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Provinces of Spain by enterprise deaths

Madrid province had the highest enterprise deaths of 49 provinces in 2020, at 48,764. Soria province had the lowest, at 373. The median was 2,776 and the figure for Spain was 308,984. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest48,764Madrid province
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Median2,77649 provinces
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Map of provinces, 2020

Álava province: 1,526 countAlbacete province: 2,009 countAlicante province: 15,213 countAlmería province: 3,968 countÁvila province: 815 countBadajoz province: 3,480 countBarcelona province: 43,106 countBurgos province: 1,724 countCáceres province: 2,141 countCádiz province: 5,898 countCastellón province: 3,382 countCiudad Real province: 2,418 countCórdoba province: 3,902 countA Coruña province: 6,855 countCuenca province: 1,002 countGirona province: 5,207 countGranada province: 5,801 countGuadalajara province: 1,275 countGipuzkoa province: 4,243 countHuelva province: 2,405 countHuesca province: 1,236 countJaén province: 2,776 countLeón province: 2,639 countLleida province: 2,550 countLa Rioja province: 1,665 countLugo province: 1,845 countMadrid province: 48,764 countMálaga province: 14,748 countMurcia province: 9,727 countNavarre province: 3,091 countOurense province: 1,822 countAsturias province: 5,482 countPalencia province: 716 countPontevedra province: 6,037 countSalamanca province: 1,781 countCantabria province: 2,930 countSegovia province: 834 countSeville province: 10,859 countSoria province: 373 countTarragona province: 5,034 countTeruel province: 672 countToledo province: 3,733 countValencia province: 17,814 countValladolid province: 2,715 countBiscay province: 7,205 countZamora province: 932 countZaragoza province: 5,467 countCeuta province: 402 countMelilla province: 630 count
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count, 2020. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All provinces, 2020

