In the paper, the results are presented from a research of the competitiveness in the regions in Bulgaria. The influence of the world financial and economic crisis is evaluated by changes of the rank and the score of the index of competitiveness of the regions before and after the beginning of the crisis. The topic is a change of the general competitiveness that is calculated by latest data published by the National Statistical Institute. The index of the competitiveness for the last year is compared with results from previous studies. At the end of the article, conclusions and recommendations are made to confine negative effects and quickly recover the regions.