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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise death rate

Caserta had the highest enterprise death rate of 107 areas in 2021, at 8.67%. Bolzano-Bozen had the lowest, at 3.97%. The median was 5.72% and the figure for Italy was 5.97%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest8.67Caserta
Lowest3.97Bolzano-Bozen
Median5.72107 areas
Italy5.97History

Top 40 areas, 2021

Caserta: 8.67 %Caserta8.67Catanzaro: 7.52 %Catanzaro7.52Napoli: 7.42 %Napoli7.42Rieti: 7.41 %Rieti7.41Reggio Calabria: 7.37 %Reggio Calabria7.37Crotone: 7.36 %Crotone7.36Roma: 7.33 %Roma7.33Messina: 7.2 %Messina7.2Vibo Valentia: 7 %Vibo Valentia7Frosinone: 6.9 %Frosinone6.9Catania: 6.86 %Catania6.86Benevento: 6.78 %Benevento6.78Siracusa: 6.74 %Siracusa6.74Latina: 6.7 %Latina6.7Palermo: 6.7 %Palermo6.7Cagliari: 6.69 %Cagliari6.69Caltanissetta: 6.64 %Caltanissetta6.64Campobasso: 6.64 %Campobasso6.64Isernia: 6.64 %Isernia6.64Trieste: 6.59 %Trieste6.59Agrigento: 6.58 %Agrigento6.58Cosenza: 6.48 %Cosenza6.48Pescara: 6.43 %Pescara6.43Avellino: 6.42 %Avellino6.42L’Aquila: 6.42 %L’Aquila6.42Lecce: 6.42 %Lecce6.42Salerno: 6.41 %Salerno6.41Taranto: 6.4 %Taranto6.4Foggia: 6.39 %Foggia6.39Enna: 6.38 %Enna6.38Pavia: 6.31 %Pavia6.31Trapani: 6.29 %Trapani6.29Brindisi: 6.28 %Brindisi6.28Sud Sardegna: 6.22 %Sud Sardegna6.22Viterbo: 6.17 %Viterbo6.17Milano: 6.14 %Milano6.14Genova: 6.1 %Genova6.1Terni: 6.08 %Terni6.08Sassari: 6.06 %Sassari6.06Teramo: 6.02 %Teramo6.02Caserta: 8.67 %Caserta8.67Catanzaro: 7.52 %Catanzaro7.52Napoli: 7.42 %Napoli7.42Rieti: 7.41 %Rieti7.41Reggio Calabria: 7.37 %Reggio Calabria7.37Crotone: 7.36 %Crotone7.36Roma: 7.33 %Roma7.33Messina: 7.2 %Messina7.2Vibo Valentia: 7 %Vibo Valentia7Frosinone: 6.9 %Frosinone6.9Catania: 6.86 %Catania6.86Benevento: 6.78 %Benevento6.78Siracusa: 6.74 %Siracusa6.74Latina: 6.7 %Latina6.7Palermo: 6.7 %Palermo6.7Cagliari: 6.69 %Cagliari6.69Caltanissetta: 6.64 %Caltanissetta6.64Campobasso: 6.64 %Campobasso6.64Isernia: 6.64 %Isernia6.64Trieste: 6.59 %Trieste6.59Agrigento: 6.58 %Agrigento6.58Cosenza: 6.48 %Cosenza6.48Pescara: 6.43 %Pescara6.43Avellino: 6.42 %Avellino6.42L’Aquila: 6.42 %L’Aquila6.42Lecce: 6.42 %Lecce6.42Salerno: 6.41 %Salerno6.41Taranto: 6.4 %Taranto6.4Foggia: 6.39 %Foggia6.39Enna: 6.38 %Enna6.38Pavia: 6.31 %Pavia6.31Trapani: 6.29 %Trapani6.29Brindisi: 6.28 %Brindisi6.28Sud Sardegna: 6.22 %Sud Sardegna6.22Viterbo: 6.17 %Viterbo6.17Milano: 6.14 %Milano6.14Genova: 6.1 %Genova6.1Terni: 6.08 %Terni6.08Sassari: 6.06 %Sassari6.06Teramo: 6.02 %Teramo6.02
%. 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 (%)
1Caserta Series break8.67
2Catanzaro Series break7.52
3Napoli Series break7.42
4Rieti Series break7.41
5Reggio Calabria Series break7.37
6Crotone Series break7.36
7Roma Series break7.33
8Messina Series break7.2
9Vibo Valentia Series break7
10Frosinone Series break6.9
11Catania Series break6.86
12Benevento Series break6.78
13Siracusa Series break6.74
14Latina Series break6.7
14Palermo Series break6.7
16Cagliari Series break6.69
17Caltanissetta Series break6.64
17Campobasso Series break6.64
17Isernia Series break6.64
20Trieste Series break6.59
21Agrigento Series break6.58
