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Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths

Lombardia had the highest enterprise deaths of 21 regions in 2020, at 45,529. Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste had the lowest, at 590. The median was 7,256 and the figure for Italy was 267,568. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest45,529Lombardia
Lowest590Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste
Median7,25621 regions
Italy267,568History

All regions, 2020

Lombardia: 45,529 countLombardia45,529Lazio: 33,810 countLazio33,810Campania: 25,976 countCampania25,976Emilia-Romagna: 19,800 countEmilia-Romagna19,800Veneto: 19,760 countVeneto19,760Sicilia: 19,035 countSicilia19,035Toscana: 18,801 countToscana18,801Piemonte: 18,582 countPiemonte18,582Puglia: 15,623 countPuglia15,623Calabria: 8,010 countCalabria8,010Liguria: 7,256 countLiguria7,256Marche: 6,677 countMarche6,677Sardegna: 6,479 countSardegna6,479Abruzzo: 6,346 countAbruzzo6,346Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 4,362 countFriuli-Venezia Giulia4,362Umbria: 3,806 countUmbria3,806Basilicata: 2,033 countBasilicata2,033Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 1,913 countProvincia Autonoma di Trento1,913Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 1,883 countProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Boz…1,883Molise: 1,297 countMolise1,297Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: 590 countValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste590Lombardia: 45,529 countLombardia45,529Lazio: 33,810 countLazio33,810Campania: 25,976 countCampania25,976Emilia-Romagna: 19,800 countEmilia-Romagna19,800Veneto: 19,760 countVeneto19,760Sicilia: 19,035 countSicilia19,035Toscana: 18,801 countToscana18,801Piemonte: 18,582 countPiemonte18,582Puglia: 15,623 countPuglia15,623Calabria: 8,010 countCalabria8,010Liguria: 7,256 countLiguria7,256Marche: 6,677 countMarche6,677Sardegna: 6,479 countSardegna6,479Abruzzo: 6,346 countAbruzzo6,346Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 4,362 countFriuli-Venezia Giulia4,362Umbria: 3,806 countUmbria3,806Basilicata: 2,033 countBasilicata2,033Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 1,913 countProvincia Autonoma di Trento1,913Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 1,883 countProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen1,883Molise: 1,297 countMolise1,297Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: 590 countValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste590
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

RankRegions2020
count		Change on 2019
1Lombardia45,529-7.8%
2Lazio33,810-6.9%
3Campania25,976-11.8%
4Emilia-Romagna19,800-6.8%
5Veneto19,760-10.2%
6Sicilia19,035-4.9%
7Toscana18,801-11.4%
8Piemonte18,582-7.4%
9Puglia15,623-11.9%
10Calabria8,010-6.9%
11Liguria7,256-10.3%
12Marche6,677-6.6%
13Sardegna6,479-9.9%
14Abruzzo6,346-5.5%
15Friuli-Venezia Giulia4,362-5.3%
16Umbria3,806-6.9%
17Basilicata2,033-15.7%
18Provincia Autonoma di Trento1,913-8.7%
19Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen1,883-5.7%
20Molise1,297-8.5%
21Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste590+0.3%

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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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APA 7

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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

MLA 9

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, 2020. 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=2020. 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). Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2020. 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=2020.

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), Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Lombardia, with 45,529 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste, with 590 in 2020.

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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.

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