EU regions (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths

Ile-de-France had the highest enterprise deaths of 231 regions in 2022, at 144,058. Åland had the lowest, at 171. The median was 7,172 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.63 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest144,058Ile-de-France

Lowest171Åland

Median7,172231 regions

European Union (27)2,634,249History

Top 40 regions, 2022

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	Regions	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Ile-de-France	144,058	-1.8%
2	Catalonia	56,452	+19.7%
3	Rhône-Alpes	56,101	+2.8%
4	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	54,178	+4.1%
5	Lombardia Provisional	52,001	+12.7%
6	Andalusia	51,935	+22.1%
7	Norte Provisional	49,579	+27.1%
8	Budapest Provisional	47,933	+136%
9	Community of Madrid	47,615	+16.3%
10	Grande Lisboa Provisional	44,371	+23.9%
11	Warszawski stołeczny	39,185	-18.3%
12	Lazio Provisional	37,776	+16.1%
13	Valencian Community	36,267	+21.7%
14	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas Provisional	31,558	+33.4%
15	Aquitaine	31,028	+2.6%
16	Zuid-Holland	30,068	+66.3%
17	Campania Provisional	30,059	+13.9%
18	Noord-Holland	29,800	+66.9%
19	Śląskie	29,597	-12.9%
20	Wielkopolskie	28,043	-15.9%
21	Pest Provisional	27,148	+157.9%
22	Małopolskie	26,912	-11.4%
23	Praha Provisional	26,692	+43%
24	Languedoc-Roussillon	26,010	+5.4%
25	Dolnośląskie	24,863	-10.6%
26	Midi-Pyrénées	24,735	+2%
27	Sicilia Provisional	22,577	+19.4%
28	Eastern and Midland	22,385	+42.8%
29	Nord-Pas de Calais	22,072	+1.5%
30	Pays de la Loire	22,040	+0.9%
31	Emilia-Romagna Provisional	21,686	+8.8%
32	Pomorskie	21,651	-12.6%
33	Piemonte Provisional	21,214	+14%
34	Veneto Provisional	21,095	+6.6%
35	Centro (PT) Provisional	21,009	+19.6%
36	Toscana Provisional	20,115	+11.8%
37	Noord-Brabant	19,781	+68.8%
38	Bretagne	19,491	+4.1%
39	Sostinės regionas Provisional	18,741	+34.7%
40	Západné Slovensko Provisional	18,037	+27%
41	Puglia Provisional	17,977	+14%
42	Łódzkie	17,135	-13.2%
43	Észak-Alföld Provisional	17,079	+117.7%
44	Oberbayern	16,921	+2.9%
45	Berlin	16,360	+9%
46	Dél-Alföld Provisional	15,762	+134.2%
47	Düsseldorf	15,702	+4.6%
48	Közép-Dunántúl Provisional	15,562	+129.6%
49	Jihovýchod Provisional	15,468	+54%
50	Zachodniopomorskie	15,344	-12.7%
51	Galicia	15,290	+20%
52	Centre - Val de Loire	15,008	+2.7%
53	Gelderland	14,671	+68.1%
54	Darmstadt	14,668	+7%
55	Latvija	14,243	-13.3%
56	Východné Slovensko Provisional	14,177	+35.5%
57	Canary Islands	13,986	+24.7%
58	Yugozapaden Provisional	13,939	+2.2%
59	Hovedstaden	13,933	+11.7%
60	Kujawsko-pomorskie	13,836	-13.9%
61	Eesti	13,712	+12.8%
62	Nyugat-Dunántúl Provisional	13,596	+130.2%
63	Mazowiecki regionalny	13,487	-14.5%
64	Köln	13,451	+4.9%
65	Península de Setúbal Provisional	13,395	+25.5%
66	Lubelskie	13,352	-9.1%
67	Střední Čechy Provisional	13,080	+51.8%
68	Bucureşti-Ilfov	12,615	-12.7%
69	Podkarpackie	12,534	-6.1%
