NUTS 3 areas of France by active enterprises, 2023

Paris had the highest active enterprises of 101 areas in 2023, at 439,969. Mayotte had the lowest, at 3,568. The median was 35,588 and the figure for France was 5.38 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest439,969Paris

Lowest3,568Mayotte

Median35,588101 areas

France5,382,659History

Top 40 areas, 2023

count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Paris	439,969	+2%
2	Bouches-du-Rhône	195,430	+2.8%
3	Rhône	178,069	+1.4%
4	Gironde	159,095	+2.2%
5	Hauts-de-Seine	151,570	+1.5%
6	Nord	150,692	+2.3%
7	Alpes-Maritimes	137,086	+2.6%
8	Haute-Garonne	123,292	+2.1%
9	Hérault	121,001	+2.3%
10	Seine-Saint-Denis	115,479	+2.3%
11	Var	115,476	+2.8%
12	Loire-Atlantique	109,013	+1.9%
13	Yvelines	107,863	+2%
14	Val-de-Marne	106,188	+2%
15	Isère	103,706	+1.7%
16	Seine-et-Marne	95,794	+2.2%
17	Essonne	85,522	+2.5%
18	Bas-Rhin	85,435	+1.3%
19	Val-d’Oise	84,666	+2.8%
20	Haute-Savoie	80,075	+1.4%
21	Ille-et-Vilaine	76,924	+2%
22	Pas-de-Calais	70,001	+1.8%
23	Seine-Maritime	67,622	+2%
24	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	65,317	+1.3%
25	Gard	64,800	+3%
26	La Réunion	60,822	+4.7%
27	Finistère	60,042	+2.1%
28	Charente-Maritime	57,570	+0.7%
29	Morbihan	57,539	+2.1%
30	Vaucluse	55,395	+1.5%
31	Moselle	55,320	+2.5%
32	Loire	54,236	+1.6%
33	Maine-et-Loire	52,234	+1.9%
34	Savoie	51,534	-2.3%
35	Calvados	49,803	+2.6%
36	Haut-Rhin	48,590	+1.4%
37	Vendée	48,243	+1.7%
38	Puy-de-Dôme	46,299	+1.2%
39	Oise	46,118	+2.7%
40	Ain	45,285	+2.4%
41	Drôme	45,114	+1.6%
42	Martinique	43,005	+5.2%
43	Pyrénées-Orientales	42,851	+2.1%
44	Indre-et-Loire	42,099	+0.7%
45	Meurthe-et-Moselle	40,849	+3.1%
46	Loiret	40,649	+1.7%
47	Côtes-d’Armor	40,017	+0.3%
48	Côte-d’Or	39,290	+1.3%
49	Landes	37,419	+2.6%
50	Marne	35,608	+0.8%
51	Saône-et-Loire	35,588	+1%
52	Dordogne	34,933	-0%
53	Eure	34,867	+1.9%
54	Guadeloupe	33,764	+4.9%
55	Doubs	32,760	+0.9%
56	Tarn	31,462	+1.2%
57	Aude	30,162	+1.9%
58	Somme	29,563	+1.2%
59	Sarthe	28,733	+1.6%
60	Manche	28,386	+0.9%
61	Vienne	26,549	+1.1%
62	Ardèche	26,504	+1.3%
63	Eure-et-Loir	24,899	+2.1%
64	Aisne	24,696	+1.8%
65	Lot-et-Garonne	24,549	-0%
66	Haute-Vienne	24,186	+1.2%
67	Charente	23,957	-0.6%
68	Vosges	23,716	+1.5%
69	Aveyron	22,499	-2.7%
70	Deux-Sèvres	20,774	+1.2%
71	Yonne	20,670	+2%
72	Loir-et-Cher	20,295	+1.8%
73	Allier	20,144	-0.2%
74	Corse-du-Sud	20,072	+2.7%
75	Haute-Corse	19,744	+2.6%
76	Tarn-et-Garonne	19,634	+1.4%
77	Hautes-Pyrénées	19,024	-1.5%
78	Aube	18,274	+0.6%
79	Hautes-Alpes	17,825	-3.2%
80	Jura	17,501	+1.7%
81	Corrèze	17,018	+0.1%
82	Cher	16,983	-0.2%
83	Haute-Loire	16,814	+1.3%
84	Mayenne	16,673	+0.2%
85	Gers	16,386	+0.5%
86	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	16,057	+0.3%
87	Orne	15,303	-0.7%
88	Lot	14,989	-1.5%
89	Ardennes	13,991	+2.5%
90	Ariège	13,089	+1%
91	Haute-Saône	13,017	+1.5%
92	Indre	12,148	-0.8%
93	Nièvre	11,495	-0.3%
94	Guyane	11,086	+4.4%
95	Cantal	9,534	-5.3%
96	Meuse	8,969	+2.4%
97	Haute-Marne	8,850	+2%
98	Territoire de Belfort	7,360	+2.4%
99	Creuse	7,137	-3.4%
100	Lozère	5,871	-1.3%
101	Mayotte	3,568	+81.1%

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.

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). For the UK it counts every enterprise active at some point in the year, so it differs from registered_enterprises_total (UK Business Counts), a snapshot of the register in March.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r) (NUTS 3 areas of France by active enterprises, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

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Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of France by active enterprises, 2023. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/france-provinces. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). NUTS 3 areas of France by active enterprises, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/france-provinces.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of France by active enterprises, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/france-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
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Which area has the highest active enterprises?

Paris, with 439,969 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest active enterprises?

Mayotte, with 3,568 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.