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Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise births

Norte had the highest enterprise births of 9 regions in 2022, at 69,646. Região Autónoma dos Açores had the lowest, at 3,685. The median was 14,847 and the figure for Portugal was 222,462. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest69,646Norte
Lowest3,685Região Autónoma dos Açores
Median14,8479 regions
Portugal222,462History

All regions, 2022

Norte: 69,646 countNorte69,646Grande Lisboa: 62,663 countGrande Lisboa62,663Centro (PT): 27,473 countCentro (PT)27,473Península de Setúbal: 18,593 countPenínsula de Setúbal18,593Algarve: 14,847 countAlgarve14,847Oeste e Vale do Tejo: 13,691 countOeste e Vale do Tejo13,691Alentejo: 7,008 countAlentejo7,008Região Autónoma da Madeira: 4,856 countRegião Autónoma da Madeira4,856Região Autónoma dos Açores: 3,685 countRegião Autónoma dos Açores3,685Norte: 69,646 countNorte69,646Grande Lisboa: 62,663 countGrande Lisboa62,663Centro (PT): 27,473 countCentro (PT)27,473Península de Setúbal: 18,593 countPenínsula de Setúbal18,593Algarve: 14,847 countAlgarve14,847Oeste e Vale do Tejo: 13,691 countOeste e Vale do Tejo13,691Alentejo: 7,008 countAlentejo7,008Região Autónoma da Madeira: 4,856 countRegião Autónoma da Madeira4,856Região Autónoma dos Açores: 3,685 countRegião Autónoma dos Açores3,685
count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2022
count		Change on 2021
1Norte69,646+26.6%
2Grande Lisboa62,663+26.4%
3Centro (PT)27,473+19.6%
4Península de Setúbal18,593+25.4%
5Algarve14,847+48.6%
6Oeste e Vale do Tejo13,691+20.1%
7Alentejo7,008+16.4%
8Região Autónoma da Madeira4,856+17%
9Região Autónoma dos Açores3,685+14.9%

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About this ranking

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.

Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). Not comparable with companies_created (companies registered in Spain) or business_applications (US applications for an employer number).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r) (Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

MLA 9

Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r), Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2022. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-births/portugal-regions?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r). Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-births/portugal-regions?period=2022.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, number (bd_size_r), Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise births, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-births/portugal-regions?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which region has the highest enterprise births?

Norte, with 69,646 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise births?

Região Autónoma dos Açores, with 3,685 in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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