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NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise death rate

Caserta had the highest enterprise death rate of 107 areas in 2022, at 9.33%. Bolzano-Bozen had the lowest, at 4.24%. The median was 6.26% and the figure for Italy was 5.56%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest9.33Caserta
Lowest4.24Bolzano-Bozen
Median6.26107 areas
Italy5.56History

Top 40 areas, 2022

Caserta: 9.33 %Caserta9.33Reggio Calabria: 8.77 %Reggio Calabria8.77Napoli: 8.27 %Napoli8.27Roma: 8.23 %Roma8.23Catanzaro: 8.2 %Catanzaro8.2Crotone: 8.18 %Crotone8.18Enna: 8.04 %Enna8.04Messina: 8.03 %Messina8.03Catania: 8.01 %Catania8.01Caltanissetta: 7.95 %Caltanissetta7.95Cagliari: 7.9 %Cagliari7.9Palermo: 7.89 %Palermo7.89Siracusa: 7.85 %Siracusa7.85Vibo Valentia: 7.81 %Vibo Valentia7.81Frosinone: 7.77 %Frosinone7.77Cosenza: 7.6 %Cosenza7.6Trapani: 7.5 %Trapani7.5Pescara: 7.48 %Pescara7.48Rieti: 7.39 %Rieti7.39Isernia: 7.31 %Isernia7.31Latina: 7.31 %Latina7.31Lecce: 7.3 %Lecce7.3Avellino: 7.23 %Avellino7.23L’Aquila: 7.18 %L’Aquila7.18Foggia: 7.15 %Foggia7.15Campobasso: 7.13 %Campobasso7.13Salerno: 7.12 %Salerno7.12Benevento: 7.1 %Benevento7.1Agrigento: 7.06 %Agrigento7.06Brindisi: 6.97 %Brindisi6.97Pavia: 6.93 %Pavia6.93Viterbo: 6.93 %Viterbo6.93Taranto: 6.9 %Taranto6.9Sud Sardegna: 6.87 %Sud Sardegna6.87Sassari: 6.8 %Sassari6.8Torino: 6.8 %Torino6.8Milano: 6.78 %Milano6.78Massa-Carrara: 6.76 %Massa-Carrara6.76Genova: 6.69 %Genova6.69Teramo: 6.69 %Teramo6.69Caserta: 9.33 %Caserta9.33Reggio Calabria: 8.77 %Reggio Calabria8.77Napoli: 8.27 %Napoli8.27Roma: 8.23 %Roma8.23Catanzaro: 8.2 %Catanzaro8.2Crotone: 8.18 %Crotone8.18Enna: 8.04 %Enna8.04Messina: 8.03 %Messina8.03Catania: 8.01 %Catania8.01Caltanissetta: 7.95 %Caltanissetta7.95Cagliari: 7.9 %Cagliari7.9Palermo: 7.89 %Palermo7.89Siracusa: 7.85 %Siracusa7.85Vibo Valentia: 7.81 %Vibo Valentia7.81Frosinone: 7.77 %Frosinone7.77Cosenza: 7.6 %Cosenza7.6Trapani: 7.5 %Trapani7.5Pescara: 7.48 %Pescara7.48Rieti: 7.39 %Rieti7.39Isernia: 7.31 %Isernia7.31Latina: 7.31 %Latina7.31Lecce: 7.3 %Lecce7.3Avellino: 7.23 %Avellino7.23L’Aquila: 7.18 %L’Aquila7.18Foggia: 7.15 %Foggia7.15Campobasso: 7.13 %Campobasso7.13Salerno: 7.12 %Salerno7.12Benevento: 7.1 %Benevento7.1Agrigento: 7.06 %Agrigento7.06Brindisi: 6.97 %Brindisi6.97Pavia: 6.93 %Pavia6.93Viterbo: 6.93 %Viterbo6.93Taranto: 6.9 %Taranto6.9Sud Sardegna: 6.87 %Sud Sardegna6.87Sassari: 6.8 %Sassari6.8Torino: 6.8 %Torino6.8Milano: 6.78 %Milano6.78Massa-Carrara: 6.76 %Massa-Carrara6.76Genova: 6.69 %Genova6.69Teramo: 6.69 %Teramo6.69
%. 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

