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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise births, 2023

Roma had the highest enterprise births of 107 areas in 2023, at 35,222. Isernia had the lowest, at 497. The median was 2,029 and the figure for Italy was 359,220. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest35,222Roma
Lowest497Isernia
Median2,029107 areas
Italy359,220History

Top 40 areas, 2023

Roma: 35,222 countRoma35,222Milano: 29,755 countMilano29,755Napoli: 19,468 countNapoli19,468Torino: 14,384 countTorino14,384Brescia: 7,310 countBrescia7,310Firenze: 7,201 countFirenze7,201Bologna: 6,685 countBologna6,685Salerno: 6,650 countSalerno6,650Bari: 6,476 countBari6,476Palermo: 6,472 countPalermo6,472Catania: 6,184 countCatania6,184Bergamo: 5,957 countBergamo5,957Padova: 5,716 countPadova5,716Verona: 5,704 countVerona5,704Monza e della Brianza: 5,584 countMonza e della Brianza5,584Caserta: 5,551 countCaserta5,551Genova: 5,037 countGenova5,037Varese: 4,858 countVarese4,858Treviso: 4,851 countTreviso4,851Venezia: 4,832 countVenezia4,832Lecce: 4,782 countLecce4,782Vicenza: 4,195 countVicenza4,195Modena: 4,156 countModena4,156Cosenza: 3,732 countCosenza3,732Perugia: 3,726 countPerugia3,726Como: 3,439 countComo3,439Latina: 3,356 countLatina3,356Messina: 3,177 countMessina3,177Reggio nell’Emilia: 3,145 countReggio nell’Emilia3,145Sassari: 3,056 countSassari3,056Trento: 2,980 countTrento2,980Bolzano-Bozen: 2,911 countBolzano-Bozen2,911Foggia: 2,905 countFoggia2,905Pavia: 2,903 countPavia2,903Cuneo: 2,853 countCuneo2,853Cagliari: 2,825 countCagliari2,825Reggio Calabria: 2,771 countReggio Calabria2,771Frosinone: 2,720 countFrosinone2,720Taranto: 2,642 countTaranto2,642Parma: 2,580 countParma2,580
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

RankAreas2023
count		Change on 2022
1Roma35,222-4.2%
2Milano29,755+1.6%
3Napoli19,468+1.8%
4Torino14,384+0.5%
5Brescia7,310+2.7%
6Firenze7,201-4.1%
7Bologna6,685+3.3%
8Salerno6,650-2.2%
9Bari6,476-0.2%
10Palermo6,472-1.6%
11Catania6,184-1.7%
12Bergamo5,957+1.7%
13Padova5,716+2.4%
14Verona5,704+4.2%
15Monza e della Brianza5,584-4.8%
16Caserta5,551-1.9%
17Genova5,037-1.4%
18Varese4,858-1.3%
19Treviso4,851+3.5%
20Venezia4,832-1.7%
21Lecce4,782-2.3%
22Vicenza4,195+2.2%
23Modena4,156+0.2%
24Cosenza3,732-4.9%
25Perugia3,726+1.4%
26Como3,439+2.3%
27Latina3,356+0.4%
28Messina3,177-4.9%
29Reggio nell’Emilia3,145+3.6%
30Sassari3,056-3.7%
31Trento2,980+7.8%
32Bolzano-Bozen2,911+1.6%
33Foggia2,905-1.1%
34Pavia2,903-4.1%
35Cuneo2,853-1.6%
36Cagliari2,825+0.6%
37Reggio Calabria2,771-0.6%
38Frosinone2,720-7.6%
39Taranto2,642+0.4%
40Parma2,580+3.2%
41Pisa2,576-6.1%
42Udine2,553+1.2%
43Ancona2,380-0%
44Lucca2,339-7.7%
45Rimini2,288+0.3%
46Avellino2,203-3.6%
47Pescara2,145-5.9%
48Forlì-Cesena2,117+3.1%
49Prato2,073-2.1%
50Brindisi2,065-0.9%
51Alessandria2,052-2.1%
52Chieti2,050+0.4%
53Catanzaro2,043-0.4%
54Trapani2,029-8.1%
55Ravenna1,998+1%
56Siracusa1,993+1%
57Agrigento1,894-7.7%
58Novara1,871+1.1%
59Mantova1,870+5.2%
60Arezzo1,862+3%
61Pesaro e Urbino1,802-6%
62Lecco1,794+4.3%
63Barletta-Andria-Trani1,787-0.8%
64Macerata1,780-1.1%
65Teramo1,777-1.7%
66Livorno1,762-1.1%
67Potenza1,753+1%
68Pistoia1,689-11.5%
69L’Aquila1,676-8%
69Ragusa1,676-7.2%
71Ferrara1,673+1.9%
72Viterbo1,669-11.1%
73Savona1,577-1.9%
74Piacenza1,575+8.6%
75Cremona1,572+5.2%
76Benevento1,534-3.2%
77Siena1,448-5.5%
78Trieste1,430+7.9%
79Imperia1,386-0.8%
80Pordenone1,327-0.4%
81Sud Sardegna1,249-2.9%
82La Spezia1,244+0.5%
83Ascoli Piceno1,202+4.2%
84Campobasso1,168+5.9%
84Massa-Carrara1,168+1.1%
86Caltanissetta1,166-4.2%
87Terni1,161-5.1%
88Grosseto1,145-3.3%
89Lodi1,084+1.1%
90Fermo1,079+12.4%
91Asti1,066-6.1%
92Nuoro1,006-8%
93Matera998+8.1%
94Crotone943+3.4%
95Rovigo926-8.9%
96Vibo Valentia897-0.9%
97Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste830+15.3%
98Biella814+0.7%
99Belluno811+6.4%
100Rieti778-8.7%
101Sondrio750-4.2%
102Vercelli749-4.9%
103Verbano-Cusio-Ossola745+5.7%
104Gorizia663+5.6%
105Oristano623+0.5%
106Enna619-8.2%
107Isernia497-4.4%

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 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.

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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 Italy 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 Italy 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/italy-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 Italy by enterprise births, 2023. 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/italy-provinces.

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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 Italy 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/italy-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which area has the highest enterprise births?

Roma, with 35,222 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Isernia, with 497 in 2023.

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