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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by active enterprises

Roma had the highest active enterprises of 107 areas in 2021, at 350,861. Isernia had the lowest, at 6,233. The median was 26,804 and the figure for Italy was 4.46 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest350,861Roma
Lowest6,233Isernia
Median26,804107 areas
Italy4,462,146History

Top 40 areas, 2021

Roma: 350,861 countRoma350,861Milano: 317,907 countMilano317,907Napoli: 187,995 countNapoli187,995Torino: 174,894 countTorino174,894Brescia: 102,536 countBrescia102,536Firenze: 91,339 countFirenze91,339Bologna: 87,657 countBologna87,657Bari: 87,289 countBari87,289Bergamo: 85,425 countBergamo85,425Padova: 82,784 countPadova82,784Salerno: 76,768 countSalerno76,768Verona: 75,616 countVerona75,616Monza e della Brianza: 70,049 countMonza e della Brianza70,049Treviso: 69,902 countTreviso69,902Vicenza: 69,408 countVicenza69,408Genova: 67,005 countGenova67,005Palermo: 65,832 countPalermo65,832Catania: 65,712 countCatania65,712Venezia: 64,196 countVenezia64,196Varese: 64,150 countVarese64,150Modena: 58,065 countModena58,065Lecce: 57,259 countLecce57,259Caserta: 52,230 countCaserta52,230Perugia: 50,742 countPerugia50,742Cuneo: 46,283 countCuneo46,283Bolzano-Bozen: 45,010 countBolzano-Bozen45,010Como: 44,757 countComo44,757Cosenza: 41,929 countCosenza41,929Reggio nell’Emilia: 41,126 countReggio nell’Emilia41,126Trento: 40,858 countTrento40,858Messina: 39,822 countMessina39,822Udine: 38,418 countUdine38,418Latina: 38,334 countLatina38,334Pavia: 37,001 countPavia37,001Parma: 36,379 countParma36,379Foggia: 36,296 countFoggia36,296Sassari: 35,830 countSassari35,830Ancona: 35,374 countAncona35,374Pisa: 34,645 countPisa34,645Rimini: 34,579 countRimini34,579Roma: 350,861 countRoma350,861Milano: 317,907 countMilano317,907Napoli: 187,995 countNapoli187,995Torino: 174,894 countTorino174,894Brescia: 102,536 countBrescia102,536Firenze: 91,339 countFirenze91,339Bologna: 87,657 countBologna87,657Bari: 87,289 countBari87,289Bergamo: 85,425 countBergamo85,425Padova: 82,784 countPadova82,784Salerno: 76,768 countSalerno76,768Verona: 75,616 countVerona75,616Monza e della Brianza: 70,049 countMonza e della Brianza70,049Treviso: 69,902 countTreviso69,902Vicenza: 69,408 countVicenza69,408Genova: 67,005 countGenova67,005Palermo: 65,832 countPalermo65,832Catania: 65,712 countCatania65,712Venezia: 64,196 countVenezia64,196Varese: 64,150 countVarese64,150Modena: 58,065 countModena58,065Lecce: 57,259 countLecce57,259Caserta: 52,230 countCaserta52,230Perugia: 50,742 countPerugia50,742Cuneo: 46,283 countCuneo46,283Bolzano-Bozen: 45,010 countBolzano-Bozen45,010Como: 44,757 countComo44,757Cosenza: 41,929 countCosenza41,929Reggio nell’Emilia: 41,126 countReggio nell’Emilia41,126Trento: 40,858 countTrento40,858Messina: 39,822 countMessina39,822Udine: 38,418 countUdine38,418Latina: 38,334 countLatina38,334Pavia: 37,001 countPavia37,001Parma: 36,379 countParma36,379Foggia: 36,296 countFoggia36,296Sassari: 35,830 countSassari35,830Ancona: 35,374 countAncona35,374Pisa: 34,645 countPisa34,645Rimini: 34,579 countRimini34,579
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