70	Stredné Slovensko Provisional	12,333	+31.5%
71	Alsace	12,194	-0.2%
72	Severovýchod Provisional	12,121	+43.9%
73	Lorraine	12,096	-3.1%
74	Észak-Magyarország Provisional	12,090	+108.7%
75	Dél-Dunántúl Provisional	11,964	+131.1%
76	Stockholm Series break	11,833	-42.2%
77	Bratislavský kraj Provisional	11,752	+29.8%
78	Poitou-Charentes	11,571	+5.1%
79	Stuttgart	11,537	+5.3%
80	Castile and León	11,533	+15.8%
81	Utrecht	11,389	+64.2%
82	Castilla-La Mancha	11,372	+29.5%
83	Helsinki-Uusimaa	11,069	+9.5%
84	Southern	10,805	+37.5%
85	Oeste e Vale do Tejo Provisional	10,514	+24.5%
86	Jihozápad Provisional	10,241	+51.5%
87	Basque Country	10,137	+6.2%
88	Haute-Normandie	9,878	+2.4%
89	Picardie	9,805	+4.1%
90	Balearic Islands	9,672	+23%
91	Algarve Provisional	9,661	+35.6%
92	Bourgogne	9,550	+1.2%
93	Střední Morava Provisional	9,317	+46.7%
94	Calabria Provisional	9,299	+18.4%
95	Moravskoslezsko Provisional	9,278	+51.7%
96	Attiki	9,271	+39.8%
97	Region of Murcia	9,122	+21.9%
98	Warmińsko-mazurskie	9,069	-12.6%
99	Zahodna Slovenija	8,786	+20.2%
100	Nord-Vest	8,666	-13.6%
101	Wien	8,653	-7.2%
102	Arnsberg	8,529	+6.3%
103	Schleswig-Holstein	8,366	+5.6%
104	Severozápad Provisional	8,315	+42.2%
105	Karlsruhe	8,313	+7.2%
106	Liguria Provisional	8,085	+11.7%
107	Basse-Normandie	7,928	-0.9%
108	Sardegna Provisional	7,819	+15.8%
109	Lubuskie	7,786	-11.7%
110	Auvergne	7,749	+3%
111	Świętokrzyskie	7,541	-12.9%
112	Hamburg	7,334	+0.6%
113	Marche Provisional	7,248	+8.4%
114	Centru	7,214	-11.5%
115	Västsverige Series break	7,203	-31.5%
116	Overijssel	7,172	+60.2%
117	Limburg (NL)	7,150	+67.7%
118	Nord-Est	7,148	-8.3%
119	Midtjylland	7,125	+11.6%
120	Abruzzo Provisional	7,057	+17.1%
121	Champagne-Ardenne	6,987	+0.1%
122	Sud-Muntenia	6,968	-8.9%
123	Podlaskie	6,930	-9.1%
124	Brandenburg	6,592	+5.2%
125	Aragon	6,569	+15.1%
126	Sud-Est	6,550	-9.9%
127	Länsi-Suomi	6,496	+7.1%
128	Franche-Comté	6,392	+2.7%
129	Jadranska Hrvatska	6,262	+9.5%
130	Freiburg	6,174	+1.8%
131	Münster	6,107	+5.3%
132	Weser-Ems	6,098	+7.5%
133	Vzhodna Slovenija	6,032	+20.6%
134	Northern and Western	6,001	+43%
135	Syddanmark	5,951	+12.3%
136	Sydsverige Series break	5,886	-29.8%
137	Niederösterreich	5,728	-7.4%
138	Opolskie	5,677	-10.1%
139	Asturias	5,666	+20.7%
140	Alentejo Provisional	5,644	+18.4%
141	Vest	5,643	-14.2%
142	Extremadura	5,626	+26%
143	Hannover	5,560	+8.8%
144	La Réunion	5,547	+18.5%
145	Kentriki Makedonia	5,478	+47.8%
145	Malta	5,478	+6.9%
147	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	5,424	+5.7%
148	Etelä-Suomi	5,375	+6.9%
149	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	5,353	+9.6%
150	Yuzhen tsentralen Provisional	5,279	+3.8%
151	Östra Mellansverige Series break	5,274	-30.2%
152	Tübingen	5,024	+1.4%
153	Detmold	5,021	+8.7%
154	Schwaben	4,953	+6.8%
155	Grad Zagreb	4,799	+17.7%
156	Yugoiztochen Provisional	4,756	+9.5%
157	Sjælland	4,736	+10%
158	Friuli-Venezia Giulia Provisional	4,624	+3.7%
159	Mittelfranken	4,603	+7.1%
160	Oberösterreich	4,573	-3.7%
