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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise birth rate

Caserta had the highest enterprise birth rate of 107 areas in 2022, at 10.53%. Belluno had the lowest, at 5.48%. The median was 7.36% and the figure for Italy was 7.9%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest10.53Caserta
Lowest5.48Belluno
Median7.36107 areas
Italy7.9History

Top 40 areas, 2022

Caserta: 10.53 %Caserta10.53Roma: 10.06 %Roma10.06Crotone: 9.84 %Crotone9.84Napoli: 9.83 %Napoli9.83Palermo: 9.6 %Palermo9.6Vibo Valentia: 9.56 %Vibo Valentia9.56Catania: 9.27 %Catania9.27Reggio Calabria: 9.25 %Reggio Calabria9.25Cosenza: 9.06 %Cosenza9.06Siracusa: 9.06 %Siracusa9.06Catanzaro: 9.02 %Catanzaro9.02Frosinone: 8.98 %Frosinone8.98Rieti: 8.94 %Rieti8.94Caltanissetta: 8.88 %Caltanissetta8.88Milano: 8.85 %Milano8.85Agrigento: 8.76 %Agrigento8.76Trieste: 8.64 %Trieste8.64Salerno: 8.62 %Salerno8.62Sassari: 8.58 %Sassari8.58Trapani: 8.54 %Trapani8.54Brindisi: 8.53 %Brindisi8.53Latina: 8.52 %Latina8.52Ragusa: 8.46 %Ragusa8.46Benevento: 8.36 %Benevento8.36Lecce: 8.33 %Lecce8.33Cagliari: 8.32 %Cagliari8.32Avellino: 8.31 %Avellino8.31Viterbo: 8.31 %Viterbo8.31Taranto: 8.3 %Taranto8.3L’Aquila: 8.28 %L’Aquila8.28Pescara: 8.28 %Pescara8.28Messina: 8.25 %Messina8.25Isernia: 8.12 %Isernia8.12Nuoro: 8.04 %Nuoro8.04Monza e della Brianza: 8.01 %Monza e della Brianza8.01Pavia: 8.01 %Pavia8.01Imperia: 7.98 %Imperia7.98Firenze: 7.96 %Firenze7.96Torino: 7.96 %Torino7.96Foggia: 7.92 %Foggia7.92Caserta: 10.53 %Caserta10.53Roma: 10.06 %Roma10.06Crotone: 9.84 %Crotone9.84Napoli: 9.83 %Napoli9.83Palermo: 9.6 %Palermo9.6Vibo Valentia: 9.56 %Vibo Valentia9.56Catania: 9.27 %Catania9.27Reggio Calabria: 9.25 %Reggio Calabria9.25Cosenza: 9.06 %Cosenza9.06Siracusa: 9.06 %Siracusa9.06Catanzaro: 9.02 %Catanzaro9.02Frosinone: 8.98 %Frosinone8.98Rieti: 8.94 %Rieti8.94Caltanissetta: 8.88 %Caltanissetta8.88Milano: 8.85 %Milano8.85Agrigento: 8.76 %Agrigento8.76Trieste: 8.64 %Trieste8.64Salerno: 8.62 %Salerno8.62Sassari: 8.58 %Sassari8.58Trapani: 8.54 %Trapani8.54Brindisi: 8.53 %Brindisi8.53Latina: 8.52 %Latina8.52Ragusa: 8.46 %Ragusa8.46Benevento: 8.36 %Benevento8.36Lecce: 8.33 %Lecce8.33Cagliari: 8.32 %Cagliari8.32Avellino: 8.31 %Avellino8.31Viterbo: 8.31 %Viterbo8.31Taranto: 8.3 %Taranto8.3L’Aquila: 8.28 %L’Aquila8.28Pescara: 8.28 %Pescara8.28Messina: 8.25 %Messina8.25Isernia: 8.12 %Isernia8.12Nuoro: 8.04 %Nuoro8.04Monza e della Brianza: 8.01 %Monza e della Brianza8.01Pavia: 8.01 %Pavia8.01Imperia: 7.98 %Imperia7.98Firenze: 7.96 %Firenze7.96Torino: 7.96 %Torino7.96Foggia: 7.92 %Foggia7.92
%. 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

