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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise birth rate

Caserta had the highest enterprise birth rate of 107 areas in 2021, at 11.51%. Belluno had the lowest, at 5.64%. The median was 7.55% and the figure for Italy was 8.07%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest11.51Caserta
Lowest5.64Belluno
Median7.55107 areas
Italy8.07History

Top 40 areas, 2021

Caserta: 11.51 %Caserta11.51Crotone: 10.61 %Crotone10.61Reggio Calabria: 10.39 %Reggio Calabria10.39Siracusa: 10.25 %Siracusa10.25Enna: 10.19 %Enna10.19Caltanissetta: 10.06 %Caltanissetta10.06Napoli: 9.99 %Napoli9.99Palermo: 9.97 %Palermo9.97Catania: 9.92 %Catania9.92Roma: 9.88 %Roma9.88Vibo Valentia: 9.83 %Vibo Valentia9.83Messina: 9.67 %Messina9.67Catanzaro: 9.61 %Catanzaro9.61Ragusa: 9.47 %Ragusa9.47Latina: 9.44 %Latina9.44Lecce: 9.43 %Lecce9.43Rieti: 9.4 %Rieti9.4Cosenza: 9.28 %Cosenza9.28Trapani: 9.26 %Trapani9.26Benevento: 9.22 %Benevento9.22Frosinone: 9.19 %Frosinone9.19Cagliari: 9.1 %Cagliari9.1Sassari: 9.01 %Sassari9.01Avellino: 9 %Avellino9Agrigento: 8.98 %Agrigento8.98Viterbo: 8.79 %Viterbo8.79Isernia: 8.78 %Isernia8.78Salerno: 8.74 %Salerno8.74Trieste: 8.7 %Trieste8.7Taranto: 8.69 %Taranto8.69Foggia: 8.5 %Foggia8.5L’Aquila: 8.5 %L’Aquila8.5Milano: 8.44 %Milano8.44Brindisi: 8.4 %Brindisi8.4Sud Sardegna: 8.38 %Sud Sardegna8.38Torino: 8.37 %Torino8.37Pescara: 8.36 %Pescara8.36Potenza: 8.35 %Potenza8.35Pisa: 8.16 %Pisa8.16Gorizia: 8.15 %Gorizia8.15Caserta: 11.51 %Caserta11.51Crotone: 10.61 %Crotone10.61Reggio Calabria: 10.39 %Reggio Calabria10.39Siracusa: 10.25 %Siracusa10.25Enna: 10.19 %Enna10.19Caltanissetta: 10.06 %Caltanissetta10.06Napoli: 9.99 %Napoli9.99Palermo: 9.97 %Palermo9.97Catania: 9.92 %Catania9.92Roma: 9.88 %Roma9.88Vibo Valentia: 9.83 %Vibo Valentia9.83Messina: 9.67 %Messina9.67Catanzaro: 9.61 %Catanzaro9.61Ragusa: 9.47 %Ragusa9.47Latina: 9.44 %Latina9.44Lecce: 9.43 %Lecce9.43Rieti: 9.4 %Rieti9.4Cosenza: 9.28 %Cosenza9.28Trapani: 9.26 %Trapani9.26Benevento: 9.22 %Benevento9.22Frosinone: 9.19 %Frosinone9.19Cagliari: 9.1 %Cagliari9.1Sassari: 9.01 %Sassari9.01Avellino: 9 %Avellino9Agrigento: 8.98 %Agrigento8.98Viterbo: 8.79 %Viterbo8.79Isernia: 8.78 %Isernia8.78Salerno: 8.74 %Salerno8.74Trieste: 8.7 %Trieste8.7Taranto: 8.69 %Taranto8.69Foggia: 8.5 %Foggia8.5L’Aquila: 8.5 %L’Aquila8.5Milano: 8.44 %Milano8.44Brindisi: 8.4 %Brindisi8.4Sud Sardegna: 8.38 %Sud Sardegna8.38Torino: 8.37 %Torino8.37Pescara: 8.36 %Pescara8.36Potenza: 8.35 %Potenza8.35Pisa: 8.16 %Pisa8.16Gorizia: 8.15 %Gorizia8.15
%. 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

