15 April 2010
2010- n° 103A high increase in enterprise births in March 2010 Enterprise births - March 2010
In March 2010, the number of enterprise births increased compared to February : +3.8% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +15.7% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
Warning : From the August issue, only enterprise births data excluding self-managed enterprises (SME) are seasonally adjusted. In order to get the total of enterprise births, the raw number of SME is added. The SME time series is too short to be properly deseasonalized.
In March 2010, the number of enterprise births increased compared to February : +3.8% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +15.7% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
+33.3% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries, added up January, February and March 2010, went up 33.3% compared to the same quarter one year before.
The sectors that most contributed to that raise were service activities and construction.
+68.0% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of births climbed by 68.0% year-on-year.
110,788 self-managed enterprises since the beginning of 2010
From January to March 2010, more than one out of two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (110,788).
tableautab0EN – Self-managed entreprise births
| Dec. 2009 | Jan. 2010 | Feb. 2010 | March 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 413 | 31 342 | 35 618 | 43 828 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Enterprise births by month
| Dec. 2009 | Jan. 2010 | Feb. 2010 | March 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 27 221 | 19 693 | 21 894 | 22 728 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 22.7 | -27.7 | 11.2 | 3.8 |
| Incl. self-managed enterprises (in raw data) | 55 634 | 51 035 | 57 512 | 66 556 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 9.5 | -8.3 | 12.7 | 15.7 |
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab2EN – Enterprise births by type
| Moving total % change* | Moving total | Moving total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| over 3 months | over 12 months | January- March 2010 | January- March 2009 | |
| Total | 33.3 | 68.0 | 182 511 | 136 931 |
| Companies | 9.5 | -0.1 | 44 331 | 40 480 |
| Individual enterprises | 43.3 | 117.3 | 138 180 | 96 451 |
| Of which self-managed | 76.4 | // | 110 788 | 62 820 |
- * Total of enterprises births during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier
- // = meaningless
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
graphiqueGraph1EN – Enterprise births
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
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Time series : Business demography
