Massage in Austria: trade licences by state
Austria has 11,833 trade licences for Massage at a main location, 1.2% of all 956,831 licences.
Most are in Upper Austria (2,758).
336 of them are held by companies and other legal persons, 0 are reported dormant.
Of the licences valid today, 591 took effect in 2025 and 560 in 2024.
Kind according to GISA: reglementiertes Gewerbe. GISA key 4801. What this means
By state
| Upper Austria | 2,758 |
| Lower Austria | 2,431 |
| Vienna | 1,766 |
| Styria | 1,530 |
| Salzburg | 1,002 |
| Tyrol | 856 |
| Carinthia | 742 |
| Burgenland | 455 |
| Vorarlberg | 293 |
The ten districts with the most licences
| Graz | 356 |
| Linz | 345 |
| Vöcklabruck | 298 |
| Salzburg-Umgebung | 283 |
| Linz-Land | 248 |
| Gmunden | 242 |
| Baden | 230 |
| Salzburg | 216 |
| Urfahr-Umgebung | 210 |
| Graz-Umgebung | 206 |
Took effect, by year
| 2026 | 526 |
| 2025 | 591 |
| 2024 | 560 |
| 2023 | 535 |
| 2022 | 472 |
| 2021 | 436 |
| 2020 | 709 |
| 2019 | 619 |
| 2018 | 553 |
| 2017 | 554 |
| 2016 | 511 |
Only licences valid today; ended ones are not in the dataset.
More trades
- Hairdresser: 11,403
- Electrical engineering: 11,344
- Professional photographer: 11,062
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.