# EU regions (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2023

All 231 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable. 2 regions have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_deaths`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/eu-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 144,085 |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 62,736 |
| 3 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 59,450 |
| 4 | Catalonia | 51,120 |
| 5 | Norte | 50,494 |
| 6 | Lombardia | 50,171 |
| 7 | Andalusia | 47,783 |
| 8 | Warszawski stołeczny | 46,404 |
| 9 | Eesti | 45,389 |
| 10 | Community of Madrid | 42,764 |
| 11 | Grande Lisboa | 41,742 |
| 12 | Eastern and Midland | 39,733 |
| 13 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 35,342 |
| 14 | Śląskie | 35,177 |
| 15 | Aquitaine | 35,160 |
| 16 | Wielkopolskie | 33,357 |
| 17 | Valencian Community | 32,190 |
| 18 | Małopolskie | 31,813 |
| 19 | Yugozapaden | 30,309 |
| 20 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 29,457 |
| 21 | Midi-Pyrénées | 28,255 |
| 22 | Lazio | 27,794 |
| 23 | Západné Slovensko | 27,766 |
| 24 | Dolnośląskie | 27,675 |
| 25 | Pays de la Loire | 26,008 |
| 26 | Zuid-Holland | 25,837 |
| 27 | Pomorskie | 24,910 |
| 28 | Noord-Holland | 24,517 |
| 29 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 24,451 |
| 30 | Bretagne | 23,400 |
| 31 | Centro (PT) | 23,031 |
| 32 | Východné Slovensko | 22,743 |
| 33 | Veneto | 22,573 |
| 34 | Sostinės regionas | 22,446 |
| 35 | Praha | 22,057 |
| 36 | Oberbayern | 21,750 |
| 37 | Emilia-Romagna | 21,387 |
| 38 | Campania | 21,051 |
| 39 | Bratislavský kraj | 20,939 |
| 40 | Berlin | 20,090 |
| 41 | Stredné Slovensko | 19,593 |
| 42 | Piemonte | 19,562 |
| 43 | Łódzkie | 19,502 |
| 44 | Düsseldorf | 18,767 |
| 45 | Toscana | 18,529 |
| 46 | Stockholm | 18,352 |
| 47 | Southern | 17,161 |
| 48 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 16,965 |
| 49 | Darmstadt | 16,907 |
| 50 | Zachodniopomorskie | 16,880 |
| 51 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 16,777 |
| 52 | Sicilia | 16,603 |
| 53 | Köln | 16,388 |
| 54 | Noord-Brabant | 16,182 |
| 55 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 16,078 |
| 56 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 16,033 |
| 57 | Centre - Val de Loire | 16,014 |
| 58 | Puglia | 15,397 |
| 59 | Hovedstaden | 14,822 |
| 60 | Lubelskie | 14,569 |
| 61 | Podkarpackie | 14,377 |
| 62 | Stuttgart | 14,221 |
| 63 | Alsace | 13,705 |
| 64 | Galicia | 13,671 |
| 65 | Lorraine | 13,513 |
| 66 | Canary Islands | 13,210 |
| 67 | Poitou-Charentes | 12,956 |
| 68 | Península de Setúbal | 12,780 |
| 69 | Jihovýchod | 12,745 |
| 70 | Gelderland | 12,080 |
| 71 | Västsverige | 11,718 |
| 72 | Nord-Vest | 11,308 |
| 73 | Střední Čechy | 10,882 |
| 74 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 10,824 |
| 75 | Bourgogne | 10,816 |
| 76 | Attiki | 10,807 |
| 77 | Haute-Normandie | 10,801 |
| 78 | Severovýchod | 10,626 |
| 79 | Picardie | 10,606 |
| 80 | Algarve | 10,445 |
| 81 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 10,429 |
| 82 | Basque Country | 10,385 |
| 83 | Castile and León | 10,323 |
| 84 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 10,223 |
| 85 | Castilla-La Mancha | 10,128 |
| 86 | Schleswig-Holstein | 10,100 |
| 87 | Arnsberg | 10,085 |
| 88 | Karlsruhe | 9,929 |
| 89 | Utrecht | 9,529 |
| 90 | Hamburg | 9,414 |
| 91 | Basse-Normandie | 9,123 |
| 92 | Latvija | 9,106 |
| 93 | Balearic Islands | 9,104 |
| 94 | Yugoiztochen | 9,043 |
| 95 | Lubuskie | 9,011 |
| 96 | Centru | 8,974 |
| 97 | Sydsverige | 8,889 |
| 98 | Länsi-Suomi | 8,876 |
| 99 | Auvergne | 8,867 |
| 100 | Świętokrzyskie | 8,820 |
| 101 | Podlaskie | 8,659 |
| 102 | Nord-Est | 8,649 |
| 103 | Jihozápad | 8,629 |
| 104 | Severoiztochen | 8,569 |
| 105 | Wien | 8,358 |
| 106 | Northern and Western | 8,305 |
| 107 | Zahodna Slovenija | 8,184 |
| 108 | Střední Morava | 8,103 |
| 109 | Brandenburg | 8,067 |
| 110 | Region of Murcia | 8,030 |
| 111 | Sud-Muntenia | 7,879 |
