# NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise births, 2023

All 101 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_births`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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) (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, enterprise births, number (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-births/france-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Paris | 63,928 |
| 2 | Bouches-du-Rhône | 28,104 |
| 3 | Rhône | 26,304 |
| 4 | Hauts-de-Seine | 24,624 |
| 5 | Gironde | 22,987 |
| 6 | Nord | 22,431 |
| 7 | Seine-Saint-Denis | 22,165 |
| 8 | Alpes-Maritimes | 19,375 |
| 9 | Val-de-Marne | 17,982 |
| 10 | Haute-Garonne | 17,875 |
| 11 | Hérault | 17,024 |
| 12 | Yvelines | 16,577 |
| 13 | Var | 15,623 |
| 14 | Seine-et-Marne | 15,099 |
| 15 | Loire-Atlantique | 15,002 |
| 16 | Val-d’Oise | 14,503 |
| 17 | Essonne | 14,081 |
| 18 | Isère | 13,851 |
| 19 | Bas-Rhin | 11,220 |
| 20 | Ille-et-Vilaine | 10,365 |
| 21 | Haute-Savoie | 10,080 |
| 22 | La Réunion | 9,731 |
| 23 | Seine-Maritime | 9,612 |
| 24 | Pas-de-Calais | 9,305 |
| 25 | Gard | 8,563 |
| 26 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 8,014 |
| 27 | Moselle | 7,988 |
| 28 | Martinique | 7,591 |
| 29 | Finistère | 7,427 |
| 30 | Vaucluse | 7,070 |
| 31 | Loire | 7,013 |
| 32 | Charente-Maritime | 6,921 |
| 33 | Maine-et-Loire | 6,906 |
| 34 | Morbihan | 6,850 |
| 35 | Calvados | 6,664 |
| 36 | Oise | 6,621 |
| 37 | Haut-Rhin | 6,262 |
| 38 | Guadeloupe | 6,154 |
| 39 | Ain | 6,149 |
| 40 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5,984 |
| 41 | Puy-de-Dôme | 5,914 |
| 42 | Vendée | 5,888 |
| 43 | Savoie | 5,872 |
| 44 | Pyrénées-Orientales | 5,704 |
| 45 | Indre-et-Loire | 5,616 |
| 46 | Loiret | 5,601 |
| 47 | Drôme | 5,525 |
| 48 | Côte-d’Or | 5,250 |
| 49 | Côtes-d’Armor | 5,012 |
| 50 | Landes | 4,824 |
| 51 | Marne | 4,802 |
| 52 | Eure | 4,728 |
| 53 | Saône-et-Loire | 4,492 |
| 54 | Doubs | 4,300 |
| 55 | Somme | 4,035 |
| 56 | Dordogne | 4,034 |
| 57 | Tarn | 3,962 |
| 58 | Sarthe | 3,921 |
| 59 | Aude | 3,849 |
| 60 | Vienne | 3,610 |
| 61 | Eure-et-Loir | 3,490 |
| 62 | Manche | 3,254 |
| 63 | Aisne | 3,241 |
| 64 | Ardèche | 3,219 |
| 65 | Haute-Vienne | 3,067 |
| 66 | Charente | 2,979 |
| 67 | Lot-et-Garonne | 2,968 |
| 68 | Vosges | 2,848 |
| 69 | Yonne | 2,683 |
| 70 | Deux-Sèvres | 2,601 |
| 71 | Loir-et-Cher | 2,580 |
| 72 | Aveyron | 2,547 |
| 73 | Tarn-et-Garonne | 2,527 |
| 74 | Corse-du-Sud | 2,473 |
| 75 | Allier | 2,446 |
| 76 | Aube | 2,407 |
| 77 | Haute-Corse | 2,319 |
| 78 | Hautes-Pyrénées | 2,228 |
| 79 | Guyane | 2,203 |
| 80 | Jura | 2,147 |
| 81 | Cher | 2,083 |
| 82 | Mayenne | 2,040 |
| 83 | Corrèze | 1,989 |
| 84 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1,953 |
| 85 | Haute-Loire | 1,945 |
| 86 | Mayotte | 1,922 |
| 87 | Gers | 1,866 |
| 88 | Hautes-Alpes | 1,819 |
| 89 | Ardennes | 1,798 |
| 90 | Orne | 1,734 |
| 91 | Haute-Saône | 1,632 |
| 92 | Lot | 1,582 |
| 93 | Ariège | 1,548 |
| 94 | Nièvre | 1,486 |
| 95 | Indre | 1,406 |
| 96 | Meuse | 1,122 |
| 97 | Haute-Marne | 1,029 |
| 98 | Territoire de Belfort | 996 |
| 99 | Cantal | 901 |
| 100 | Creuse | 805 |
| 101 | Lozère | 604 |