# NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise deaths, 2023

All 101 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- 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/france-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Paris | 48,417 |
| 2 | Bouches-du-Rhône | 22,477 |
| 3 | Rhône | 20,825 |
| 4 | Hauts-de-Seine | 19,180 |
| 5 | Gironde | 18,591 |
| 6 | Nord | 17,038 |
| 7 | Seine-Saint-Denis | 15,999 |
| 8 | Alpes-Maritimes | 15,176 |
| 9 | Haute-Garonne | 14,472 |
| 10 | Hérault | 13,794 |
| 11 | Val-de-Marne | 13,680 |
| 12 | Yvelines | 13,406 |
| 13 | Var | 12,696 |
| 14 | Seine-et-Marne | 11,590 |
| 15 | Loire-Atlantique | 11,547 |
| 16 | Isère | 11,030 |
| 17 | Val-d’Oise | 10,929 |
| 18 | Essonne | 10,884 |
| 19 | Bas-Rhin | 8,713 |
| 20 | Haute-Savoie | 8,264 |
| 21 | Ille-et-Vilaine | 7,969 |
| 22 | Pas-de-Calais | 7,413 |
| 23 | Gard | 7,220 |
| 24 | Seine-Maritime | 7,062 |
| 25 | La Réunion | 6,741 |
| 26 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 6,709 |
| 27 | Finistère | 5,996 |
| 28 | Moselle | 5,849 |
| 29 | Vaucluse | 5,833 |
| 30 | Charente-Maritime | 5,738 |
| 31 | Loire | 5,575 |
| 32 | Morbihan | 5,493 |
| 33 | Maine-et-Loire | 5,311 |
| 34 | Calvados | 5,038 |
| 35 | Haut-Rhin | 4,992 |
| 36 | Oise | 4,980 |
| 37 | Savoie | 4,977 |
| 38 | Ain | 4,795 |
| 39 | Pyrénées-Orientales | 4,756 |
| 40 | Puy-de-Dôme | 4,599 |
| 41 | Drôme | 4,582 |
| 42 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4,566 |
| 43 | Vendée | 4,493 |
| 44 | Indre-et-Loire | 4,394 |
| 45 | Loiret | 4,391 |
| 46 | Côte-d’Or | 3,994 |
| 47 | Côtes-d’Armor | 3,942 |
| 48 | Martinique | 3,915 |
| 49 | Landes | 3,911 |
| 50 | Eure | 3,739 |
| 51 | Marne | 3,684 |
| 52 | Guadeloupe | 3,625 |
| 53 | Saône-et-Loire | 3,556 |
| 54 | Dordogne | 3,524 |
| 55 | Doubs | 3,341 |
| 56 | Tarn | 3,214 |
| 57 | Aude | 3,162 |
| 58 | Somme | 3,085 |
| 59 | Sarthe | 2,972 |
| 60 | Vienne | 2,786 |
| 61 | Ardèche | 2,688 |
| 62 | Manche | 2,627 |
| 63 | Aisne | 2,541 |
| 64 | Haute-Vienne | 2,538 |
| 65 | Eure-et-Loir | 2,513 |
| 66 | Lot-et-Garonne | 2,425 |
| 67 | Charente | 2,390 |
| 68 | Vosges | 2,192 |
| 69 | Yonne | 2,180 |
| 70 | Aveyron | 2,143 |
| 71 | Tarn-et-Garonne | 2,054 |
| 72 | Deux-Sèvres | 2,042 |
| 73 | Corse-du-Sud | 1,971 |
| 74 | Loir-et-Cher | 1,943 |
| 75 | Haute-Corse | 1,935 |
| 76 | Hautes-Pyrénées | 1,892 |
| 77 | Allier | 1,887 |
| 78 | Aube | 1,874 |
| 79 | Mayenne | 1,685 |
| 80 | Jura | 1,683 |
| 81 | Hautes-Alpes | 1,674 |
| 82 | Cher | 1,671 |
| 83 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1,594 |
| 84 | Gers | 1,558 |
| 85 | Corrèze | 1,550 |
| 86 | Haute-Loire | 1,513 |
| 87 | Lot | 1,482 |
| 88 | Guyane | 1,459 |
| 89 | Orne | 1,458 |
| 90 | Ariège | 1,440 |
| 91 | Ardennes | 1,390 |
| 92 | Haute-Saône | 1,321 |
| 93 | Indre | 1,102 |
| 94 | Nièvre | 1,086 |
| 95 | Meuse | 906 |
| 96 | Cantal | 868 |
| 97 | Haute-Marne | 812 |
| 98 | Territoire de Belfort | 798 |
| 99 | Creuse | 706 |
| 100 | Lozère | 525 |
| 101 | Mayotte | 285 |