Autonomous communities of Spain by enterprise deaths

Catalonia had the highest enterprise deaths of 19 autonomous communities in 2022, at 56,452. Ceuta had the lowest, at 386. The median was 9,672 and the figure for Spain was 299,847. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest56,452Catalonia

Lowest386Ceuta

Median9,67219 autonomous communities

Spain299,847History

Map of autonomous communities, 2022

Under 3,000
3,000 to 7,100
7,100 to 11K
11K to 24K
24K and over

count, 2022. 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, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Catalonia	56,452	+19.7%
2	Andalusia	51,935	+22.1%
3	Community of Madrid	47,615	+16.3%
4	Valencian Community	36,267	+21.7%
5	Galicia	15,290	+20%
6	Canary Islands	13,986	+24.7%
7	Castile and León	11,533	+15.8%
8	Castilla-La Mancha	11,372	+29.5%
9	Basque Country	10,137	+6.2%
10	Balearic Islands	9,672	+23%
11	Region of Murcia	9,122	+21.9%
12	Aragon	6,569	+15.1%
13	Asturias	5,666	+20.7%
14	Extremadura	5,626	+26%
15	Navarre	3,025	+17.2%
16	Cantabria	2,898	+17.4%
17	La Rioja	1,734	+27.1%
18	Melilla	562	-3.9%
19	Ceuta	386	+13.9%

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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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, 2022) [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, 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-regions?period=2022. 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, 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-regions?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), Autonomous communities 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-regions?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  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, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
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  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which autonomous community has the highest enterprise deaths?

Catalonia, with 56,452 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which autonomous community has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Ceuta, with 386 in 2022.

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.