NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands by enterprise deaths

Groot-Amsterdam had the highest enterprise deaths of 40 areas in 2021, at 10,420. Delfzijl en omgeving had the lowest, at 137. The median was 1,435 and the figure for the Netherlands was 83,036. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest10,420Groot-Amsterdam
Median1,43540 areas
Netherlands83,036History

All areas, 2021

Groot-Amsterdam: 10,420 countGroot-Amsterdam10,420Groot-Rijnmond: 7,129 countGroot-Rijnmond7,129Utrecht: 6,937 countUtrecht6,937Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage: 5,033 countAgglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage5,033Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant: 3,599 countZuidoost-Noord-Brabant3,599Arnhem/Nijmegen: 3,473 countArnhem/Nijmegen3,473Noordoost-Noord-Brabant: 3,048 countNoordoost-Noord-Brabant3,048West-Noord-Brabant: 2,835 countWest-Noord-Brabant2,835Veluwe: 2,757 countVeluwe2,757Twente: 2,365 countTwente2,365Zuid-Limburg: 2,297 countZuid-Limburg2,297Midden-Noord-Brabant: 2,235 countMidden-Noord-Brabant2,235Flevoland: 2,150 countFlevoland2,150Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek: 1,928 countAgglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstre…1,928Overig Groningen: 1,772 countOverig Groningen1,772Kop van Noord-Holland: 1,544 countKop van Noord-Holland1,544Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland: 1,523 countZuidoost-Zuid-Holland1,523Het Gooi en Vechtstreek: 1,496 countHet Gooi en Vechtstreek1,496Noord-Overijssel: 1,479 countNoord-Overijssel1,479Oost-Zuid-Holland: 1,442 countOost-Zuid-Holland1,442Agglomeratie Haarlem: 1,428 countAgglomeratie Haarlem1,428Achterhoek: 1,421 countAchterhoek1,421Noord-Friesland: 1,220 countNoord-Friesland1,220Alkmaar en omgeving: 1,214 countAlkmaar en omgeving1,214Overig Zeeland: 1,119 countOverig Zeeland1,119Zuidwest-Gelderland: 1,078 countZuidwest-Gelderland1,078Noord-Limburg: 1,024 countNoord-Limburg1,024Delft en Westland: 1,021 countDelft en Westland1,021Midden-Limburg: 942 countMidden-Limburg942Zaanstreek: 890 countZaanstreek890IJmond: 858 countIJmond858Noord-Drenthe: 734 countNoord-Drenthe734Zuidoost-Friesland: 688 countZuidoost-Friesland688Zuidwest-Overijssel: 634 countZuidwest-Overijssel634Zuidoost-Drenthe: 624 countZuidoost-Drenthe624Zuidwest-Drenthe: 552 countZuidwest-Drenthe552Zuidwest-Friesland: 548 countZuidwest-Friesland548Oost-Groningen: 450 countOost-Groningen450Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen: 362 countZeeuwsch-Vlaanderen362Delfzijl en omgeving: 137 countDelfzijl en omgeving137Groot-Amsterdam: 10,420 countGroot-Amsterdam10,420Groot-Rijnmond: 7,129 countGroot-Rijnmond7,129Utrecht: 6,937 countUtrecht6,937Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage: 5,033 countAgglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage5,033Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant: 3,599 countZuidoost-Noord-Brabant3,599Arnhem/Nijmegen: 3,473 countArnhem/Nijmegen3,473Noordoost-Noord-Brabant: 3,048 countNoordoost-Noord-Brabant3,048West-Noord-Brabant: 2,835 countWest-Noord-Brabant2,835Veluwe: 2,757 countVeluwe2,757Twente: 2,365 countTwente2,365Zuid-Limburg: 2,297 countZuid-Limburg2,297Midden-Noord-Brabant: 2,235 countMidden-Noord-Brabant2,235Flevoland: 2,150 countFlevoland2,150Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek: 1,928 countAgglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek1,928Overig Groningen: 1,772 countOverig Groningen1,772Kop van Noord-Holland: 1,544 countKop van Noord-Holland1,544Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland: 1,523 countZuidoost-Zuid-Holland1,523Het Gooi en Vechtstreek: 1,496 countHet Gooi en Vechtstreek1,496Noord-Overijssel: 1,479 countNoord-Overijssel1,479Oost-Zuid-Holland: 1,442 countOost-Zuid-Holland1,442Agglomeratie Haarlem: 1,428 countAgglomeratie Haarlem1,428Achterhoek: 1,421 countAchterhoek1,421Noord-Friesland: 1,220 countNoord-Friesland1,220Alkmaar en omgeving: 1,214 countAlkmaar en omgeving1,214Overig Zeeland: 1,119 countOverig Zeeland1,119Zuidwest-Gelderland: 1,078 countZuidwest-Gelderland1,078Noord-Limburg: 1,024 countNoord-Limburg1,024Delft en Westland: 1,021 countDelft en Westland1,021Midden-Limburg: 942 countMidden-Limburg942Zaanstreek: 890 countZaanstreek890IJmond: 858 countIJmond858Noord-Drenthe: 734 countNoord-Drenthe734Zuidoost-Friesland: 688 countZuidoost-Friesland688Zuidwest-Overijssel: 634 countZuidwest-Overijssel634Zuidoost-Drenthe: 624 countZuidoost-Drenthe624Zuidwest-Drenthe: 552 countZuidwest-Drenthe552Zuidwest-Friesland: 548 countZuidwest-Friesland548Oost-Groningen: 450 countOost-Groningen450Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen: 362 countZeeuwsch-Vlaanderen362Delfzijl en omgeving: 137 countDelfzijl en omgeving137
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

