NUTS 3 areas of Sweden by enterprise death rate, 2023

Dalarnas län had the highest enterprise death rate of 21 areas in 2023, at 10.26%. Jämtlands län had the lowest, at 5.41%. The median was 6.75% and the figure for Sweden was 5.94%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest10.26Dalarnas län

Lowest5.41Jämtlands län

Median6.7521 areas

Sweden5.94History

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	Dalarnas län Provisional	10.26	+5 pts
2	Västerbottens län Provisional	7.31	+2.84 pts
3	Skåne län Provisional	7.29	+2.3 pts
4	Västernorrlands län Provisional	7.16	+2.87 pts
5	Hallands län Provisional	7.03	+2.92 pts
6	Västra Götalands län Provisional	7.01	+2.47 pts
7	Stockholms län Provisional	6.89	+2.38 pts
8	Södermanlands län Provisional	6.82	+1.92 pts
9	Blekinge län Provisional	6.81	+1.82 pts
9	Uppsala län Provisional	6.81	+2.27 pts
11	Östergötlands län Provisional	6.75	+2.18 pts
12	Örebro län Provisional	6.64	+1.98 pts
13	Jönköpings län Provisional	6.63	+2.24 pts
14	Kalmar län Provisional	6.42	+1.96 pts
15	Kronobergs län Provisional	6.4	+2.16 pts
16	Västmanlands län Provisional	6.39	+1.66 pts
17	Gävleborgs län Provisional	6.3	+1.84 pts
18	Värmlands län Provisional	6.23	+2.38 pts
19	Gotlands län Provisional	5.6	+1.83 pts
20	Norrbottens län Provisional	5.59	+1.73 pts
21	Jämtlands län Provisional	5.41	+2.12 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.

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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 Sweden 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 Sweden 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/sweden-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 Sweden 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/sweden-provinces.

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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 Sweden by enterprise death rate, 2023}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/sweden-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?

Dalarnas län, with 10.26% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Jämtlands län, with 5.41% 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.