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Enterprise deaths in Bulgaria

Enterprise deaths in Bulgaria was 62,241 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 93.7% from 2023. That is the 14th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, count62,241 Provisional
Change on 2023+93.7%
Rank14th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high62,2412024
Series low31,7152021

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Enterprise deaths in Bulgaria, 2019 to 2024

30K40K50K60K70K2019202020212022202320242019: 45,750 count2020: 43,619 count2021: 31,715 count2022: 32,846 count2023: 32,125 count2024: 62,241 count30K40K50K60K70K2019202120242019: 45,750 count2020: 43,619 count2021: 31,715 count2022: 32,846 count2023: 32,125 count2024: 62,241 count
count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 6 values
Periodcount
202462,241 Provisional
202332,125 Provisional
202232,846
202131,715
202043,619
201945,750

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Bulgaria62,241
European Union (27)3,143,782

Bulgaria compared with nearby places

Austria: 33,330 countBelgium: 52,848 countBulgaria: 62,241 countCyprus: 5,566 countCzechia: 90,323 countGermany: 331,590 countDenmark: 38,198 countEstonia: 49,260 countSpain: 269,592 countFinland: 44,228 countFrance: 615,080 countGreece: 37,391 countCroatia: 17,772 countHungary: 116,227 countIreland: 69,154 countItaly: 297,820 countLithuania: 57,797 countLuxembourg: 4,153 countLatvia: 10,958 countMalta: 2,624 countNetherlands: 158,036 countPoland: 343,959 countPortugal: 173,993 countRomania: 80,639 countSweden: 67,289 countSlovenia: 14,952 countSlovakia: 98,762 count
  • Under 21K
  • 21K to 51K
  • 51K to 76K
  • 76K to 170K
  • 170K and over
Enterprise deaths, 2024, count. Bulgaria is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

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.

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Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size) (Enterprise deaths, Bulgaria, 2019 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table

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Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size), Enterprise deaths, Bulgaria, 2019 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 2 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/bulgaria. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size). Enterprise deaths, Bulgaria, 2019 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/bulgaria.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size), Enterprise deaths, Bulgaria, 2019 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/bulgaria (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd\_size): Enterprise deaths, Bulgaria, 2019 to 2024}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}
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What is the enterprise deaths in Bulgaria?

Enterprise deaths in Bulgaria was 62,241 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 93.7% from 2023. That is the 14th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest enterprise deaths in Bulgaria?

62,241 in 2024, the highest value since 2019 in this series.

Enterprise deaths elsewhere in European Union (27)

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