Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Poland recorded 2,875,994 active enterprises in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 4.9 percent compared with the same period of the previous year, according to new data from Statistics Poland. Micro-enterprises continued to form the backbone of the business landscape, accounting for 95.9 percent of all active entities and growing by 5.2 percent year-on-year. By contrast, the number of small enterprises declined by 0.5 percent, medium firms by 1.0 percent and large firms decreased by three entities.
The sectoral structure of Polish enterprise activity remained broadly stable. The largest share of businesses operated in trade and the repair of motor vehicles, representing 17.2 percent of all active firms. Construction accounted for 15.2 percent, while professional, scientific and technical activities made up 13.8 percent. At the other end of the spectrum, mining and quarrying represented just 0.1 percent of all enterprises, and energy generation and supply accounted for 0.3 percent. The strongest year-on-year increases in enterprise numbers were reported in education, which expanded by 17.8 percent, administrative and support service activities, which grew by 15.9 percent, and the arts, entertainment and recreation sector, which rose by 9.2 percent.
Regionally, the Mazowieckie voivodship remained the country’s largest business hub, hosting 20.1 percent of all enterprises. It was followed by Wielkopolskie with 10.3 percent, Śląskie with 10.2 percent and Małopolskie with 10.0 percent. Opolskie recorded the smallest share at 1.9 percent. Growth dynamics also varied across regions: Mazowieckie, Małopolskie and Pomorskie saw the largest increases in active enterprises, while Zachodniopomorskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Podlaskie recorded the weakest growth.
Local-level patterns highlighted further variation. The powiats with the highest number of enterprises included Poznański, Piaseczyński, Krakowski, Wołomiński, Pruszkowski and Wrocławski. Only a few areas—Gołdapski, Węgorzewski and Sejneński—recorded fewer than 1,000 active firms. In 77 non-city powiats, enterprise growth surpassed the national average of 4.9 percent, with rises above 7 percent in locations such as Legionowski, Pruszkowski, Wrocławski, Grodziski, Średzki and Zwoleński. A decline in enterprise numbers occurred in the powiats of Węgrowski, Krasnostawski and Pyrzycki.
When measured per capita, the highest concentration of enterprises was found in Mazowieckie, which recorded 104.9 entities per 1,000 residents. Pomorskie, Wielkopolskie, Małopolskie and Dolnośląskie also reported high ratios. The lowest figure was observed in Podkarpackie, where there were 57.1 enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants.
