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Provinces of Spain by enterprise deaths

Madrid province had the highest enterprise deaths of 49 provinces in 2022, at 47,615. Ceuta province had the lowest, at 386. The median was 2,898 and the figure for Spain was 299,847. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest47,615Madrid province
Lowest386Ceuta province
Median2,89849 provinces
Spain299,847History

Map of provinces, 2022

Álava province: 1,181 countAlbacete province: 2,162 countAlicante province: 14,806 countAlmería province: 4,250 countÁvila province: 805 countBadajoz province: 3,451 countBarcelona province: 43,208 countBurgos province: 1,611 countCáceres province: 2,175 countCádiz province: 6,507 countCastellón province: 3,555 countCiudad Real province: 2,541 countCórdoba province: 4,199 countA Coruña province: 6,400 countCuenca province: 961 countGirona province: 5,675 countGranada province: 6,397 countGuadalajara province: 1,482 countGipuzkoa province: 3,266 countHuelva province: 2,311 countHuesca province: 1,053 countJaén province: 3,272 countLeón province: 2,365 countLleida province: 2,396 countLa Rioja province: 1,734 countLugo province: 1,740 countMadrid province: 47,615 countMálaga province: 13,666 countMurcia province: 9,122 countNavarre province: 3,025 countOurense province: 1,828 countAsturias province: 5,666 countPalencia province: 708 countPontevedra province: 5,322 countSalamanca province: 1,555 countCantabria province: 2,898 countSegovia province: 825 countSeville province: 11,333 countSoria province: 401 countTarragona province: 5,173 countTeruel province: 679 countToledo province: 4,226 countValencia province: 17,906 countValladolid province: 2,455 countBiscay province: 5,690 countZamora province: 808 countZaragoza province: 4,837 countCeuta province: 386 countMelilla province: 562 count
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count, 2022. 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, 2022

Madrid province: 47,615 countMadrid province47,615Barcelona province: 43,208 countBarcelona province43,208Valencia province: 17,906 countValencia province17,906Alicante province: 14,806 countAlicante province14,806Málaga province: 13,666 countMálaga province13,666Seville province: 11,333 countSeville province11,333Murcia province: 9,122 countMurcia province9,122Cádiz province: 6,507 countCádiz province6,507A Coruña province: 6,400 countA Coruña province6,400Granada province: 6,397 countGranada province6,397Biscay province: 5,690 countBiscay province5,690Girona province: 5,675 countGirona province5,675Asturias province: 5,666 countAsturias province5,666Pontevedra province: 5,322 countPontevedra province5,322Tarragona province: 5,173 countTarragona province5,173Zaragoza province: 4,837 countZaragoza province4,837Almería province: 4,250 countAlmería province4,250Toledo province: 4,226 countToledo province4,226Córdoba province: 4,199 countCórdoba province4,199Castellón province: 3,555 countCastellón province3,555Badajoz province: 3,451 countBadajoz province3,451Jaén province: 3,272 countJaén province3,272Gipuzkoa province: 3,266 countGipuzkoa province3,266Navarre province: 3,025 countNavarre province3,025Cantabria province: 2,898 countCantabria province2,898Ciudad Real province: 2,541 countCiudad Real province2,541Valladolid province: 2,455 countValladolid province2,455Lleida province: 2,396 countLleida province2,396León province: 2,365 countLeón province2,365Huelva province: 2,311 countHuelva province2,311Cáceres province: 2,175 countCáceres province2,175Albacete province: 2,162 countAlbacete province2,162Ourense province: 1,828 countOurense province1,828Lugo province: 1,740 countLugo province1,740La Rioja province: 1,734 countLa Rioja province1,734Burgos province: 1,611 countBurgos province1,611Salamanca province: 1,555 countSalamanca province1,555Guadalajara province: 1,482 countGuadalajara province1,482Álava province: 1,181 countÁlava province1,181Huesca province: 1,053 countHuesca province1,053Cuenca province: 961 countCuenca province961Segovia province: 825 countSegovia province825Zamora province: 808 countZamora province808Ávila province: 805 countÁvila province805Palencia province: 708 countPalencia province708Teruel province: 679 countTeruel province679Melilla province: 562 countMelilla province562Soria province: 401 countSoria province401Ceuta province: 386 countCeuta province386Madrid province: 47,615 countMadrid province47,615Barcelona province: 43,208 countBarcelona province43,208Valencia province: 17,906 countValencia province17,906Alicante province: 14,806 countAlicante province14,806Málaga province: 13,666 countMálaga province13,666Seville province: 11,333 countSeville province11,333Murcia province: 9,122 countMurcia province9,122Cádiz province: 6,507 countCádiz province6,507A Coruña province: 6,400 countA Coruña province6,400Granada province: 6,397 countGranada province6,397Biscay province: 5,690 countBiscay province5,690Girona province: 5,675 countGirona province5,675Asturias province: 5,666 countAsturias province5,666Pontevedra province: 5,322 countPontevedra province5,322Tarragona province: 5,173 countTarragona province5,173Zaragoza province: 4,837 countZaragoza province4,837Almería province: 4,250 countAlmería province4,250Toledo province: 4,226 countToledo province4,226Córdoba province: 4,199 countCórdoba province4,199Castellón province: 3,555 countCastellón province3,555Badajoz province: 3,451 countBadajoz province3,451Jaén province: 3,272 countJaén province3,272Gipuzkoa province: 3,266 countGipuzkoa province3,266Navarre province: 3,025 countNavarre province3,025Cantabria province: 2,898 countCantabria province2,898Ciudad Real province: 2,541 countCiudad Real province2,541Valladolid province: 2,455 countValladolid province2,455Lleida province: 2,396 countLleida province2,396León province: 2,365 countLeón province2,365Huelva province: 2,311 countHuelva province2,311Cáceres province: 2,175 countCáceres province2,175Albacete province: 2,162 countAlbacete province2,162Ourense province: 1,828 countOurense province1,828Lugo province: 1,740 countLugo province1,740La Rioja province: 1,734 countLa Rioja province1,734Burgos province: 1,611 countBurgos province1,611Salamanca province: 1,555 countSalamanca province1,555Guadalajara province: 1,482 countGuadalajara province1,482Álava province: 1,181 countÁlava province1,181Huesca province: 1,053 countHuesca province1,053Cuenca province: 961 countCuenca province961Segovia province: 825 countSegovia province825Zamora province: 808 countZamora province808Ávila province: 805 countÁvila province805Palencia province: 708 countPalencia province708Teruel province: 679 countTeruel province679Melilla province: 562 countMelilla province562Soria province: 401 countSoria province401Ceuta province: 386 countCeuta province386
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

