Localization of Business Services in European Regions: Large Urban Areas Stand Out Camacho Ballesta, José Antonio Melikhova, Yulia Hernández Peinado, Manuel Localization Business Services European Regions Urban Areas The recent increase in business services in terms of both value added and employment has had a positive effect on regional economies, helping them to create a comparative advantage and contributing to the general development of regional productive systems. This heterogeneous set of activities is characterized, among others, by its uneven distribution in the territory. In this paper we aim to identify the key factors that influence the location of business services within the NUTS 2 regions of the European Union. Using a multivariate analytical approach (combining a principal components factor analysis and a multiple linear regression by means of ordinary least squares), four key factors have been identified. In terms of their influence on the location of business services, we can pinpoint the following factors: urban dimension, competitiveness, accessibility and economic dynamism. It was found that business services tend to locate in urban, densely populated and dynamic areas with high levels of competitiveness and easy access. 2024-09-25T08:15:39Z 2024-09-25T08:15:39Z 2014 journal article Camacho-Ballesta, J. A., Melikhova, Y., & Hernández-Peinado, M. (2014). Localization of business services in European regions: large urban areas stand out. European Planning Studies, 22(10), 2094-2115. 0965-4313 1469-5944 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/95039 10.1080/09654313.2013.819416 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ embargoed access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Taylor and Francis