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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise births

Roma had the highest enterprise births of 107 areas in 2021, at 34,673. Isernia had the lowest, at 547. The median was 2,071 and the figure for Italy was 360,246. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest34,673Roma
Lowest547Isernia
Median2,071107 areas
Italy360,246History

Top 40 areas, 2021

Roma: 34,673 countRoma34,673Milano: 26,843 countMilano26,843Napoli: 18,773 countNapoli18,773Torino: 14,646 countTorino14,646Brescia: 6,997 countBrescia6,997Bari: 6,957 countBari6,957Salerno: 6,710 countSalerno6,710Firenze: 6,678 countFirenze6,678Palermo: 6,561 countPalermo6,561Catania: 6,519 countCatania6,519Bologna: 6,233 countBologna6,233Caserta: 6,011 countCaserta6,011Bergamo: 5,843 countBergamo5,843Padova: 5,566 countPadova5,566Monza e della Brianza: 5,442 countMonza e della Brianza5,442Verona: 5,425 countVerona5,425Lecce: 5,397 countLecce5,397Genova: 5,275 countGenova5,275Varese: 4,863 countVarese4,863Treviso: 4,613 countTreviso4,613Venezia: 4,322 countVenezia4,322Vicenza: 4,295 countVicenza4,295Modena: 4,130 countModena4,130Cosenza: 3,892 countCosenza3,892Messina: 3,851 countMessina3,851Perugia: 3,655 countPerugia3,655Latina: 3,619 countLatina3,619Como: 3,273 countComo3,273Sassari: 3,230 countSassari3,230Foggia: 3,084 countFoggia3,084Reggio Calabria: 3,053 countReggio Calabria3,053Cagliari: 2,993 countCagliari2,993Cuneo: 2,965 countCuneo2,965Reggio nell’Emilia: 2,956 countReggio nell’Emilia2,956Frosinone: 2,938 countFrosinone2,938Pavia: 2,861 countPavia2,861Pisa: 2,827 countPisa2,827Trento: 2,749 countTrento2,749Taranto: 2,689 countTaranto2,689Parma: 2,618 countParma2,618Roma: 34,673 countRoma34,673Milano: 26,843 countMilano26,843Napoli: 18,773 countNapoli18,773Torino: 14,646 countTorino14,646Brescia: 6,997 countBrescia6,997Bari: 6,957 countBari6,957Salerno: 6,710 countSalerno6,710Firenze: 6,678 countFirenze6,678Palermo: 6,561 countPalermo6,561Catania: 6,519 countCatania6,519Bologna: 6,233 countBologna6,233Caserta: 6,011 countCaserta6,011Bergamo: 5,843 countBergamo5,843Padova: 5,566 countPadova5,566Monza e della Brianza: 5,442 countMonza e della Brianza5,442Verona: 5,425 countVerona5,425Lecce: 5,397 countLecce5,397Genova: 5,275 countGenova5,275Varese: 4,863 countVarese4,863Treviso: 4,613 countTreviso4,613Venezia: 4,322 countVenezia4,322Vicenza: 4,295 countVicenza4,295Modena: 4,130 countModena4,130Cosenza: 3,892 countCosenza3,892Messina: 3,851 countMessina3,851Perugia: 3,655 countPerugia3,655Latina: 3,619 countLatina3,619Como: 3,273 countComo3,273Sassari: 3,230 countSassari3,230Foggia: 3,084 countFoggia3,084Reggio Calabria: 3,053 countReggio Calabria3,053Cagliari: 2,993 countCagliari2,993Cuneo: 2,965 countCuneo2,965Reggio nell’Emilia: 2,956 countReggio nell’Emilia2,956Frosinone: 2,938 countFrosinone2,938Pavia: 2,861 countPavia2,861Pisa: 2,827 countPisa2,827Trento: 2,749 countTrento2,749Taranto: 2,689 countTaranto2,689Parma: 2,618 countParma2,618
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

RankAreas2021
count
1Roma Series break34,673
2Milano Series break26,843
3Napoli Series break18,773
4Torino Series break14,646
5Brescia Series break6,997
6Bari Series break6,957
7Salerno Series break6,710
8Firenze Series break6,678
9Palermo Series break6,561
10Catania Series break6,519
11Bologna Series break6,233
12Caserta Series break6,011
13Bergamo Series break5,843
14Padova Series break5,566
15Monza e della Brianza Series break5,442
16Verona Series break5,425
17Lecce Series break5,397
18Genova Series break5,275
19Varese Series break4,863
20Treviso Series break4,613
21Venezia Series break4,322
22Vicenza Series break4,295
23Modena Series break4,130
24Cosenza Series break3,892
25Messina Series break3,851
26Perugia Series break3,655
27Latina Series break3,619
28Como Series break3,273
29Sassari Series break3,230
30Foggia Series break3,084
31Reggio Calabria Series break3,053
32Cagliari Series break2,993
33Cuneo Series break2,965
34Reggio nell’Emilia Series break2,956
35Frosinone Series break2,938
36Pavia Series break2,861
37Pisa Series break2,827
38Trento Series break2,749
39Taranto Series break2,689
40Parma Series break2,618
41Bolzano-Bozen Series break2,613
42Udine Series break2,507
43Lucca Series break2,493
44Rimini Series break2,472
45Ancona Series break2,455
46Avellino Series break2,412
47Trapani Series break2,331
48Pescara Series break2,236
49Forlì-Cesena Series break2,165
50Siracusa Series break2,164
51Catanzaro Series break2,136
52Alessandria Series break2,087
53Pesaro e Urbino Series break2,081
54Prato Series break2,071
55Agrigento Series break2,044
56Chieti Series break2,026
57Brindisi Series break1,990
58Novara Series break1,977
59Potenza Series break1,961
60Teramo Series break1,958
61Ragusa Series break1,953
62Livorno Series break1,935
63Viterbo Series break1,934
64Mantova Series break1,883
65Arezzo Series break1,863
66Ravenna Series break1,846
67Macerata Series break1,843
68Pistoia Series break1,839
69L’Aquila Series break1,820
70Barletta-Andria-Trani Series break1,773
71Benevento Series break1,713
72Lecco Series break1,700
73Savona Series break1,610
74Cremona Series break1,587
75Ferrara Series break1,575
76Piacenza Series break1,459
77Siena Series break1,452
78Sud Sardegna Series break1,448
79Caltanissetta Series break1,342
80Pordenone Series break1,327
81Trieste Series break1,297
82Ascoli Piceno Series break1,292
83Terni Series break1,278
84Grosseto Series break1,258
85Imperia Series break1,233
86La Spezia Series break1,229
87Massa-Carrara Series break1,224
88Campobasso Series break1,205
89Asti Series break1,098
90Nuoro Series break1,067
91Fermo Series break1,066
92Lodi Series break1,028
93Rovigo Series break1,022
94Crotone Series break952
95Vibo Valentia Series break901
96Matera Series break884
97Rieti Series break881
98Enna Series break870
99Biella Series break815
100Belluno Series break778
101Sondrio Series break766
102Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break724
102Vercelli Series break724
104Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Series break694
105Gorizia Series break657
106Oristano Series break650
107Isernia Series break547

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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, 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), NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces?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). NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces?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), NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which area has the highest enterprise births?

Roma, with 34,673 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise births?

Isernia, with 547 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.

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