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NUTS 3 areas of France by active enterprises

Paris had the highest active enterprises of 101 areas in 2022, at 431,436. Mayotte had the lowest, at 1,970. The median was 35,252 and the figure for France was 5.2 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest431,436Paris
Lowest1,970Mayotte
Median35,252101 areas
France5,202,687History

Top 40 areas, 2022

Paris: 431,436 countParis431,436Bouches-du-Rhône: 190,039 countBouches-du-Rhône190,039Rhône: 175,559 countRhône175,559Gironde: 155,654 countGironde155,654Hauts-de-Seine: 149,280 countHauts-de-Seine149,280Nord: 147,365 countNord147,365Alpes-Maritimes: 133,549 countAlpes-Maritimes133,549Haute-Garonne: 120,810 countHaute-Garonne120,810Hérault: 118,333 countHérault118,333Seine-Saint-Denis: 112,906 countSeine-Saint-Denis112,906Var: 112,285 countVar112,285Loire-Atlantique: 107,013 countLoire-Atlantique107,013Yvelines: 105,721 countYvelines105,721Val-de-Marne: 104,145 countVal-de-Marne104,145Isère: 102,016 countIsère102,016Seine-et-Marne: 93,688 countSeine-et-Marne93,688Bas-Rhin: 84,331 countBas-Rhin84,331Essonne: 83,399 countEssonne83,399Val-d’Oise: 82,375 countVal-d’Oise82,375Haute-Savoie: 78,975 countHaute-Savoie78,975Ille-et-Vilaine: 75,411 countIlle-et-Vilaine75,411Pas-de-Calais: 68,733 countPas-de-Calais68,733Seine-Maritime: 66,295 countSeine-Maritime66,295Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 64,452 countPyrénées-Atlantiques64,452Gard: 62,940 countGard62,940Finistère: 58,800 countFinistère58,800La Réunion: 58,109 countLa Réunion58,109Charente-Maritime: 57,178 countCharente-Maritime57,178Morbihan: 56,333 countMorbihan56,333Vaucluse: 54,600 countVaucluse54,600Moselle: 53,956 countMoselle53,956Loire: 53,367 countLoire53,367Savoie: 52,724 countSavoie52,724Maine-et-Loire: 51,282 countMaine-et-Loire51,282Calvados: 48,558 countCalvados48,558Haut-Rhin: 47,905 countHaut-Rhin47,905Vendée: 47,440 countVendée47,440Puy-de-Dôme: 45,764 countPuy-de-Dôme45,764Oise: 44,906 countOise44,906Drôme: 44,409 countDrôme44,409Paris: 431,436 countParis431,436Bouches-du-Rhône: 190,039 countBouches-du-Rhône190,039Rhône: 175,559 countRhône175,559Gironde: 155,654 countGironde155,654Hauts-de-Seine: 149,280 countHauts-de-Seine149,280Nord: 147,365 countNord147,365Alpes-Maritimes: 133,549 countAlpes-Maritimes133,549Haute-Garonne: 120,810 countHaute-Garonne120,810Hérault: 118,333 countHérault118,333Seine-Saint-Denis: 112,906 countSeine-Saint-Denis112,906Var: 112,285 countVar112,285Loire-Atlantique: 107,013 countLoire-Atlantique107,013Yvelines: 105,721 countYvelines105,721Val-de-Marne: 104,145 countVal-de-Marne104,145Isère: 102,016 countIsère102,016Seine-et-Marne: 93,688 countSeine-et-Marne93,688Bas-Rhin: 84,331 countBas-Rhin84,331Essonne: 83,399 countEssonne83,399Val-d’Oise: 82,375 countVal-d’Oise82,375Haute-Savoie: 78,975 countHaute-Savoie78,975Ille-et-Vilaine: 75,411 countIlle-et-Vilaine75,411Pas-de-Calais: 68,733 countPas-de-Calais68,733Seine-Maritime: 66,295 countSeine-Maritime66,295Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 64,452 countPyrénées-Atlantiques64,452Gard: 62,940 countGard62,940Finistère: 58,800 countFinistère58,800La Réunion: 58,109 countLa Réunion58,109Charente-Maritime: 57,178 countCharente-Maritime57,178Morbihan: 56,333 countMorbihan56,333Vaucluse: 54,600 countVaucluse54,600Moselle: 53,956 countMoselle53,956Loire: 53,367 countLoire53,367Savoie: 52,724 countSavoie52,724Maine-et-Loire: 51,282 countMaine-et-Loire51,282Calvados: 48,558 countCalvados48,558Haut-Rhin: 47,905 countHaut-Rhin47,905Vendée: 47,440 countVendée47,440Puy-de-Dôme: 45,764 countPuy-de-Dôme45,764Oise: 44,906 countOise44,906Drôme: 44,409 countDrôme44,409
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

