NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise births, 2023
Paris had the highest enterprise births of 101 areas in 2023, at 63,928. Lozère had the lowest, at 604. The median was 4,802 and the figure for France was 760,349. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 areas, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Areas | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris | 63,928 | +0.1% |
| 2 | Bouches-du-Rhône | 28,104 | -0.4% |
| 3 | Rhône | 26,304 | -3.6% |
| 4 | Hauts-de-Seine | 24,624 | -1.1% |
| 5 | Gironde | 22,987 | -2.8% |
| 6 | Nord | 22,431 | +1.4% |
| 7 | Seine-Saint-Denis | 22,165 | +5% |
| 8 | Alpes-Maritimes | 19,375 | -0.9% |
| 9 | Val-de-Marne | 17,982 | -0.3% |
| 10 | Haute-Garonne | 17,875 | -1.8% |
| 11 | Hérault | 17,024 | -0.4% |
| 12 | Yvelines | 16,577 | -0.9% |
| 13 | Var | 15,623 | -0.9% |
| 14 | Seine-et-Marne | 15,099 | +0.1% |
| 15 | Loire-Atlantique | 15,002 | -2.6% |
| 16 | Val-d’Oise | 14,503 | +0.3% |
| 17 | Essonne | 14,081 | +0.3% |
| 18 | Isère | 13,851 | -4.2% |
| 19 | Bas-Rhin | 11,220 | -0.5% |
| 20 | Ille-et-Vilaine | 10,365 | -2.9% |
| 21 | Haute-Savoie | 10,080 | -5.3% |
| 22 | La Réunion | 9,731 | +4.9% |
| 23 | Seine-Maritime | 9,612 | +5.4% |
| 24 | Pas-de-Calais | 9,305 | -2.7% |
| 25 | Gard | 8,563 | +0.8% |
| 26 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 8,014 | -1.8% |
| 27 | Moselle | 7,988 | +5.3% |
| 28 | Martinique | 7,591 | -2.6% |
| 29 | Finistère | 7,427 | +0.9% |
| 30 | Vaucluse | 7,070 | +0.4% |
| 31 | Loire | 7,013 | -1.7% |
| 32 | Charente-Maritime | 6,921 | -3.9% |
| 33 | Maine-et-Loire | 6,906 | -0.6% |
| 34 | Morbihan | 6,850 | -0.4% |
| 35 | Calvados | 6,664 | +3.7% |
| 36 | Oise | 6,621 | +0.1% |
| 37 | Haut-Rhin | 6,262 | +0.6% |
| 38 | Guadeloupe | 6,154 | +9.5% |
| 39 | Ain | 6,149 | -0.9% |
| 40 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5,984 | +6.6% |
| 41 | Puy-de-Dôme | 5,914 | -2.1% |
| 42 | Vendée | 5,888 | -1.5% |
| 43 | Savoie | 5,872 | -3.9% |
| 44 | Pyrénées-Orientales | 5,704 | +0.8% |
| 45 | Indre-et-Loire | 5,616 | -4.3% |
| 46 | Loiret | 5,601 | -1.1% |
| 47 | Drôme | 5,525 | +1% |
| 48 | Côte-d’Or | 5,250 | +2.1% |
| 49 | Côtes-d’Armor | 5,012 | +1.9% |
| 50 | Landes | 4,824 | -1.6% |
| 51 | Marne | 4,802 | -1.3% |
| 52 | Eure | 4,728 | +1.3% |
| 53 | Saône-et-Loire | 4,492 | +1.6% |
| 54 | Doubs | 4,300 | -0.4% |
| 55 | Somme | 4,035 | +0.2% |
| 56 | Dordogne | 4,034 | +0.4% |
| 57 | Tarn | 3,962 | +2.9% |
| 58 | Sarthe | 3,921 | +3.6% |
| 59 | Aude | 3,849 | -1.4% |
| 60 | Vienne | 3,610 | -2.7% |
| 61 | Eure-et-Loir | 3,490 | +6.5% |
| 62 | Manche | 3,254 | +0.4% |
| 63 | Aisne | 3,241 | +5.7% |
| 64 | Ardèche | 3,219 | +1.1% |
| 65 | Haute-Vienne | 3,067 | +5.8% |
| 66 | Charente | 2,979 | +1.7% |
| 67 | Lot-et-Garonne | 2,968 | -1.9% |
| 68 | Vosges | 2,848 | +0.4% |
| 69 | Yonne | 2,683 | +6.8% |
| 70 | Deux-Sèvres | 2,601 | +3.7% |
| 71 | Loir-et-Cher | 2,580 | +3.7% |
| 72 | Aveyron | 2,547 | +3.2% |
| 73 | Tarn-et-Garonne | 2,527 | +0.2% |
| 74 | Corse-du-Sud | 2,473 | -2.6% |
| 75 | Allier | 2,446 | +4.8% |
| 76 | Aube | 2,407 | +5.3% |
| 77 | Haute-Corse | 2,319 | +7% |
| 78 | Hautes-Pyrénées | 2,228 | -1.4% |
| 79 | Guyane | 2,203 | +6.8% |
| 80 | Jura | 2,147 | +3.5% |
| 81 | Cher | 2,083 | -2% |
| 82 | Mayenne | 2,040 | -1.4% |
| 83 | Corrèze | 1,989 | +5.1% |
| 84 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1,953 | +2.4% |
| 85 | Haute-Loire | 1,945 | +3.1% |
| 86 | Mayotte | 1,922 | +418.1% |
| 87 | Gers | 1,866 | -3.7% |
| 88 | Hautes-Alpes | 1,819 | -7.7% |
| 89 | Ardennes | 1,798 | +6.2% |
| 90 | Orne | 1,734 | -2.1% |
| 91 | Haute-Saône | 1,632 | -0.1% |
| 92 | Lot | 1,582 | -6% |
| 93 | Ariège | 1,548 | -3.4% |
| 94 | Nièvre | 1,486 | +11.5% |
| 95 | Indre | 1,406 | +0.6% |
| 96 | Meuse | 1,122 | +9.7% |
| 97 | Haute-Marne | 1,029 | +6% |
| 98 | Territoire de Belfort | 996 | +2.8% |
| 99 | Cantal | 901 | -3.8% |
| 100 | Creuse | 805 | +8.8% |
| 101 | Lozère | 604 | -0.2% |
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About this ranking
New enterprises created during the year from scratch. Enterprises formed by a merger, break-up or change of legal form, and enterprises reactivated within two years, are not births.
Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). Not comparable with companies_created (companies registered in Spain) or business_applications (US applications for an employer number).
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, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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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, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r) (NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise births, 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, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise births, 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-births/france-provinces. 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, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise births, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-births/france-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which area has the highest enterprise births?
Paris, with 63,928 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which area has the lowest enterprise births?
Lozère, with 604 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, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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