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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise death rate, 2023

Pavia had the highest enterprise death rate of 107 areas in 2023, at 6.1%. Bolzano-Bozen had the lowest, at 4.85%. The median was 5.69% and the figure for Italy was 6.47%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest6.1Pavia
Lowest4.85Bolzano-Bozen
Median5.69107 areas
Italy6.47History

Top 40 areas, 2023

Pavia: 6.1 %Pavia6.1Brindisi: 6.08 %Brindisi6.08Viterbo: 6.07 %Viterbo6.07Cagliari: 6.01 %Cagliari6.01Novara: 5.98 %Novara5.98Torino: 5.98 %Torino5.98Barletta-Andria-Trani: 5.97 %Barletta-Andria-Trani5.97Monza e della Brianza: 5.94 %Monza e della Brianza5.94Isernia: 5.91 %Isernia5.91Asti: 5.9 %Asti5.9Parma: 5.9 %Parma5.9Rieti: 5.9 %Rieti5.9Vercelli: 5.9 %Vercelli5.9Reggio Calabria: 5.89 %Reggio Calabria5.89Roma: 5.89 %Roma5.89Cosenza: 5.87 %Cosenza5.87Milano: 5.87 %Milano5.87Lecco: 5.86 %Lecco5.86Catania: 5.85 %Catania5.85La Spezia: 5.85 %La Spezia5.85Macerata: 5.85 %Macerata5.85Savona: 5.85 %Savona5.85Taranto: 5.85 %Taranto5.85Nuoro: 5.83 %Nuoro5.83Udine: 5.83 %Udine5.83Brescia: 5.82 %Brescia5.82Caserta: 5.82 %Caserta5.82Frosinone: 5.81 %Frosinone5.81Trieste: 5.81 %Trieste5.81Agrigento: 5.8 %Agrigento5.8Genova: 5.79 %Genova5.79Varese: 5.77 %Varese5.77Modena: 5.76 %Modena5.76Pordenone: 5.76 %Pordenone5.76Sud Sardegna: 5.76 %Sud Sardegna5.76Bologna: 5.75 %Bologna5.75Caltanissetta: 5.75 %Caltanissetta5.75Firenze: 5.75 %Firenze5.75Foggia: 5.75 %Foggia5.75Gorizia: 5.75 %Gorizia5.75Pavia: 6.1 %Pavia6.1Brindisi: 6.08 %Brindisi6.08Viterbo: 6.07 %Viterbo6.07Cagliari: 6.01 %Cagliari6.01Novara: 5.98 %Novara5.98Torino: 5.98 %Torino5.98Barletta-Andria-Trani: 5.97 %Barletta-Andria-Trani5.97Monza e della Brianza: 5.94 %Monza e della Brianza5.94Isernia: 5.91 %Isernia5.91Asti: 5.9 %Asti5.9Parma: 5.9 %Parma5.9Rieti: 5.9 %Rieti5.9Vercelli: 5.9 %Vercelli5.9Reggio Calabria: 5.89 %Reggio Calabria5.89Roma: 5.89 %Roma5.89Cosenza: 5.87 %Cosenza5.87Milano: 5.87 %Milano5.87Lecco: 5.86 %Lecco5.86Catania: 5.85 %Catania5.85La Spezia: 5.85 %La Spezia5.85Macerata: 5.85 %Macerata5.85Savona: 5.85 %Savona5.85Taranto: 5.85 %Taranto5.85Nuoro: 5.83 %Nuoro5.83Udine: 5.83 %Udine5.83Brescia: 5.82 %Brescia5.82Caserta: 5.82 %Caserta5.82Frosinone: 5.81 %Frosinone5.81Trieste: 5.81 %Trieste5.81Agrigento: 5.8 %Agrigento5.8Genova: 5.79 %Genova5.79Varese: 5.77 %Varese5.77Modena: 5.76 %Modena5.76Pordenone: 5.76 %Pordenone5.76Sud Sardegna: 5.76 %Sud Sardegna5.76Bologna: 5.75 %Bologna5.75Caltanissetta: 5.75 %Caltanissetta5.75Firenze: 5.75 %Firenze5.75Foggia: 5.75 %Foggia5.75Gorizia: 5.75 %Gorizia5.75
%. 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