RankAreas2021 (%)
1Caserta Series break11.51
2Crotone Series break10.61
3Reggio Calabria Series break10.39
4Siracusa Series break10.25
5Enna Series break10.19
6Caltanissetta Series break10.06
7Napoli Series break9.99
8Palermo Series break9.97
9Catania Series break9.92
10Roma Series break9.88
11Vibo Valentia Series break9.83
12Messina Series break9.67
13Catanzaro Series break9.61
14Ragusa Series break9.47
15Latina Series break9.44
16Lecce Series break9.43
17Rieti Series break9.4
18Cosenza Series break9.28
19Trapani Series break9.26
20Benevento Series break9.22
21Frosinone Series break9.19
22Cagliari Series break9.1
23Sassari Series break9.01
24Avellino Series break9
25Agrigento Series break8.98
26Viterbo Series break8.79
27Isernia Series break8.78
28Salerno Series break8.74
29Trieste Series break8.7
30Taranto Series break8.69
31Foggia Series break8.5
31L’Aquila Series break8.5
33Milano Series break8.44
34Brindisi Series break8.4
35Sud Sardegna Series break8.38
36Torino Series break8.37
37Pescara Series break8.36
38Potenza Series break8.35
39Pisa Series break8.16
40Gorizia Series break8.15
40Teramo Series break8.15
42Campobasso Series break8.1
43Nuoro Series break8.04
44Terni Series break7.99
45Bari Series break7.97
46Genova Series break7.87
47Massa-Carrara Series break7.77
47Monza e della Brianza Series break7.77
49Pavia Series break7.73
50Chieti Series break7.7
51Novara Series break7.67
52Livorno Series break7.66
53Varese Series break7.58
54Lodi Series break7.55
55Pistoia Series break7.52
56La Spezia Series break7.51
57Ascoli Piceno Series break7.4
58Matera Series break7.36
59Prato Series break7.33
60Como Series break7.31
60Firenze Series break7.31
62Lucca Series break7.29
63Imperia Series break7.26
64Grosseto Series break7.22
65Alessandria Series break7.2
65Parma Series break7.2
65Perugia Series break7.2
68Reggio nell’Emilia Series break7.19
69Verona Series break7.17
70Rimini Series break7.15
71Bologna Series break7.11
71Modena Series break7.11
73Asti Series break7.1
74Oristano Series break7.08
75Ancona Series break6.94
76Barletta-Andria-Trani Series break6.89
77Pesaro e Urbino Series break6.85
78Bergamo Series break6.84
79Brescia Series break6.82
80Fermo Series break6.8
81Savona Series break6.76
82Cremona Series break6.75
83Siena Series break6.74
84Lecco Series break6.73
84Macerata Series break6.73
84Trento Series break6.73
84Venezia Series break6.73
88Arezzo Series break6.72
88Padova Series break6.72
90Ferrara Series break6.65
91Piacenza Series break6.6
91Treviso Series break6.6
93Forlì-Cesena Series break6.58
93Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break6.58
95Udine Series break6.53
96Mantova Series break6.49
97Biella Series break6.43
98Vercelli Series break6.42
99Cuneo Series break6.41
100Ravenna Series break6.38
101Rovigo Series break6.3
102Pordenone Series break6.29
103Vicenza Series break6.19
104Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Series break6.03
105Bolzano-Bozen Series break5.81
106Sondrio Series break5.8
107Belluno Series break5.64

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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.

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 Italy by enterprise birth rate, 2021) [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, 2021. 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?period=2021. 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, 2021. 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?period=2021.

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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, 2021 [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?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which area has the highest enterprise birth rate?

Caserta, with 11.51% in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise birth rate?

Belluno, with 5.64% in 2021.

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.

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