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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise birth rate, 2023

Caserta had the highest enterprise birth rate of 107 areas in 2023, at 10.27%. Sondrio had the lowest, at 5.55%. The median was 7.25% and the figure for Italy was 7.78%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest10.27Caserta
Lowest5.55Sondrio
Median7.25107 areas
Italy7.78History

Top 40 areas, 2023

Caserta: 10.27 %Caserta10.27Crotone: 10 %Crotone10Napoli: 9.85 %Napoli9.85Roma: 9.55 %Roma9.55Palermo: 9.33 %Palermo9.33Vibo Valentia: 9.33 %Vibo Valentia9.33Reggio Calabria: 9.14 %Reggio Calabria9.14Trieste: 9.09 %Trieste9.09Siracusa: 9.08 %Siracusa9.08Catania: 9.03 %Catania9.03Catanzaro: 8.9 %Catanzaro8.9Milano: 8.84 %Milano8.84Cosenza: 8.54 %Cosenza8.54Caltanissetta: 8.51 %Caltanissetta8.51Latina: 8.5 %Latina8.5Brindisi: 8.37 %Brindisi8.37Cagliari: 8.34 %Cagliari8.34Salerno: 8.34 %Salerno8.34Frosinone: 8.29 %Frosinone8.29Taranto: 8.27 %Taranto8.27Sassari: 8.17 %Sassari8.17Rieti: 8.12 %Rieti8.12Lecce: 8.08 %Lecce8.08Benevento: 8.05 %Benevento8.05Agrigento: 8.02 %Agrigento8.02Matera: 7.98 %Matera7.98Avellino: 7.97 %Avellino7.97Gorizia: 7.97 %Gorizia7.97Torino: 7.94 %Torino7.94Messina: 7.89 %Messina7.89Foggia: 7.86 %Foggia7.86Trapani: 7.84 %Trapani7.84Imperia: 7.81 %Imperia7.81Pescara: 7.8 %Pescara7.8Isernia: 7.79 %Isernia7.79Ragusa: 7.79 %Ragusa7.79Campobasso: 7.77 %Campobasso7.77Lodi: 7.67 %Lodi7.67Pavia: 7.65 %Pavia7.65Monza e della Brianza: 7.64 %Monza e della Brianza7.64Caserta: 10.27 %Caserta10.27Crotone: 10 %Crotone10Napoli: 9.85 %Napoli9.85Roma: 9.55 %Roma9.55Palermo: 9.33 %Palermo9.33Vibo Valentia: 9.33 %Vibo Valentia9.33Reggio Calabria: 9.14 %Reggio Calabria9.14Trieste: 9.09 %Trieste9.09Siracusa: 9.08 %Siracusa9.08Catania: 9.03 %Catania9.03Catanzaro: 8.9 %Catanzaro8.9Milano: 8.84 %Milano8.84Cosenza: 8.54 %Cosenza8.54Caltanissetta: 8.51 %Caltanissetta8.51Latina: 8.5 %Latina8.5Brindisi: 8.37 %Brindisi8.37Cagliari: 8.34 %Cagliari8.34Salerno: 8.34 %Salerno8.34Frosinone: 8.29 %Frosinone8.29Taranto: 8.27 %Taranto8.27Sassari: 8.17 %Sassari8.17Rieti: 8.12 %Rieti8.12Lecce: 8.08 %Lecce8.08Benevento: 8.05 %Benevento8.05Agrigento: 8.02 %Agrigento8.02Matera: 7.98 %Matera7.98Avellino: 7.97 %Avellino7.97Gorizia: 7.97 %Gorizia7.97Torino: 7.94 %Torino7.94Messina: 7.89 %Messina7.89Foggia: 7.86 %Foggia7.86Trapani: 7.84 %Trapani7.84Imperia: 7.81 %Imperia7.81Pescara: 7.8 %Pescara7.8Isernia: 7.79 %Isernia7.79Ragusa: 7.79 %Ragusa7.79Campobasso: 7.77 %Campobasso7.77Lodi: 7.67 %Lodi7.67Pavia: 7.65 %Pavia7.65Monza e della Brianza: 7.64 %Monza e della Brianza7.64
%. 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

