# NUTS 3 areas of Portugal by enterprise deaths, 2023

All 26 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/portugal-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Grande Lisboa | 41,742 |
| 2 | Área Metropolitana do Porto | 28,477 |
| 3 | Península de Setúbal | 12,780 |
| 4 | Algarve | 10,445 |
| 5 | Região de Coimbra | 6,680 |
| 6 | Cávado | 5,761 |
| 7 | Região de Aveiro | 5,567 |
| 8 | Oeste | 5,488 |
| 9 | Ave | 4,739 |
| 10 | Região de Leiria | 4,222 |
| 11 | Tâmega e Sousa | 4,039 |
| 12 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 3,352 |
| 13 | Alto Minho | 3,182 |
| 14 | Viseu Dão Lafões | 3,098 |
| 15 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 2,922 |
| 16 | Lezíria do Tejo | 2,766 |
| 17 | Médio Tejo | 2,570 |
| 18 | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | 2,293 |
| 19 | Douro | 2,055 |
| 20 | Alentejo Central | 1,959 |
| 21 | Baixo Alentejo | 1,332 |
| 22 | Alentejo Litoral | 1,310 |
| 23 | Terras de Trás-os-Montes | 1,228 |
| 24 | Beira Baixa | 1,171 |
| 25 | Alto Alentejo | 1,130 |
| 26 | Alto Tâmega e Barroso | 1,013 |