NUTS 3 areas of Poland by enterprise deaths

Miasto Warszawa had the highest enterprise deaths of 73 areas in 2021, at 32,439. Świecki had the lowest, at 1,060. The median was 3,705 and the figure for Poland was 337,223. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest32,439Miasto Warszawa
Lowest1,060Świecki
Median3,70573 areas
Poland337,223History

Top 40 areas, 2021

Miasto Warszawa: 32,439 countMiasto Warszawa32,439Trójmiejski: 10,572 countTrójmiejski10,572Miasto Kraków: 10,348 countMiasto Kraków10,348Miasto Wrocław: 9,466 countMiasto Wrocław9,466Warszawski zachodni: 8,415 countWarszawski zachodni8,415Miasto Poznań: 8,309 countMiasto Poznań8,309Bydgosko-toruński: 7,555 countBydgosko-toruński7,555Miasto Łódź: 7,439 countMiasto Łódź7,439Poznański: 7,113 countPoznański7,113Warszawski wschodni: 7,106 countWarszawski wschodni7,106Lubelski: 6,458 countLubelski6,458Katowicki: 6,412 countKatowicki6,412Gdański: 6,356 countGdański6,356Kielecki: 6,080 countKielecki6,080Krakowski: 6,067 countKrakowski6,067Bielski: 6,049 countBielski6,049Wrocławski: 5,486 countWrocławski5,486Szczeciński: 5,467 countSzczeciński5,467Koniński: 5,367 countKoniński5,367Miasto Szczecin: 5,362 countMiasto Szczecin5,362Zielonogórski: 5,342 countZielonogórski5,342Kaliski: 4,993 countKaliski4,993Olsztyński: 4,826 countOlsztyński4,826Jeleniogórski: 4,730 countJeleniogórski4,730Rzeszowski: 4,687 countRzeszowski4,687Sosnowiecki: 4,675 countSosnowiecki4,675Wałbrzyski: 4,647 countWałbrzyski4,647Leszczyński: 4,428 countLeszczyński4,428Radomski: 4,386 countRadomski4,386Częstochowski: 4,240 countCzęstochowski4,240Białostocki: 4,158 countBiałostocki4,158Nowosądecki: 4,098 countNowosądecki4,098Opolski: 3,975 countOpolski3,975Oświęcimski: 3,900 countOświęcimski3,900Piotrkowski: 3,840 countPiotrkowski3,840Elbląski: 3,713 countElbląski3,713Rybnicki: 3,705 countRybnicki3,705Chełmsko-zamojski: 3,601 countChełmsko-zamojski3,601Koszaliński: 3,599 countKoszaliński3,599Tarnobrzeski: 3,518 countTarnobrzeski3,518Miasto Warszawa: 32,439 countMiasto Warszawa32,439Trójmiejski: 10,572 countTrójmiejski10,572Miasto Kraków: 10,348 countMiasto Kraków10,348Miasto Wrocław: 9,466 countMiasto Wrocław9,466Warszawski zachodni: 8,415 countWarszawski zachodni8,415Miasto Poznań: 8,309 countMiasto Poznań8,309Bydgosko-toruński: 7,555 countBydgosko-toruński7,555Miasto Łódź: 7,439 countMiasto Łódź7,439Poznański: 7,113 countPoznański7,113Warszawski wschodni: 7,106 countWarszawski wschodni7,106Lubelski: 6,458 countLubelski6,458Katowicki: 6,412 countKatowicki6,412Gdański: 6,356 countGdański6,356Kielecki: 6,080 countKielecki6,080Krakowski: 6,067 countKrakowski6,067Bielski: 6,049 countBielski6,049Wrocławski: 5,486 countWrocławski5,486Szczeciński: 5,467 countSzczeciński5,467Koniński: 5,367 countKoniński5,367Miasto Szczecin: 5,362 countMiasto Szczecin5,362Zielonogórski: 5,342 countZielonogórski5,342Kaliski: 4,993 countKaliski4,993Olsztyński: 4,826 countOlsztyński4,826Jeleniogórski: 4,730 countJeleniogórski4,730Rzeszowski: 4,687 countRzeszowski4,687Sosnowiecki: 4,675 countSosnowiecki4,675Wałbrzyski: 4,647 countWałbrzyski4,647Leszczyński: 4,428 countLeszczyński4,428Radomski: 4,386 countRadomski4,386Częstochowski: 4,240 countCzęstochowski4,240Białostocki: 4,158 countBiałostocki4,158Nowosądecki: 4,098 countNowosądecki4,098Opolski: 3,975 countOpolski3,975Oświęcimski: 3,900 countOświęcimski3,900Piotrkowski: 3,840 countPiotrkowski3,840Elbląski: 3,713 countElbląski3,713Rybnicki: 3,705 countRybnicki3,705Chełmsko-zamojski: 3,601 countChełmsko-zamojski3,601Koszaliński: 3,599 countKoszaliński3,599Tarnobrzeski: 3,518 countTarnobrzeski3,518
