NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands by enterprise death rate, 2023

Flevoland had the highest enterprise death rate of 40 areas in 2023, at 5.52%. Zuidwest-Friesland had the lowest, at 4.26%. The median was 4.89% and the figure for the Netherlands was 4.83%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest5.52Flevoland

Lowest4.26Zuidwest-Friesland

Median4.8940 areas

Netherlands4.83History

All areas, 2023

%. 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	Areas	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Flevoland Provisional	5.52	-1.35 pts
2	Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage Provisional	5.41	-1.13 pts
3	Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen Provisional	5.37	-1.31 pts
4	Groot-Rijnmond Provisional	5.28	-1.11 pts
5	IJmond Provisional	5.22	-1.16 pts
5	Zuid-Limburg Provisional	5.22	-1.5 pts
7	Zuidwest-Overijssel Provisional	5.21	-1.05 pts
8	Groot-Amsterdam Provisional	5.19	-1.45 pts
9	Zuidoost-Drenthe Provisional	5.12	-1.47 pts
10	Zaanstreek Provisional	5.08	-0.97 pts
11	Twente Provisional	5.07	-1.1 pts
12	West-Noord-Brabant Provisional	5.06	-1.3 pts
13	Agglomeratie Haarlem Provisional	5.03	-1.2 pts
14	Arnhem/Nijmegen Provisional	5.01	-1.39 pts
14	Oost-Groningen Provisional	5.01	-1.6 pts
16	Midden-Limburg Provisional	4.98	-1.49 pts
17	Alkmaar en omgeving Provisional	4.96	-1.55 pts
18	Noord-Drenthe Provisional	4.92	-1.1 pts
18	Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant Provisional	4.92	-1.36 pts
20	Midden-Noord-Brabant Provisional	4.91	-1.55 pts
21	Het Gooi en Vechtstreek Provisional	4.86	-1.44 pts
22	Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek Provisional	4.83	-1.16 pts
23	Noordoost-Noord-Brabant Provisional	4.8	-1.13 pts
24	Noord-Limburg Provisional	4.76	-1.09 pts
25	Utrecht Provisional	4.74	-1.18 pts
26	Overig Groningen Provisional	4.73	-1.54 pts
27	Oost-Zuid-Holland Provisional	4.69	-1.25 pts
27	Zuidwest-Drenthe Provisional	4.69	-1.47 pts
29	Zuidoost-Friesland Provisional	4.64	-0.79 pts
30	Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland Provisional	4.63	-1.53 pts
31	Kop van Noord-Holland Provisional	4.62	-1.15 pts
32	Delfzijl en omgeving Provisional	4.58	-1.07 pts
33	Veluwe Provisional	4.56	-1.08 pts
34	Overig Zeeland Provisional	4.55	-1.27 pts
35	Delft en Westland Provisional	4.54	-1.44 pts
36	Noord-Friesland Provisional	4.47	-1.12 pts
37	Achterhoek Provisional	4.45	-1.35 pts
37	Noord-Overijssel Provisional	4.45	-1.3 pts
39	Zuidwest-Gelderland Provisional	4.41	-1.11 pts
40	Zuidwest-Friesland Provisional	4.26	-1.06 pts

Other periods

2023
2022

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 Netherlands 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 Netherlands 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/netherlands-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 Netherlands 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/netherlands-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 Netherlands 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/netherlands-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{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 Netherlands by enterprise death rate, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/netherlands-provinces. Publisher attribution: 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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Which area has the highest enterprise death rate?

Flevoland, with 5.52% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Zuidwest-Friesland, with 4.26% in 2023.

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.