Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by enterprise births

Oberbayern had the highest enterprise births of 38 regions in 2022, at 19,826. Trier had the lowest, at 1,397. The median was 5,160 and the figure for Germany was 252,479. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest19,826Oberbayern

Lowest1,397Trier

Median5,16038 regions

Germany252,479History

All regions, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Oberbayern	19,826	+5.6%
2	Berlin	18,859	+4.2%
3	Düsseldorf	18,041	+3.8%
4	Darmstadt	16,217	+6.1%
5	Köln	15,670	+3.5%
6	Stuttgart	11,694	-3.5%
7	Arnsberg	9,547	+5.8%
8	Karlsruhe	8,378	-4.7%
9	Schleswig-Holstein	8,293	-5.8%
10	Hamburg	8,241	-3.7%
11	Weser-Ems	7,089	+3.8%
12	Münster	7,017	+4.9%
13	Freiburg	6,468	-5.8%
14	Brandenburg	6,194	+4.9%
15	Hannover	6,114	+7.2%
16	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	5,980	-2.9%
17	Schwaben	5,822	+5.8%
18	Detmold	5,564	+4.2%
19	Tübingen	5,204	-7.8%
20	Mittelfranken	5,115	+5.6%
21	Lüneburg	4,567	+2.6%
22	Koblenz	4,424	+5.5%
23	Sachsen-Anhalt	3,834	+8.1%
24	Niederbayern	3,578	+14.9%
25	Unterfranken	3,516	+8.8%
26	Dresden	3,503	+12.4%
27	Braunschweig	3,481	+5%
28	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3,395	+3.3%
29	Thüringen	3,370	+0.5%
30	Kassel	3,067	+3.5%
31	Saarland	3,046	-0.6%
32	Gießen	3,019	+0.5%
33	Oberpfalz	2,950	+6.5%
34	Leipzig	2,939	+8.8%
35	Chemnitz	2,539	+7.7%
36	Oberfranken	2,423	+10.5%
37	Bremen	2,098	-8.8%
38	Trier	1,397	+5.2%

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, 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, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r), Regions of Germany (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/germany-regions?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, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r). Regions of Germany (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/germany-regions?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, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r), Regions of Germany (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/germany-regions?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  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, 2022}},
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Which region has the highest enterprise births?

Oberbayern, with 19,826 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise births?

Trier, with 1,397 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.