# Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2) by enterprise birth rate, 2023

All 12 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-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Flevoland | 11.03 |
| 2 | Zuid-Holland | 10.6 |
| 3 | Noord-Holland | 9.8 |
| 4 | Groningen | 9.25 |
| 5 | Utrecht | 9.24 |
| 6 | Overijssel | 8.94 |
| 7 | Noord-Brabant | 8.76 |
| 8 | Gelderland | 8.59 |
| 9 | Limburg (NL) | 8.45 |
| 10 | Zeeland | 8.3 |
| 11 | Friesland (NL) | 7.89 |
| 12 | Drenthe | 7.63 |