Enterprise deaths in Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt

Enterprise deaths in Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt was 1,927 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 11.9% from 2022. That is the 14th highest of 400 areas in 2023.

2023, count1,927 Provisional

Change on 2022+11.9%

Rank14th of 400NUTS 3 areas of Germany ranked

Series high1,9272023

Series low1,6392021

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Enterprise deaths in Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 2020 to 2023

count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-03-13.

All 4 values

Period	count
2023	1,927 Provisional
2022	1,722
2021	1,639
2020	1,737

Compared with Düsseldorf and Germany and European Union (27)

Place	2023
Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,927
Düsseldorf	18,767
Germany	252,237
European Union (27)	2,689,394

Rankings

EU countries by enterprise deaths 27 places
NUTS 3 areas of Germany by enterprise deaths 400 places

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 NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r) (Enterprise deaths, Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 2020 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

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Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r), Enterprise deaths, Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 2020 to 2023. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/essen-kreisfreie-stadt-dea13. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r). Enterprise deaths, Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 2020 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/essen-kreisfreie-stadt-dea13.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r), Enterprise deaths, Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 2020 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/essen-kreisfreie-stadt-dea13 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd\_size\_r): Enterprise deaths, Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt, 2020 to 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/essen-kreisfreie-stadt-dea13. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd\_size\_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd\_size\_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Enterprise deaths in Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt was 1,927 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 11.9% from 2022. That is the 14th highest of 400 areas in 2023.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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1,927 in 2023, the highest value since 2020 in this series.

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