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

All 9 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-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Norte | 72,778 |
| 2 | Grande Lisboa | 66,343 |
| 3 | Centro (PT) | 29,149 |
| 4 | Península de Setúbal | 20,339 |
| 5 | Algarve | 16,545 |
| 6 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 14,835 |
| 7 | Alentejo | 7,319 |
| 8 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 5,067 |
| 9 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 3,869 |