NUTS 3 areas of Greece by enterprise deaths

Thessaloniki had the highest enterprise deaths of 52 areas in 2021, at 2,368. Evrytania had the lowest, at 21. The median was 239 and the figure for Greece was 18,687. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest2,368Thessaloniki

Lowest21Evrytania

Median23952 areas

Greece18,687History

All 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
1	Thessaloniki	2,368
2	Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon	1,915
3	Voreios Tomeas Athinon	981
4	Notios Tomeas Athinon	960
5	Dytikos Tomeas Athinon	929
6	Peiraias, Nisoi	876
7	Anatoliki Attiki	717
8	Achaia	580
9	Larisa	506
10	Irakleio	451
11	Karditsa, Trikala	379
12	Magnisia, Sporades	378
13	Andros, Thira, Kea - Kythnos, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Syros, Tinos	335
13	Grevena, Kozani	335
15	Ioannina	329
15	Lakonia, Messinia	329
17	Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kos, Rodos	319
18	Aitoloakarnania	309
19	Serres	296
20	Evvoia	295
21	Kerkyra	283
22	Thasos, Kavala	276
23	Argolida, Arkadia	266
24	Pieria	260
25	Dytiki Attiki	254
26	Arta, Preveza	243
27	Chalkidiki	235
28	Ileia	229
29	Imathia	224
30	Pella	217
31	Chania	212
32	Evros	203
33	Fthiotida	202
34	Korinthia	198
35	Lesvos, Limnos	160
36	Drama	153
37	Voiotia	152
38	Rodopi	148
39	Xanthi	127
40	Kastoria	124
41	Kilkis	106
42	Rethymni	101
43	Florina	96
44	Lasithi	94
45	Lefkada	85
46	Ikaria, Samos	81
46	Zakynthos	81
48	Ithaki, Kefallinia	80
49	Thesprotia	75
50	Chios	69
51	Fokida	45
52	Evrytania	21

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

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 Greece 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 Greece 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/greece-provinces?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). NUTS 3 areas of Greece 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/greece-provinces?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), NUTS 3 areas of Greece 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/greece-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which area has the highest enterprise deaths?

Thessaloniki, with 2,368 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Evrytania, with 21 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.