# EU regions (NUTS 2) by active enterprises, 2023

All 233 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/eu-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 1,187,051 |
| 2 | Lombardia | 862,359 |
| 3 | Catalonia | 648,982 |
| 4 | Rhône-Alpes | 584,523 |
| 5 | Andalusia | 574,769 |
| 6 | Community of Madrid | 553,293 |
| 7 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 537,269 |
| 8 | Zuid-Holland | 505,170 |
| 9 | Noord-Holland | 482,952 |
| 10 | Lazio | 473,293 |
| 11 | Norte | 459,822 |
| 12 | Veneto | 403,644 |
| 13 | Warszawski stołeczny | 400,920 |
| 14 | Valencian Community | 391,856 |
| 15 | Campania | 378,144 |
| 16 | Emilia-Romagna | 374,319 |
| 17 | Attiki | 363,872 |
| 18 | Grande Lisboa | 356,570 |
| 19 | Piemonte | 336,006 |
| 20 | Toscana | 329,755 |
| 21 | Noord-Brabant | 329,053 |
| 22 | Praha | 326,833 |
| 23 | Aquitaine | 321,313 |
| 24 | Sicilia | 293,297 |
| 25 | Śląskie | 287,427 |
| 26 | Wielkopolskie | 283,196 |
| 27 | Małopolskie | 272,660 |
| 28 | Puglia | 268,635 |
| 29 | Stockholm | 266,443 |
| 30 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 264,685 |
| 31 | Midi-Pyrénées | 260,375 |
| 32 | Gelderland | 257,706 |
| 33 | Pays de la Loire | 254,896 |
| 34 | Budapest | 245,891 |
| 35 | Oberbayern | 243,560 |
| 36 | Bretagne | 234,522 |
| 37 | Dolnośląskie | 222,760 |
| 38 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 220,693 |
| 39 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 215,028 |
| 40 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 212,837 |
| 41 | Eastern and Midland | 209,624 |
| 42 | Západné Slovensko | 204,341 |
| 43 | Düsseldorf | 202,963 |
| 44 | Centro (PT) | 202,114 |
| 45 | Jihovýchod | 201,782 |
| 46 | Utrecht | 200,842 |
| 47 | Galicia | 197,228 |
| 48 | Pomorskie | 190,541 |
| 49 | Köln | 181,536 |
| 50 | Darmstadt | 173,264 |
| 51 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 170,958 |
| 52 | Berlin | 170,919 |
| 53 | Střední Čechy | 167,850 |
| 54 | Västsverige | 167,046 |
| 55 | Yugozapaden | 165,923 |
| 56 | Eesti | 165,163 |
| 57 | Severovýchod | 161,505 |
| 58 | Łódzkie | 160,730 |
| 59 | Nord-Vest | 160,680 |
| 60 | Centre - Val de Loire | 157,073 |
| 61 | Stuttgart | 156,559 |
| 62 | Východné Slovensko | 156,415 |
| 63 | Bratislavský kraj | 155,001 |
| 64 | Canary Islands | 154,861 |
| 65 | Castile and León | 154,740 |
| 66 | Kentriki Makedonia | 149,246 |
| 67 | Stredné Slovensko | 148,462 |
| 68 | Latvija | 146,256 |
| 69 | Sostinės regionas | 144,886 |
| 70 | Basque Country | 144,812 |
| 71 | Wien | 144,099 |
| 72 | Pest | 141,582 |
| 73 | Hovedstaden | 139,918 |
| 74 | Alsace | 134,025 |
| 75 | Centru | 133,657 |
| 76 | Castilla-La Mancha | 132,398 |
| 77 | Jihozápad | 128,978 |
| 78 | Lorraine | 128,854 |
| 79 | Poitou-Charentes | 128,850 |
| 80 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 128,515 |
| 81 | Marche | 128,099 |
| 82 | Liguria | 127,678 |
| 83 | Nord-Est | 126,866 |
| 84 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 123,821 |
| 85 | Overijssel | 123,785 |
| 86 | Střední Morava | 123,598 |
| 87 | Sydsverige | 122,513 |
| 88 | Southern | 118,624 |
| 89 | Zachodniopomorskie | 118,200 |
| 90 | Arnsberg | 118,162 |
| 91 | Zahodna Slovenija | 117,943 |
| 92 | Östra Mellansverige | 117,093 |
| 93 | Calabria | 116,001 |
| 94 | Moravskoslezsko | 115,896 |
| 95 | Sud-Muntenia | 115,724 |
| 96 | Limburg (NL) | 114,662 |
| 97 | Podkarpackie | 113,697 |
| 98 | Schleswig-Holstein | 113,148 |
| 99 | Lubelskie | 113,054 |
| 100 | Sardegna | 111,802 |
| 101 | Balearic Islands | 109,660 |
| 102 | Karlsruhe | 108,982 |
| 103 | Länsi-Suomi | 107,194 |
| 104 | Bourgogne | 107,043 |
| 105 | Niederösterreich | 105,564 |
| 106 | Sud-Est | 102,872 |
| 107 | Haute-Normandie | 102,489 |
| 108 | Abruzzo | 101,173 |
| 109 | Picardie | 100,377 |
| 110 | Region of Murcia | 99,842 |
| 111 | Észak-Alföld | 98,645 |
| 112 | Península de Setúbal | 98,277 |
| 113 | Dél-Alföld | 97,143 |
| 114 | Severozápad | 96,637 |
| 115 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 95,587 |
| 116 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 95,391 |
| 117 | Basse-Normandie | 93,492 |
