# Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by active enterprises, 2023

All 6 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-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Yugozapaden | 165,923 |
| 2 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 71,696 |
| 3 | Yugoiztochen | 55,540 |
| 4 | Severoiztochen | 49,597 |
| 5 | Severen tsentralen | 34,410 |
| 6 | Severozapaden | 27,091 |