Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths

Ile-de-France had the highest enterprise deaths of 27 regions in 2020, at 113,872. Mayotte had the lowest, at 436. The median was 7,434 and the figure for France was 401,622. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest113,872Ile-de-France

Lowest436Mayotte

Median7,43427 regions

France401,622History

All regions, 2020

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	2020 count
1	Ile-de-France Series break	113,872
2	Rhône-Alpes Series break	42,685
3	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break	39,131
4	Aquitaine Series break	22,465
5	Languedoc-Roussillon Series break	18,733
6	Midi-Pyrénées Series break	18,715
7	Pays de la Loire Series break	16,407
8	Nord-Pas de Calais Series break	16,221
9	Bretagne Series break	14,233
10	Centre - Val de Loire Series break	11,480
11	Alsace Series break	9,597
12	Lorraine Series break	9,363
13	Poitou-Charentes Series break	8,203
14	Bourgogne Series break	7,434
15	Haute-Normandie Series break	7,389
16	Picardie Series break	7,256
17	Basse-Normandie Series break	6,153
18	Auvergne Series break	5,744
19	Champagne-Ardenne Series break	5,256
20	Franche-Comté Series break	4,859
21	La Réunion Series break	3,763
22	Limousin Series break	3,112
23	Guadeloupe Series break	2,890
24	Martinique Series break	2,850
25	Corse Series break	2,348
26	Guyane Series break	1,027
27	Mayotte Series break	436

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 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

MLA 9

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, 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-regions?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 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-regions?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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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-regions?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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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-regions?period=2020. 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 region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Ile-de-France, with 113,872 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Mayotte, with 436 in 2020.

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.