Data on businesses in Austria and the EU

Official market statistics

• Businesses by federal state 2024Active businesses, persons employed, local units, births and deaths per federal state, and businesses per 1,000 inhabitants.
• Business births and deaths 2021–2024Births, deaths and their rates in total and by ÖNACE section; 2024 deaths are provisional.
• Businesses in the EU member states 2024Number of businesses in all 27 EU member states, Austria’s share of the EU total and businesses per 1,000 inhabitants.

Where the figures come from

The pages use official figures: for Austria from Statistics Austria’s business demography statistics, the main results by federal state (open data) and the structural business statistics, and for the EU from Eurostat. We retrieved the tables ourselves on 25 October 2026 and used them unrounded; our own values are only simple calculations from them (shares, values per 1,000 inhabitants). Statistics Austria’s open data are licensed under CC BY 4.0.

These are not figures from our dataset. They describe how many businesses exist, not how many of them would be included in an export from kontaktdatenbank.at or have a phone number. The status of our database is shown on the database status page; we state the scope of a specific selection in the quote.

What applies to all analyses

• The market economy is counted. The figures cover ÖNACE sections B to S excluding public administration (O) and membership organisations (S 94). Agriculture and forestry are not included.
• Businesses and local units. A business can have several local units. In 2024 there were 628,058 businesses and 769,447 local units; each page states what is counted.
• Time series with a break. In reference year 2023, sections J, M, N, P, Q and R are only partly comparable with 2022 because small businesses were included for the first time. According to Statistics Austria, the 2024 enterprise deaths are preliminary.
• We do not interpret causes. The tables show levels and differences. Why a federal state or an industry performs differently cannot be read from them alone.

Using the figures

You may reuse the figures with attribution. Please cite the official source (Statistics Austria or Eurostat) with table and data status; each page contains a citation template. If you need a figure for a particular industry or region that is missing here, write to info@kontaktdatenbank.at.