Informations rapides
27 August 2019
2019- n° 213
Stability in business start-ups in July 2019 Enterprise births - July 2019

In July 2019, the number of business births for all enterprises is steady (0,0% after +2.9% in June, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups increased slightly (+0.3% after +3.3%) and micro-entrepreneurs' registrations fell back (-0.4% after +2.5%).

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In July 2019, the number of business births for all enterprises is steady (0,0% after +2.9% in June, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups increased slightly (+0.3% after +3.3%) and micro-entrepreneurs' registrations fell back (-0.4% after +2.5%).

Business monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)

Business monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)
Total of entreprise start-ups Conventional businesses
2009-01 34387 22558
2009-02 41056 22765
2009-03 48122 21645
2009-04 49479 21300
2009-05 52647 21840
2009-06 49978 21011
2009-07 49827 20666
2009-08 49916 20873
2009-09 49298 21031
2009-10 50716 21302
2009-11 51928 22254
2009-12 54667 22747
2010-01 53965 22197
2010-02 55235 21070
2010-03 57145 21220
2010-04 52823 21249
2010-05 52316 21826
2010-06 45683 22140
2010-07 50175 21604
2010-08 50339 22293
2010-09 49992 22084
2010-10 52950 22093
2010-11 50250 21927
2010-12 45719 21394
2011-01 44286 21331
2011-02 45559 21638
2011-03 44029 21199
2011-04 45308 21548
2011-05 44853 21359
2011-06 44996 20474
2011-07 47284 21992
2011-08 45080 21379
2011-09 46612 21777
2011-10 44645 20581
2011-11 48945 22691
2011-12 47035 21877
2012-01 46502 20819
2012-02 45272 20306
2012-03 47011 20654
2012-04 45828 19960
2012-05 45715 19518
2012-06 46986 20178
2012-07 46780 20156
2012-08 47723 20426
2012-09 45148 19761
2012-10 46056 20370
2012-11 43751 19813
2012-12 44414 20624
2013-01 44386 21484
2013-02 45105 22016
2013-03 45134 21978
2013-04 44772 21426
2013-05 46164 22360
2013-06 44842 21850
2013-07 44138 21630
2013-08 44144 21744
2013-09 45461 22165
2013-10 45441 22716
2013-11 45725 22851
2013-12 45717 22477
2014-01 46413 22573
2014-02 45850 22545
2014-03 45375 22342
2014-04 46065 22749
2014-05 45591 22242
2014-06 45337 22075
2014-07 46620 22279
2014-08 46806 22616
2014-09 45619 21395
2014-10 45631 21997
2014-11 46386 22495
2014-12 46512 22998
2015-01 42394 23382
2015-02 43497 24161
2015-03 44172 24450
2015-04 43683 24882
2015-05 43051 24764
2015-06 43954 25282
2015-07 43627 25470
2015-08 43562 25254
2015-09 44330 26054
2015-10 44357 25876
2015-11 44260 26270
2015-12 44378 26086
2016-01 45893 27627
2016-02 45570 26803
2016-03 45134 26543
2016-04 46882 27184
2016-05 47382 27752
2016-06 45983 27493
2016-07 45832 28042
2016-08 45793 27960
2016-09 47372 29051
2016-10 44921 26902
2016-11 46993 28534
2016-12 45815 27616
2017-01 46471 27823
2017-02 46413 27852
2017-03 47429 28483
2017-04 47032 28475
2017-05 47380 28607
2017-06 48409 28918
2017-07 51438 29542
2017-08 50028 29560
2017-09 50027 29607
2017-10 51360 30819
2017-11 54591 30858
2017-12 54039 31623
2018-01 55018 30989
2018-02 55585 31411
2018-03 55827 31359
2018-04 56205 31357
2018-05 59658 33555
2018-06 58351 32452
2018-07 56598 31292
2018-08 59115 32211
2018-09 59451 32560
2018-10 61956 32792
2018-11 58656 32768
2018-12 58859 32483
2019-01 66548 33857
2019-02 66003 34373
2019-03 66964 35017
2019-04 65923 34282
2019-05 65907 34381
2019-06 67834 35516
2019-07 67817 35637
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data

Business monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)

  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene).

