NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise deaths

Sofia (stolitsa) had the highest enterprise deaths of 28 areas in 2021, at 10,102. Vidin had the lowest, at 247. The median was 510 and the figure for Bulgaria was 31,715. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest10,102Sofia (stolitsa)

Lowest247Vidin

Median51028 areas

Bulgaria31,715History

All areas, 2021

count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Sofia (stolitsa)	10,102	-30.3%
2	Plovdiv	2,813	-26.5%
3	Varna	2,663	-33.5%
4	Burgas	2,408	-24.9%
5	Blagoevgrad	1,853	-24%
6	Stara Zagora	1,091	-18%
7	Ruse	865	-24.7%
8	Haskovo	809	-32.4%
9	Pazardzhik	755	-19.2%
10	Sofia	715	-20.2%
11	Pleven	709	-17.3%
12	Veliko Tarnovo	687	-35.3%
13	Dobrich	635	-32.2%
14	Kyustendil	526	-17.4%
15	Sliven	493	-18.8%
16	Pernik	443	-21.6%
17	Shumen	439	-31.2%
18	Gabrovo	407	-30.1%
19	Vratsa	388	-28.1%
20	Kardzhali	355	-29.3%
21	Smolyan	353	-20%
22	Yambol	351	-22.2%
23	Lovech	345	-26%
24	Montana	330	-17.7%
25	Targovishte	320	-16.4%
26	Razgrad	316	-24.2%
27	Silistra	297	-12.4%
28	Vidin	247	-19.5%

Other periods

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

About this ranking

Enterprises that stopped trading during the year and were not reactivated within two years. Enterprises absorbed by a merger or a takeover are not deaths.

Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). A death is not an insolvency: most enterprises that close do so without a formal insolvency procedure. The latest years are estimated from expected reactivations and are provisional.

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, enterprise deaths, number (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, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r) (NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise deaths, 2021) [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, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise deaths, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/bulgaria-provinces?period=2021. 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, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r). NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise deaths, 2021. 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-deaths/bulgaria-provinces?period=2021.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by enterprise deaths, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/bulgaria-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/bulgaria-provinces?period=2021. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (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 deaths?

Sofia (stolitsa), with 10,102 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Vidin, with 247 in 2021.

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, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.