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NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise deaths

Paris had the highest enterprise deaths of 101 areas in 2020, at 38,821. Lozère had the lowest, at 300. The median was 2,442 and the figure for France was 401,622. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest38,821Paris
Lowest300Lozère
Median2,442101 areas
France401,622History

Top 40 areas, 2020

Paris: 38,821 countParis38,821Hauts-de-Seine: 15,027 countHauts-de-Seine15,027Rhône: 14,752 countRhône14,752Bouches-du-Rhône: 14,663 countBouches-du-Rhône14,663Seine-Saint-Denis: 13,567 countSeine-Saint-Denis13,567Gironde: 12,078 countGironde12,078Nord: 11,503 countNord11,503Val-de-Marne: 11,237 countVal-de-Marne11,237Alpes-Maritimes: 10,480 countAlpes-Maritimes10,480Yvelines: 10,012 countYvelines10,012Haute-Garonne: 9,765 countHaute-Garonne9,765Hérault: 8,721 countHérault8,721Val-d’Oise: 8,580 countVal-d’Oise8,580Seine-et-Marne: 8,417 countSeine-et-Marne8,417Essonne: 8,211 countEssonne8,211Var: 8,124 countVar8,124Isère: 7,651 countIsère7,651Loire-Atlantique: 7,390 countLoire-Atlantique7,390Bas-Rhin: 6,091 countBas-Rhin6,091Haute-Savoie: 5,315 countHaute-Savoie5,315Seine-Maritime: 4,933 countSeine-Maritime4,933Ille-et-Vilaine: 4,799 countIlle-et-Vilaine4,799Pas-de-Calais: 4,718 countPas-de-Calais4,718Gard: 4,556 countGard4,556Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 4,196 countPyrénées-Atlantiques4,196Moselle: 4,149 countMoselle4,149La Réunion: 3,763 countLa Réunion3,763Vaucluse: 3,728 countVaucluse3,728Loire: 3,713 countLoire3,713Finistère: 3,682 countFinistère3,682Charente-Maritime: 3,596 countCharente-Maritime3,596Haut-Rhin: 3,506 countHaut-Rhin3,506Calvados: 3,450 countCalvados3,450Oise: 3,424 countOise3,424Savoie: 3,362 countSavoie3,362Morbihan: 3,310 countMorbihan3,310Maine-et-Loire: 3,304 countMaine-et-Loire3,304Ain: 3,177 countAin3,177Pyrénées-Orientales: 3,114 countPyrénées-Orientales3,114Loiret: 3,109 countLoiret3,109Paris: 38,821 countParis38,821Hauts-de-Seine: 15,027 countHauts-de-Seine15,027Rhône: 14,752 countRhône14,752Bouches-du-Rhône: 14,663 countBouches-du-Rhône14,663Seine-Saint-Denis: 13,567 countSeine-Saint-Denis13,567Gironde: 12,078 countGironde12,078Nord: 11,503 countNord11,503Val-de-Marne: 11,237 countVal-de-Marne11,237Alpes-Maritimes: 10,480 countAlpes-Maritimes10,480Yvelines: 10,012 countYvelines10,012Haute-Garonne: 9,765 countHaute-Garonne9,765Hérault: 8,721 countHérault8,721Val-d’Oise: 8,580 countVal-d’Oise8,580Seine-et-Marne: 8,417 countSeine-et-Marne8,417Essonne: 8,211 countEssonne8,211Var: 8,124 countVar8,124Isère: 7,651 countIsère7,651Loire-Atlantique: 7,390 countLoire-Atlantique7,390Bas-Rhin: 6,091 countBas-Rhin6,091Haute-Savoie: 5,315 countHaute-Savoie5,315Seine-Maritime: 4,933 countSeine-Maritime4,933Ille-et-Vilaine: 4,799 countIlle-et-Vilaine4,799Pas-de-Calais: 4,718 countPas-de-Calais4,718Gard: 4,556 countGard4,556Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 4,196 countPyrénées-Atlantiques4,196Moselle: 4,149 countMoselle4,149La Réunion: 3,763 countLa Réunion3,763Vaucluse: 3,728 countVaucluse3,728Loire: 3,713 countLoire3,713Finistère: 3,682 countFinistère3,682Charente-Maritime: 3,596 countCharente-Maritime3,596Haut-Rhin: 3,506 countHaut-Rhin3,506Calvados: 3,450 countCalvados3,450Oise: 3,424 countOise3,424Savoie: 3,362 countSavoie3,362Morbihan: 3,310 countMorbihan3,310Maine-et-Loire: 3,304 countMaine-et-Loire3,304Ain: 3,177 countAin3,177Pyrénées-Orientales: 3,114 countPyrénées-Orientales3,114Loiret: 3,109 countLoiret3,109
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

