# NUTS 3 areas of Ireland by enterprise birth rate, 2023

All 8 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_birth_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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) (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, 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-birth-rate/ireland-provinces

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dublin | 13.02 |
| 2 | Mid-East | 12.29 |
| 3 | Midland | 11.49 |
| 4 | Border | 10.72 |
| 5 | South-East | 10.57 |
| 5 | West | 10.57 |
| 7 | South-West | 10.54 |
| 8 | Mid-West | 10.3 |