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NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise death rate

Seine-Saint-Denis had the highest enterprise death rate of 101 areas in 2021, at 17.61%. Lozère had the lowest, at 7.25%. The median was 9.75% and the figure for France was 10.82%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest17.61Seine-Saint-Denis
Lowest7.25Lozère
Median9.75101 areas
France10.82History

Top 40 areas, 2021

Seine-Saint-Denis: 17.61 %Seine-Saint-Denis17.61Val-d’Oise: 15.07 %Val-d’Oise15.07Val-de-Marne: 14.68 %Val-de-Marne14.68Essonne: 14.14 %Essonne14.14Hauts-de-Seine: 13.71 %Hauts-de-Seine13.71Yvelines: 13.38 %Yvelines13.38Seine-et-Marne: 13.18 %Seine-et-Marne13.18Guyane: 12.32 %Guyane12.32Rhône: 11.59 %Rhône11.59Gironde: 11.47 %Gironde11.47Haute-Garonne: 11.37 %Haute-Garonne11.37Paris: 11.33 %Paris11.33Meurthe-et-Moselle: 11.21 %Meurthe-et-Moselle11.21Bouches-du-Rhône: 11.13 %Bouches-du-Rhône11.13Nord: 11.12 %Nord11.12Alpes-Maritimes: 11.1 %Alpes-Maritimes11.1Moselle: 10.99 %Moselle10.99Oise: 10.87 %Oise10.87Hérault: 10.85 %Hérault10.85Loiret: 10.78 %Loiret10.78Guadeloupe: 10.75 %Guadeloupe10.75Territoire de Belfort: 10.54 %Territoire de Belfort10.54Var: 10.45 %Var10.45Seine-Maritime: 10.44 %Seine-Maritime10.44Eure-et-Loir: 10.42 %Eure-et-Loir10.42Isère: 10.31 %Isère10.31Mayotte: 10.24 %Mayotte10.24Indre-et-Loire: 10.21 %Indre-et-Loire10.21Pyrénées-Orientales: 10.18 %Pyrénées-Orientales10.18Aube: 10.13 %Aube10.13Eure: 10.12 %Eure10.12Marne: 10.12 %Marne10.12Loire-Atlantique: 10.08 %Loire-Atlantique10.08Haut-Rhin: 10.07 %Haut-Rhin10.07Ain: 10.06 %Ain10.06Pas-de-Calais: 10.04 %Pas-de-Calais10.04Vienne: 10.03 %Vienne10.03Calvados: 10.01 %Calvados10.01Gard: 9.93 %Gard9.93Aisne: 9.9 %Aisne9.9Seine-Saint-Denis: 17.61 %Seine-Saint-Denis17.61Val-d’Oise: 15.07 %Val-d’Oise15.07Val-de-Marne: 14.68 %Val-de-Marne14.68Essonne: 14.14 %Essonne14.14Hauts-de-Seine: 13.71 %Hauts-de-Seine13.71Yvelines: 13.38 %Yvelines13.38Seine-et-Marne: 13.18 %Seine-et-Marne13.18Guyane: 12.32 %Guyane12.32Rhône: 11.59 %Rhône11.59Gironde: 11.47 %Gironde11.47Haute-Garonne: 11.37 %Haute-Garonne11.37Paris: 11.33 %Paris11.33Meurthe-et-Moselle: 11.21 %Meurthe-et-Moselle11.21Bouches-du-Rhône: 11.13 %Bouches-du-Rhône11.13Nord: 11.12 %Nord11.12Alpes-Maritimes: 11.1 %Alpes-Maritimes11.1Moselle: 10.99 %Moselle10.99Oise: 10.87 %Oise10.87Hérault: 10.85 %Hérault10.85Loiret: 10.78 %Loiret10.78Guadeloupe: 10.75 %Guadeloupe10.75Territoire de Belfort: 10.54 %Territoire de Belfort10.54Var: 10.45 %Var10.45Seine-Maritime: 10.44 %Seine-Maritime10.44Eure-et-Loir: 10.42 %Eure-et-Loir10.42Isère: 10.31 %Isère10.31Mayotte: 10.24 %Mayotte10.24Indre-et-Loire: 10.21 %Indre-et-Loire10.21Pyrénées-Orientales: 10.18 %Pyrénées-Orientales10.18Aube: 10.13 %Aube10.13Eure: 10.12 %Eure10.12Marne: 10.12 %Marne10.12Loire-Atlantique: 10.08 %Loire-Atlantique10.08Haut-Rhin: 10.07 %Haut-Rhin10.07Ain: 10.06 %Ain10.06Pas-de-Calais: 10.04 %Pas-de-Calais10.04Vienne: 10.03 %Vienne10.03Calvados: 10.01 %Calvados10.01Gard: 9.93 %Gard9.93Aisne: 9.9 %Aisne9.9
%. 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

