22 September 2009
2009- n° 239An increase in enterprise births in August 2009 Enterprise births - August 2009
In August 2009, the number of enterprises births increased by +2.1% compared to July (seasonally and working-day adjusted data).
Warning : month-on-month seasonally adjusted data are less significant since the beginning of 2009 with the introduction of self-managed enterprises births.
In August 2009, the number of enterprises births increased by +2.1% compared to July (seasonally and working-day adjusted data).
The sectors that most contributed to that raise were construction and household services.
Nota Bene: these data include self-managed enterprises.
+73.9% quarter-on-quarter
The amount of entries, added up June, July and August 2009 went up (+73.9%), compared to the same quarter one year before.
The sectors that most contributed to that raise were service activities and wholesale and retail trade.
+40% year-on-year
During the last twelve months, the number of births climbed by 40% year-on-year.
198,819 self-managed enterprises at the end of August 2009
From January to August 2009, more than one out of two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (198,819).
graphiqueGraph1EN – Births enterprises – s.a. and w-d.a. data

tableauTableau 2 – Births entreprises from May to August
May 2009 | Juin 2009 | Juillet 2009 | Août 2009 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 48 346 | 50 950 | 46 380 | 47 361 |
Variation [m-o-m] % | -2.5 | 5.4 | -9.0 | 2.1 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableauTableau 4 – Births entreprises by type
Moving total % change* on | Moving total | Moving total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
3 months | 12 months | January-August 2009 | January-August 2008 | |
Total | 73.9 | 40.0 | 373 382 | 231 896 |
Companies | -11.7 | -10.5 | 99 119 | 112 990 |
Individual enterprises | 161.2 | 76.7 | 274 263 | 118 906 |
Of which self-managed | // | // | 198 819 | // |
- * Total of enterprises births during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier.
- // = sans objet.
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
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Time series : Business demography