NUTS 3 areas of Italy by enterprise deaths, 2023

Roma had the highest enterprise deaths of 107 areas in 2023, at 21,718. Isernia had the lowest, at 377. The median was 1,581 and the figure for Italy was 298,764. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest21,718Roma

Lowest377Isernia

Median1,581107 areas

Italy298,764History

Top 40 areas, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Roma Estimated	21,718	-27.8%
2	Milano Estimated	19,744	-12%
3	Napoli Estimated	10,888	-32.4%
4	Torino Estimated	10,839	-11.3%
5	Brescia Estimated	6,182	+13.2%
6	Firenze Estimated	5,468	-7.9%
7	Bologna Estimated	5,202	-4%
8	Bergamo Estimated	5,027	+8%
9	Bari Estimated	4,966	-11.9%
10	Padova Estimated	4,878	+5.2%
11	Verona Estimated	4,384	+5.4%
12	Salerno Estimated	4,356	-22.4%
13	Monza e della Brianza Estimated	4,345	-1.5%
14	Treviso Estimated	4,044	+8.2%
15	Catania Estimated	4,007	-26.3%
16	Genova Estimated	3,978	-13.2%
17	Palermo Estimated	3,933	-27.2%
18	Vicenza Estimated	3,873	+14.4%
19	Varese Estimated	3,839	+0.1%
20	Venezia Estimated	3,710	+4.8%
21	Modena Estimated	3,423	-4.7%
22	Lecce Estimated	3,365	-21.6%
23	Caserta Estimated	3,144	-37.2%
24	Perugia Estimated	2,891	-4.9%
25	Como Estimated	2,663	-2.5%
26	Cuneo Estimated	2,567	+7.4%
27	Cosenza Estimated	2,564	-22.1%
28	Reggio nell’Emilia Estimated	2,419	-3.1%
29	Pavia Estimated	2,313	-11.7%
30	Udine Estimated	2,297	+11.8%
31	Trento Estimated	2,275	+13.7%
32	Bolzano-Bozen Estimated	2,271	+15.9%
33	Messina Estimated	2,237	-31.2%
34	Latina Estimated	2,234	-22.1%
35	Parma Estimated	2,197	-1.5%
36	Foggia Estimated	2,126	-19.7%
37	Sassari Estimated	2,066	-17.8%
38	Cagliari Estimated	2,037	-23.7%
39	Ancona Estimated	2,010	-4.4%
40	Pisa Estimated	2,002	-7.9%
41	Lucca Estimated	1,975	-2.4%
42	Rimini Estimated	1,915	+2.7%
43	Frosinone Estimated	1,906	-25.2%
44	Forlì-Cesena Estimated	1,891	+4.9%
45	Taranto Estimated	1,867	-14.7%
46	Reggio Calabria Estimated	1,785	-32.5%
47	Pesaro e Urbino Estimated	1,735	+6.1%
48	Ravenna Estimated	1,697	+7.3%
49	Mantova Estimated	1,652	+0.4%
50	Alessandria Estimated	1,644	-14.6%
51	Macerata Estimated	1,631	+6.3%
52	Prato Estimated	1,624	-15.2%
53	Arezzo Estimated	1,604	+0.3%
54	Pescara Estimated	1,581	-23.3%
55	Avellino Estimated	1,579	-20.6%
56	Novara Estimated	1,576	-1.3%
57	Barletta-Andria-Trani Estimated	1,573	+4.4%
58	Lecco Estimated	1,539	+14.6%
59	Brindisi Estimated	1,500	-12%
60	Chieti Estimated	1,498	-15.7%
61	Livorno Estimated	1,443	-9%
62	Savona Estimated	1,426	+5.6%
63	Trapani Estimated	1,411	-27.2%
64	Pistoia Estimated	1,394	-8.6%
65	Viterbo Estimated	1,371	-12.4%
66	Cremona Estimated	1,370	-2.1%
67	Agrigento Estimated	1,369	-17.2%
68	Potenza Estimated	1,354	-11.8%
69	Ferrara Estimated	1,349	-10.1%
70	Teramo Estimated	1,343	-18%
71	Catanzaro Estimated	1,314	-29.6%
72	Piacenza Estimated	1,294	+7.7%
73	Pordenone Estimated	1,244	+14.8%
74	L’Aquila Estimated	1,238	-21.7%
75	Siracusa Estimated	1,204	-29.5%
76	Ragusa Estimated	1,195	-14.5%
77	Siena Estimated	1,171	-3.6%
78	Benevento Estimated	1,084	-19.5%
79	Imperia Estimated	1,021	-5.6%
80	Sud Sardegna Estimated	1,008	-16.2%
81	Ascoli Piceno Estimated	989	-9.1%
82	La Spezia Estimated	985	-8%
83	Grosseto Estimated	944	-10%
84	Asti Estimated	931	-3.5%
85	Rovigo Estimated	929	-4.2%
86	Trieste Estimated	914	-7.9%
87	Massa-Carrara Estimated	904	-17.1%
88	Terni Estimated	903	-16.2%
89	Fermo Estimated	861	-2.9%
90	Campobasso Estimated	824	-22.8%
91	Lodi Estimated	808	-5.1%
92	Nuoro Estimated	800	-7.6%
93	Caltanissetta Estimated	788	-27.6%
94	Belluno Estimated	755	+12.9%
95	Matera Estimated	707	-8.9%
96	Sondrio Estimated	689	+13%
97	Biella Estimated	674	-9.5%
98	Vercelli Estimated	670	-8.6%
99	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Estimated	661	+4.3%
100	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Estimated	614	+1%
101	Rieti Estimated	565	-19.7%
102	Oristano Estimated	506	-10.8%
103	Vibo Valentia Estimated	505	-31.7%
104	Crotone Estimated	489	-35.5%
105	Gorizia Estimated	478	-3.2%
106	Enna Estimated	459	-34.1%
107	Isernia Estimated	377	-19.4%

Other periods

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

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 Italy 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), NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces. 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). NUTS 3 areas of Italy 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/italy-provinces.

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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 Italy 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/italy-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{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 Italy by enterprise deaths, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  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/italy-provinces. 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 area has the highest enterprise deaths?

Roma, with 21,718 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Isernia, with 377 in 2023.

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.