NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands by enterprise deaths, 2023
Groot-Amsterdam had the highest enterprise deaths of 40 areas in 2023, at 14,327. Delfzijl en omgeving had the lowest, at 162. The median was 1,958 and the figure for the Netherlands was 111,286. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
All areas, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Areas | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Groot-Amsterdam Provisional | 14,327 | -18.1% |
| 2 | Groot-Rijnmond Provisional | 10,536 | -11.9% |
| 3 | Utrecht Provisional | 9,529 | -16.3% |
| 4 | Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage Provisional | 7,287 | -11.9% |
| 5 | Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant Provisional | 4,852 | -19.1% |
| 6 | Arnhem/Nijmegen Provisional | 4,696 | -18.2% |
| 7 | Noordoost-Noord-Brabant Provisional | 4,249 | -15.6% |
| 8 | West-Noord-Brabant Provisional | 4,045 | -17.3% |
| 9 | Veluwe Provisional | 3,919 | -15.7% |
| 10 | Twente Provisional | 3,312 | -14.2% |
| 11 | Flevoland Provisional | 3,091 | -14.5% |
| 12 | Zuid-Limburg Provisional | 3,064 | -20% |
| 13 | Midden-Noord-Brabant Provisional | 3,036 | -21.2% |
| 14 | Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek Provisional | 2,581 | -16.3% |
| 15 | Overig Groningen Provisional | 2,167 | -21.5% |
| 16 | Kop van Noord-Holland Provisional | 2,083 | -16.6% |
| 17 | Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland Provisional | 2,064 | -20.8% |
| 18 | Het Gooi en Vechtstreek Provisional | 2,046 | -20.9% |
| 19 | Achterhoek Provisional | 1,984 | -20.5% |
| 20 | Oost-Zuid-Holland Provisional | 1,973 | -17.9% |
| 21 | Agglomeratie Haarlem Provisional | 1,942 | -15.8% |
| 22 | Noord-Overijssel Provisional | 1,836 | -19.7% |
| 23 | Alkmaar en omgeving Provisional | 1,653 | -21% |
| 24 | Noord-Friesland Provisional | 1,581 | -16.4% |
| 25 | Zuidwest-Gelderland Provisional | 1,481 | -17% |
| 26 | Overig Zeeland Provisional | 1,472 | -18.5% |
| 27 | Delft en Westland Provisional | 1,396 | -20.2% |
| 27 | Noord-Limburg Provisional | 1,396 | -15.5% |
| 29 | Midden-Limburg Provisional | 1,331 | -20.2% |
| 30 | IJmond Provisional | 1,274 | -14.7% |
| 31 | Zaanstreek Provisional | 1,192 | -10.2% |
| 32 | Noord-Drenthe Provisional | 989 | -15.5% |
| 33 | Zuidoost-Friesland Provisional | 946 | -11.3% |
| 34 | Zuidwest-Overijssel Provisional | 897 | -12.4% |
| 35 | Zuidoost-Drenthe Provisional | 835 | -20% |
| 36 | Zuidwest-Friesland Provisional | 742 | -18.1% |
| 37 | Zuidwest-Drenthe Provisional | 681 | -22.2% |
| 38 | Oost-Groningen Provisional | 594 | -21.4% |
| 39 | Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen Provisional | 538 | -17.2% |
| 40 | Delfzijl en omgeving Provisional | 162 | -15.2% |
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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 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.Citation styles
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) (NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands by enterprise deaths, 2023) [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), NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands 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/netherlands-provinces. 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 Netherlands 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/netherlands-provinces.
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 Netherlands 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/netherlands-provinces (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which area has the highest enterprise deaths?
Groot-Amsterdam, with 14,327 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which area has the lowest enterprise deaths?
Delfzijl en omgeving, with 162 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.
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