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

All 12 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_deaths`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/netherlands-regions

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Zuid-Holland | 25,837 |
| 2 | Noord-Holland | 24,517 |
| 3 | Noord-Brabant | 16,182 |
| 4 | Gelderland | 12,080 |
| 5 | Utrecht | 9,529 |
| 6 | Overijssel | 6,045 |
| 7 | Limburg (NL) | 5,791 |
| 8 | Friesland (NL) | 3,269 |
| 9 | Flevoland | 3,091 |
| 10 | Groningen | 2,923 |
| 11 | Drenthe | 2,505 |
| 12 | Zeeland | 2,010 |