Enterprise birth rate
Enterprise births in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A birth is a new enterprise created from scratch, not by a merger, break-up or reactivation.
Eurostat and OECD harmonised business demography. Not comparable with establishment_entry_rate, which counts new locations of US businesses, including branches of existing firms.
Key facts
- Enterprise birth rate in the European Union (27) was 10.36% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Lithuania had the highest enterprise birth rate of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 17.47%, and Austria the lowest, at 6.3%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 1,372 places, with figures from 2013 to 2024.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Provinces of Spain
- Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)
EU countries by enterprise birth rate, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Estonia
- Ireland
- Bulgaria
- Sweden
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- Lazio
- Campania
- Valencian Community
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
- Gießen
- Karlsruhe
- Região Autónoma da Madeira
- Köln
- Kassel
- Freiburg
Provinces and counties
- Madrid province
- Barcelona province
- Roma
- Berlin
- Milano
- Napoli
- Valencia province
- Nord
- Stockholms län
- Torino
- Verona
- Středočeský kraj
- Loiret
- Padova
- Treviso
- Venezia
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest enterprise birth rate? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"enterprise_birth_rate","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=enterprise_birth_rate&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)