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

All 12 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-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Zuid-Holland | 53,566 |
| 2 | Noord-Holland | 47,339 |
| 3 | Noord-Brabant | 28,814 |
| 4 | Gelderland | 22,127 |
| 5 | Utrecht | 18,550 |
| 6 | Overijssel | 11,072 |
| 7 | Limburg (NL) | 9,693 |
| 8 | Flevoland | 6,175 |
| 9 | Friesland (NL) | 5,772 |
| 10 | Groningen | 5,659 |
| 11 | Drenthe | 3,885 |
| 12 | Zeeland | 3,513 |