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Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths

Yugozapaden had the highest enterprise deaths of 6 regions in 2019, at 17,933. Severozapaden had the lowest, at 2,930. The median was 6,779 and the figure for Bulgaria was 45,750. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest17,933Yugozapaden
Lowest2,930Severozapaden
Median6,7796 regions
Bulgaria45,750History

All regions, 2019

Yugozapaden: 17,933 countYugozapaden17,933Yuzhen tsentralen: 7,714 countYuzhen tsentralen7,714Yugoiztochen: 7,161 countYugoiztochen7,161Severoiztochen: 6,396 countSeveroiztochen6,396Severen tsentralen: 3,616 countSeveren tsentralen3,616Severozapaden: 2,930 countSeverozapaden2,930Yugozapaden: 17,933 countYugozapaden17,933Yuzhen tsentralen: 7,714 countYuzhen tsentralen7,714Yugoiztochen: 7,161 countYugoiztochen7,161Severoiztochen: 6,396 countSeveroiztochen6,396Severen tsentralen: 3,616 countSeveren tsentralen3,616Severozapaden: 2,930 countSeverozapaden2,930
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

RankRegions2019
count
1Yugozapaden17,933
2Yuzhen tsentralen7,714
3Yugoiztochen7,161
4Severoiztochen6,396
5Severen tsentralen3,616
6Severozapaden2,930

Other periods

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 regions 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, 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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APA 7

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) (Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2019) [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), Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2019. 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-regions?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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). Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2019. 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-regions?period=2019.

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), Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/bulgaria-regions?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Yugozapaden, with 17,933 in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Severozapaden, with 2,930 in 2019.

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.

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