RankAreas2022
count		Change on 2021
1Paris Series break431,436+6.6%
2Bouches-du-Rhône Series break190,039+7.1%
3Rhône Series break175,559+7.1%
4Gironde Series break155,654+8%
5Hauts-de-Seine Series break149,280+5.4%
6Nord Series break147,365+6.8%
7Alpes-Maritimes Series break133,549+7.3%
8Haute-Garonne Series break120,810+7%
9Hérault Series break118,333+7.4%
10Seine-Saint-Denis Series break112,906+4.6%
11Var Series break112,285+8.1%
12Loire-Atlantique Series break107,013+8.7%
13Yvelines Series break105,721+5.7%
14Val-de-Marne Series break104,145+5.4%
15Isère Series break102,016+8%
16Seine-et-Marne Series break93,688+7.2%
17Bas-Rhin Series break84,331+7.8%
18Essonne Series break83,399+6%
19Val-d’Oise Series break82,375+5.3%
20Haute-Savoie Series break78,975+9.6%
21Ille-et-Vilaine Series break75,411+9.7%
22Pas-de-Calais Series break68,733+7.7%
23Seine-Maritime Series break66,295+7.1%
24Pyrénées-Atlantiques Series break64,452+9%
25Gard Series break62,940+8.3%
26Finistère Series break58,800+8%
27La Réunion Series break58,109+11.7%
28Charente-Maritime Series break57,178+9%
29Morbihan Series break56,333+8.5%
30Vaucluse Series break54,600+7.3%
31Moselle Series break53,956+6.4%
32Loire Series break53,367+7.9%
33Savoie Series break52,724+12.6%
34Maine-et-Loire Series break51,282+9.4%
35Calvados Series break48,558+7.9%
36Haut-Rhin Series break47,905+7.2%
37Vendée Series break47,440+9.2%
38Puy-de-Dôme Series break45,764+8.6%
39Oise Series break44,906+7.9%
40Drôme Series break44,409+6.9%
41Ain Series break44,219+9.3%
42Pyrénées-Orientales Series break41,970+8.7%
43Indre-et-Loire Series break41,790+9.4%
44Martinique Series break40,895+13.6%
45Loiret Series break39,987+7.4%
46Côtes-d’Armor Series break39,911+10.4%
47Meurthe-et-Moselle Series break39,606+6.2%
48Côte-d’Or Series break38,781+7.6%
49Landes Series break36,475+10%
50Marne Series break35,326+8.2%
51Saône-et-Loire Series break35,252+8.4%
52Dordogne Series break34,939+9%
53Eure Series break34,225+8.6%
54Doubs Series break32,472+7.7%
55Guadeloupe Series break32,180+11.6%
56Tarn Series break31,080+9.1%
57Aude Series break29,614+8.9%
58Somme Series break29,220+7.8%
59Sarthe Series break28,274+10%
60Manche Series break28,125+7.9%
61Vienne Series break26,251+9.5%
62Ardèche Series break26,170+9.5%
63Lot-et-Garonne Series break24,558+9.5%
64Eure-et-Loir Series break24,387+8%
65Aisne Series break24,258+6.8%
66Charente Series break24,102+10.8%
67Haute-Vienne Series break23,911+6.9%
68Vosges Series break23,365+6.5%
69Aveyron Series break23,115+13.2%
70Deux-Sèvres Series break20,518+8.8%
71Yonne Series break20,270+6.9%
72Allier Series break20,193+10.3%
73Loir-et-Cher Series break19,942+7.5%
74Corse-du-Sud Series break19,549+9.3%
75Tarn-et-Garonne Series break19,372+9.7%
76Hautes-Pyrénées Series break19,304+10.3%
77Haute-Corse Series break19,250+7.1%
78Hautes-Alpes Series break18,405+13.6%
79Aube Series break18,160+7.7%
80Jura Series break17,205+6.4%
81Cher Series break17,012+8.9%
82Corrèze Series break17,004+9%
83Mayenne Series break16,645+8.2%
84Haute-Loire Series break16,602+10%
85Gers Series break16,311+8.7%
86Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Series break16,007+10.5%
87Orne Series break15,404+8.2%
88Lot Series break15,211+11.3%
89Ardennes Series break13,655+5.8%
90Ariège Series break12,954+9.5%
91Haute-Saône Series break12,819+9.3%
92Indre Series break12,244+9.3%
93Nièvre Series break11,531+10.1%
94Guyane Series break10,617+14.1%
95Cantal Series break10,070+13.1%
96Meuse Series break8,758+6.5%
97Haute-Marne Series break8,680+5.6%
98Creuse Series break7,392+11.3%
99Territoire de Belfort Series break7,186+5.2%
100Lozère Series break5,948+12.5%
101Mayotte Series break1,970-39%

Other periods

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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APA 7

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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

MLA 9

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, 2022. 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?period=2022. 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, 2022. 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?period=2022.

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, 2022 [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?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which area has the highest active enterprises?

Paris, with 431,436 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest active enterprises?

Mayotte, with 1,970 in 2022.

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