Business set-ups by month (SA-WDA *)

Business set-ups by month (SA-WDA *)
Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jul-19
Total businesses set-ups 65,923 65,907 67,834 67,817
Variation [m-o-m] % -1.6 0.0 2.9 0.0
Conventional businesses 34,282 34,381 35,516 35,637
Variation [m-o-m] % -2.1 0.3 3.3 0.3
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 31,640 31,526 32,318 32,180
Variation [m-o-m] % -1.0 -0.4 2.5 -0.4
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source : Insee, REE (SIRENE)

+16.3% over the twelve last months

The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last twelve months was still inscreasing sharply (+16.3%). All the types of business start-ups increased: micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (+27.0%), conventional sole proprietorship start-ups (+10.0%) and, to a lesser extent, company births (+6.8%).

Upsurge of business setp-ups in business support activities over the three last months

The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last three months went up sharply (+15.9% compared to the same months one year earlier). The sector “Business support activities” was the one that contributed the most to this rise (contribution of 4.4 points)*. Over the last three months and compared to the same months a year earlier, the number of creations grew by 7,400 in this sector (of which +1,800 in business and other management consultancy activities).

* The contribution of a sector to the overall variation is the variation observed in this sector, weighted by the share of this sector in the total number of births.

Cumulated business start-ups by type

Raw data
Cumulated business start-ups by type (Raw data)
Moving total % change * Moving total
over 3 months over 12 months January-July 2019 January-July 2018
Total 15.9 16.3 480,438 408,468
Companies 8.6 6.8 132,729 121,446
Conventional sole proprietorships 9.2 10.0 122,714 111,943
Self-mamaged micro-entrepreneurs 25.2 27.0 224,995 175,079
  • *Total of business start-ups during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier
  • Source : INSEE, REE(SIRENE)

Less than a half of business set-ups are self-managed micro-entrepreneurs' registrations

In July 2019, the share of micro–entrepreneurs' registrations in the businesses set up over the last twelve months grew again and reached 47.0%.

Business set-ups distribution by type

% over the twelve last months (raw data)
Business set-ups distribution by type (% over the twelve last months (raw data))
May-19 Jun-19 Jul-19
Companies 28.2 28.0 27.8
Sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 25.4 25.2 25.2
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 46.5 46.8 47.0
  • Source : Insee, REE (issu de SIRENE)

Revisions

The variation in the overall number of business births in June 2019 has been lowered by 0.1 points to +2.9% instead of +3.0%, due to the revision of raw data and the update of the SA-WDA parameters.

Trade and business support activities monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)

Trade and business support activities monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)
Trade Business support activities
2009-01 8939 5977
2009-02 9700 7824
2009-03 10549 11101
2009-04 10837 11019
2009-05 11674 11484
2009-06 10897 11109
2009-07 11270 10943
2009-08 11023 10902
2009-09 11030 10969
2009-10 11246 11023
2009-11 11234 11392
2009-12 11701 11579
2010-01 11598 11706
2010-02 11642 11780
2010-03 11796 13329
2010-04 11034 11730
2010-05 11089 11554
2010-06 9894 9929
2010-07 10329 11272
2010-08 10684 10853
2010-09 10718 11005
2010-10 10812 11788
2010-11 10263 11366
2010-12 9545 9660
2011-01 9529 9465
2011-02 9790 9625
2011-03 9277 9398
2011-04 9800 9505
2011-05 9381 9552
2011-06 9635 9623
2011-07 9976 10443
2011-08 9363 9565
2011-09 10035 9671
2011-10 9219 9257
2011-11 9775 10949
2011-12 9755 9611
2012-01 9720 9664
2012-02 9189 9301
2012-03 9395 9903
2012-04 9257 9544
2012-05 9431 9567
2012-06 9556 9556
2012-07 9425 9674
2012-08 9686 10085
2012-09 9264 9314
2012-10 9501 9612
2012-11 9189 9227
2012-12 9339 9278
2013-01 9054 9225
2013-02 9109 9371
2013-03 9185 9355
2013-04 9148 9396
2013-05 9364 9473
2013-06 9193 9363
2013-07 9236 9224
2013-08 9179 9212
2013-09 9343 9449
2013-10 9173 9560
2013-11 9112 9733
2013-12 9045 9478
2014-01 9189 9736
2014-02 8973 9691
2014-03 9067 9618
2014-04 9134 9846
2014-05 9149 9721
2014-06 8772 9751
2014-07 9189 9964
2014-08 9113 10099
2014-09 8801 9945
2014-10 8973 9687
2014-11 8975 9699
2014-12 9002 9783
2015-01 7999 9152
2015-02 8263 9608
2015-03 8306 9609
2015-04 8255 9514
2015-05 8197 9470
2015-06 8303 9565
2015-07 8133 9655
2015-08 8089 9651
2015-09 8166 9643
2015-10 8085 9849
2015-11 8086 9824
2015-12 7836 10045
2016-01 8330 10148
2016-02 8272 10288
2016-03 8054 10189
2016-04 8293 10527
2016-05 8400 10690
2016-06 7976 10307
2016-07 7850 10349
2016-08 7909 10440
2016-09 8447 10715
2016-10 7488 10031
2016-11 8166 10903
2016-12 7784 10294
2017-01 7661 10667
2017-02 7640 10732
2017-03 7809 11050
2017-04 7898 10974
2017-05 7907 11369
2017-06 8119 11594
2017-07 8426 12559
2017-08 8604 11708
2017-09 8496 11901
2017-10 8848 11989
2017-11 8926 13510
2017-12 8973 12233
2018-01 8850 13347
2018-02 8795 13473
2018-03 8764 13632
2018-04 8659 13458
2018-05 9206 14225
2018-06 9054 13933
2018-07 8807 13646
2018-08 8996 13448
2018-09 9225 13872
2018-10 9344 15113
2018-11 9167 13591
2018-12 9054 13569
2019-01 9672 16546
2019-02 9912 15897
2019-03 9902 16188
2019-04 9694 16110
2019-05 9745 16127
2019-06 9934 16349
2019-07 10019 16704
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data