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
1Miasto Warszawa32,439+49.8%
2Trójmiejski10,572+56.7%
3Miasto Kraków10,348+45.8%
4Miasto Wrocław9,466+57.8%
5Warszawski zachodni8,415+60.7%
6Miasto Poznań8,309+55.3%
7Bydgosko-toruński7,555+54.8%
8Miasto Łódź7,439+56.4%
9Poznański7,113+62.5%
10Warszawski wschodni7,106+73.8%
11Lubelski6,458+51.7%
12Katowicki6,412+48.8%
13Gdański6,356+51.7%
14Kielecki6,080+56.7%
15Krakowski6,067+55%
16Bielski6,049+59.3%
17Wrocławski5,486+59.5%
18Szczeciński5,467+64.2%
19Koniński5,367+57.9%
20Miasto Szczecin5,362+53.9%
21Zielonogórski5,342+47%
22Kaliski4,993+57.8%
23Olsztyński4,826+55.6%
24Jeleniogórski4,730+41.4%
25Rzeszowski4,687+56.1%
26Sosnowiecki4,675+41%
27Wałbrzyski4,647+54.7%
28Leszczyński4,428+58%
29Radomski4,386+54.1%
30Częstochowski4,240+54.1%
31Białostocki4,158+48.7%
32Nowosądecki4,098+45.6%
33Opolski3,975+47.9%
34Oświęcimski3,900+48.5%
35Piotrkowski3,840+62.5%
36Elbląski3,713+49.2%
37Rybnicki3,705+59.8%
38Chełmsko-zamojski3,601+44.8%
39Koszaliński3,599+53.3%
40Tarnobrzeski3,518+49.9%
41Gorzowski3,475+52.3%
42Legnicko-głogowski3,473+51.1%
43Starogardzki3,361+61.7%
44Łódzki3,237+55.1%
45Gliwicki3,181+44.9%
46Pilski3,148+64.1%
47Szczecinecko-pyrzycki3,139+44.7%
48Sieradzki3,136+61.2%
49Krośnieński3,017+58%
50Tarnowski2,989+50.1%
51Nowotarski2,974+49.1%
52Bytomski2,894+51%
53Puławski2,843+44.1%
54Tyski2,831+46.5%
55Słupski2,761+61.7%
56Grudziądzki2,644+61.5%
57Ostrołęcki2,604+61.8%
58Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski2,579+59.1%
59Siedlecki2,463+44.6%
60Inowrocławski2,455+49.7%
61Włocławski2,362+53.6%
62Nyski2,337+46.5%
63Płocki2,305+50.9%
64Ciechanowski2,176+59.4%
65Przemyski2,124+48.6%
66Skierniewicki2,078+64.7%
67Łomżyński2,024+41.5%
68Ełcki1,838+46.5%
69Żyrardowski1,832+47.5%
70Bialski1,784+41.4%
71Chojnicki1,734+49.6%
72Suwalski1,438+31%
73Świecki1,060+46.4%

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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.

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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 Poland 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 Poland 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/poland-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 Poland 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/poland-provinces?period=2021.

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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 Poland 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/poland-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  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 Poland by enterprise deaths, 2021}},
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  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
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