RankAreas2020
count
1Paris Series break38,821
2Hauts-de-Seine Series break15,027
3Rhône Series break14,752
4Bouches-du-Rhône Series break14,663
5Seine-Saint-Denis Series break13,567
6Gironde Series break12,078
7Nord Series break11,503
8Val-de-Marne Series break11,237
9Alpes-Maritimes Series break10,480
10Yvelines Series break10,012
11Haute-Garonne Series break9,765
12Hérault Series break8,721
13Val-d’Oise Series break8,580
14Seine-et-Marne Series break8,417
15Essonne Series break8,211
16Var Series break8,124
17Isère Series break7,651
18Loire-Atlantique Series break7,390
19Bas-Rhin Series break6,091
20Haute-Savoie Series break5,315
21Seine-Maritime Series break4,933
22Ille-et-Vilaine Series break4,799
23Pas-de-Calais Series break4,718
24Gard Series break4,556
25Pyrénées-Atlantiques Series break4,196
26Moselle Series break4,149
27La Réunion Series break3,763
28Vaucluse Series break3,728
29Loire Series break3,713
30Finistère Series break3,682
31Charente-Maritime Series break3,596
32Haut-Rhin Series break3,506
33Calvados Series break3,450
34Oise Series break3,424
35Savoie Series break3,362
36Morbihan Series break3,310
37Maine-et-Loire Series break3,304
38Ain Series break3,177
39Pyrénées-Orientales Series break3,114
40Loiret Series break3,109
41Indre-et-Loire Series break3,081
42Meurthe-et-Moselle Series break3,067
43Puy-de-Dôme Series break3,034
44Drôme Series break3,001
45Guadeloupe Series break2,890
46Martinique Series break2,850
47Côte-d’Or Series break2,800
48Vendée Series break2,702
49Marne Series break2,475
50Eure Series break2,456
51Côtes-d’Armor Series break2,442
52Landes Series break2,335
53Doubs Series break2,329
54Saône-et-Loire Series break2,324
55Dordogne Series break2,260
56Somme Series break2,118
57Aude Series break2,042
57Tarn Series break2,042
59Sarthe Series break1,985
60Eure-et-Loir Series break1,822
61Vienne Series break1,779
62Aisne Series break1,714
62Ardèche Series break1,714
64Manche Series break1,686
65Haute-Vienne Series break1,611
66Lot-et-Garonne Series break1,596
67Vosges Series break1,534
68Charente Series break1,531
69Yonne Series break1,507
70Loir-et-Cher Series break1,448
71Tarn-et-Garonne Series break1,370
72Aveyron Series break1,357
73Hautes-Pyrénées Series break1,312
74Deux-Sèvres Series break1,297
75Aube Series break1,287
76Allier Series break1,268
77Corse-du-Sud Series break1,206
78Cher Series break1,177
79Jura Series break1,156
80Haute-Corse Series break1,142
81Hautes-Alpes Series break1,073
82Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Series break1,063
83Gers Series break1,044
84Corrèze Series break1,031
85Guyane Series break1,027
86Mayenne Series break1,026
87Orne Series break1,017
88Haute-Loire Series break929
89Lot Series break927
90Ardennes Series break925
91Ariège Series break898
92Indre Series break843
93Nièvre Series break803
94Haute-Saône Series break784
95Meuse Series break613
96Territoire de Belfort Series break590
97Haute-Marne Series break569
98Cantal Series break513
99Creuse Series break470
100Mayotte Series break436
101Lozère Series break300

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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 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 France by enterprise deaths, 2020) [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 France by enterprise deaths, 2020. 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/france-provinces?period=2020. 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 France by enterprise deaths, 2020. 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/france-provinces?period=2020.

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 France by enterprise deaths, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/france-provinces?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
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Which area has the highest enterprise deaths?

Paris, with 38,821 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Lozère, with 300 in 2020.

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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.

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