RankAreas2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Pavia Estimated6.1-0.83 pts
2Brindisi Estimated6.08-0.89 pts
3Viterbo Estimated6.07-0.86 pts
4Cagliari Estimated6.01-1.89 pts
5Novara Estimated5.98-0.12 pts
5Torino Estimated5.98-0.82 pts
7Barletta-Andria-Trani Estimated5.97+0.22 pts
8Monza e della Brianza Estimated5.94-0.08 pts
9Isernia Estimated5.91-1.4 pts
10Asti Estimated5.9-0.21 pts
10Parma Estimated5.9-0.14 pts
10Rieti Estimated5.9-1.49 pts
10Vercelli Estimated5.9-0.52 pts
14Reggio Calabria Estimated5.89-2.88 pts
14Roma Estimated5.89-2.34 pts
16Cosenza Estimated5.87-1.73 pts
16Milano Estimated5.87-0.91 pts
18Lecco Estimated5.86+0.66 pts
19Catania Estimated5.85-2.16 pts
19La Spezia Estimated5.85-0.54 pts
19Macerata Estimated5.85+0.33 pts
19Savona Estimated5.85+0.29 pts
19Taranto Estimated5.85-1.05 pts
24Nuoro Estimated5.83-0.53 pts
24Udine Estimated5.83+0.57 pts
26Brescia Estimated5.82+0.61 pts
26Caserta Estimated5.82-3.51 pts
28Frosinone Estimated5.81-1.96 pts
28Trieste Estimated5.81-0.66 pts
30Agrigento Estimated5.8-1.26 pts
31Genova Estimated5.79-0.9 pts
32Varese Estimated5.77-0.06 pts
33Modena Estimated5.76-0.31 pts
33Pordenone Estimated5.76+0.7 pts
33Sud Sardegna Estimated5.76-1.11 pts
36Bologna Estimated5.75-0.3 pts
36Caltanissetta Estimated5.75-2.2 pts
36Firenze Estimated5.75-0.54 pts
36Foggia Estimated5.75-1.4 pts
36Gorizia Estimated5.75-0.26 pts
36Imperia Estimated5.75-0.43 pts
36Pescara Estimated5.75-1.73 pts
36Rovigo Estimated5.75-0.2 pts
44Padova Estimated5.74+0.24 pts
45Como Estimated5.73-0.22 pts
45Cremona Estimated5.73-0.14 pts
47Catanzaro Estimated5.72-2.48 pts
47Piacenza Estimated5.72+0.35 pts
47Reggio nell’Emilia Estimated5.72-0.24 pts
50Avellino Estimated5.71-1.52 pts
50Bergamo Estimated5.71+0.37 pts
50Lodi Estimated5.71-0.39 pts
50Ravenna Estimated5.71+0.34 pts
54Benevento Estimated5.69-1.41 pts
54Lecce Estimated5.69-1.61 pts
56Arezzo Estimated5.68-0.01 pts
56Forlì-Cesena Estimated5.68+0.28 pts
58Palermo Estimated5.67-2.22 pts
59Latina Estimated5.66-1.65 pts
59Pesaro e Urbino Estimated5.66+0.36 pts
61Matera Estimated5.65-0.65 pts
61Prato Estimated5.65-0.98 pts
63L’Aquila Estimated5.63-1.55 pts
63Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Estimated5.63+0.19 pts
65Ferrara Estimated5.62-0.64 pts
66Livorno Estimated5.61-0.56 pts
66Mantova Estimated5.61+0.01 pts
66Pisa Estimated5.61-0.52 pts
66Treviso Estimated5.61+0.37 pts
70Ancona Estimated5.6-0.26 pts
70Lucca Estimated5.6-0.17 pts
70Massa-Carrara Estimated5.6-1.16 pts
70Potenza Estimated5.6-0.8 pts
74Alessandria Estimated5.59-0.94 pts
74Verona Estimated5.59+0.2 pts
76Ascoli Piceno Estimated5.57-0.57 pts
77Messina Estimated5.56-2.47 pts
77Ragusa Estimated5.56-0.99 pts
79Pistoia Estimated5.55-0.53 pts
80Bari Estimated5.54-0.78 pts
81Chieti Estimated5.53-1.07 pts
81Perugia Estimated5.53-0.34 pts
81Terni Estimated5.53-1.06 pts
84Sassari Estimated5.52-1.28 pts
84Venezia Estimated5.52+0.17 pts
86Napoli Estimated5.51-2.76 pts
87Siracusa Estimated5.49-2.36 pts
88Campobasso Estimated5.48-1.65 pts
89Teramo Estimated5.47-1.22 pts
90Salerno Estimated5.46-1.66 pts
90Vicenza Estimated5.46+0.64 pts
92Trapani Estimated5.45-2.05 pts
93Cuneo Estimated5.43+0.35 pts
93Oristano Estimated5.43-0.66 pts
95Rimini Estimated5.42+0.11 pts
96Belluno Estimated5.41+0.6 pts
97Fermo Estimated5.4-0.2 pts
98Enna Estimated5.37-2.67 pts
98Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Estimated5.37-0.06 pts
100Trento Estimated5.34+0.55 pts
101Grosseto Estimated5.32-0.61 pts
102Siena Estimated5.3-0.24 pts
103Biella Estimated5.25-0.54 pts
103Vibo Valentia Estimated5.25-2.56 pts
105Crotone Estimated5.18-3 pts
106Sondrio Estimated5.1+0.56 pts
107Bolzano-Bozen Estimated4.85+0.61 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 areas 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) (NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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), NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces. 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 Italy 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/italy-provinces.

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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 Italy 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/italy-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which area has the highest enterprise death rate?

Pavia, with 6.1% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Bolzano-Bozen, with 4.85% in 2023.

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