Regions of France (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths

Ile-de-France had the highest enterprise deaths of 27 regions in 2022, at 144,058. Mayotte had the lowest, at 359. The median was 9,878 and the figure for France was 524,241. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest144,058Ile-de-France

Lowest359Mayotte

Median9,87827 regions

France524,241History

All regions, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Ile-de-France	144,058	-1.8%
2	Rhône-Alpes	56,101	+2.8%
3	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	54,178	+4.1%
4	Aquitaine	31,028	+2.6%
5	Languedoc-Roussillon	26,010	+5.4%
6	Midi-Pyrénées	24,735	+2%
7	Nord-Pas de Calais	22,072	+1.5%
8	Pays de la Loire	22,040	+0.9%
9	Bretagne	19,491	+4.1%
10	Centre - Val de Loire	15,008	+2.7%
11	Alsace	12,194	-0.2%
12	Lorraine	12,096	-3.1%
13	Poitou-Charentes	11,571	+5.1%
14	Haute-Normandie	9,878	+2.4%
15	Picardie	9,805	+4.1%
16	Bourgogne	9,550	+1.2%
17	Basse-Normandie	7,928	-0.9%
18	Auvergne	7,749	+3%
19	Champagne-Ardenne	6,987	+0.1%
20	Franche-Comté	6,392	+2.7%
21	La Réunion	5,547	+18.5%
22	Limousin	4,174	-1.3%
23	Guadeloupe	3,926	+26.6%
24	Martinique	3,873	+13.1%
25	Corse	3,454	+7.5%
26	Guyane	1,513	+32%
27	Mayotte	359	+8.5%

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Ile-de-France, with 144,058 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Mayotte, with 359 in 2022.

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.