NUTS 3 areas of Romania by enterprise death rate

Tulcea had the highest enterprise death rate of 42 areas in 2022, at 7%. Harghita had the lowest, at 4.82%. The median was 6.09% and the figure for Romania was 6.07%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest7Tulcea
Lowest4.82Harghita
Median6.0942 areas
Romania6.07History

All areas, 2022

Tulcea: 7 %Tulcea7Giurgiu: 6.93 %Giurgiu6.93Mehedinţi: 6.9 %Mehedinţi6.9Brăila: 6.73 %Brăila6.73Constanţa: 6.69 %Constanţa6.69Galaţi: 6.66 %Galaţi6.66Dâmboviţa: 6.62 %Dâmboviţa6.62Vrancea: 6.56 %Vrancea6.56Călăraşi: 6.51 %Călăraşi6.51Timiş: 6.44 %Timiş6.44Alba: 6.42 %Alba6.42Dolj: 6.42 %Dolj6.42Bucureşti: 6.39 %Bucureşti6.39Olt: 6.28 %Olt6.28Sălaj: 6.28 %Sălaj6.28Bacău: 6.25 %Bacău6.25Hunedoara: 6.24 %Hunedoara6.24Caraş-Severin: 6.18 %Caraş-Severin6.18Neamţ: 6.15 %Neamţ6.15Buzău: 6.13 %Buzău6.13Arad: 6.11 %Arad6.11Argeş: 6.06 %Argeş6.06Gorj: 6.06 %Gorj6.06Prahova: 6.05 %Prahova6.05Teleorman: 6.05 %Teleorman6.05Ialomiţa: 6.03 %Ialomiţa6.03Iaşi: 5.98 %Iaşi5.98Bistriţa-Năsăud: 5.97 %Bistriţa-Năsăud5.97Ilfov: 5.91 %Ilfov5.91Satu Mare: 5.89 %Satu Mare5.89Braşov: 5.88 %Braşov5.88Sibiu: 5.88 %Sibiu5.88Botoşani: 5.75 %Botoşani5.75Cluj: 5.71 %Cluj5.71Vâlcea: 5.7 %Vâlcea5.7Vaslui: 5.6 %Vaslui5.6Bihor: 5.5 %Bihor5.5Covasna: 5.45 %Covasna5.45Suceava: 5.32 %Suceava5.32Mureş: 5.25 %Mureş5.25Maramureş: 4.91 %Maramureş4.91Harghita: 4.82 %Harghita4.82Tulcea: 7 %Tulcea7Giurgiu: 6.93 %Giurgiu6.93Mehedinţi: 6.9 %Mehedinţi6.9Brăila: 6.73 %Brăila6.73Constanţa: 6.69 %Constanţa6.69Galaţi: 6.66 %Galaţi6.66Dâmboviţa: 6.62 %Dâmboviţa6.62Vrancea: 6.56 %Vrancea6.56Călăraşi: 6.51 %Călăraşi6.51Timiş: 6.44 %Timiş6.44Alba: 6.42 %Alba6.42Dolj: 6.42 %Dolj6.42Bucureşti: 6.39 %Bucureşti6.39Olt: 6.28 %Olt6.28Sălaj: 6.28 %Sălaj6.28Bacău: 6.25 %Bacău6.25Hunedoara: 6.24 %Hunedoara6.24Caraş-Severin: 6.18 %Caraş-Severin6.18Neamţ: 6.15 %Neamţ6.15Buzău: 6.13 %Buzău6.13Arad: 6.11 %Arad6.11Argeş: 6.06 %Argeş6.06Gorj: 6.06 %Gorj6.06Prahova: 6.05 %Prahova6.05Teleorman: 6.05 %Teleorman6.05Ialomiţa: 6.03 %Ialomiţa6.03Iaşi: 5.98 %Iaşi5.98Bistriţa-Năsăud: 5.97 %Bistriţa-Năsăud5.97Ilfov: 5.91 %Ilfov5.91Satu Mare: 5.89 %Satu Mare5.89Braşov: 5.88 %Braşov5.88Sibiu: 5.88 %Sibiu5.88Botoşani: 5.75 %Botoşani5.75Cluj: 5.71 %Cluj5.71Vâlcea: 5.7 %Vâlcea5.7Vaslui: 5.6 %Vaslui5.6Bihor: 5.5 %Bihor5.5Covasna: 5.45 %Covasna5.45Suceava: 5.32 %Suceava5.32Mureş: 5.25 %Mureş5.25Maramureş: 4.91 %Maramureş4.91Harghita: 4.82 %Harghita4.82
%. 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
1Tulcea7-0.15 pts
2Giurgiu6.93-0.9 pts
3Mehedinţi6.9-1.69 pts
4Brăila6.73-1.05 pts
5Constanţa6.69-1.22 pts
6Galaţi6.66-1.02 pts
7Dâmboviţa6.62-0.22 pts
8Vrancea6.56-0.21 pts
9Călăraşi6.51-1.17 pts
10Timiş6.44-1.49 pts
11Alba6.42-0.6 pts
11Dolj6.42-1.21 pts
13Bucureşti6.39-1.27 pts
14Olt6.28-0.03 pts
14Sălaj6.28-0.41 pts
16Bacău6.25-0.73 pts
17Hunedoara6.24-1.43 pts
18Caraş-Severin6.18-1.33 pts
19Neamţ6.15-0.49 pts
20Buzău6.13-0.55 pts
21Arad6.11-0.95 pts
22Argeş6.06-1.14 pts
22Gorj6.06-0.97 pts
24Prahova6.05-1.02 pts
24Teleorman6.05-0.01 pts
26Ialomiţa6.03-0.6 pts
27Iaşi5.98-1.23 pts
28Bistriţa-Năsăud5.97-0.73 pts
29Ilfov5.91-2.4 pts
30Satu Mare5.89-1.4 pts
31Braşov5.88-1.1 pts
31Sibiu5.88-1.09 pts
33Botoşani5.75-0.47 pts
34Cluj5.71-1.21 pts
35Vâlcea5.7-0.97 pts
36Vaslui5.6-0.79 pts
37Bihor5.5-1.6 pts
38Covasna5.45-0.79 pts
39Suceava5.32-0.64 pts
40Mureş5.25-1.24 pts
41Maramureş4.91-0.92 pts
42Harghita4.82-0.72 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 Romania 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 Romania 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/romania-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 Romania 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/romania-provinces?period=2022.

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, 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/romania-provinces?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/romania-provinces?period=2022. 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?

Tulcea, with 7% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Harghita, with 4.82% in 2022.

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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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