Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise births
Ile-de-France had the highest enterprise births of 27 regions in 2022, at 188,190. Mayotte had the lowest, at 371. The median was 13,784 and the figure for France was 742,324. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
All regions, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France Series break | 188,190 | -5.2% |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes Series break | 80,489 | -3.9% |
| 3 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break | 74,458 | -2.9% |
| 4 | Aquitaine Series break | 43,765 | -5% |
| 5 | Languedoc-Roussillon Series break | 35,759 | -5% |
| 6 | Midi-Pyrénées Series break | 34,528 | -5.4% |
| 7 | Pays de la Loire Series break | 34,174 | -4.1% |
| 8 | Nord-Pas de Calais Series break | 31,674 | -6.5% |
| 9 | Bretagne Series break | 29,832 | -1.8% |
| 10 | Centre - Val de Loire Series break | 20,823 | -4.8% |
| 11 | Alsace Series break | 17,501 | -5.4% |
| 12 | Lorraine Series break | 17,066 | -5.7% |
| 13 | Poitou-Charentes Series break | 16,350 | -3.7% |
| 14 | Haute-Normandie Series break | 13,784 | -6.5% |
| 15 | Picardie Series break | 13,712 | -4.5% |
| 16 | Bourgogne Series break | 13,408 | -5.9% |
| 17 | Basse-Normandie Series break | 11,441 | -8.3% |
| 18 | Auvergne Series break | 11,196 | -2.7% |
| 19 | Champagne-Ardenne Series break | 9,812 | -7.7% |
| 20 | La Réunion Series break | 9,280 | -12.2% |
| 21 | Franche-Comté Series break | 8,993 | -4.4% |
| 22 | Martinique Series break | 7,796 | +9.5% |
| 23 | Guadeloupe Series break | 5,622 | -5.7% |
| 24 | Limousin Series break | 5,531 | -13.7% |
| 25 | Corse Series break | 4,707 | -6.1% |
| 26 | Guyane Series break | 2,062 | -1.2% |
| 27 | Mayotte Series break | 371 | -73.4% |
Other periods
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 regions 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
APA 7
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) (Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table
MLA 9
Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 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-births/france-regions?period=2022. 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, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r). Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 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-births/france-regions?period=2022.
Harvard
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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-births/france-regions?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which region has the highest enterprise births?
Ile-de-France, with 188,190 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest enterprise births?
Mayotte, with 371 in 2022.
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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