Enterprise births
New enterprises created during the year from scratch. Enterprises formed by a merger, break-up or change of legal form, and enterprises reactivated within two years, are not births.
Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). Not comparable with companies_created (companies registered in Spain) or business_applications (US applications for an employer number).
Key facts
- Enterprise births in the European Union (27) was 3.54 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- France had the highest enterprise births of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 799,108, and Luxembourg the lowest, at 4,208. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 1,746 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 births, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Austria
- Cyprus
- Luxembourg
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- South East
- London
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- North West
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- East of England
- Åland
- Nord-Pas de Calais
- Jadranska Hrvatska
- Picardie
- Franche-Comté
- Panonska Hrvatska
Provinces and counties
- Madrid province
- Barcelona province
- Roma
- Berlin
- Milano
- Napoli
- Valencia province
- Nord
- Stockholms län
- Torino
- Västra Götalands län
- Caserta
- Bratislavský kraj
- Firenze
- München, Kreisfreie Stadt
- Moravskoslezský kraj
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 births? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"enterprise_births","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=enterprise_births&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)