# Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2023

All 21 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_births`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-births/italy-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lombardia | 66,876 |
| 2 | Lazio | 43,745 |
| 3 | Campania | 35,406 |
| 4 | Veneto | 27,035 |
| 5 | Emilia-Romagna | 26,217 |
| 6 | Sicilia | 25,210 |
| 7 | Piemonte | 24,534 |
| 8 | Toscana | 23,263 |
| 9 | Puglia | 20,657 |
| 10 | Calabria | 10,386 |
| 11 | Liguria | 9,244 |
| 12 | Sardegna | 8,759 |
| 13 | Marche | 8,243 |
| 14 | Abruzzo | 7,648 |
| 15 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 5,973 |
| 16 | Umbria | 4,887 |
| 17 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 2,980 |
| 18 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 2,911 |
| 19 | Basilicata | 2,751 |
| 20 | Molise | 1,665 |
| 21 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 830 |