RankAreas2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Caserta10.27-0.26 pts
2Crotone10+0.16 pts
3Napoli9.85+0.02 pts
4Roma9.55-0.51 pts
5Palermo9.33-0.27 pts
5Vibo Valentia9.33-0.23 pts
7Reggio Calabria9.14-0.11 pts
8Trieste9.09+0.45 pts
9Siracusa9.08+0.02 pts
10Catania9.03-0.24 pts
11Catanzaro8.9-0.12 pts
12Milano8.84-0.01 pts
13Cosenza8.54-0.52 pts
14Caltanissetta8.51-0.37 pts
15Latina8.5-0.02 pts
16Brindisi8.37-0.16 pts
17Cagliari8.34+0.02 pts
17Salerno8.34-0.28 pts
19Frosinone8.29-0.69 pts
20Taranto8.27-0.03 pts
21Sassari8.17-0.41 pts
22Rieti8.12-0.82 pts
23Lecce8.08-0.25 pts
24Benevento8.05-0.31 pts
25Agrigento8.02-0.74 pts
26Matera7.98+0.48 pts
27Avellino7.97-0.34 pts
27Gorizia7.97+0.33 pts
29Torino7.94-0.02 pts
30Messina7.89-0.36 pts
31Foggia7.86-0.06 pts
32Trapani7.84-0.7 pts
33Imperia7.81-0.17 pts
34Pescara7.8-0.48 pts
35Isernia7.79-0.33 pts
35Ragusa7.79-0.67 pts
37Campobasso7.77+0.41 pts
38Lodi7.67-0.01 pts
39Pavia7.65-0.36 pts
40Monza e della Brianza7.64-0.37 pts
41L’Aquila7.62-0.66 pts
42Chieti7.57-0.01 pts
42Firenze7.57-0.39 pts
44Reggio nell’Emilia7.43+0.17 pts
45Como7.4+0.07 pts
46Bologna7.39+0.17 pts
46La Spezia7.390 pts
46Viterbo7.39-0.92 pts
49Nuoro7.34-0.7 pts
50Genova7.33-0.12 pts
51Varese7.3-0.19 pts
52Verona7.28+0.19 pts
53Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste7.26+0.84 pts
54Potenza7.25+0.01 pts
55Enna7.24-0.54 pts
56Bari7.23-0.05 pts
56Massa-Carrara7.23+0.07 pts
56Teramo7.23-0.15 pts
59Pisa7.22-0.52 pts
59Prato7.22-0.11 pts
61Venezia7.19-0.24 pts
62Sud Sardegna7.14-0.2 pts
63Perugia7.13+0.04 pts
64Terni7.11-0.37 pts
65Novara7.1+0.03 pts
66Modena6.99-0.03 pts
66Trento6.99+0.37 pts
68Alessandria6.97-0.14 pts
68Ferrara6.97+0.12 pts
70Piacenza6.96+0.47 pts
71Parma6.93+0.17 pts
72Brescia6.88+0.09 pts
73Livorno6.85-0.09 pts
74Lecco6.83+0.17 pts
75Barletta-Andria-Trani6.79-0.08 pts
76Ascoli Piceno6.77+0.26 pts
76Fermo6.77+0.71 pts
78Asti6.76-0.42 pts
78Bergamo6.76+0.04 pts
80Padova6.73+0.1 pts
80Pistoia6.73-0.88 pts
80Treviso6.73+0.15 pts
83Ravenna6.72+0.01 pts
84Oristano6.69+0.03 pts
85Ancona6.63-0.01 pts
85Lucca6.63-0.59 pts
87Arezzo6.6+0.16 pts
88Vercelli6.59-0.31 pts
89Cremona6.57+0.3 pts
90Siena6.56-0.44 pts
91Rimini6.48-0.02 pts
91Udine6.48+0.02 pts
93Grosseto6.46-0.23 pts
93Savona6.46-0.16 pts
95Macerata6.39-0.08 pts
96Forlì-Cesena6.36+0.21 pts
97Mantova6.35+0.3 pts
97Verbano-Cusio-Ossola6.35+0.31 pts
99Biella6.34+0.06 pts
100Bolzano-Bozen6.21+0.01 pts
101Pordenone6.14-0.07 pts
102Cuneo6.04-0.12 pts
103Vicenza5.92+0.08 pts
104Pesaro e Urbino5.88-0.33 pts
105Belluno5.81+0.33 pts
106Rovigo5.74-0.49 pts
107Sondrio5.55-0.28 pts

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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.

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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 Italy 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 Italy 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/italy-provinces. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 Italy 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/italy-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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  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 Italy 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},
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Which area has the highest enterprise birth rate?

Caserta, with 10.27% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Sondrio, with 5.55% in 2023.

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