NUTS 3 areas of France by enterprise deaths

Paris had the highest enterprise deaths of 101 areas in 2021, at 45,879. Mayotte had the lowest, at 331. The median was 3,119 and the figure for France was 522,427. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest45,879Paris

Lowest331Mayotte

Median3,119101 areas

France522,427History

Top 40 areas, 2021

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	Areas	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Paris Series break	45,879	+18.2%
2	Bouches-du-Rhône Series break	19,750	+34.7%
3	Hauts-de-Seine Series break	19,408	+29.2%
4	Seine-Saint-Denis Series break	19,020	+40.2%
5	Rhône Series break	19,004	+28.8%
6	Gironde Series break	16,535	+36.9%
7	Nord Series break	15,332	+33.3%
8	Val-de-Marne Series break	14,500	+29%
9	Alpes-Maritimes Series break	13,814	+31.8%
10	Yvelines Series break	13,382	+33.7%
11	Haute-Garonne Series break	12,834	+31.4%
12	Hérault Series break	11,960	+37.1%
13	Val-d’Oise Series break	11,785	+37.4%
14	Seine-et-Marne Series break	11,528	+37%
15	Essonne Series break	11,130	+35.5%
16	Var Series break	10,857	+33.6%
17	Loire-Atlantique Series break	9,920	+34.2%
18	Isère Series break	9,741	+27.3%
19	Bas-Rhin Series break	7,719	+26.7%
20	Haute-Savoie Series break	6,836	+28.6%
21	Seine-Maritime Series break	6,464	+31%
22	Ille-et-Vilaine Series break	6,448	+34.4%
23	Pas-de-Calais Series break	6,407	+35.8%
24	Gard Series break	5,770	+26.6%
25	Moselle Series break	5,576	+34.4%
26	Pyrénées-Atlantiques Series break	5,469	+30.3%
27	Vaucluse Series break	4,989	+33.8%
28	Charente-Maritime Series break	4,950	+37.7%
29	Loire Series break	4,710	+26.9%
30	La Réunion Series break	4,682	+24.4%
31	Finistère Series break	4,631	+25.8%
32	Morbihan Series break	4,529	+36.8%
33	Oise Series break	4,525	+32.2%
34	Calvados Series break	4,503	+30.5%
35	Haut-Rhin Series break	4,499	+28.3%
36	Maine-et-Loire Series break	4,447	+34.6%
37	Meurthe-et-Moselle Series break	4,181	+36.3%
38	Ain Series break	4,071	+28.1%
39	Puy-de-Dôme Series break	4,051	+33.5%
40	Savoie Series break	4,015	+19.4%
41	Loiret Series break	4,014	+29.1%
42	Drôme Series break	3,978	+32.6%
43	Pyrénées-Orientales Series break	3,930	+26.2%
44	Indre-et-Loire Series break	3,897	+26.5%
45	Vendée Series break	3,619	+33.9%
46	Côte-d’Or Series break	3,533	+26.2%
47	Martinique Series break	3,423	+20.1%
48	Marne Series break	3,303	+33.5%
49	Eure Series break	3,187	+29.8%
50	Landes Series break	3,182	+36.3%
51	Côtes-d’Armor Series break	3,119	+27.7%
52	Guadeloupe Series break	3,101	+7.3%
53	Saône-et-Loire Series break	3,080	+32.5%
54	Dordogne Series break	2,988	+32.2%
55	Doubs Series break	2,971	+27.6%
56	Somme Series break	2,642	+24.7%
57	Aude Series break	2,639	+29.2%
58	Tarn Series break	2,586	+26.6%
59	Sarthe Series break	2,456	+23.7%
60	Vienne Series break	2,404	+35.1%
61	Eure-et-Loir Series break	2,353	+29.1%
62	Aisne Series break	2,250	+31.3%
63	Ardèche Series break	2,237	+30.5%
64	Manche Series break	2,236	+32.6%
65	Haute-Vienne Series break	2,198	+36.4%
66	Lot-et-Garonne Series break	2,068	+29.6%
67	Charente Series break	1,989	+29.9%
68	Vosges Series break	1,909	+24.4%
69	Yonne Series break	1,867	+23.9%
70	Aveyron Series break	1,750	+29%
71	Loir-et-Cher Series break	1,738	+20%
72	Tarn-et-Garonne Series break	1,734	+26.6%
73	Aube Series break	1,707	+32.6%
74	Deux-Sèvres Series break	1,671	+28.8%
75	Hautes-Pyrénées Series break	1,662	+26.7%
76	Allier Series break	1,625	+28.2%
77	Corse-du-Sud Series break	1,612	+33.7%
78	Haute-Corse Series break	1,601	+40.2%
79	Cher Series break	1,541	+30.9%
80	Jura Series break	1,484	+28.4%
81	Corrèze Series break	1,434	+39.1%
82	Mayenne Series break	1,409	+37.3%
83	Gers Series break	1,381	+32.3%
84	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Series break	1,318	+24%
85	Hautes-Alpes Series break	1,300	+21.2%
86	Orne Series break	1,260	+23.9%
87	Ardennes Series break	1,231	+33.1%
88	Haute-Loire Series break	1,167	+25.6%
89	Ariège Series break	1,155	+28.6%
89	Lot Series break	1,155	+24.6%
91	Guyane Series break	1,146	+11.6%
92	Indre Series break	1,064	+26.2%
93	Haute-Saône Series break	1,050	+33.9%
94	Nièvre Series break	956	+19.1%
95	Meuse Series break	814	+32.8%
96	Haute-Marne Series break	738	+29.7%
97	Territoire de Belfort Series break	720	+22%
98	Cantal Series break	683	+33.1%
99	Creuse Series break	597	+27%
100	Lozère Series break	383	+27.7%
101	Mayotte Series break	331	-24.1%

Other periods

2023
2022
2021
2020

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{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, 2021}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/france-provinces?period=2021. Publisher attribution: 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 area has the highest enterprise deaths?

Paris, with 45,879 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Mayotte, with 331 in 2021.

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.