Regions of France (NUTS 2) by active enterprises, 2023

Ile-de-France had the highest active enterprises of 27 regions in 2023, at 1.19 million. Mayotte had the lowest, at 3,568. The median was 107,043 and the figure for France was 5.38 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,187,051Ile-de-France

Lowest3,568Mayotte

Median107,04327 regions

France5,382,659History

All regions, 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	Regions	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Ile-de-France	1,187,051	+2.1%
2	Rhône-Alpes	584,523	+1.2%
3	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	537,269	+2.4%
4	Aquitaine	321,313	+1.7%
5	Languedoc-Roussillon	264,685	+2.3%
6	Midi-Pyrénées	260,375	+0.9%
7	Pays de la Loire	254,896	+1.7%
8	Bretagne	234,522	+1.8%
9	Nord-Pas de Calais	220,693	+2.1%
10	Centre - Val de Loire	157,073	+1.1%
11	Alsace	134,025	+1.4%
12	Lorraine	128,854	+2.5%
13	Poitou-Charentes	128,850	+0.6%
14	Bourgogne	107,043	+1.1%
15	Haute-Normandie	102,489	+2%
16	Picardie	100,377	+2%
17	Basse-Normandie	93,492	+1.5%
18	Auvergne	92,791	+0.2%
19	Champagne-Ardenne	76,723	+1.2%
20	Franche-Comté	70,638	+1.4%
21	La Réunion	60,822	+4.7%
22	Limousin	48,341	+0.1%
23	Martinique	43,005	+5.2%
24	Corse	39,816	+2.6%
25	Guadeloupe	33,764	+4.9%
26	Guyane	11,086	+4.4%
27	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 regions 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) (Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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-regions. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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). Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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-regions.

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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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-regions (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which region has the highest active enterprises?

Ile-de-France, with 1.19 million in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region 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.