161	Kýpros	4,534	+9.6%
162	Sud-Vest Oltenia	4,417	-11.7%
163	Sachsen-Anhalt	4,222	+8.9%
164	Steiermark	4,208	-9.1%
165	Lüneburg	4,207	+4.8%
166	Severoiztochen Provisional	4,205	+3.6%
167	Thüringen	4,194	+3%
168	Limousin	4,174	-1.3%
169	Umbria Provisional	4,117	+6.9%
170	Koblenz	4,063	+8.3%
171	Guadeloupe	3,926	+26.6%
172	Martinique	3,873	+13.1%
173	Friesland (NL)	3,865	+57.4%
174	Groningen	3,709	+57.2%
175	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3,686	+5.6%
176	Flevoland	3,617	+68.2%
177	Dresden	3,598	+6.9%
178	Corse	3,454	+7.5%
179	Braunschweig	3,278	+13.9%
180	Região Autónoma da Madeira Provisional	3,248	+18.3%
181	Niederbayern	3,111	+6.5%
182	Drenthe	3,090	+61.8%
183	Navarre	3,025	+17.2%
183	Unterfranken	3,025	+6.1%
185	Chemnitz	2,988	+5.5%
186	Nordjylland	2,907	+13.1%
187	Cantabria	2,898	+17.4%
188	Saarland	2,864	+5%
189	Luxembourg Series break	2,831	-1.1%
190	Kassel	2,821	+5.7%
191	Panonska Hrvatska	2,768	+9.6%
192	Gießen	2,758	+7.7%
193	Tirol	2,751	-8.5%
194	Região Autónoma dos Açores Provisional	2,746	+15.4%
195	Norra Mellansverige Series break	2,687	-35.6%
196	Severen tsentralen Provisional	2,652	+3.1%
197	Leipzig	2,620	+4.9%
198	Småland med öarna Series break	2,501	-32.9%
199	Oberpfalz	2,480	-0.3%
200	Sjeverna Hrvatska	2,479	+19.4%
201	Zeeland	2,456	+65.8%
202	Basilicata Provisional	2,311	+20.7%
203	Oberfranken	2,303	+9%
204	Severozapaden Provisional	2,067	+2.4%
205	Salzburg	2,043	-11.1%
206	Provincia Autonoma di Trento Provisional	2,001	+5.2%
207	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Provisional	1,960	+9.7%
208	Bremen	1,916	-0.9%
209	Kärnten	1,902	-6.4%
210	La Rioja	1,734	+27.1%
211	Thessalia	1,655	+31%
212	Dytiki Elláda	1,563	+39.8%
213	Molise Provisional	1,536	+9.6%
214	Guyane	1,513	+32%
215	Övre Norrland Series break	1,470	-30.3%
216	Vorarlberg	1,397	-12.3%
217	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	1,396	+53.9%
218	Peloponnisos	1,254	+58.1%
219	Trier	1,218	+8.8%
220	Mellersta Norrland Series break	1,108	-32.3%
221	Notio Aigaio	1,083	+65.6%
222	Sterea Elláda	1,016	+42.1%
223	Burgenland	1,000	-7.6%
224	Ipeiros	986	+52.4%
225	Ionia Nisia	805	+52.2%
226	Dytiki Makedonia	743	+33.9%
227	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Provisional	608	+10.7%
228	Melilla	562	-3.9%
229	Ceuta	386	+13.9%
230	Mayotte	359	+8.5%
231	Åland	171	-2.3%

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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. 2 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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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Which region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Ile-de-France, with 144,058 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Åland, with 171 in 2022.

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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. 2 regions have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.