# NUTS 3 areas of France by active enterprises, 2023

All 101 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/france-provinces

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