17 March 2011
2011- n° 68An increase in enterprise births in February 2011 Enterprise births - February 2011
In February 2011, the number of enterprise births increased compared to January: +14.1% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +9.8% 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 February 2011, the number of enterprise births increased compared to January: +14.1% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +9.8% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
-14.5% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries, added up December 2010, January 2011 and February 2011, decreased by 14.5% compared to the same quarter one year before.
The sectors that most contributed to that decrease were service activities and household services.
-1.1% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of births decreased by 1.1% year-on-year.
48,954 self-managed enterprises since the beginning of 2011
From January to February 2011, one out of every two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (48,954).
tableautab0EN – Self-managed entreprise births
| Nov. 2010 | Dec. 2010 | Jan. 2011 | Feb. 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 808 | 22 243 | 23 734 | 25 220 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Enterprise births by month
| Nov. 2010 | Dec. 2010 | Jan. 2011 | Feb. 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 23 230 | 26 289 | 19 686 | 22 469 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 20.2 | 13.2 | -25.1 | 14.1 |
| Incl. self-managed enterprises (in raw data) | 52 038 | 48 532 | 43 420 | 47 689 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -0.5 | -6.7 | -10.5 | 9.8 |
- * 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- February 2011 | January- February 2010 | |
| Total | -14.5 | -1.1 | 95 495 | 112 689 |
| Companies | 1.2 | 6.6 | 29 216 | 28 310 |
| Individual enterprises | -20.2 | -3.7 | 66 279 | 84 379 |
| Of which self-managed | -25.3 | -3.7 | 48 954 | 66 892 |
- * 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