| 112 | Östra Mellansverige | 7,851 |
| 113 | Midtjylland | 7,826 |
| 114 | Champagne-Ardenne | 7,760 |
| 115 | Moravskoslezsko | 7,724 |
| 116 | Freiburg | 7,499 |
| 117 | Severozápad | 7,493 |
| 118 | Liguria | 7,410 |
| 119 | Münster | 7,393 |
| 120 | Etelä-Suomi | 7,377 |
| 121 | Weser-Ems | 7,279 |
| 122 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 7,252 |
| 123 | Marche | 7,226 |
| 124 | Franche-Comté | 7,143 |
| 125 | Sud-Est | 7,067 |
| 126 | Budapest | 6,945 |
| 127 | Opolskie | 6,783 |
| 128 | La Réunion | 6,741 |
| 129 | Hannover | 6,721 |
| 130 | Calabria | 6,657 |
| 130 | Vest | 6,657 |
| 132 | Syddanmark | 6,586 |
| 133 | Schwaben | 6,529 |
| 134 | Kýpros | 6,518 |
| 135 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 6,512 |
| 136 | Kentriki Makedonia | 6,421 |
| 137 | Sardegna | 6,417 |
| 138 | Aragon | 6,236 |
| 139 | Tübingen | 6,099 |
| 140 | Overijssel | 6,045 |
| 141 | Detmold | 6,018 |
| 142 | Mittelfranken | 5,860 |
| 143 | Limburg (NL) | 5,791 |
| 144 | Alentejo | 5,731 |
| 145 | Abruzzo | 5,660 |
| 146 | Niederösterreich | 5,237 |
| 147 | Lüneburg | 5,197 |
| 148 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 5,157 |
| 149 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 5,149 |
| 150 | Thüringen | 5,122 |
| 151 | Asturias | 5,046 |
| 152 | Extremadura | 4,989 |
| 153 | Sjælland | 4,935 |
| 154 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 4,933 |
| 155 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 4,913 |
| 156 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 4,887 |
| 157 | Limousin | 4,794 |
| 158 | Norra Mellansverige | 4,775 |
| 159 | Koblenz | 4,723 |
| 160 | Severen tsentralen | 4,684 |
| 161 | Dresden | 4,352 |
| 162 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 4,241 |
| 163 | Oberösterreich | 4,216 |
| 164 | Niederbayern | 4,111 |
| 165 | Unterfranken | 3,984 |
| 166 | Steiermark | 3,958 |
| 167 | Martinique | 3,915 |
| 168 | Braunschweig | 3,907 |
| 169 | Corse | 3,906 |
| 170 | Småland med öarna | 3,854 |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 3,805 |
| 172 | Severozapaden | 3,796 |
| 173 | Umbria | 3,794 |
| 174 | Malta | 3,726 |
| 175 | Pest | 3,717 |
| 176 | Grad Zagreb | 3,641 |
| 177 | Guadeloupe | 3,625 |
| 178 | Chemnitz | 3,564 |
| 179 | Leipzig | 3,444 |
| 180 | Kassel | 3,437 |
| 181 | Navarre | 3,423 |
| 182 | Nordjylland | 3,352 |
| 182 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 3,352 |
| 184 | Gießen | 3,343 |
| 185 | Saarland | 3,297 |
| 186 | Friesland (NL) | 3,269 |
| 187 | Oberpfalz | 3,154 |
| 188 | Flevoland | 3,091 |
| 189 | Oberfranken | 2,927 |
| 190 | Groningen | 2,923 |
| 191 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 2,922 |
| 192 | Cantabria | 2,707 |
| 193 | Tirol | 2,694 |
| 194 | Észak-Alföld | 2,661 |
| 195 | Drenthe | 2,505 |
| 196 | Övre Norrland | 2,370 |
| 197 | Dél-Alföld | 2,357 |
| 198 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 2,275 |
| 199 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 2,271 |
| 200 | Bremen | 2,250 |
| 201 | Közép-Dunántúl | 2,235 |
| 202 | Panonska Hrvatska | 2,137 |
| 203 | Salzburg | 2,077 |
| 204 | Basilicata | 2,061 |
| 205 | Zeeland | 2,010 |
| 206 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 1,998 |
| 207 | Észak-Magyarország | 1,977 |
| 208 | Thessalia | 1,959 |
| 209 | Dytiki Elláda | 1,958 |
| 210 | Mellersta Norrland | 1,905 |
| 211 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 1,901 |
| 212 | Kärnten | 1,879 |
| 213 | Dél-Dunántúl | 1,801 |
| 214 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 1,697 |
| 215 | Kriti | 1,573 |
| 216 | La Rioja | 1,520 |
| 217 | Trier | 1,470 |
| 218 | Guyane | 1,459 |
| 219 | Peloponnisos | 1,400 |
| 220 | Vorarlberg | 1,248 |
| 221 | Molise | 1,201 |
| 222 | Sterea Elláda | 1,200 |
| 223 | Ipeiros | 1,087 |
| 224 | Burgenland | 943 |
| 225 | Dytiki Makedonia | 889 |
| 226 | Ionia Nisia | 839 |
| 227 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 614 |
| 228 | Melilla | 478 |
| 229 | Ceuta | 344 |
| 230 | Åland | 289 |
| 231 | Mayotte | 285 |