# NUTS 3 areas of Portugal by enterprise births, 2023

All 26 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/portugal-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Grande Lisboa | 66,343 |
| 2 | Área Metropolitana do Porto | 44,100 |
| 3 | Península de Setúbal | 20,339 |
| 4 | Algarve | 16,545 |
| 5 | Região de Coimbra | 8,501 |
| 6 | Cávado | 8,352 |
| 7 | Oeste | 7,698 |
| 8 | Região de Aveiro | 7,097 |
| 9 | Ave | 6,250 |
| 10 | Região de Leiria | 5,707 |
| 11 | Tâmega e Sousa | 5,186 |
| 12 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 5,067 |
| 13 | Alto Minho | 4,111 |
| 14 | Viseu Dão Lafões | 3,909 |
| 15 | Lezíria do Tejo | 3,884 |
| 16 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 3,869 |
| 17 | Médio Tejo | 3,253 |
| 18 | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | 2,583 |
| 19 | Douro | 2,356 |
| 20 | Alentejo Central | 2,306 |
| 21 | Alentejo Litoral | 1,965 |
| 22 | Baixo Alentejo | 1,681 |
| 23 | Alto Alentejo | 1,367 |
| 24 | Beira Baixa | 1,352 |
| 25 | Terras de Trás-os-Montes | 1,318 |
| 26 | Alto Tâmega e Barroso | 1,105 |