Trade and business support activities monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)

  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene).

Construction and transportation business monthly set-ups (SA-WDA*)

Construction and transportation business monthly set-ups (SA-WDA*)
Construction Transportation and storage
2009-01 4756 621
2009-02 5960 672
2009-03 6234 673
2009-04 6565 716
2009-05 6877 753
2009-06 6889 726
2009-07 7023 715
2009-08 7032 718
2009-09 6978 671
2009-10 7333 737
2009-11 7501 678
2009-12 8033 731
2010-01 7976 843
2010-02 8595 811
2010-03 8375 881
2010-04 7893 798
2010-05 7602 808
2010-06 6441 743
2010-07 7436 774
2010-08 7355 764
2010-09 7498 815
2010-10 7903 816
2010-11 7356 779
2010-12 6754 775
2011-01 6426 778
2011-02 6799 763
2011-03 6588 784
2011-04 6774 806
2011-05 6798 764
2011-06 6551 775
2011-07 6798 775
2011-08 6919 896
2011-09 6876 794
2011-10 6862 803
2011-11 7103 773
2011-12 7088 768
2012-01 7080 769
2012-02 6939 778
2012-03 7228 800
2012-04 7110 791
2012-05 6766 800
2012-06 7337 865
2012-07 7304 892
2012-08 7371 894
2012-09 7104 787
2012-10 6949 836
2012-11 6539 808
2012-12 6597 816
2013-01 6526 836
2013-02 6586 904
2013-03 6699 893
2013-04 6608 795
2013-05 7009 964
2013-06 6584 930
2013-07 6470 922
2013-08 6415 892
2013-09 6451 973
2013-10 6615 940
2013-11 6625 960
2013-12 6892 1019
2014-01 6879 1081
2014-02 6957 1106
2014-03 6589 1037
2014-04 6624 1055
2014-05 6259 1029
2014-06 6345 1080
2014-07 6335 1196
2014-08 6203 1315
2014-09 6062 1165
2014-10 6056 1246
2014-11 6003 2262
2014-12 5937 1325
2015-01 5448 1087
2015-02 5355 1213
2015-03 5602 1899
2015-04 5367 1652
2015-05 5330 1419
2015-06 5354 1564
2015-07 5249 1658
2015-08 5211 1773
2015-09 5477 2067
2015-10 5188 2333
2015-11 5144 2330
2015-12 5108 2498
2016-01 5388 2368
2016-02 5239 2408
2016-03 5044 2466
2016-04 5443 2698
2016-05 5267 2922
2016-06 5160 2952
2016-07 5145 3014
2016-08 5061 2712
2016-09 5109 3194
2016-10 4857 3081
2016-11 4800 2918
2016-12 4898 2947
2017-01 4957 3176
2017-02 4918 3395
2017-03 4974 3341
2017-04 4962 3033
2017-05 4953 3188
2017-06 4907 3325
2017-07 5295 3530
2017-08 5049 3521
2017-09 5035 3260
2017-10 5353 3545
2017-11 5441 4330
2017-12 5516 4554
2018-01 5221 4780
2018-02 5546 4581
2018-03 5610 4859
2018-04 5596 5482
2018-05 5669 6315
2018-06 5692 6031
2018-07 5496 6006
2018-08 5775 6746
2018-09 5727 6468
2018-10 5762 6786
2018-11 5674 6735
2018-12 5876 6514
2019-01 6012 7162
2019-02 6051 7513
2019-03 6166 7833
2019-04 6146 7183
2019-05 6344 7128
2019-06 6766 7193
2019-07 7057 6472
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data

