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Regions of Sweden (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths

Stockholm had the highest enterprise deaths of 8 regions in 2021, at 20,480. Mellersta Norrland had the lowest, at 1,636. The median was 5,864 and the figure for Sweden was 68,579. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest20,480Stockholm
Lowest1,636Mellersta Norrland
Median5,8648 regions
Sweden68,579History

All regions, 2021

Stockholm: 20,480 countStockholm20,480Västsverige: 10,518 countVästsverige10,518Sydsverige: 8,380 countSydsverige8,380Östra Mellansverige: 7,554 countÖstra Mellansverige7,554Norra Mellansverige: 4,174 countNorra Mellansverige4,174Småland med öarna: 3,726 countSmåland med öarna3,726Övre Norrland: 2,108 countÖvre Norrland2,108Mellersta Norrland: 1,636 countMellersta Norrland1,636Stockholm: 20,480 countStockholm20,480Västsverige: 10,518 countVästsverige10,518Sydsverige: 8,380 countSydsverige8,380Östra Mellansverige: 7,554 countÖstra Mellansverige7,554Norra Mellansverige: 4,174 countNorra Mellansverige4,174Småland med öarna: 3,726 countSmåland med öarna3,726Övre Norrland: 2,108 countÖvre Norrland2,108Mellersta Norrland: 1,636 countMellersta Norrland1,636
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

RankRegions2021
count		Change on 2020
1Stockholm20,480+0.4%
2Västsverige10,518-9.4%
3Sydsverige8,380-15.5%
4Östra Mellansverige7,554-4.5%
5Norra Mellansverige4,174-17.7%
6Småland med öarna3,726-3.2%
7Övre Norrland2,108-6.2%
8Mellersta Norrland1,636-17%

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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.

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) (Regions of Sweden (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2021) [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), Regions of Sweden (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2021. 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/sweden-regions?period=2021. 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 Sweden (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2021. 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/sweden-regions?period=2021.

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 Sweden (NUTS 2) by enterprise deaths, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-deaths/sweden-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which region has the highest enterprise deaths?

Stockholm, with 20,480 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest enterprise deaths?

Mellersta Norrland, with 1,636 in 2021.

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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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