# Autonomous communities of Spain by active enterprises, 2023

All 19 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/spain-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Catalonia | 648,982 |
| 2 | Andalusia | 574,769 |
| 3 | Community of Madrid | 553,293 |
| 4 | Valencian Community | 391,856 |
| 5 | Galicia | 197,228 |
| 6 | Canary Islands | 154,861 |
| 7 | Castile and León | 154,740 |
| 8 | Basque Country | 144,812 |
| 9 | Castilla-La Mancha | 132,398 |
| 10 | Balearic Islands | 109,660 |
| 11 | Region of Murcia | 99,842 |
| 12 | Aragon | 88,965 |
| 13 | Asturias | 68,999 |
| 14 | Extremadura | 67,910 |
| 15 | Navarre | 43,783 |
| 16 | Cantabria | 40,384 |
| 17 | La Rioja | 22,502 |
| 18 | Melilla | 4,751 |
| 19 | Ceuta | 3,550 |