Autonomous communities of Spain by enterprise deaths

Catalonia had the highest enterprise deaths of 19 autonomous communities in 2020, at 55,897. Ceuta had the lowest, at 402. The median was 10,437 and the figure for Spain was 308,984. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest55,897Catalonia

Lowest402Ceuta

Median10,43719 autonomous communities

Spain308,984History

Map of autonomous communities, 2020

Under 3,000
3,000 to 7,800
7,800 to 12K
12K to 25K
25K and over

count, 2020. 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 autonomous communities, 2020

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

Rank	Autonomous communities	2020 count
1	Catalonia	55,897
2	Andalusia	50,357
3	Community of Madrid	48,764
4	Valencian Community	36,409
5	Canary Islands	17,129
6	Galicia	16,559
7	Basque Country	12,974
8	Castile and León	12,529
9	Balearic Islands	11,006
10	Castilla-La Mancha	10,437
11	Region of Murcia	9,727
12	Aragon	7,375
13	Extremadura	5,621
14	Asturias	5,482
15	Navarre	3,091
16	Cantabria	2,930
17	La Rioja	1,665
18	Melilla	630
19	Ceuta	402

Other periods

2023
2022
2021
2020

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 autonomous communities 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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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) (Autonomous communities 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

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), Autonomous communities 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-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). Autonomous communities 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-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), Autonomous communities 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-regions?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd\_size\_r): Autonomous communities of Spain by enterprise deaths, 2020}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/spain-regions?period=2020. Publisher attribution: 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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Which autonomous community has the highest enterprise deaths?

Catalonia, with 55,897 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which autonomous community has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Ceuta, with 402 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.