Survey data from a sample of 75,000 business creators in the first half of 2026 (32,500 micro-entrepreneurs, 13,000 creators of sole proprietorships outside the micro regime and 29,500 company creators), questioned three times: the year of creation, 3 years later and 5 years later.

Questions were asked about the profile of the creators, the reasons for setting up the business, the assistance received, the difficulties encountered, the type of business, sales trends, employment trends, the challenges of the green transition, the use of artificial intelligence, where applicable, the reasons for the termination.

Legal category

Activity: NAF 2025 code

Non-agricultural market sector, with the exception of certain activities (fund renters, holding companies, SCIs, etc.).

The questionnaire dealt with:

• the profile of the creator and the conditions for the start-up of the enterprise;

• the development of the enterprise's activity, type of clientele, cooperation with other enterprises;

• changes to employee numbers (hiring, dismissals, occasional staff);

• investments and their form of financing;

• training and advice after start-up;

• the difficulties encountered by the enterprise;

• the enterprise's strategy;

• the challenges of the green transition;

• the use of artificial intelligence;

• the conditions for its development;

• where applicable, the reasons for the termination.

legal unit identified by its SIREN code

The scope of the survey covers companies created in the first half of 2026, with an effective date in the Sirene register between January 1, 2026 and June 30, 2026, and which have been in existence for at least one month.

The economic coverage of the Sine system corresponds to the scope of business demography: all market activities, excluding agricultural activities.

Until the 2002 set, the Sine system only covered the "ICS" scope (Industry, the building industry, Trade and Services).

The 2026 cohort of new companies is surveyed three times: at the end of 2026, at the end of 2029 and at the end of 2031. Companies are thus tracked over their first five years of operation. The Sine system has been in place since 1994, tracking one in four new business generations. Since 2010, the population of micro-entrepreneurs (auto-entrepreneurs until 2014) has also been surveyed.

1st semester 2026

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