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Provinces of Spain by enterprise birth rate

Málaga province had the highest enterprise birth rate of 49 provinces in 2022, at 11.23%. Zamora province had the lowest, at 5.45%. The median was 7.31% and the figure for Spain was 8.64%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest11.23Málaga province
Lowest5.45Zamora province
Median7.3149 provinces
Spain8.64History

Map of provinces, 2022

Álava province: 7.15 %Albacete province: 7.31 %Alicante province: 10.11 %Almería province: 9.21 %Ávila province: 6.89 %Badajoz province: 7.85 %Barcelona province: 8.77 %Burgos province: 6.5 %Cáceres province: 7.39 %Cádiz province: 9.9 %Castellón province: 7.82 %Ciudad Real province: 7.02 %Córdoba province: 7.54 %A Coruña province: 7.18 %Cuenca province: 7.07 %Girona province: 8.37 %Granada province: 9.04 %Guadalajara province: 8.98 %Gipuzkoa province: 7.03 %Huelva province: 9.07 %Huesca province: 6.42 %Jaén province: 7.9 %León province: 6.61 %Lleida province: 6.73 %La Rioja province: 5.81 %Lugo province: 5.97 %Madrid province: 9.02 %Málaga province: 11.23 %Murcia province: 8.67 %Navarre province: 6.62 %Ourense province: 6.74 %Asturias province: 6.84 %Palencia province: 5.54 %Pontevedra province: 7.56 %Salamanca province: 6.26 %Cantabria province: 7.11 %Segovia province: 7.09 %Seville province: 8.78 %Soria province: 6.39 %Tarragona province: 8.72 %Teruel province: 5.74 %Toledo province: 8.03 %Valencia province: 9.34 %Valladolid province: 6.46 %Biscay province: 7.46 %Zamora province: 5.45 %Zaragoza province: 7.14 %Ceuta province: 9.01 %Melilla province: 10.21 %
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%, 2022. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All provinces, 2022

Málaga province: 11.23 %Málaga province11.23Melilla province: 10.21 %Melilla province10.21Alicante province: 10.11 %Alicante province10.11Cádiz province: 9.9 %Cádiz province9.9Valencia province: 9.34 %Valencia province9.34Almería province: 9.21 %Almería province9.21Huelva province: 9.07 %Huelva province9.07Granada province: 9.04 %Granada province9.04Madrid province: 9.02 %Madrid province9.02Ceuta province: 9.01 %Ceuta province9.01Guadalajara province: 8.98 %Guadalajara province8.98Seville province: 8.78 %Seville province8.78Barcelona province: 8.77 %Barcelona province8.77Tarragona province: 8.72 %Tarragona province8.72Murcia province: 8.67 %Murcia province8.67Girona province: 8.37 %Girona province8.37Toledo province: 8.03 %Toledo province8.03Jaén province: 7.9 %Jaén province7.9Badajoz province: 7.85 %Badajoz province7.85Castellón province: 7.82 %Castellón province7.82Pontevedra province: 7.56 %Pontevedra province7.56Córdoba province: 7.54 %Córdoba province7.54Biscay province: 7.46 %Biscay province7.46Cáceres province: 7.39 %Cáceres province7.39Albacete province: 7.31 %Albacete province7.31A Coruña province: 7.18 %A Coruña province7.18Álava province: 7.15 %Álava province7.15Zaragoza province: 7.14 %Zaragoza province7.14Cantabria province: 7.11 %Cantabria province7.11Segovia province: 7.09 %Segovia province7.09Cuenca province: 7.07 %Cuenca province7.07Gipuzkoa province: 7.03 %Gipuzkoa province7.03Ciudad Real province: 7.02 %Ciudad Real province7.02Ávila province: 6.89 %Ávila province6.89Asturias province: 6.84 %Asturias province6.84Ourense province: 6.74 %Ourense province6.74Lleida province: 6.73 %Lleida province6.73Navarre province: 6.62 %Navarre province6.62León province: 6.61 %León province6.61Burgos province: 6.5 %Burgos province6.5Valladolid province: 6.46 %Valladolid province6.46Huesca province: 6.42 %Huesca province6.42Soria province: 6.39 %Soria province6.39Salamanca province: 6.26 %Salamanca province6.26Lugo province: 5.97 %Lugo province5.97La Rioja province: 5.81 %La Rioja province5.81Teruel province: 5.74 %Teruel province5.74Palencia province: 5.54 %Palencia province5.54Zamora province: 5.45 %Zamora province5.45Málaga province: 11.23 %Málaga province11.23Melilla province: 10.21 %Melilla province10.21Alicante province: 10.11 %Alicante province10.11Cádiz province: 9.9 %Cádiz province9.9Valencia province: 9.34 %Valencia province9.34Almería province: 9.21 %Almería province9.21Huelva province: 9.07 %Huelva province9.07Granada province: 9.04 %Granada province9.04Madrid province: 9.02 %Madrid province9.02Ceuta province: 9.01 %Ceuta province9.01Guadalajara province: 8.98 %Guadalajara province8.98Seville province: 8.78 %Seville province8.78Barcelona province: 8.77 %Barcelona province8.77Tarragona province: 8.72 %Tarragona province8.72Murcia province: 8.67 %Murcia province8.67Girona province: 8.37 %Girona province8.37Toledo province: 8.03 %Toledo province8.03Jaén province: 7.9 %Jaén province7.9Badajoz province: 7.85 %Badajoz province7.85Castellón province: 7.82 %Castellón province7.82Pontevedra province: 7.56 %Pontevedra province7.56Córdoba province: 7.54 %Córdoba province7.54Biscay province: 7.46 %Biscay province7.46Cáceres province: 7.39 %Cáceres province7.39Albacete province: 7.31 %Albacete province7.31A Coruña province: 7.18 %A Coruña province7.18Álava province: 7.15 %Álava province7.15Zaragoza province: 7.14 %Zaragoza province7.14Cantabria province: 7.11 %Cantabria province7.11Segovia province: 7.09 %Segovia province7.09Cuenca province: 7.07 %Cuenca province7.07Gipuzkoa province: 7.03 %Gipuzkoa province7.03Ciudad Real province: 7.02 %Ciudad Real province7.02Ávila province: 6.89 %Ávila province6.89Asturias province: 6.84 %Asturias province6.84Ourense province: 6.74 %Ourense province6.74Lleida province: 6.73 %Lleida province6.73Navarre province: 6.62 %Navarre province6.62León province: 6.61 %León province6.61Burgos province: 6.5 %Burgos province6.5Valladolid province: 6.46 %Valladolid province6.46Huesca province: 6.42 %Huesca province6.42Soria province: 6.39 %Soria province6.39Salamanca province: 6.26 %Salamanca province6.26Lugo province: 5.97 %Lugo province5.97La Rioja province: 5.81 %La Rioja province5.81Teruel province: 5.74 %Teruel province5.74Palencia province: 5.54 %Palencia province5.54Zamora province: 5.45 %Zamora province5.45
%. 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

