# Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by active enterprises, 2023

All 21 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/italy-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lombardia | 862,359 |
| 2 | Lazio | 473,293 |
| 3 | Veneto | 403,644 |
| 4 | Campania | 378,144 |
| 5 | Emilia-Romagna | 374,319 |
| 6 | Piemonte | 336,006 |
| 7 | Toscana | 329,755 |
| 8 | Sicilia | 293,297 |
| 9 | Puglia | 268,635 |
| 10 | Marche | 128,099 |
| 11 | Liguria | 127,678 |
| 12 | Calabria | 116,001 |
| 13 | Sardegna | 111,802 |
| 14 | Abruzzo | 101,173 |
| 15 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 85,074 |
| 16 | Umbria | 68,606 |
| 17 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 46,847 |
| 18 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 42,621 |
| 19 | Basilicata | 36,679 |
| 20 | Molise | 21,418 |
| 21 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 11,436 |