Location of Commission staff

The European Commission has its headquarters in Brussels, with some staff based in Luxembourg, and the staff of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) spread over five sites around Europe. It also has staff assigned to Representations in each of the 27 Member States and to 145 EU Delegations and offices around the world (in which Commission staff work alongside colleagues from the External Action Service (EEAS)). The map below shows the location of the Commission’s staff, with the majority (21 705 employees) located in Brussels, representing 66 % of the total staff. The figures are as of 1 October 2020.