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Enterprise births in Portugal

Enterprise births in Portugal was 236,498 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1% from 2023. That is the 6th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, count236,498
Change on 2023+0.1%
Rank6th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high236,4982024
Series low177,1442021

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Enterprise births in Portugal, 2021 to 2024

160K180K200K220K240K20212022202320242021: 177,144 count2022: 222,462 count2023: 236,244 count2024: 236,498 count160K180K200K220K240K202120242021: 177,144 count2022: 222,462 count2023: 236,244 count2024: 236,498 count
count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 4 values
Periodcount
2024236,498
2023236,244
2022222,462
2021177,144 Series break

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Portugal236,498
European Union (27)3,541,482

Portugal compared with nearby places

Austria: 39,554 countBelgium: 74,529 countBulgaria: 43,315 countCyprus: 9,152 countCzechia: 130,621 countGermany: 252,090 countDenmark: 27,175 countEstonia: 20,302 countSpain: 334,789 countFinland: 58,653 countFrance: 799,108 countGreece: 88,028 countCroatia: 29,900 countHungary: 77,744 countIreland: 44,418 countItaly: 368,276 countLithuania: 64,848 countLuxembourg: 4,208 countLatvia: 21,259 countMalta: 8,564 countNetherlands: 197,710 countPoland: 317,162 countPortugal: 236,498 countRomania: 119,531 countSweden: 78,869 countSlovenia: 20,745 countSlovakia: 74,434 count
  • Under 22K
  • 22K to 50K
  • 50K to 78K
  • 78K to 230K
  • 230K and over
Enterprise births, 2024, count. Portugal is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

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).

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Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size) (Enterprise births, Portugal, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table

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Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size), Enterprise births, Portugal, 2021 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 2 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-births/portugal. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size). Enterprise births, Portugal, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-births/portugal.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size), Enterprise births, Portugal, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-births/portugal (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd\_size): Enterprise births, Portugal, 2021 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the enterprise births in Portugal?

Enterprise births in Portugal was 236,498 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1% from 2023. That is the 6th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest enterprise births in Portugal?

236,498 in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

Enterprise births elsewhere in European Union (27)

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