Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths
Ile-de-France had the highest enterprise deaths of 27 regions in 2021, at 146,632. Mayotte had the lowest, at 331. The median was 9,651 and the figure for France was 522,427. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
All regions, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France Series break | 146,632 | +28.8% |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes Series break | 54,592 | +27.9% |
| 3 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break | 52,028 | +33% |
| 4 | Aquitaine Series break | 30,242 | +34.6% |
| 5 | Languedoc-Roussillon Series break | 24,682 | +31.8% |
| 6 | Midi-Pyrénées Series break | 24,257 | +29.6% |
| 7 | Pays de la Loire Series break | 21,851 | +33.2% |
| 8 | Nord-Pas de Calais Series break | 21,739 | +34% |
| 9 | Bretagne Series break | 18,727 | +31.6% |
| 10 | Centre - Val de Loire Series break | 14,607 | +27.2% |
| 11 | Lorraine Series break | 12,480 | +33.3% |
| 12 | Alsace Series break | 12,218 | +27.3% |
| 13 | Poitou-Charentes Series break | 11,014 | +34.3% |
| 14 | Haute-Normandie Series break | 9,651 | +30.6% |
| 15 | Bourgogne Series break | 9,436 | +26.9% |
| 16 | Picardie Series break | 9,417 | +29.8% |
| 17 | Basse-Normandie Series break | 7,999 | +30% |
| 18 | Auvergne Series break | 7,526 | +31% |
| 19 | Champagne-Ardenne Series break | 6,979 | +32.8% |
| 20 | Franche-Comté Series break | 6,225 | +28.1% |
| 21 | La Réunion Series break | 4,682 | +24.4% |
| 22 | Limousin Series break | 4,229 | +35.9% |
| 23 | Martinique Series break | 3,423 | +20.1% |
| 24 | Corse Series break | 3,213 | +36.8% |
| 25 | Guadeloupe Series break | 3,101 | +7.3% |
| 26 | Guyane Series break | 1,146 | +11.6% |
| 27 | Mayotte Series break | 331 | -24.1% |
Other periods
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.Citation styles
APA 7
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, 2021) [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, 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-regions?period=2021. 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, 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-regions?period=2021.
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, 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-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which region has the highest enterprise deaths?
Ile-de-France, with 146,632 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region 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.
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