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Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths

Norte had the highest enterprise deaths of 9 regions in 2020, at 41,735. Região Autónoma dos Açores had the lowest, at 2,414. The median was 8,801 and the figure for Portugal was 133,699. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest41,735Norte
Lowest2,414Região Autónoma dos Açores
Median8,8019 regions
Portugal133,699History

All regions, 2020

Norte: 41,735 countNorte41,735Grande Lisboa: 36,779 countGrande Lisboa36,779Centro (PT): 17,795 countCentro (PT)17,795Península de Setúbal: 10,838 countPenínsula de Setúbal10,838Oeste e Vale do Tejo: 8,801 countOeste e Vale do Tejo8,801Algarve: 7,509 countAlgarve7,509Alentejo: 4,845 countAlentejo4,845Região Autónoma da Madeira: 2,983 countRegião Autónoma da Madeira2,983Região Autónoma dos Açores: 2,414 countRegião Autónoma dos Açores2,414Norte: 41,735 countNorte41,735Grande Lisboa: 36,779 countGrande Lisboa36,779Centro (PT): 17,795 countCentro (PT)17,795Península de Setúbal: 10,838 countPenínsula de Setúbal10,838Oeste e Vale do Tejo: 8,801 countOeste e Vale do Tejo8,801Algarve: 7,509 countAlgarve7,509Alentejo: 4,845 countAlentejo4,845Região Autónoma da Madeira: 2,983 countRegião Autónoma da Madeira2,983Região Autónoma dos Açores: 2,414 countRegião Autónoma dos Açores2,414
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

RankRegions2020
count		Change on 2019
1Norte41,735-9.3%
2Grande Lisboa36,779n/a
3Centro (PT)17,795n/a
4Península de Setúbal10,838n/a
5Oeste e Vale do Tejo8,801n/a
6Algarve7,509-21.8%
7Alentejo4,845n/a
8Região Autónoma da Madeira2,983-2.2%
9Região Autónoma dos Açores2,414-15.3%

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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.

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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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APA 7

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 Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2020) [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 Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2020. 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/portugal-regions?period=2020. 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 Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2020. 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/portugal-regions?period=2020.

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 Portugal (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/portugal-regions?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Norte, with 41,735 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Região Autónoma dos Açores, with 2,414 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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