22Cosenza Series break6.48
23Pescara Series break6.43
24Avellino Series break6.42
24L’Aquila Series break6.42
24Lecce Series break6.42
27Salerno Series break6.41
28Taranto Series break6.4
29Foggia Series break6.39
30Enna Series break6.38
31Pavia Series break6.31
32Trapani Series break6.29
33Brindisi Series break6.28
34Sud Sardegna Series break6.22
35Viterbo Series break6.17
36Milano Series break6.14
37Genova Series break6.1
38Terni Series break6.08
39Sassari Series break6.06
40Teramo Series break6.02
41Nuoro Series break5.99
41Pisa Series break5.99
41Torino Series break5.99
44Prato Series break5.9
45Vercelli Series break5.89
46Alessandria Series break5.87
47Ferrara Series break5.86
47Rovigo Series break5.86
49Gorizia Series break5.84
49Massa-Carrara Series break5.84
51Livorno Series break5.82
52Ragusa Series break5.76
53Novara Series break5.73
54Reggio nell’Emilia Series break5.72
55La Spezia Series break5.71
56Perugia Series break5.67
57Chieti Series break5.66
58Ascoli Piceno Series break5.63
59Bari Series break5.62
59Oristano Series break5.62
61Lodi Series break5.61
62Pistoia Series break5.59
63Asti Series break5.58
64Firenze Series break5.57
64Imperia Series break5.57
66Piacenza Series break5.53
67Modena Series break5.51
68Monza e della Brianza Series break5.5
68Varese Series break5.5
70Ancona Series break5.49
70Bologna Series break5.49
70Fermo Series break5.49
73Matera Series break5.47
74Parma Series break5.46
75Grosseto Series break5.44
75Siena Series break5.44
77Barletta-Andria-Trani Series break5.42
78Potenza Series break5.36
79Verona Series break5.35
80Arezzo Series break5.33
80Rimini Series break5.33
82Savona Series break5.32
83Lucca Series break5.3
84Ravenna Series break5.28
85Como Series break5.25
86Macerata Series break5.19
87Padova Series break5.15
88Cremona Series break5.12
89Mantova Series break5.1
90Udine Series break5.09
91Biella Series break5.03
92Bergamo Series break5.02
92Venezia Series break5.02
94Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break4.99
95Pordenone Series break4.98
96Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Series break4.92
97Brescia Series break4.9
98Forlì-Cesena Series break4.87
98Lecco Series break4.87
100Pesaro e Urbino Series break4.86
101Belluno Series break4.82
101Cuneo Series break4.82
103Treviso Series break4.78
104Vicenza Series break4.75
105Trento Series break4.66
106Sondrio Series break4.38
107Bolzano-Bozen Series break3.97

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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 Italy 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 Italy 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/italy-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 Italy 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/italy-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 Italy 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/italy-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which area has the highest enterprise death rate?

Caserta, with 8.67% in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Bolzano-Bozen, with 3.97% 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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