Madrid province: 48,764 countMadrid province48,764Barcelona province: 43,106 countBarcelona province43,106Valencia province: 17,814 countValencia province17,814Alicante province: 15,213 countAlicante province15,213Málaga province: 14,748 countMálaga province14,748Seville province: 10,859 countSeville province10,859Murcia province: 9,727 countMurcia province9,727Biscay province: 7,205 countBiscay province7,205A Coruña province: 6,855 countA Coruña province6,855Pontevedra province: 6,037 countPontevedra province6,037Cádiz province: 5,898 countCádiz province5,898Granada province: 5,801 countGranada province5,801Asturias province: 5,482 countAsturias province5,482Zaragoza province: 5,467 countZaragoza province5,467Girona province: 5,207 countGirona province5,207Tarragona province: 5,034 countTarragona province5,034Gipuzkoa province: 4,243 countGipuzkoa province4,243Almería province: 3,968 countAlmería province3,968Córdoba province: 3,902 countCórdoba province3,902Toledo province: 3,733 countToledo province3,733Badajoz province: 3,480 countBadajoz province3,480Castellón province: 3,382 countCastellón province3,382Navarre province: 3,091 countNavarre province3,091Cantabria province: 2,930 countCantabria province2,930Jaén province: 2,776 countJaén province2,776Valladolid province: 2,715 countValladolid province2,715León province: 2,639 countLeón province2,639Lleida province: 2,550 countLleida province2,550Ciudad Real province: 2,418 countCiudad Real province2,418Huelva province: 2,405 countHuelva province2,405Cáceres province: 2,141 countCáceres province2,141Albacete province: 2,009 countAlbacete province2,009Lugo province: 1,845 countLugo province1,845Ourense province: 1,822 countOurense province1,822Salamanca province: 1,781 countSalamanca province1,781Burgos province: 1,724 countBurgos province1,724La Rioja province: 1,665 countLa Rioja province1,665Álava province: 1,526 countÁlava province1,526Guadalajara province: 1,275 countGuadalajara province1,275Huesca province: 1,236 countHuesca province1,236Cuenca province: 1,002 countCuenca province1,002Zamora province: 932 countZamora province932Segovia province: 834 countSegovia province834Ávila province: 815 countÁvila province815Palencia province: 716 countPalencia province716Teruel province: 672 countTeruel province672Melilla province: 630 countMelilla province630Ceuta province: 402 countCeuta province402Soria province: 373 countSoria province373Madrid province: 48,764 countMadrid province48,764Barcelona province: 43,106 countBarcelona province43,106Valencia province: 17,814 countValencia province17,814Alicante province: 15,213 countAlicante province15,213Málaga province: 14,748 countMálaga province14,748Seville province: 10,859 countSeville province10,859Murcia province: 9,727 countMurcia province9,727Biscay province: 7,205 countBiscay province7,205A Coruña province: 6,855 countA Coruña province6,855Pontevedra province: 6,037 countPontevedra province6,037Cádiz province: 5,898 countCádiz province5,898Granada province: 5,801 countGranada province5,801Asturias province: 5,482 countAsturias province5,482Zaragoza province: 5,467 countZaragoza province5,467Girona province: 5,207 countGirona province5,207Tarragona province: 5,034 countTarragona province5,034Gipuzkoa province: 4,243 countGipuzkoa province4,243Almería province: 3,968 countAlmería province3,968Córdoba province: 3,902 countCórdoba province3,902Toledo province: 3,733 countToledo province3,733Badajoz province: 3,480 countBadajoz province3,480Castellón province: 3,382 countCastellón province3,382Navarre province: 3,091 countNavarre province3,091Cantabria province: 2,930 countCantabria province2,930Jaén province: 2,776 countJaén province2,776Valladolid province: 2,715 countValladolid province2,715León province: 2,639 countLeón province2,639Lleida province: 2,550 countLleida province2,550Ciudad Real province: 2,418 countCiudad Real province2,418Huelva province: 2,405 countHuelva province2,405Cáceres province: 2,141 countCáceres province2,141Albacete province: 2,009 countAlbacete province2,009Lugo province: 1,845 countLugo province1,845Ourense province: 1,822 countOurense province1,822Salamanca province: 1,781 countSalamanca province1,781Burgos province: 1,724 countBurgos province1,724La Rioja province: 1,665 countLa Rioja province1,665Álava province: 1,526 countÁlava province1,526Guadalajara province: 1,275 countGuadalajara province1,275Huesca province: 1,236 countHuesca province1,236Cuenca province: 1,002 countCuenca province1,002Zamora province: 932 countZamora province932Segovia province: 834 countSegovia province834Ávila province: 815 countÁvila province815Palencia province: 716 countPalencia province716Teruel province: 672 countTeruel province672Melilla province: 630 countMelilla province630Ceuta province: 402 countCeuta province402Soria province: 373 countSoria province373
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

RankProvinces2020
count
1Madrid province48,764
2Barcelona province43,106
3Valencia province17,814
4Alicante province15,213
5Málaga province14,748
6Seville province10,859
7Murcia province9,727
8Biscay province7,205
9A Coruña province6,855
10Pontevedra province6,037
11Cádiz province5,898
12Granada province5,801
13Asturias province5,482
14Zaragoza province5,467
15Girona province5,207
16Tarragona province5,034
17Gipuzkoa province4,243
18Almería province3,968
19Córdoba province3,902
20Toledo province3,733
21Badajoz province3,480
22Castellón province3,382
23Navarre province3,091
24Cantabria province2,930
25Jaén province2,776
26Valladolid province2,715
27León province2,639
28Lleida province2,550
29Ciudad Real province2,418
30Huelva province2,405
31Cáceres province2,141
32Albacete province2,009
33Lugo province1,845
34Ourense province1,822
35Salamanca province1,781
36Burgos province1,724
37La Rioja province1,665
38Álava province1,526
39Guadalajara province1,275
40Huesca province1,236
41Cuenca province1,002
42Zamora province932
43Segovia province834
44Ávila province815
45Palencia province716
46Teruel province672
47Melilla province630
48Ceuta province402
49Soria province373

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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 provinces 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) (Provinces of Spain by enterprise deaths, 2020) [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), Provinces of Spain 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/spain-provinces?period=2020. 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). Provinces of Spain 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/spain-provinces?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), Provinces of Spain 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/spain-provinces?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which province has the highest enterprise deaths?

Madrid province, with 48,764 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Soria province, with 373 in 2020.

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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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