Enterprise deaths
Enterprises that stopped trading during the year and were not reactivated within two years. Enterprises absorbed by a merger or a takeover are not deaths.
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). A death is not an insolvency: most enterprises that close do so without a formal insolvency procedure. The latest years are estimated from expected reactivations and are provisional.
Key facts
- Enterprise deaths in the European Union (27) was 3.14 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- France had the highest enterprise deaths of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 615,080, and Malta the lowest, at 2,624. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 1,746 places, with figures from 2013 to 2024.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Provinces of Spain
- Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)
EU countries by enterprise deaths, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Portugal
- Lithuania
- Greece
- Luxembourg
- Finland
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- South East
- London
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- North West
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- East of England
- Dél-Alföld
- Észak-Alföld
- Castilla-La Mancha
- Észak-Magyarország
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Zahodna Slovenija
Provinces and counties
- Madrid province
- Barcelona province
- Roma
- Berlin
- Milano
- Napoli
- Valencia province
- Nord
- Stockholms län
- Torino
- Thessaloniki
- Grande Lisboa
- Skåne län
- Vilniaus apskritis
- Pas-de-Calais
- München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest enterprise deaths? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"enterprise_deaths","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=enterprise_deaths&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)