Construction and transportation business monthly set-ups (SA-WDA*)

  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene).

Number of monthly business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs)

SA-WDA *
Number of monthly business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs) (SA-WDA *)
NA May. 2019 Jun. 2019 Jul. 2019
Total 65,907 67,834 67,817
Industry BE 2,885 3,196 3,252
Of which Manufacturing C 2,424 2,775 2,817
Construction FZ 6,344 6,766 7,057
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI 19,946 20,343 19,607
Trade G 9,745 9,934 10,019
Transportation and storage H 7,128 7,193 6,472
Accommodation and food service activities I 3,073 3,216 3,116
Information and communication JZ 3,332 3,337 3,390
Financial and insurance activities KZ 1,619 1,653 1,716
Real estate activities LZ 2,617 2,738 2,567
Business support activities MN 16,127 16,349 16,704
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ 6,835 6,853 6,908
Other services activities RS 6,202 6,601 6,615
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source : Insee, REE (SIRENE)

Fluctuation in the number of business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs)

In %
Fluctuation in the number of business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs) (In %)
NA Jul. 19 / Jun. 19 Moving total % change**
SA-WDA * over 3 months over 12 months
Total 0.0 15.9 16.3
Industry BE 1.8 31.5 20.3
Of which Manufacturing C 1.5 28.2 18.7
Construction FZ 4.3 19.1 12.2
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI -3.6 10.5 19.8
Trade G 0.9 9.5 8.2
Transportation and storage H -10.0 13.4 45.7
Accommodation and food service activities I -3.1 8.0 11.7
Information and communication JZ 1.6 16.0 17.0
Financial and insurance activities KZ 3.8 14.4 11.5
Real estate activities LZ -6.3 22.1 19.9
Business support activities MN 2.2 18.7 16.6
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ 0.8 9.7 5.9
Other services activities RS 0.2 21.9 19.7
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • ** Total of business start-ups during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier
  • Source : Insee, REE (SIRENE)

For further information

The business start-ups data are build from the Register of Enterprises and Establishments (REE), from Sirene register information. The definition of creation adopted by INSEE is based on the concept defined by EUROSTAT, to harmonize and compare European data.

The appearance of a legal operating unit with no predecessor is considered to be a newly created enterprise by Eurostat. This concept of creation relies on new production resources. The business start-up statistics include applications for start-ups as micro-entrepreneurs, starting from the data relating to January 2009. Since this date, sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs are called conventional sole proprietorships and start-ups excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs are called conventional businesses.

Additional informations (time series) are available at the bottom of this page.

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Business start-ups

Aggregated classification - NA, 2008

Pour en savoir plus

The business start-ups data are build from the Register of Enterprises and Establishments (REE), from Sirene register information. The definition of creation adopted by INSEE is based on the concept defined by EUROSTAT, to harmonize and compare European data.

The appearance of a legal operating unit with no predecessor is considered to be a newly created enterprise by Eurostat. This concept of creation relies on new production resources. The business start-up statistics include applications for start-ups as micro-entrepreneurs, starting from the data relating to January 2009. Since this date, sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs are called conventional sole proprietorships and start-ups excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs are called conventional businesses.

Additional informations (time series) are available at the bottom of this page.

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