NUTS 3 areas of Sweden by active enterprises, 2023

Stockholms län had the highest active enterprises of 21 areas in 2023, at 266,443. Gotlands län had the lowest, at 6,233. The median was 19,424 and the figure for Sweden was 860,890. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest266,443Stockholms län

Lowest6,233Gotlands län

Median19,42421 areas

Sweden860,890History

All areas, 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	Areas	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Stockholms län	266,443	+1.6%
2	Västra Götalands län	137,863	+3.5%
3	Skåne län	112,972	+3.9%
4	Uppsala län	29,793	+3.9%
5	Östergötlands län	29,713	+3.6%
6	Hallands län	29,183	+4.2%
7	Jönköpings län	23,912	+3.9%
8	Dalarnas län	23,025	+6.6%
9	Örebro län	20,055	+3%
10	Södermanlands län	19,863	+3.5%
11	Värmlands län	19,424	+3.6%
12	Gävleborgs län	19,051	+2.5%
13	Västerbottens län	18,721	+4.2%
14	Norrbottens län	17,898	+3.6%
15	Västmanlands län	17,669	+2.6%
16	Västernorrlands län	16,894	+3.5%
17	Kalmar län	16,437	+3.5%
18	Kronobergs län	13,507	+3.3%
19	Jämtlands län	12,856	+3.8%
20	Blekinge län	9,541	+3.5%
21	Gotlands län	6,233	+3.1%

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 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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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 Sweden 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), NUTS 3 areas of Sweden 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/sweden-provinces. 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 Sweden 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/sweden-provinces.

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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), NUTS 3 areas of Sweden 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/sweden-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which area has the highest active enterprises?

Stockholms län, with 266,443 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest active enterprises?

Gotlands län, with 6,233 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.