NUTS 3 areas of Romania by enterprise death rate, 2023

Bucureşti had the highest enterprise death rate of 42 areas in 2023, at 7.86%. Botoşani had the lowest, at 5.69%. The median was 6.79% and the figure for Romania was 6.38%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest7.86Bucureşti

Lowest5.69Botoşani

Median6.7942 areas

Romania6.38History

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	Bucureşti Provisional	7.86	+1.47 pts
2	Iaşi Provisional	7.66	+1.68 pts
3	Cluj Provisional	7.62	+1.91 pts
4	Ilfov Provisional	7.56	+1.65 pts
4	Sălaj Provisional	7.56	+1.28 pts
6	Dâmboviţa Provisional	7.53	+0.91 pts
7	Timiş Provisional	7.49	+1.05 pts
8	Alba Provisional	7.37	+0.95 pts
9	Mehedinţi Provisional	7.35	+0.45 pts
10	Hunedoara Provisional	7.32	+1.08 pts
11	Bacău Provisional	7.28	+1.03 pts
11	Brăila Provisional	7.28	+0.55 pts
13	Sibiu Provisional	7.2	+1.32 pts
14	Giurgiu Provisional	7.09	+0.16 pts
15	Braşov Provisional	7.05	+1.17 pts
16	Galaţi Provisional	7	+0.34 pts
17	Constanţa Provisional	6.97	+0.28 pts
18	Prahova Provisional	6.94	+0.89 pts
19	Olt Provisional	6.9	+0.62 pts
20	Bistriţa-Năsăud Provisional	6.88	+0.91 pts
21	Buzău Provisional	6.83	+0.7 pts
22	Vaslui Provisional	6.75	+1.15 pts
23	Bihor Provisional	6.71	+1.21 pts
24	Vrancea Provisional	6.66	+0.1 pts
25	Neamţ Provisional	6.65	+0.5 pts
26	Arad Provisional	6.61	+0.5 pts
27	Gorj Provisional	6.56	+0.5 pts
28	Călăraşi Provisional	6.53	+0.02 pts
29	Argeş Provisional	6.52	+0.46 pts
30	Caraş-Severin Provisional	6.47	+0.29 pts
31	Maramureş Provisional	6.4	+1.49 pts
32	Ialomiţa Provisional	6.37	+0.34 pts
33	Dolj Provisional	6.35	-0.07 pts
34	Vâlcea Provisional	6.33	+0.63 pts
35	Satu Mare Provisional	6.25	+0.36 pts
36	Mureş Provisional	6.19	+0.94 pts
36	Teleorman Provisional	6.19	+0.14 pts
38	Covasna Provisional	5.98	+0.53 pts
39	Tulcea Provisional	5.84	-1.16 pts
40	Harghita Provisional	5.79	+0.97 pts
41	Suceava Provisional	5.72	+0.4 pts
42	Botoşani Provisional	5.69	-0.06 pts

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 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 Romania 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 Romania 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/romania-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 Romania 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/romania-provinces.

Harvard

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 Romania 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/romania-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 Romania by enterprise death rate, 2023}},
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  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/romania-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?

Bucureşti, with 7.86% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Botoşani, with 5.69% 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.