Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths

Lombardia had the highest enterprise deaths of 21 regions in 2019, at 49,381. Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste had the lowest, at 588. The median was 8,091 and the figure for Italy was 293,787. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest49,381Lombardia

Lowest588Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste

Median8,09121 regions

Italy293,787History

All regions, 2019

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	2019 count
1	Lombardia Series break	49,381
2	Lazio Series break	36,303
3	Campania Series break	29,461
4	Veneto Series break	21,995
5	Emilia-Romagna Series break	21,249
6	Toscana Series break	21,230
7	Piemonte Series break	20,076
8	Sicilia Series break	20,024
9	Puglia Series break	17,739
10	Calabria Series break	8,608
11	Liguria Series break	8,091
12	Sardegna Series break	7,188
13	Marche Series break	7,145
14	Abruzzo Series break	6,718
15	Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break	4,606
16	Umbria Series break	4,090
17	Basilicata Series break	2,412
18	Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break	2,096
19	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Series break	1,996
20	Molise Series break	1,417
21	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break	588

Other periods

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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 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 Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2019) [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 Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2019. 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-regions?period=2019. 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 Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2019. 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-regions?period=2019.

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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 Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/italy-regions?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{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 Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2019}},
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  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-regions?period=2019. 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 region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Lombardia, with 49,381 in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste, with 588 in 2019.

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.