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

All 40 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/netherlands-provinces

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage | 11.49 |
| 2 | Groot-Rijnmond | 11.22 |
| 3 | Flevoland | 11.03 |
| 4 | Zaanstreek | 10.64 |
| 5 | Groot-Amsterdam | 10.56 |
| 6 | Delft en Westland | 9.88 |
| 7 | Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland | 9.7 |
| 8 | Overig Groningen | 9.58 |
| 9 | Arnhem/Nijmegen | 9.48 |
| 10 | Zuidwest-Overijssel | 9.36 |
| 11 | Utrecht | 9.24 |
| 12 | IJmond | 9.23 |
| 13 | Delfzijl en omgeving | 9.22 |
| 14 | Twente | 9.11 |
| 15 | Agglomeratie Haarlem | 9.02 |
| 16 | Midden-Noord-Brabant | 8.99 |
| 17 | Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek | 8.84 |
| 18 | West-Noord-Brabant | 8.79 |
| 19 | Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant | 8.69 |
| 20 | Midden-Limburg | 8.65 |
| 21 | Noordoost-Noord-Brabant | 8.64 |
| 22 | Noord-Friesland | 8.61 |
| 23 | Oost-Zuid-Holland | 8.57 |
| 24 | Noord-Overijssel | 8.51 |
| 25 | Alkmaar en omgeving | 8.49 |
| 26 | Veluwe | 8.48 |
| 27 | Zuid-Limburg | 8.44 |
| 28 | Kop van Noord-Holland | 8.37 |
| 29 | Overig Zeeland | 8.35 |
| 30 | Noord-Limburg | 8.29 |
| 31 | Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen | 8.12 |
| 32 | Oost-Groningen | 7.98 |
| 33 | Het Gooi en Vechtstreek | 7.97 |
| 34 | Zuidwest-Gelderland | 7.95 |
| 35 | Zuidoost-Drenthe | 7.87 |
| 36 | Noord-Drenthe | 7.62 |
| 37 | Achterhoek | 7.39 |
| 38 | Zuidoost-Friesland | 7.37 |
| 38 | Zuidwest-Drenthe | 7.37 |
| 40 | Zuidwest-Friesland | 7.04 |