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Enterprise deaths in European Union (27)

Enterprise deaths in the European Union (27) was 3.14 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 16.9% from 2023.

2024, count3,143,782 Provisional
Change on 2023+16.9%
Series high3,143,7822024
Series low2,437,0362021

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Enterprise deaths in European Union (27), 2021 to 2024

2.4M2.6M2.8M3M3.2M20212022202320242021: 2,437,036 count2022: 2,634,249 count2023: 2,689,394 count2024: 3,143,782 count2.4M2.6M2.8M3M3.2M202120242021: 2,437,036 count2022: 2,634,249 count2023: 2,689,394 count2024: 3,143,782 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 4 values
Periodcount
20243,143,782 Provisional
20232,689,394
20222,634,249
20212,437,036

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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, European Union (27), 2021 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, European Union (27), 2021 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/european-union. 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, European Union (27), 2021 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/european-union.

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, European Union (27), 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/european-union (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, European Union (27), 2021 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}
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Enterprise deaths in the European Union (27) was 3.14 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 16.9% from 2023.

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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.

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3.14 million in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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