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Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2023

Zuid-Holland had the highest enterprise deaths of 12 regions in 2023, at 25,837. Zeeland had the lowest, at 2,010. The median was 5,918 and the figure for the Netherlands was 111,286. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest25,837Zuid-Holland
Lowest2,010Zeeland
Median5,91812 regions
Netherlands111,286History

All regions, 2023

Zuid-Holland: 25,837 countZuid-Holland25,837Noord-Holland: 24,517 countNoord-Holland24,517Noord-Brabant: 16,182 countNoord-Brabant16,182Gelderland: 12,080 countGelderland12,080Utrecht: 9,529 countUtrecht9,529Overijssel: 6,045 countOverijssel6,045Limburg (NL): 5,791 countLimburg (NL)5,791Friesland (NL): 3,269 countFriesland (NL)3,269Flevoland: 3,091 countFlevoland3,091Groningen: 2,923 countGroningen2,923Drenthe: 2,505 countDrenthe2,505Zeeland: 2,010 countZeeland2,010Zuid-Holland: 25,837 countZuid-Holland25,837Noord-Holland: 24,517 countNoord-Holland24,517Noord-Brabant: 16,182 countNoord-Brabant16,182Gelderland: 12,080 countGelderland12,080Utrecht: 9,529 countUtrecht9,529Overijssel: 6,045 countOverijssel6,045Limburg (NL): 5,791 countLimburg (NL)5,791Friesland (NL): 3,269 countFriesland (NL)3,269Flevoland: 3,091 countFlevoland3,091Groningen: 2,923 countGroningen2,923Drenthe: 2,505 countDrenthe2,505Zeeland: 2,010 countZeeland2,010
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

RankRegions2023
count		Change on 2022
1Zuid-Holland Provisional25,837-14.1%
2Noord-Holland Provisional24,517-17.7%
3Noord-Brabant Provisional16,182-18.2%
4Gelderland Provisional12,080-17.7%
5Utrecht Provisional9,529-16.3%
6Overijssel Provisional6,045-15.7%
7Limburg (NL) Provisional5,791-19%
8Friesland (NL) Provisional3,269-15.4%
9Flevoland Provisional3,091-14.5%
10Groningen Provisional2,923-21.2%
11Drenthe Provisional2,505-18.9%
12Zeeland Provisional2,010-18.2%

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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 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 Netherlands (NUTS 2) 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), Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2) 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-regions. 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 Netherlands (NUTS 2) 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-regions.

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 Netherlands (NUTS 2) 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-regions (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Zuid-Holland, with 25,837 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Zeeland, with 2,010 in 2023.

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