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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise births

Roma had the highest enterprise births of 107 areas in 2022, at 36,770. Isernia had the lowest, at 520. The median was 2,051 and the figure for Italy was 361,886. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest36,770Roma
Lowest520Isernia
Median2,051107 areas
Italy361,886History

Top 40 areas, 2022

Roma: 36,770 countRoma36,770Milano: 29,285 countMilano29,285Napoli: 19,132 countNapoli19,132Torino: 14,318 countTorino14,318Firenze: 7,509 countFirenze7,509Brescia: 7,119 countBrescia7,119Salerno: 6,803 countSalerno6,803Palermo: 6,577 countPalermo6,577Bari: 6,488 countBari6,488Bologna: 6,471 countBologna6,471Catania: 6,290 countCatania6,290Monza e della Brianza: 5,865 countMonza e della Brianza5,865Bergamo: 5,860 countBergamo5,860Caserta: 5,658 countCaserta5,658Padova: 5,581 countPadova5,581Verona: 5,472 countVerona5,472Genova: 5,106 countGenova5,106Varese: 4,924 countVarese4,924Venezia: 4,917 countVenezia4,917Lecce: 4,896 countLecce4,896Treviso: 4,687 countTreviso4,687Modena: 4,147 countModena4,147Vicenza: 4,104 countVicenza4,104Cosenza: 3,924 countCosenza3,924Perugia: 3,673 countPerugia3,673Como: 3,363 countComo3,363Latina: 3,341 countLatina3,341Messina: 3,340 countMessina3,340Sassari: 3,172 countSassari3,172Reggio nell’Emilia: 3,036 countReggio nell’Emilia3,036Pavia: 3,026 countPavia3,026Frosinone: 2,943 countFrosinone2,943Foggia: 2,936 countFoggia2,936Cuneo: 2,900 countCuneo2,900Bolzano-Bozen: 2,865 countBolzano-Bozen2,865Cagliari: 2,809 countCagliari2,809Reggio Calabria: 2,789 countReggio Calabria2,789Trento: 2,764 countTrento2,764Pisa: 2,743 countPisa2,743Taranto: 2,631 countTaranto2,631Roma: 36,770 countRoma36,770Milano: 29,285 countMilano29,285Napoli: 19,132 countNapoli19,132Torino: 14,318 countTorino14,318Firenze: 7,509 countFirenze7,509Brescia: 7,119 countBrescia7,119Salerno: 6,803 countSalerno6,803Palermo: 6,577 countPalermo6,577Bari: 6,488 countBari6,488Bologna: 6,471 countBologna6,471Catania: 6,290 countCatania6,290Monza e della Brianza: 5,865 countMonza e della Brianza5,865Bergamo: 5,860 countBergamo5,860Caserta: 5,658 countCaserta5,658Padova: 5,581 countPadova5,581Verona: 5,472 countVerona5,472Genova: 5,106 countGenova5,106Varese: 4,924 countVarese4,924Venezia: 4,917 countVenezia4,917Lecce: 4,896 countLecce4,896Treviso: 4,687 countTreviso4,687Modena: 4,147 countModena4,147Vicenza: 4,104 countVicenza4,104Cosenza: 3,924 countCosenza3,924Perugia: 3,673 countPerugia3,673Como: 3,363 countComo3,363Latina: 3,341 countLatina3,341Messina: 3,340 countMessina3,340Sassari: 3,172 countSassari3,172Reggio nell’Emilia: 3,036 countReggio nell’Emilia3,036Pavia: 3,026 countPavia3,026Frosinone: 2,943 countFrosinone2,943Foggia: 2,936 countFoggia2,936Cuneo: 2,900 countCuneo2,900Bolzano-Bozen: 2,865 countBolzano-Bozen2,865Cagliari: 2,809 countCagliari2,809Reggio Calabria: 2,789 countReggio Calabria2,789Trento: 2,764 countTrento2,764Pisa: 2,743 countPisa2,743Taranto: 2,631 countTaranto2,631
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

