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Ranking of the provinces of Bulgaria by industrial and wholesale businesses per inhabitant

How many industrial and wholesale businesses there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every province of Bulgaria and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 198.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 505 inhabitants.

198.2
industrial and wholesale businesses per 100,000 inhabitants — Bulgaria
one for every 505 inhabitants
312.5
the most — Plovdiv Province
one for every 320 inhabitants
73.5
the fewest — Kardzhali Province
one for every 1,360 inhabitants
6.6M
inhabitants
НСИ, 2024 г. (закръглено)
How we count. Businesses — the active industrial and wholesale businesses of our base on the date of the update. Population — НСИ, 2024 г. (закръглено). Tourist areas and business districts rise in the ranking: many businesses for the resident population.

Ranking of the provinces: industrial and wholesale businesses per 100,000 inhabitants

Industrial and wholesale businesses per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per business. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕Province ↕Population ↕Industry ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 Plovdiv Province 632,000 1,975
312.5
320
02 Ruse Province 193,000 542
280.8
356
03 Varna Province 470,000 1,182
251.5
398
04 Stara Zagora Province 302,000 710
235.1
425
05 Sofia City Province 1,285,000 2,953
229.8
435
06 Sofia Province 226,000 517
228.8
437
07 Burgas Province 405,000 893
220.5
454
08 Gabrovo Province 101,000 205
203.0
493
09 Pleven Province 225,000 438
194.7
514
10 Veliko Tarnovo Province 219,000 358
163.5
612
11 Lovech Province 112,000 183
163.4
612
12 Pazardzhik Province 225,000 347
154.2
648
13 Dobrich Province 155,000 235
151.6
660
14 Haskovo Province 211,000 318
150.7
664
15 Blagoevgrad Province 291,000 437
150.2
666
16 Montana Province 112,000 160
142.9
700
17 Vratsa Province 150,000 205
136.7
732
18 Pernik Province 118,000 159
134.7
742
19 Smolyan Province 95,000 128
134.7
742
20 Shumen Province 158,000 208
131.6
760
21 Kyustendil Province 108,000 139
128.7
777
22 Yambol Province 115,000 135
117.4
852
23 Silistra Province 100,000 112
112.0
893
24 Targovishte Province 104,000 116
111.5
897
25 Razgrad Province 106,000 110
103.8
964
26 Vidin Province 80,000 81
101.3
988
27 Sliven Province 176,000 171
97.2
1,029
28 Kardzhali Province 151,000 111
73.5
1,360
Average of Bulgaria — 198.2 per 100,000 inhabitants13,128 industrial and wholesale businesses · 6,625,000 inhabitants

Towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Industrial and wholesale businesses per 100,000 inhabitants in the large towns. Population of the towns — GeoNames.

No. ↕Town ↕Population ↕Industry ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 PlovdivPlovdiv Province 329,489 7
2.1
47,070
02 BurgasBurgas Province 210,646 4
1.9
52,662
03 VarnaVarna Province 318,737 5
1.6
63,747
04 RuseRuse Province 121,168 1
0.8
121,168
05 SofiaSofia City Province 1,152,556 5
0.4
230,511
06 Sofia / SofiaSofia City Province 1,152,556 1
0.1
1,152,556

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