RankProvinces2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Málaga province11.23-0.47 pts
2Melilla province10.21+1.24 pts
3Alicante province10.11-0.15 pts
4Cádiz province9.9-0.38 pts
5Valencia province9.34-0.42 pts
6Almería province9.21-0.39 pts
7Huelva province9.07-0.85 pts
8Granada province9.04-0.87 pts
9Madrid province9.02-0.73 pts
10Ceuta province9.01-0.22 pts
11Guadalajara province8.98-0.91 pts
12Seville province8.78-0.76 pts
13Barcelona province8.77-0.73 pts
14Tarragona province8.72-0.79 pts
15Murcia province8.67-0.64 pts
16Girona province8.37-0.55 pts
17Toledo province8.03-0.66 pts
18Jaén province7.9-0.5 pts
19Badajoz province7.85-0.5 pts
20Castellón province7.82-0.75 pts
21Pontevedra province7.56-0.57 pts
22Córdoba province7.54-0.78 pts
23Biscay province7.46-0.59 pts
24Cáceres province7.39-0.22 pts
25Albacete province7.31-0.42 pts
26A Coruña province7.18-0.71 pts
27Álava province7.15-0.26 pts
28Zaragoza province7.14-0.64 pts
29Cantabria province7.11-0.29 pts
30Segovia province7.09-0.17 pts
31Cuenca province7.07-0.32 pts
32Gipuzkoa province7.03-0.8 pts
33Ciudad Real province7.02-0.68 pts
34Ávila province6.89-0.22 pts
35Asturias province6.84-0.65 pts
36Ourense province6.74-0.51 pts
37Lleida province6.73-0.56 pts
38Navarre province6.62-1.75 pts
39León province6.61-0.38 pts
40Burgos province6.5-0.35 pts
41Valladolid province6.46-0.52 pts
42Huesca province6.42-0.46 pts
43Soria province6.39+0.39 pts
44Salamanca province6.26-0.48 pts
45Lugo province5.97-0.39 pts
46La Rioja province5.81-0.71 pts
47Teruel province5.74-0.59 pts
48Palencia province5.54-0.37 pts
49Zamora province5.45-0.59 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 provinces 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) (Provinces of Spain 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), Provinces of Spain 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/spain-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). Provinces of Spain 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/spain-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), Provinces of Spain 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/spain-provinces?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which province has the highest enterprise birth rate?

Málaga province, with 11.23% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Zamora province, with 5.45% in 2022.

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