RankAreas2021
count
Change on 2020
1Groot-Amsterdam10,420n/a
2Groot-Rijnmond7,129n/a
3Utrecht6,937n/a
4Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage5,033n/a
5Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant3,599-34.6%
6Arnhem/Nijmegen3,473-36.8%
7Noordoost-Noord-Brabant3,048n/a
8West-Noord-Brabant2,835-39.6%
9Veluwe2,757-37.8%
10Twente2,365-36.2%
11Zuid-Limburg2,297-38%
12Midden-Noord-Brabant2,235n/a
13Flevoland2,150-34.4%
14Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek1,928n/a
15Overig Groningen1,772n/a
16Kop van Noord-Holland1,544-32.4%
17Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland1,523n/a
18Het Gooi en Vechtstreek1,496-45.6%
19Noord-Overijssel1,479-32.9%
20Oost-Zuid-Holland1,442n/a
21Agglomeratie Haarlem1,428n/a
22Achterhoek1,421-40.8%
23Noord-Friesland1,220n/a
24Alkmaar en omgeving1,214-35.2%
25Overig Zeeland1,119-34.6%
26Zuidwest-Gelderland1,078-35.1%
27Noord-Limburg1,024-39.4%
28Delft en Westland1,021n/a
29Midden-Limburg942-35.1%
30Zaanstreek890-30.4%
31IJmond858-36.2%
32Noord-Drenthe734-39%
33Zuidoost-Friesland688-38.4%
34Zuidwest-Overijssel634-34%
35Zuidoost-Drenthe624-34.9%
36Zuidwest-Drenthe552-26.2%
37Zuidwest-Friesland548n/a
38Oost-Groningen450n/a
39Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen362-34.1%
40Delfzijl en omgeving137-34.1%

Other periods

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 Netherlands by enterprise deaths, 2021) [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 Netherlands by enterprise deaths, 2021. 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?period=2021. 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 Netherlands by enterprise deaths, 2021. 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?period=2021.

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, 2021 [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?period=2021 (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): NUTS 3 areas of Netherlands by enterprise deaths, 2021}},
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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/netherlands-provinces?period=2021. 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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Groot-Amsterdam, with 10,420 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Delfzijl en omgeving, with 137 in 2021.

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