Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise death rate

Ile-de-France had the highest enterprise death rate of 27 regions in 2021, at 13.36%. Bretagne had the lowest, at 8.87%. The median was 10.19% and the figure for France was 10.82%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest13.36Ile-de-France

Lowest8.87Bretagne

Median10.1927 regions

France10.82History

All regions, 2021

%. 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

Rank	Regions	2021 (%)
1	Ile-de-France Series break	13.36
2	Guyane Series break	12.32
3	Nord-Pas de Calais Series break	10.78
4	Guadeloupe Series break	10.75
5	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break	10.68
6	Lorraine Series break	10.56
7	Aquitaine Series break	10.39
8	Haute-Normandie Series break	10.33
9	Languedoc-Roussillon Series break	10.31
10	Picardie Series break	10.3
11	Rhône-Alpes Series break	10.25
12	Mayotte Series break	10.24
13	Midi-Pyrénées Series break	10.21
14	Centre - Val de Loire Series break	10.19
15	Alsace Series break	9.94
16	Champagne-Ardenne Series break	9.88
17	Bourgogne Series break	9.63
18	Franche-Comté Series break	9.59
19	Martinique Series break	9.51
19	Pays de la Loire Series break	9.51
21	Limousin Series break	9.48
22	Poitou-Charentes Series break	9.41
23	Basse-Normandie Series break	9.38
24	La Réunion Series break	9
25	Corse Series break	8.96
26	Auvergne Series break	8.91
27	Bretagne Series break	8.87

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

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.

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) (Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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-regions?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). Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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-regions?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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest enterprise death rate?

Ile-de-France, with 13.36% in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Bretagne, with 8.87% 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.