| 118 | Vest | 93,279 |
| 119 | Auvergne | 92,791 |
| 120 | Közép-Dunántúl | 92,098 |
| 121 | Hamburg | 91,932 |
| 122 | Kýpros | 90,964 |
| 123 | Brandenburg | 89,829 |
| 124 | Freiburg | 89,579 |
| 125 | Weser-Ems | 89,020 |
| 126 | Aragon | 88,965 |
| 127 | Münster | 88,930 |
| 128 | Oberösterreich | 88,688 |
| 129 | Algarve | 88,524 |
| 130 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 88,268 |
| 131 | Etelä-Suomi | 86,492 |
| 132 | Midtjylland | 86,052 |
| 133 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 85,283 |
| 134 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 85,074 |
| 135 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 84,111 |
| 136 | Schwaben | 80,173 |
| 137 | Steiermark | 79,898 |
| 138 | Champagne-Ardenne | 76,723 |
| 139 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 76,121 |
| 140 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 74,325 |
| 141 | Tübingen | 73,881 |
| 142 | Detmold | 73,843 |
| 143 | Hannover | 73,166 |
| 144 | Friesland (NL) | 73,162 |
| 145 | Syddanmark | 71,752 |
| 146 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 71,696 |
| 147 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 71,666 |
| 148 | Franche-Comté | 70,638 |
| 149 | Dél-Dunántúl | 70,203 |
| 150 | Mittelfranken | 69,623 |
| 151 | Thüringen | 69,226 |
| 152 | Asturias | 68,999 |
| 153 | Umbria | 68,606 |
| 154 | Podlaskie | 68,281 |
| 155 | Extremadura | 67,910 |
| 156 | Észak-Magyarország | 67,878 |
| 157 | Świętokrzyskie | 67,716 |
| 158 | Grad Zagreb | 67,348 |
| 159 | Northern and Western | 65,262 |
| 160 | Lubuskie | 65,120 |
| 161 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 63,068 |
| 162 | Norra Mellansverige | 61,500 |
| 163 | Groningen | 61,194 |
| 164 | La Réunion | 60,822 |
| 165 | Småland med öarna | 60,089 |
| 166 | Kriti | 59,613 |
| 167 | Lüneburg | 58,906 |
| 168 | Tirol | 58,579 |
| 169 | Koblenz | 56,526 |
| 170 | Malta | 56,436 |
| 171 | Flevoland | 56,001 |
| 172 | Yugoiztochen | 55,540 |
| 173 | Dresden | 55,503 |
| 174 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 54,481 |
| 175 | Niederbayern | 53,978 |
| 176 | Opolskie | 53,672 |
| 177 | Thessalia | 53,621 |
| 178 | Drenthe | 50,934 |
| 179 | Unterfranken | 50,757 |
| 180 | Sjælland | 50,311 |
| 181 | Alentejo | 50,101 |
| 182 | Chemnitz | 49,900 |
| 183 | Severoiztochen | 49,597 |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 48,813 |
| 185 | Limousin | 48,341 |
| 186 | Dytiki Elláda | 47,429 |
| 187 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 46,847 |
| 188 | Notio Aigaio | 45,612 |
| 189 | Peloponnisos | 45,571 |
| 190 | Salzburg | 44,580 |
| 191 | Navarre | 43,783 |
| 192 | Braunschweig | 43,548 |
| 193 | Oberpfalz | 43,180 |
| 194 | Martinique | 43,005 |
| 195 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 42,621 |
| 196 | Zeeland | 42,349 |
| 197 | Kassel | 40,490 |
| 198 | Cantabria | 40,384 |
| 199 | Corse | 39,816 |
| 200 | Panonska Hrvatska | 39,005 |
| 201 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 38,940 |
| 202 | Oberfranken | 38,674 |
| 203 | Leipzig | 38,399 |
| 204 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 38,354 |
| 205 | Sterea Elláda | 37,838 |
| 206 | Gießen | 37,291 |
| 207 | Kärnten | 36,771 |
| 208 | Basilicata | 36,679 |
| 209 | Övre Norrland | 36,619 |
| 210 | Nordjylland | 35,128 |
| 211 | Saarland | 34,720 |
| 212 | Severen tsentralen | 34,410 |
| 213 | Guadeloupe | 33,764 |
| 214 | Mellersta Norrland | 29,750 |
| 215 | Ionia Nisia | 29,547 |
| 216 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 29,403 |
| 217 | Severozapaden | 27,091 |
| 218 | Vorarlberg | 26,409 |
| 219 | Ipeiros | 26,369 |
| 220 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 24,512 |
| 221 | Bremen | 22,861 |
| 222 | La Rioja | 22,502 |
| 223 | Molise | 21,418 |
| 224 | Dytiki Makedonia | 18,911 |
| 225 | Trier | 18,504 |
| 226 | Burgenland | 18,175 |
| 227 | Voreio Aigaio | 16,534 |
| 228 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 11,436 |
| 229 | Guyane | 11,086 |
| 230 | Melilla | 4,751 |
| 231 | Åland | 3,815 |
| 232 | Mayotte | 3,568 |
| 233 | Ceuta | 3,550 |