# Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2023

All 21 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_deaths`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/italy-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lombardia | 50,171 |
| 2 | Lazio | 27,794 |
| 3 | Veneto | 22,573 |
| 4 | Emilia-Romagna | 21,387 |
| 5 | Campania | 21,051 |
| 6 | Piemonte | 19,562 |
| 7 | Toscana | 18,529 |
| 8 | Sicilia | 16,603 |
| 9 | Puglia | 15,397 |
| 10 | Liguria | 7,410 |
| 11 | Marche | 7,226 |
| 12 | Calabria | 6,657 |
| 13 | Sardegna | 6,417 |
| 14 | Abruzzo | 5,660 |
| 15 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 4,933 |
| 16 | Umbria | 3,794 |
| 17 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 2,275 |
| 18 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 2,271 |
| 19 | Basilicata | 2,061 |
| 20 | Molise | 1,201 |
| 21 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 614 |