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Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise death rate, 2023

Yugozapaden had the highest enterprise death rate of 6 regions in 2023, at 18.27%. Severen tsentralen had the lowest, at 13.61%. The median was 15.27% and the figure for Bulgaria was 7.95%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest18.27Yugozapaden
Lowest13.61Severen tsentralen
Median15.276 regions
Bulgaria7.95History

All regions, 2023

Yugozapaden: 18.27 %Yugozapaden18.27Severoiztochen: 17.28 %Severoiztochen17.28Yugoiztochen: 16.28 %Yugoiztochen16.28Yuzhen tsentralen: 14.26 %Yuzhen tsentralen14.26Severozapaden: 14.01 %Severozapaden14.01Severen tsentralen: 13.61 %Severen tsentralen13.61Yugozapaden: 18.27 %Yugozapaden18.27Severoiztochen: 17.28 %Severoiztochen17.28Yugoiztochen: 16.28 %Yugoiztochen16.28Yuzhen tsentralen: 14.26 %Yuzhen tsentralen14.26Severozapaden: 14.01 %Severozapaden14.01Severen tsentralen: 13.61 %Severen tsentralen13.61
%. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Yugozapaden Provisional18.27+9.66 pts
2Severoiztochen Provisional17.28+8.58 pts
3Yugoiztochen Provisional16.28+7.49 pts
4Yuzhen tsentralen Provisional14.26+6.69 pts
5Severozapaden Provisional14.01+6.2 pts
6Severen tsentralen Provisional13.61+5.69 pts

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About this ranking

Enterprise deaths in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A death is an enterprise that stopped trading and was not reactivated within two years.

Eurostat and OECD harmonised business demography. The latest year is provisional until the two-year reactivation window has passed. Not an insolvency rate, and not comparable with establishment_exit_rate, which counts closed US business locations.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (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, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r) (Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise death rate, 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, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r), Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise death rate, 2023. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/bulgaria-regions. 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, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise death rate, 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/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/bulgaria-regions.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r), Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise death rate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/bulgaria-regions (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which region has the highest enterprise death rate?

Yugozapaden, with 18.27% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Severen tsentralen, with 13.61% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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