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Provinces of Spain by enterprise death rate

Melilla province had the highest enterprise death rate of 49 provinces in 2022, at 11.57%. Álava province had the lowest, at 6.38%. The median was 8.1% and the figure for Spain was 8.6%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest11.57Melilla province
Lowest6.38Álava province
Median8.149 provinces
Spain8.6History

Map of provinces, 2022

Álava province: 6.38 %Albacete province: 8.07 %Alicante province: 9.76 %Almería province: 9.04 %Ávila province: 7.75 %Badajoz province: 8.13 %Barcelona province: 8.88 %Burgos province: 7 %Cáceres province: 8.44 %Cádiz province: 9.44 %Castellón province: 8.4 %Ciudad Real province: 8.25 %Córdoba province: 8.35 %A Coruña province: 7.79 %Cuenca province: 7.05 %Girona province: 8.44 %Granada province: 9.76 %Guadalajara province: 10.15 %Gipuzkoa province: 6.66 %Huelva province: 8.41 %Huesca province: 6.54 %Jaén province: 8.84 %León province: 7.83 %Lleida province: 7.11 %La Rioja province: 7.63 %Lugo province: 7.22 %Madrid province: 8.68 %Málaga province: 9.35 %Murcia province: 9.13 %Navarre province: 6.94 %Ourense province: 8.1 %Asturias province: 8.12 %Palencia province: 7.43 %Pontevedra province: 7.6 %Salamanca province: 7.08 %Cantabria province: 7.18 %Segovia province: 7.41 %Seville province: 8.79 %Soria province: 6.96 %Tarragona province: 9.05 %Teruel province: 7.42 %Toledo province: 8.91 %Valencia province: 9.21 %Valladolid province: 7.41 %Biscay province: 7.48 %Zamora province: 7.27 %Zaragoza province: 7.59 %Ceuta province: 10.54 %Melilla province: 11.57 %
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%, 2022. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All provinces, 2022

Melilla province: 11.57 %Melilla province11.57Ceuta province: 10.54 %Ceuta province10.54Guadalajara province: 10.15 %Guadalajara province10.15Alicante province: 9.76 %Alicante province9.76Granada province: 9.76 %Granada province9.76Cádiz province: 9.44 %Cádiz province9.44Málaga province: 9.35 %Málaga province9.35Valencia province: 9.21 %Valencia province9.21Murcia province: 9.13 %Murcia province9.13Tarragona province: 9.05 %Tarragona province9.05Almería province: 9.04 %Almería province9.04Toledo province: 8.91 %Toledo province8.91Barcelona province: 8.88 %Barcelona province8.88Jaén province: 8.84 %Jaén province8.84Seville province: 8.79 %Seville province8.79Madrid province: 8.68 %Madrid province8.68Cáceres province: 8.44 %Cáceres province8.44Girona province: 8.44 %Girona province8.44Huelva province: 8.41 %Huelva province8.41Castellón province: 8.4 %Castellón province8.4Córdoba province: 8.35 %Córdoba province8.35Ciudad Real province: 8.25 %Ciudad Real province8.25Badajoz province: 8.13 %Badajoz province8.13Asturias province: 8.12 %Asturias province8.12Ourense province: 8.1 %Ourense province8.1Albacete province: 8.07 %Albacete province8.07León province: 7.83 %León province7.83A Coruña province: 7.79 %A Coruña province7.79Ávila province: 7.75 %Ávila province7.75La Rioja province: 7.63 %La Rioja province7.63Pontevedra province: 7.6 %Pontevedra province7.6Zaragoza province: 7.59 %Zaragoza province7.59Biscay province: 7.48 %Biscay province7.48Palencia province: 7.43 %Palencia province7.43Teruel province: 7.42 %Teruel province7.42Segovia province: 7.41 %Segovia province7.41Valladolid province: 7.41 %Valladolid province7.41Zamora province: 7.27 %Zamora province7.27Lugo province: 7.22 %Lugo province7.22Cantabria province: 7.18 %Cantabria province7.18Lleida province: 7.11 %Lleida province7.11Salamanca province: 7.08 %Salamanca province7.08Cuenca province: 7.05 %Cuenca province7.05Burgos province: 7 %Burgos province7Soria province: 6.96 %Soria province6.96Navarre province: 6.94 %Navarre province6.94Gipuzkoa province: 6.66 %Gipuzkoa province6.66Huesca province: 6.54 %Huesca province6.54Álava province: 6.38 %Álava province6.38Melilla province: 11.57 %Melilla province11.57Ceuta province: 10.54 %Ceuta province10.54Guadalajara province: 10.15 %Guadalajara province10.15Alicante province: 9.76 %Alicante province9.76Granada province: 9.76 %Granada province9.76Cádiz province: 9.44 %Cádiz province9.44Málaga province: 9.35 %Málaga province9.35Valencia province: 9.21 %Valencia province9.21Murcia province: 9.13 %Murcia province9.13Tarragona province: 9.05 %Tarragona province9.05Almería province: 9.04 %Almería province9.04Toledo province: 8.91 %Toledo province8.91Barcelona province: 8.88 %Barcelona province8.88Jaén province: 8.84 %Jaén province8.84Seville province: 8.79 %Seville province8.79Madrid province: 8.68 %Madrid province8.68Cáceres province: 8.44 %Cáceres province8.44Girona province: 8.44 %Girona province8.44Huelva province: 8.41 %Huelva province8.41Castellón province: 8.4 %Castellón province8.4Córdoba province: 8.35 %Córdoba province8.35Ciudad Real province: 8.25 %Ciudad Real province8.25Badajoz province: 8.13 %Badajoz province8.13Asturias province: 8.12 %Asturias province8.12Ourense province: 8.1 %Ourense province8.1Albacete province: 8.07 %Albacete province8.07León province: 7.83 %León province7.83A Coruña province: 7.79 %A Coruña province7.79Ávila province: 7.75 %Ávila province7.75La Rioja province: 7.63 %La Rioja province7.63Pontevedra province: 7.6 %Pontevedra province7.6Zaragoza province: 7.59 %Zaragoza province7.59Biscay province: 7.48 %Biscay province7.48Palencia province: 7.43 %Palencia province7.43Teruel province: 7.42 %Teruel province7.42Segovia province: 7.41 %Segovia province7.41Valladolid province: 7.41 %Valladolid province7.41Zamora province: 7.27 %Zamora province7.27Lugo province: 7.22 %Lugo province7.22Cantabria province: 7.18 %Cantabria province7.18Lleida province: 7.11 %Lleida province7.11Salamanca province: 7.08 %Salamanca province7.08Cuenca province: 7.05 %Cuenca province7.05Burgos province: 7 %Burgos province7Soria province: 6.96 %Soria province6.96Navarre province: 6.94 %Navarre province6.94Gipuzkoa province: 6.66 %Gipuzkoa province6.66Huesca province: 6.54 %Huesca province6.54Álava province: 6.38 %Álava province6.38
%. 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