RankProvinces2022
count		Change on 2021
1Madrid province47,615+16.3%
2Barcelona province43,208+18.2%
3Valencia province17,906+21.4%
4Alicante province14,806+22.2%
5Málaga province13,666+18.7%
6Seville province11,333+20.8%
7Murcia province9,122+21.9%
8Cádiz province6,507+24.3%
9A Coruña province6,400+21.5%
10Granada province6,397+25.8%
11Biscay province5,690+9.4%
12Girona province5,675+28.4%
13Asturias province5,666+20.7%
14Pontevedra province5,322+16.2%
15Tarragona province5,173+24.9%
16Zaragoza province4,837+11.7%
17Almería province4,250+23.5%
18Toledo province4,226+28.4%
19Córdoba province4,199+26%
20Castellón province3,555+21.4%
21Badajoz province3,451+26.1%
22Jaén province3,272+27.8%
23Gipuzkoa province3,266+4.1%
24Navarre province3,025+17.2%
25Cantabria province2,898+17.4%
26Ciudad Real province2,541+36.5%
27Valladolid province2,455+16%
28Lleida province2,396+16.2%
29León province2,365+20.2%
30Huelva province2,311+15.8%
31Cáceres province2,175+25.8%
32Albacete province2,162+26.2%
33Ourense province1,828+24.6%
34Lugo province1,740+22%
35La Rioja province1,734+27.1%
36Burgos province1,611+11.2%
37Salamanca province1,555+7.4%
38Guadalajara province1,482+36.7%
39Álava province1,181-2.6%
40Huesca province1,053+21.9%
41Cuenca province961+15.8%
42Segovia province825+13.5%
43Zamora province808+20.4%
44Ávila province805+19.6%
45Palencia province708+21%
46Teruel province679+32.1%
47Melilla province562-3.9%
48Soria province401+24.1%
49Ceuta province386+13.9%

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which province has the highest enterprise deaths?

Madrid province, with 47,615 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Ceuta province, with 386 in 2022.

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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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