Three-year enterprise survival rate in Bulgaria

Three-year enterprise survival rate in Bulgaria was 61.6% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is the 12th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

202461.6%

Rank12th of 27EU countries ranked

Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (bd_size). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

All 1 values

Period	%
2024	61.6

Compared with European Union (27)

Place	2024
Bulgaria	61.6
European Union (27)	57.18

Rankings

EU countries by three-year enterprise survival rate 27 places

Definition

Enterprises born three years before the year shown that are still active, as a percentage of all enterprises born that year. The 2024 value follows the enterprises born in 2021.

Eurostat and OECD harmonised business demography. The year is the survival year, not the birth year.

How to cite

Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (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, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (bd_size) (Three-year enterprise survival rate, Bulgaria, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table

MLA 9

Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (bd_size), Three-year enterprise survival rate, Bulgaria, 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 2 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/three-year-enterprise-survival-rate/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, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (bd_size). Three-year enterprise survival rate, Bulgaria, 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/three-year-enterprise-survival-rate/bulgaria.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (bd_size), Three-year enterprise survival rate, Bulgaria, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/three-year-enterprise-survival-rate/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, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (bd\_size): Three-year enterprise survival rate, Bulgaria, 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/three-year-enterprise-survival-rate/bulgaria. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (bd\_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd\_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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N1  - Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (bd_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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What is the three-year enterprise survival rate in Bulgaria?

Three-year enterprise survival rate in Bulgaria was 61.6% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is the 12th 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, survival rate of enterprises born three years earlier, percentage (bd_size). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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