# NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by active enterprises, 2023

All 28 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `active_enterprises`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/bulgaria-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sofia (stolitsa) | 124,186 |
| 2 | Plovdiv | 40,259 |
| 3 | Varna | 31,950 |
| 4 | Burgas | 28,984 |
| 5 | Blagoevgrad | 20,457 |
| 6 | Stara Zagora | 14,865 |
| 7 | Haskovo | 11,028 |
| 8 | Ruse | 11,023 |
| 9 | Veliko Tarnovo | 10,034 |
| 10 | Pazardzhik | 10,031 |
| 11 | Sofia | 9,759 |
| 12 | Pleven | 9,388 |
| 13 | Dobrich | 7,465 |
| 14 | Sliven | 6,813 |
| 15 | Shumen | 6,423 |
| 16 | Kyustendil | 6,060 |
| 17 | Gabrovo | 5,883 |
| 18 | Vratsa | 5,634 |
| 19 | Pernik | 5,461 |
| 20 | Kardzhali | 5,257 |
| 21 | Lovech | 5,173 |
| 22 | Smolyan | 5,121 |
| 23 | Yambol | 4,878 |
| 24 | Montana | 4,233 |
| 25 | Razgrad | 3,987 |
| 26 | Targovishte | 3,759 |
| 27 | Silistra | 3,483 |
| 28 | Vidin | 2,663 |