NUTS 3 areas of Romania by enterprise birth rate, 2023

Ilfov had the highest enterprise birth rate of 42 areas in 2023, at 15.64%. Harghita had the lowest, at 8.75%. The median was 10.89% and the figure for Romania was 12.38%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest15.64Ilfov

Lowest8.75Harghita

Median10.8942 areas

Romania12.38History

All areas, 2023

%. 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

Rank	Areas	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Ilfov	15.64	+0.07 pts
2	Bucureşti	15.34	+0.86 pts
3	Dolj	13.49	+2.11 pts
4	Braşov	13.38	+1.09 pts
5	Giurgiu	13.16	+0.85 pts
6	Iaşi	13.13	-0.85 pts
7	Constanţa	13.12	+1.34 pts
8	Timiş	12.94	-0.36 pts
9	Sibiu	12.78	0 pts
10	Cluj	12.33	-0.4 pts
11	Bihor	12.32	+0.29 pts
12	Alba	11.98	+0.83 pts
12	Maramureş	11.98	+1.09 pts
14	Argeş	11.87	+0.95 pts
15	Dâmboviţa	11.63	+0.32 pts
16	Bistriţa-Năsăud	11.41	-0.52 pts
17	Galaţi	11.3	+0.99 pts
18	Bacău	11.23	-0.36 pts
19	Mureş	11.02	+0.29 pts
20	Prahova	10.98	+0.01 pts
21	Vâlcea	10.93	+0.8 pts
22	Suceava	10.84	-0.32 pts
23	Botoşani	10.79	+0.91 pts
24	Arad	10.67	-0.16 pts
25	Tulcea	10.57	+0.42 pts
26	Mehedinţi	10.52	-0.82 pts
27	Hunedoara	10.44	-0.88 pts
28	Gorj	10.43	-0.25 pts
29	Ialomiţa	10.35	-0.04 pts
29	Olt	10.35	+0.43 pts
31	Satu Mare	10.34	+0.06 pts
32	Călăraşi	10.33	+0.29 pts
33	Sălaj	10.29	-0.32 pts
34	Neamţ	10.27	-0.36 pts
35	Vrancea	10.2	+0.15 pts
36	Caraş-Severin	10.08	-0.65 pts
37	Buzău	9.89	-0.62 pts
38	Covasna	9.82	+0.73 pts
39	Vaslui	9.61	+0.34 pts
40	Brăila	9.45	-0.42 pts
41	Teleorman	9.38	-0.47 pts
42	Harghita	8.75	+0.4 pts

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

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 Romania by enterprise birth rate, 2023) [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 Romania by enterprise birth rate, 2023. 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/romania-provinces. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 Romania by enterprise birth rate, 2023. 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/romania-provinces.

Harvard

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 Romania by enterprise birth rate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-birth-rate/romania-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  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 Romania by enterprise birth rate, 2023}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-birth-rate/romania-provinces. Publisher attribution: 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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Which area has the highest enterprise birth rate?

Ilfov, with 15.64% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise birth rate?

Harghita, with 8.75% in 2023.

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.