# NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands by enterprise births, 2023

All 40 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/netherlands-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Groot-Amsterdam | 29,147 |
| 2 | Groot-Rijnmond | 22,388 |
| 3 | Utrecht | 18,550 |
| 4 | Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage | 15,487 |
| 5 | Arnhem/Nijmegen | 8,886 |
| 6 | Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant | 8,576 |
| 7 | Noordoost-Noord-Brabant | 7,653 |
| 8 | Veluwe | 7,279 |
| 9 | West-Noord-Brabant | 7,025 |
| 10 | Flevoland | 6,175 |
| 11 | Twente | 5,952 |
| 12 | Midden-Noord-Brabant | 5,560 |
| 13 | Zuid-Limburg | 4,953 |
| 14 | Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek | 4,725 |
| 15 | Overig Groningen | 4,387 |
| 16 | Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland | 4,319 |
| 17 | Kop van Noord-Holland | 3,771 |
| 18 | Oost-Zuid-Holland | 3,608 |
| 19 | Noord-Overijssel | 3,509 |
| 20 | Agglomeratie Haarlem | 3,487 |
| 21 | Het Gooi en Vechtstreek | 3,356 |
| 22 | Achterhoek | 3,295 |
| 23 | Noord-Friesland | 3,044 |
| 24 | Delft en Westland | 3,039 |
| 25 | Alkmaar en omgeving | 2,827 |
| 26 | Overig Zeeland | 2,700 |
| 27 | Zuidwest-Gelderland | 2,667 |
| 28 | Zaanstreek | 2,496 |
| 29 | Noord-Limburg | 2,429 |
| 30 | Midden-Limburg | 2,311 |
| 31 | IJmond | 2,255 |
| 32 | Zuidwest-Overijssel | 1,611 |
| 33 | Noord-Drenthe | 1,532 |
| 34 | Zuidoost-Friesland | 1,502 |
| 35 | Zuidoost-Drenthe | 1,283 |
| 36 | Zuidwest-Friesland | 1,226 |
| 37 | Zuidwest-Drenthe | 1,070 |
| 38 | Oost-Groningen | 946 |
| 39 | Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen | 813 |
| 40 | Delfzijl en omgeving | 326 |