RankProvinces2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Melilla province11.57-0.12 pts
2Ceuta province10.54+1.4 pts
3Guadalajara province10.15+2.42 pts
4Alicante province9.76+1.52 pts
4Granada province9.76+1.85 pts
6Cádiz province9.44+1.6 pts
7Málaga province9.35+1.09 pts
8Valencia province9.21+1.44 pts
9Murcia province9.13+1.53 pts
10Tarragona province9.05+1.58 pts
11Almería province9.04+1.52 pts
12Toledo province8.91+1.79 pts
13Barcelona province8.88+1.3 pts
14Jaén province8.84+1.84 pts
15Seville province8.79+1.37 pts
16Madrid province8.68+1.07 pts
17Cáceres province8.44+1.66 pts
17Girona province8.44+1.64 pts
19Huelva province8.41+0.95 pts
20Castellón province8.4+1.39 pts
21Córdoba province8.35+1.64 pts
22Ciudad Real province8.25+2.15 pts
23Badajoz province8.13+1.59 pts
24Asturias province8.12+1.34 pts
25Ourense province8.1+1.55 pts
26Albacete province8.07+1.62 pts
27León province7.83+1.28 pts
28A Coruña province7.79+1.3 pts
29Ávila province7.75+1.21 pts
30La Rioja province7.63+1.62 pts
31Pontevedra province7.6+0.98 pts
32Zaragoza province7.59+0.78 pts
33Biscay province7.48+0.52 pts
34Palencia province7.43+1.31 pts
35Teruel province7.42+1.73 pts
36Segovia province7.41+0.79 pts
36Valladolid province7.41+1 pts
38Zamora province7.27+1.25 pts
39Lugo province7.22+1.28 pts
40Cantabria province7.18+0.95 pts
41Lleida province7.11+0.92 pts
42Salamanca province7.08+0.49 pts
43Cuenca province7.05+0.93 pts
44Burgos province7+0.67 pts
45Soria province6.96+1.26 pts
46Navarre province6.94+0.55 pts
47Gipuzkoa province6.66+0.2 pts
48Huesca province6.54+1.07 pts
49Álava province6.38-0.27 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 provinces 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) (Provinces of Spain 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), Provinces of Spain 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/spain-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). Provinces of Spain 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/spain-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), Provinces of Spain 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/spain-provinces?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which province has the highest enterprise death rate?

Melilla province, with 11.57% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Álava province, with 6.38% in 2022.

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