RankAreas2022
count		Change on 2021
1Roma36,770+6%
2Milano29,285+9.1%
3Napoli19,132+1.9%
4Torino14,318-2.2%
5Firenze7,509+12.4%
6Brescia7,119+1.7%
7Salerno6,803+1.4%
8Palermo6,577+0.2%
9Bari6,488-6.7%
10Bologna6,471+3.8%
11Catania6,290-3.5%
12Monza e della Brianza5,865+7.8%
13Bergamo5,860+0.3%
14Caserta5,658-5.9%
15Padova5,581+0.3%
16Verona5,472+0.9%
17Genova5,106-3.2%
18Varese4,924+1.3%
19Venezia4,917+13.8%
20Lecce4,896-9.3%
21Treviso4,687+1.6%
22Modena4,147+0.4%
23Vicenza4,104-4.4%
24Cosenza3,924+0.8%
25Perugia3,673+0.5%
26Como3,363+2.7%
27Latina3,341-7.7%
28Messina3,340-13.3%
29Sassari3,172-1.8%
30Reggio nell’Emilia3,036+2.7%
31Pavia3,026+5.8%
32Frosinone2,943+0.2%
33Foggia2,936-4.8%
34Cuneo2,900-2.2%
35Bolzano-Bozen2,865+9.6%
36Cagliari2,809-6.1%
37Reggio Calabria2,789-8.6%
38Trento2,764+0.5%
39Pisa2,743-3%
40Taranto2,631-2.2%
41Lucca2,535+1.7%
42Udine2,523+0.6%
43Parma2,499-4.5%
44Ancona2,381-3%
45Avellino2,286-5.2%
46Rimini2,282-7.7%
47Pescara2,279+1.9%
48Trapani2,209-5.2%
49Prato2,117+2.2%
50Alessandria2,096+0.4%
51Brindisi2,084+4.7%
52Forlì-Cesena2,053-5.2%
53Catanzaro2,052-3.9%
54Agrigento2,051+0.3%
55Chieti2,041+0.7%
56Ravenna1,978+7.2%
57Siracusa1,973-8.8%
58Pesaro e Urbino1,918-7.8%
59Pistoia1,908+3.8%
60Viterbo1,878-2.9%
61Novara1,851-6.4%
62L’Aquila1,821+0.1%
63Arezzo1,808-3%
64Teramo1,807-7.7%
65Ragusa1,806-7.5%
66Barletta-Andria-Trani1,801+1.6%
67Macerata1,800-2.3%
68Livorno1,781-8%
69Mantova1,777-5.6%
70Potenza1,736-11.5%
71Lecco1,720+1.2%
72Ferrara1,642+4.3%
73Savona1,607-0.2%
74Benevento1,584-7.5%
75Siena1,533+5.6%
76Cremona1,494-5.9%
77Piacenza1,450-0.6%
78Imperia1,397+13.3%
79Pordenone1,332+0.4%
80Trieste1,325+2.2%
81Sud Sardegna1,286-11.2%
82La Spezia1,238+0.7%
83Terni1,223-4.3%
84Caltanissetta1,217-9.3%
85Grosseto1,184-5.9%
86Massa-Carrara1,155-5.6%
87Ascoli Piceno1,153-10.8%
88Asti1,135+3.4%
89Campobasso1,103-8.5%
90Nuoro1,094+2.5%
91Lodi1,072+4.3%
92Rovigo1,017-0.5%
93Fermo960-9.9%
94Matera923+4.4%
95Crotone912-4.2%
96Vibo Valentia905+0.4%
97Rieti852-3.3%
98Biella808-0.9%
99Vercelli788+8.8%
100Sondrio783+2.2%
101Belluno762-2.1%
102Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste720-0.6%
103Verbano-Cusio-Ossola705+1.6%
104Enna674-22.5%
105Gorizia628-4.4%
106Oristano620-4.6%
107Isernia520-4.9%

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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, 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), NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces?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). NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces?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), NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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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): NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise births, 2022}},
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  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/italy-provinces?period=2022. 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 area has the highest enterprise births?

Roma, with 36,770 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise births?

Isernia, with 520 in 2022.

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