Hospitality in Austria: trade licences by state
Austria has 56,452 trade licences for Hospitality at a main location, 5.9% of all 956,831 licences.
Most are in Tyrol (9,673).
24,039 of them are held by companies and other legal persons, 0 are reported dormant.
Of the licences valid today, 3,767 took effect in 2025 and 3,433 in 2024.
Kind according to GISA: reglementiertes Gewerbe. GISA key 2601. What this means
By state
| Tyrol | 9,673 |
| Lower Austria | 8,810 |
| Vienna | 7,689 |
| Styria | 7,532 |
| Upper Austria | 6,981 |
| Salzburg | 6,151 |
| Carinthia | 4,931 |
| Vorarlberg | 2,676 |
| Burgenland | 2,009 |
The ten districts with the most licences
| Zell am See | 1,834 |
| Landeck | 1,746 |
| St. Johann im Pongau | 1,586 |
| Schwaz | 1,404 |
| Innsbruck-Land | 1,289 |
| Graz | 1,288 |
| Liezen | 1,192 |
| Salzburg | 1,113 |
| Spittal an der Drau | 1,101 |
| Kitzbühel | 1,092 |
Took effect, by year
| 2026 | 3,745 |
| 2025 | 3,767 |
| 2024 | 3,433 |
| 2023 | 2,941 |
| 2022 | 2,430 |
| 2021 | 2,195 |
| 2020 | 1,938 |
| 2019 | 2,027 |
| 2018 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 1,747 |
| 2016 | 1,845 |
Only licences valid today; ended ones are not in the dataset.
More trades
- IT services: 46,209
- Management consulting: 33,906
- Energetic practitioners: 30,433
Source: GISA (Austrian trade information system), Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, dataset "Gewerbe in Österreich" on data.gv.at, CC BY 4.0, as of November 2026. Counted are valid trade licences at main locations. data.gv.at. As of November 2026.
Source: Austrian company register (Firmenbuch), Republic of Austria, represented by the BMJ, open data under CC BY 4.0.