RankAreas2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Caserta10.53-0.98 pts
2Roma10.06+0.18 pts
3Crotone9.84-0.77 pts
4Napoli9.83-0.16 pts
5Palermo9.6-0.37 pts
6Vibo Valentia9.56-0.27 pts
7Catania9.27-0.65 pts
8Reggio Calabria9.25-1.14 pts
9Cosenza9.06-0.22 pts
9Siracusa9.06-1.19 pts
11Catanzaro9.02-0.59 pts
12Frosinone8.98-0.21 pts
13Rieti8.94-0.46 pts
14Caltanissetta8.88-1.18 pts
15Milano8.85+0.41 pts
16Agrigento8.76-0.22 pts
17Trieste8.64-0.06 pts
18Salerno8.62-0.12 pts
19Sassari8.58-0.43 pts
20Trapani8.54-0.72 pts
21Brindisi8.53+0.13 pts
22Latina8.52-0.92 pts
23Ragusa8.46-1.01 pts
24Benevento8.36-0.86 pts
25Lecce8.33-1.1 pts
26Cagliari8.32-0.78 pts
27Avellino8.31-0.69 pts
27Viterbo8.31-0.48 pts
29Taranto8.3-0.39 pts
30L’Aquila8.28-0.22 pts
30Pescara8.28-0.08 pts
32Messina8.25-1.42 pts
33Isernia8.12-0.66 pts
34Nuoro8.040 pts
35Monza e della Brianza8.01+0.24 pts
35Pavia8.01+0.28 pts
37Imperia7.98+0.72 pts
38Firenze7.96+0.65 pts
38Torino7.96-0.41 pts
40Foggia7.92-0.58 pts
41Enna7.78-2.41 pts
42Pisa7.74-0.42 pts
43Lodi7.68+0.13 pts
44Gorizia7.64-0.51 pts
45Pistoia7.61+0.09 pts
46Chieti7.58-0.12 pts
47Matera7.5+0.14 pts
48Varese7.49-0.09 pts
49Terni7.48-0.51 pts
50Genova7.45-0.42 pts
51Venezia7.43+0.7 pts
52La Spezia7.39-0.12 pts
53Teramo7.38-0.77 pts
54Campobasso7.36-0.74 pts
55Sud Sardegna7.34-1.04 pts
56Como7.33+0.02 pts
56Prato7.330 pts
58Bari7.28-0.69 pts
59Reggio nell’Emilia7.26+0.07 pts
60Potenza7.24-1.11 pts
61Bologna7.22+0.11 pts
61Lucca7.22-0.07 pts
63Asti7.18+0.08 pts
64Massa-Carrara7.16-0.61 pts
65Alessandria7.11-0.09 pts
66Perugia7.09-0.11 pts
66Verona7.09-0.08 pts
68Novara7.07-0.6 pts
69Modena7.02-0.09 pts
70Siena7+0.26 pts
71Livorno6.94-0.72 pts
72Vercelli6.9+0.48 pts
73Barletta-Andria-Trani6.87-0.02 pts
74Ferrara6.85+0.2 pts
75Brescia6.79-0.03 pts
76Parma6.76-0.44 pts
77Bergamo6.72-0.12 pts
78Ravenna6.71+0.33 pts
79Grosseto6.69-0.53 pts
80Lecco6.66-0.07 pts
80Oristano6.66-0.42 pts
82Ancona6.64-0.3 pts
83Padova6.63-0.09 pts
84Savona6.62-0.14 pts
84Trento6.62-0.11 pts
86Treviso6.58-0.02 pts
87Ascoli Piceno6.51-0.89 pts
88Rimini6.5-0.65 pts
89Piacenza6.49-0.11 pts
90Macerata6.47-0.26 pts
91Udine6.46-0.07 pts
92Arezzo6.44-0.28 pts
93Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste6.42-0.16 pts
94Biella6.28-0.15 pts
95Cremona6.27-0.48 pts
96Rovigo6.23-0.07 pts
97Pesaro e Urbino6.21-0.64 pts
97Pordenone6.21-0.08 pts
99Bolzano-Bozen6.2+0.39 pts
100Cuneo6.16-0.25 pts
101Forlì-Cesena6.15-0.43 pts
102Fermo6.06-0.74 pts
103Mantova6.05-0.44 pts
104Verbano-Cusio-Ossola6.04+0.01 pts
105Vicenza5.84-0.35 pts
106Sondrio5.83+0.03 pts
107Belluno5.48-0.16 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (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, 2022}},
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Caserta, with 10.53% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Belluno, with 5.48% in 2022.

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