat (bd_size), retrieved 2026-10-19 · View on Eurostat · See technical sheet
26,811,356
Euro area (21) · 2024
Euro area (21) · 2024Year-on-year change+2.8%
Previous period26,073,882 2023
Rank in Europe—
EU2734,188,564
Spain3,552,872
Trend
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About this indicator
- What is the latest active enterprises figure in the euro area (21)?
- 26,811,356 in 2024. The EU27 figure is 34,188,564.
- What does active enterprises measure?
- Active enterprises, in enterprises. Descriptive indicator: a higher or lower value is not better in itself; the ranking orders from highest to lowest.
- Where does the active enterprises data come from?
- Eurostat, dataset bd_size («Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity»). RAC-EU downloads it from Eurostat's official API and checks it every day.
- How often is active enterprises updated?
- Annual. The latest period published is 2024; RAC-EU adds new data and revisions on the day Eurostat publishes them.
The full series since 2021, the chart and the analysis are in the Basic plan. See plans · Full methodology sheet →