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

All 26 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/portugal-provinces

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Península de Setúbal | 20.7 |
| 2 | Algarve | 18.69 |
| 3 | Grande Lisboa | 18.61 |
| 4 | Área Metropolitana do Porto | 17.79 |
| 5 | Alentejo Litoral | 17.5 |
| 6 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 17.23 |
| 7 | Oeste | 16.08 |
| 8 | Lezíria do Tejo | 15.95 |
| 9 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 15.78 |
| 10 | Região de Aveiro | 15.25 |
| 11 | Região de Coimbra | 15.22 |
| 12 | Cávado | 15.09 |
| 13 | Baixo Alentejo | 14.56 |
| 14 | Região de Leiria | 14.21 |
| 15 | Alto Minho | 14.13 |
| 16 | Viseu Dão Lafões | 14.07 |
| 17 | Médio Tejo | 13.93 |
| 18 | Alentejo Central | 13.45 |
| 19 | Alto Alentejo | 13.43 |
| 20 | Ave | 13.32 |
| 21 | Beira Baixa | 13.16 |
| 22 | Douro | 12.73 |
| 23 | Alto Tâmega e Barroso | 12.56 |
| 24 | Tâmega e Sousa | 12.46 |
| 25 | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | 12.01 |
| 26 | Terras de Trás-os-Montes | 11.34 |