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Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2023

Ile-de-France had the highest enterprise deaths of 27 regions in 2023, at 144,085. Mayotte had the lowest, at 285. The median was 10,816 and the figure for France was 558,767. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest144,085Ile-de-France
Lowest285Mayotte
Median10,81627 regions
France558,767History

All regions, 2023

Ile-de-France: 144,085 countIle-de-France144,085Rhône-Alpes: 62,736 countRhône-Alpes62,736Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 59,450 countProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur59,450Aquitaine: 35,160 countAquitaine35,160Languedoc-Roussillon: 29,457 countLanguedoc-Roussillon29,457Midi-Pyrénées: 28,255 countMidi-Pyrénées28,255Pays de la Loire: 26,008 countPays de la Loire26,008Nord-Pas de Calais: 24,451 countNord-Pas de Calais24,451Bretagne: 23,400 countBretagne23,400Centre - Val de Loire: 16,014 countCentre - Val de Loire16,014Alsace: 13,705 countAlsace13,705Lorraine: 13,513 countLorraine13,513Poitou-Charentes: 12,956 countPoitou-Charentes12,956Bourgogne: 10,816 countBourgogne10,816Haute-Normandie: 10,801 countHaute-Normandie10,801Picardie: 10,606 countPicardie10,606Basse-Normandie: 9,123 countBasse-Normandie9,123Auvergne: 8,867 countAuvergne8,867Champagne-Ardenne: 7,760 countChampagne-Ardenne7,760Franche-Comté: 7,143 countFranche-Comté7,143La Réunion: 6,741 countLa Réunion6,741Limousin: 4,794 countLimousin4,794Martinique: 3,915 countMartinique3,915Corse: 3,906 countCorse3,906Guadeloupe: 3,625 countGuadeloupe3,625Guyane: 1,459 countGuyane1,459Mayotte: 285 countMayotte285Ile-de-France: 144,085 countIle-de-France144,085Rhône-Alpes: 62,736 countRhône-Alpes62,736Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 59,450 countProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur59,450Aquitaine: 35,160 countAquitaine35,160Languedoc-Roussillon: 29,457 countLanguedoc-Roussillon29,457Midi-Pyrénées: 28,255 countMidi-Pyrénées28,255Pays de la Loire: 26,008 countPays de la Loire26,008Nord-Pas de Calais: 24,451 countNord-Pas de Calais24,451Bretagne: 23,400 countBretagne23,400Centre - Val de Loire: 16,014 countCentre - Val de Loire16,014Alsace: 13,705 countAlsace13,705Lorraine: 13,513 countLorraine13,513Poitou-Charentes: 12,956 countPoitou-Charentes12,956Bourgogne: 10,816 countBourgogne10,816Haute-Normandie: 10,801 countHaute-Normandie10,801Picardie: 10,606 countPicardie10,606Basse-Normandie: 9,123 countBasse-Normandie9,123Auvergne: 8,867 countAuvergne8,867Champagne-Ardenne: 7,760 countChampagne-Ardenne7,760Franche-Comté: 7,143 countFranche-Comté7,143La Réunion: 6,741 countLa Réunion6,741Limousin: 4,794 countLimousin4,794Martinique: 3,915 countMartinique3,915Corse: 3,906 countCorse3,906Guadeloupe: 3,625 countGuadeloupe3,625Guyane: 1,459 countGuyane1,459Mayotte: 285 countMayotte285
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

RankRegions2023
count		Change on 2022
1Ile-de-France Provisional144,0850%
2Rhône-Alpes Provisional62,736+11.8%
3Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional59,450+9.7%
4Aquitaine Provisional35,160+13.3%
5Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional29,457+13.3%
6Midi-Pyrénées Provisional28,255+14.2%
7Pays de la Loire Provisional26,008+18%
8Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional24,451+10.8%
9Bretagne Provisional23,400+20.1%
10Centre - Val de Loire Provisional16,014+6.7%
11Alsace Provisional13,705+12.4%
12Lorraine Provisional13,513+11.7%
13Poitou-Charentes Provisional12,956+12%
14Bourgogne Provisional10,816+13.3%
15Haute-Normandie Provisional10,801+9.3%
16Picardie Provisional10,606+8.2%
17Basse-Normandie Provisional9,123+15.1%
18Auvergne Provisional8,867+14.4%
19Champagne-Ardenne Provisional7,760+11.1%
20Franche-Comté Provisional7,143+11.7%
21La Réunion Provisional6,741+21.5%
22Limousin Provisional4,794+14.9%
23Martinique Provisional3,915+1.1%
24Corse Provisional3,906+13.1%
25Guadeloupe Provisional3,625-7.7%
26Guyane Provisional1,459-3.6%
27Mayotte Provisional285-20.6%

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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. 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) (Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2023) [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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2023. 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-regions. 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). Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2023. 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-regions.

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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/france-regions (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Ile-de-France, with 144,085 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Mayotte, with 285 in 2023.

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