RankAreas2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Caserta Provisional9.33+0.66 pts
2Reggio Calabria Provisional8.77+1.4 pts
3Napoli Provisional8.27+0.85 pts
4Roma Provisional8.23+0.9 pts
5Catanzaro Provisional8.2+0.68 pts
6Crotone Provisional8.18+0.82 pts
7Enna Provisional8.04+1.66 pts
8Messina Provisional8.03+0.83 pts
9Catania Provisional8.01+1.15 pts
10Caltanissetta Provisional7.95+1.31 pts
11Cagliari Provisional7.9+1.21 pts
12Palermo Provisional7.89+1.19 pts
13Siracusa Provisional7.85+1.11 pts
14Vibo Valentia Provisional7.81+0.81 pts
15Frosinone Provisional7.77+0.87 pts
16Cosenza Provisional7.6+1.12 pts
17Trapani Provisional7.5+1.21 pts
18Pescara Provisional7.48+1.05 pts
19Rieti Provisional7.39-0.02 pts
20Isernia Provisional7.31+0.67 pts
20Latina Provisional7.31+0.61 pts
22Lecce Provisional7.3+0.88 pts
23Avellino Provisional7.23+0.81 pts
24L’Aquila Provisional7.18+0.76 pts
25Foggia Provisional7.15+0.76 pts
26Campobasso Provisional7.13+0.49 pts
27Salerno Provisional7.12+0.71 pts
28Benevento Provisional7.1+0.32 pts
29Agrigento Provisional7.06+0.48 pts
30Brindisi Provisional6.97+0.69 pts
31Pavia Provisional6.93+0.62 pts
31Viterbo Provisional6.93+0.76 pts
33Taranto Provisional6.9+0.5 pts
34Sud Sardegna Provisional6.87+0.65 pts
35Sassari Provisional6.8+0.74 pts
35Torino Provisional6.8+0.81 pts
37Milano Provisional6.78+0.64 pts
38Massa-Carrara Provisional6.76+0.92 pts
39Genova Provisional6.69+0.59 pts
39Teramo Provisional6.69+0.67 pts
41Prato Provisional6.63+0.73 pts
42Chieti Provisional6.6+0.94 pts
43Terni Provisional6.59+0.51 pts
44Ragusa Provisional6.55+0.79 pts
45Alessandria Provisional6.53+0.66 pts
46Trieste Provisional6.47-0.12 pts
47Vercelli Provisional6.42+0.53 pts
48Potenza Provisional6.4+1.04 pts
49La Spezia Provisional6.39+0.68 pts
50Nuoro Provisional6.36+0.37 pts
51Bari Provisional6.32+0.7 pts
52Matera Provisional6.3+0.83 pts
53Firenze Provisional6.29+0.72 pts
54Ferrara Provisional6.26+0.4 pts
55Imperia Provisional6.18+0.61 pts
56Livorno Provisional6.17+0.35 pts
57Ascoli Piceno Provisional6.14+0.51 pts
58Pisa Provisional6.13+0.14 pts
59Asti Provisional6.11+0.53 pts
60Lodi Provisional6.1+0.49 pts
60Novara Provisional6.1+0.37 pts
62Oristano Provisional6.09+0.47 pts
63Pistoia Provisional6.08+0.49 pts
64Modena Provisional6.07+0.56 pts
65Bologna Provisional6.05+0.56 pts
66Parma Provisional6.04+0.58 pts
67Monza e della Brianza Provisional6.02+0.52 pts
68Gorizia Provisional6.01+0.17 pts
69Reggio nell’Emilia Provisional5.96+0.24 pts
70Como Provisional5.95+0.7 pts
70Rovigo Provisional5.95+0.09 pts
72Grosseto Provisional5.93+0.49 pts
73Cremona Provisional5.87+0.75 pts
73Perugia Provisional5.87+0.2 pts
75Ancona Provisional5.86+0.37 pts
76Varese Provisional5.83+0.33 pts
77Biella Provisional5.79+0.76 pts
78Lucca Provisional5.77+0.47 pts
79Barletta-Andria-Trani Provisional5.75+0.33 pts
80Arezzo Provisional5.69+0.36 pts
81Fermo Provisional5.6+0.11 pts
81Mantova Provisional5.6+0.5 pts
83Savona Provisional5.56+0.24 pts
84Siena Provisional5.54+0.1 pts
85Macerata Provisional5.52+0.33 pts
86Padova Provisional5.5+0.35 pts
87Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Provisional5.44+0.52 pts
88Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Provisional5.43+0.44 pts
89Forlì-Cesena Provisional5.4+0.53 pts
90Verona Provisional5.39+0.04 pts
91Piacenza Provisional5.37-0.16 pts
91Ravenna Provisional5.37+0.09 pts
93Venezia Provisional5.35+0.33 pts
94Bergamo Provisional5.34+0.32 pts
95Rimini Provisional5.31-0.02 pts
96Pesaro e Urbino Provisional5.3+0.44 pts
97Udine Provisional5.26+0.17 pts
98Treviso Provisional5.24+0.46 pts
99Brescia Provisional5.21+0.31 pts
100Lecco Provisional5.2+0.33 pts
101Cuneo Provisional5.08+0.26 pts
102Pordenone Provisional5.06+0.08 pts
103Vicenza Provisional4.82+0.07 pts
104Belluno Provisional4.81-0.01 pts
105Trento Provisional4.79+0.13 pts
106Sondrio Provisional4.54+0.16 pts
107Bolzano-Bozen Provisional4.24+0.27 pts

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Caserta, with 9.33% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Bolzano-Bozen, with 4.24% in 2022.

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