NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise birth rate, 2023

Burgas had the highest enterprise birth rate of 28 areas in 2023, at 12.03%. Smolyan had the lowest, at 9%. The median was 10.37% and the figure for Bulgaria was 10.72%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12.03Burgas

Lowest9Smolyan

Median10.3728 areas

Bulgaria10.72History

All areas, 2023

%. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Burgas	12.03	+0.18 pts
2	Varna	11.65	+0.54 pts
3	Razgrad	11.09	+1.49 pts
4	Sofia (stolitsa)	10.93	+0.27 pts
5	Sofia	10.85	+1.52 pts
6	Blagoevgrad	10.75	+0.76 pts
6	Pernik	10.75	+0.71 pts
8	Sliven	10.74	+1.16 pts
9	Plovdiv	10.63	+0.97 pts
10	Kardzhali	10.61	+1.54 pts
10	Montana	10.61	+1.26 pts
12	Veliko Tarnovo	10.52	+1.53 pts
13	Vratsa	10.4	+1.33 pts
14	Yambol	10.39	+0.86 pts
15	Pleven	10.34	+0.1 pts
16	Ruse	10.2	+0.81 pts
17	Shumen	10.18	+1.59 pts
18	Targovishte	10.16	+1.05 pts
19	Gabrovo	10.15	+1.7 pts
20	Kyustendil	10.1	+0.06 pts
21	Dobrich	10.09	+1.26 pts
22	Vidin	9.95	+0.66 pts
23	Silistra	9.93	+2.03 pts
24	Haskovo	9.92	+1.42 pts
25	Lovech	9.53	+1.39 pts
26	Stara Zagora	9.49	+0.77 pts
27	Pazardzhik	9.47	+1.06 pts
28	Smolyan	9	+1.4 pts

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Enterprise births in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A birth is a new enterprise created from scratch, not by a merger, break-up or reactivation.

Eurostat and OECD harmonised business demography. Not comparable with establishment_entry_rate, which counts new locations of US businesses, including branches of existing firms.

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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r) (NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise birth rate, 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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise birth rate, 2023. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-birth-rate/bulgaria-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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise birth rate, 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/enterprise-birth-rate/bulgaria-provinces.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise birth rate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-birth-rate/bulgaria-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd\_size\_r): NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise birth rate, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-birth-rate/bulgaria-provinces. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd\_size\_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd\_size\_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which area has the highest enterprise birth rate?

Burgas, with 12.03% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise birth rate?

Smolyan, with 9% 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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.