Enterprise birth rate in European Union

New enterprises in the European Union equalled 10.4% of active enterprises in 2024.

Measure: Enterprise birth rate Unit: % of active enterprises Data: 2021 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
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European Union, 2024 10.4% % of active enterprises
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 10.5%

Enterprise birth rate in European Union over time

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% of active enterprises. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Enterprise birth rate (% of active enterprises), 2021 to 2024
Period European Union
2024 10.4%
2023 10.5%
2022 10.5%
2021 10.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 10.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2021, when it was 10.8%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.

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Eurostat
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Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
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bd_size · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A age=TOTAL sizeclas=TOTAL indic_sbs=ENT_BRTHR_PC nace_r2=B-S_X_O_S94
Observation period
2021 to 2024 for European Union
Provider update
23 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Source: Eurostat