RankAreas2021
count
1Roma Series break350,861
2Milano Series break317,907
3Napoli Series break187,995
4Torino Series break174,894
5Brescia Series break102,536
6Firenze Series break91,339
7Bologna Series break87,657
8Bari Series break87,289
9Bergamo Series break85,425
10Padova Series break82,784
11Salerno Series break76,768
12Verona Series break75,616
13Monza e della Brianza Series break70,049
14Treviso Series break69,902
15Vicenza Series break69,408
16Genova Series break67,005
17Palermo Series break65,832
18Catania Series break65,712
19Venezia Series break64,196
20Varese Series break64,150
21Modena Series break58,065
22Lecce Series break57,259
23Caserta Series break52,230
24Perugia Series break50,742
25Cuneo Series break46,283
26Bolzano-Bozen Series break45,010
27Como Series break44,757
28Cosenza Series break41,929
29Reggio nell’Emilia Series break41,126
30Trento Series break40,858
31Messina Series break39,822
32Udine Series break38,418
33Latina Series break38,334
34Pavia Series break37,001
35Parma Series break36,379
36Foggia Series break36,296
37Sassari Series break35,830
38Ancona Series break35,374
39Pisa Series break34,645
40Rimini Series break34,579
41Lucca Series break34,204
42Forlì-Cesena Series break32,921
43Cagliari Series break32,893
44Frosinone Series break31,964
45Taranto Series break30,961
46Pesaro e Urbino Series break30,384
47Reggio Calabria Series break29,381
48Mantova Series break29,030
49Alessandria Series break29,003
50Ravenna Series break28,917
51Prato Series break28,263
52Arezzo Series break27,717
53Macerata Series break27,394
54Avellino Series break26,804
55Pescara Series break26,731
56Chieti Series break26,303
57Novara Series break25,775
58Barletta-Andria-Trani Series break25,751
59Lecco Series break25,278
60Livorno Series break25,258
61Trapani Series break25,169
62Pistoia Series break24,451
63Teramo Series break24,028
64Savona Series break23,816
65Brindisi Series break23,697
66Ferrara Series break23,668
67Cremona Series break23,521
68Potenza Series break23,489
69Agrigento Series break22,771
70Catanzaro Series break22,232
71Piacenza Series break22,099
72Viterbo Series break21,995
73Siena Series break21,541
74L’Aquila Series break21,423
75Siracusa Series break21,111
76Pordenone Series break21,108
77Ragusa Series break20,613
78Benevento Series break18,583
79Ascoli Piceno Series break17,466
80Grosseto Series break17,420
81Sud Sardegna Series break17,282
82Imperia Series break16,995
83La Spezia Series break16,361
84Rovigo Series break16,229
85Terni Series break16,001
86Massa-Carrara Series break15,753
87Fermo Series break15,675
88Asti Series break15,454
89Trieste Series break14,907
90Campobasso Series break14,875
91Belluno Series break13,785
92Lodi Series break13,611
93Caltanissetta Series break13,346
94Nuoro Series break13,270
95Sondrio Series break13,209
96Biella Series break12,673
97Matera Series break12,003
98Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Series break11,514
99Vercelli Series break11,283
100Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break11,004
101Rieti Series break9,369
102Oristano Series break9,187
103Vibo Valentia Series break9,163
104Crotone Series break8,969
105Enna Series break8,540
106Gorizia Series break8,060
107Isernia Series break6,233

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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 Italy by active enterprises, 2021) [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 Italy by active enterprises, 2021. 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/italy-provinces?period=2021. 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). NUTS 3 areas of Italy by active enterprises, 2021. 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/italy-provinces?period=2021.

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 Italy by active enterprises, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/italy-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which area has the highest active enterprises?

Roma, with 350,861 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest active enterprises?

Isernia, with 6,233 in 2021.

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.

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