Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by enterprise births

Oberbayern had the highest enterprise births of 38 regions in 2021, at 18,778. Trier had the lowest, at 1,328. The median was 5,094 and the figure for Germany was 245,746. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest18,778Oberbayern

Lowest1,328Trier

Median5,09438 regions

Germany245,746History

All regions, 2021

count. Source: Eurostat, 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.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2021 count
1	Oberbayern	18,778
2	Berlin	18,091
3	Düsseldorf	17,380
4	Darmstadt	15,288
5	Köln	15,146
6	Stuttgart	12,120
7	Arnsberg	9,022
8	Schleswig-Holstein	8,801
9	Karlsruhe	8,788
10	Hamburg	8,557
11	Freiburg	6,867
12	Weser-Ems	6,831
13	Münster	6,692
14	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	6,156
15	Brandenburg	5,904
16	Hannover	5,701
17	Tübingen	5,643
18	Schwaben	5,503
19	Detmold	5,342
20	Mittelfranken	4,846
21	Lüneburg	4,451
22	Koblenz	4,195
23	Sachsen-Anhalt	3,547
24	Thüringen	3,353
25	Braunschweig	3,316
26	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3,285
27	Unterfranken	3,232
28	Dresden	3,116
29	Niederbayern	3,113
30	Saarland	3,063
31	Gießen	3,005
32	Kassel	2,964
33	Oberpfalz	2,770
34	Leipzig	2,702
35	Chemnitz	2,357
36	Bremen	2,300
37	Oberfranken	2,193
38	Trier	1,328

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

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.

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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) (Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2021) [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), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2021. 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/germany-regions?period=2021. 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 Germany (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2021. 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/germany-regions?period=2021.

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 Germany (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-births/germany-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{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 Germany (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2021}},
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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-births/germany-regions?period=2021. Publisher attribution: 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.},
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Which region has the highest enterprise births?

Oberbayern, with 18,778 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise births?

Trier, with 1,328 in 2021.

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.