Number of establishments and bed-places

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for number of establishments and bed-places was 29,742,108 .

That is a 1.8% rose versus 2023 (29,205,289).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 3.5% higher.

Across member states, Italy reported the highest value (5,498,773, 2024) and Malta the lowest (52,796, 2024) — a ratio of 104.2× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tin00181; every value links back to the canonical source.