# Enterprise death rate Enterprise deaths in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A death is an enterprise that stopped trading and was not reactivated within two years. ## Key facts - Enterprise death rate in the European Union (27) was 9.2% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. - Estonia had the highest enterprise death rate of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 29.23%, and Greece the lowest, at 3.88%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. - Published for 1,372 places, with figures from 2013 to 2024. - Figures last updated on 2026-10-12. - Indicator id: `enterprise_death_rate` - Unit: % - Note: Eurostat and OECD harmonised business demography. The latest year is provisional until the two-year reactivation window has passed. Not an insolvency rate, and not comparable with establishment_exit_rate, which counts closed US business locations. - Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-death-rate - API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/enterprise_death_rate ## Latest figures | Place | Period | % | Source | |---|---|---:|---| | European Union (27) | 2024 | 9.2 | Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12. | ## Rankings - [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/eu-countries.md) (27 places) - [EU regions (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/eu-regions.md) (233 places) - [Autonomous communities of Spain](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/spain-regions.md) (19 places) - [Provinces of Spain](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/spain-provinces.md) (49 places) - [Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/germany-regions.md) (38 places) - [Regions of France (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/france-regions.md) (27 places) - [Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/italy-regions.md) (21 places) - [Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/poland-regions.md) (17 places) - [Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/greece-regions.md) (13 places) - [Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/netherlands-regions.md) (12 places) - [Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/austria-regions.md) (9 places) - [Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/portugal-regions.md) (9 places) - [Regions of Czechia (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/czechia-regions.md) (8 places) - [Regions of Hungary (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/hungary-regions.md) (8 places) - [Regions of Romania (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/romania-regions.md) (8 places) - [Regions of Sweden (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/sweden-regions.md) (8 places) - [Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/bulgaria-regions.md) (6 places) - [Regions of Denmark (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/denmark-regions.md) (5 places) - [Regions of Finland (NUTS 2)](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/finland-regions.md) (5 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Germany](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/germany-provinces.md) (400 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Italy](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/italy-provinces.md) (107 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of France](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/france-provinces.md) (101 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Poland](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/poland-provinces.md) (73 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Greece](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/greece-provinces.md) (52 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Romania](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/romania-provinces.md) (42 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/netherlands-provinces.md) (40 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Austria](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/austria-provinces.md) (35 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/bulgaria-provinces.md) (28 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Portugal](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/portugal-provinces.md) (26 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Croatia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/croatia-provinces.md) (21 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Sweden](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/sweden-provinces.md) (21 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Hungary](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/hungary-provinces.md) (20 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Finland](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/finland-provinces.md) (19 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Czechia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/czechia-provinces.md) (14 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Slovenia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/slovenia-provinces.md) (12 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Denmark](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/denmark-provinces.md) (11 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Lithuania](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/lithuania-provinces.md) (10 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Ireland](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/ireland-provinces.md) (8 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Slovakia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/slovakia-provinces.md) (8 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Estonia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/estonia-provinces.md) (5 places) - [NUTS 3 areas of Latvia](https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/latvia-provinces.md) (5 places)