# NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands by active enterprises, 2023

All 40 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/netherlands-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Groot-Amsterdam | 276,005 |
| 2 | Utrecht | 200,842 |
| 3 | Groot-Rijnmond | 199,554 |
| 4 | Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage | 134,746 |
| 5 | Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant | 98,694 |
| 6 | Arnhem/Nijmegen | 93,689 |
| 7 | Noordoost-Noord-Brabant | 88,588 |
| 8 | Veluwe | 85,872 |
| 9 | West-Noord-Brabant | 79,951 |
| 10 | Twente | 65,341 |
| 11 | Midden-Noord-Brabant | 61,820 |
| 12 | Zuid-Limburg | 58,654 |
| 13 | Flevoland | 56,001 |
| 14 | Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek | 53,473 |
| 15 | Overig Groningen | 45,807 |
| 16 | Kop van Noord-Holland | 45,038 |
| 17 | Achterhoek | 44,580 |
| 18 | Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland | 44,531 |
| 19 | Oost-Zuid-Holland | 42,109 |
| 20 | Het Gooi en Vechtstreek | 42,088 |
| 21 | Noord-Overijssel | 41,233 |
| 22 | Agglomeratie Haarlem | 38,640 |
| 23 | Noord-Friesland | 35,353 |
| 24 | Zuidwest-Gelderland | 33,565 |
| 25 | Alkmaar en omgeving | 33,304 |
| 26 | Overig Zeeland | 32,332 |
| 27 | Delft en Westland | 30,757 |
| 28 | Noord-Limburg | 29,303 |
| 29 | Midden-Limburg | 26,705 |
| 30 | IJmond | 24,427 |
| 31 | Zaanstreek | 23,450 |
| 32 | Zuidoost-Friesland | 20,392 |
| 33 | Noord-Drenthe | 20,102 |
| 34 | Zuidwest-Friesland | 17,417 |
| 35 | Zuidwest-Overijssel | 17,211 |
| 36 | Zuidoost-Drenthe | 16,308 |
| 37 | Zuidwest-Drenthe | 14,524 |
| 38 | Oost-Groningen | 11,850 |
| 39 | Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen | 10,017 |
| 40 | Delfzijl en omgeving | 3,537 |