RankAreas2021 (%)
1Seine-Saint-Denis Series break17.61
2Val-d’Oise Series break15.07
3Val-de-Marne Series break14.68
4Essonne Series break14.14
5Hauts-de-Seine Series break13.71
6Yvelines Series break13.38
7Seine-et-Marne Series break13.18
8Guyane Series break12.32
9Rhône Series break11.59
10Gironde Series break11.47
11Haute-Garonne Series break11.37
12Paris Series break11.33
13Meurthe-et-Moselle Series break11.21
14Bouches-du-Rhône Series break11.13
15Nord Series break11.12
16Alpes-Maritimes Series break11.1
17Moselle Series break10.99
18Oise Series break10.87
19Hérault Series break10.85
20Loiret Series break10.78
21Guadeloupe Series break10.75
22Territoire de Belfort Series break10.54
23Var Series break10.45
24Seine-Maritime Series break10.44
25Eure-et-Loir Series break10.42
26Isère Series break10.31
27Mayotte Series break10.24
28Indre-et-Loire Series break10.21
29Pyrénées-Orientales Series break10.18
30Aube Series break10.13
31Eure Series break10.12
31Marne Series break10.12
33Loire-Atlantique Series break10.08
34Haut-Rhin Series break10.07
35Ain Series break10.06
36Pas-de-Calais Series break10.04
37Vienne Series break10.03
38Calvados Series break10.01
39Gard Series break9.93
40Aisne Series break9.9
40Meuse Series break9.9
42Bas-Rhin Series break9.87
43Cher Series break9.86
44Doubs Series break9.85
45Yonne Series break9.84
46Haute-Vienne Series break9.82
46Tarn-et-Garonne Series break9.82
48Côte-d’Or Series break9.8
48Vaucluse Series break9.8
50Ariège Series break9.76
51Somme Series break9.75
52Aude Series break9.7
53Puy-de-Dôme Series break9.61
54Landes Series break9.6
55Drôme Series break9.57
56Sarthe Series break9.56
57Ardennes Series break9.54
58Loire Series break9.52
59Martinique Series break9.51
60Indre Series break9.5
61Hautes-Pyrénées Series break9.49
61Maine-et-Loire Series break9.49
63Haute-Savoie Series break9.48
64Saône-et-Loire Series break9.47
65Charente-Maritime Series break9.44
66Ille-et-Vilaine Series break9.38
67Loir-et-Cher Series break9.37
68Ardèche Series break9.36
69Dordogne Series break9.32
70Pyrénées-Atlantiques Series break9.25
71Lot-et-Garonne Series break9.22
72Gers Series break9.2
73Corrèze Series break9.19
74Jura Series break9.18
75Mayenne Series break9.16
76Charente Series break9.14
77Nièvre Series break9.13
78Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Series break9.1
79Tarn Series break9.07
80Corse-du-Sud Series break9.01
81La Réunion Series break9
82Creuse Series break8.99
83Haute-Marne Series break8.98
84Haute-Saône Series break8.95
85Haute-Corse Series break8.91
86Allier Series break8.87
87Deux-Sèvres Series break8.86
88Orne Series break8.85
89Morbihan Series break8.73
90Vosges Series break8.7
91Côtes-d’Armor Series break8.63
92Manche Series break8.58
92Savoie Series break8.58
94Aveyron Series break8.57
95Finistère Series break8.51
96Lot Series break8.45
97Vendée Series break8.33
98Hautes-Alpes Series break8.03
99Haute-Loire Series break7.73
100Cantal Series break7.67
101Lozère Series break7.25

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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 areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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) (NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise death rate, 2021) [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), NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise death rate, 2021. 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/france-provinces?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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). NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise death rate, 2021. 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/france-provinces?period=2021.

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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), NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise death rate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/france-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which area has the highest enterprise death rate?

Seine-Saint-Denis, with 17.61% in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Lozère, with 7.25% in 2021.

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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