19 August 2011
2011- n° 207A decrease in enterprise births in July 2011 Enterprise births - July 2011
In July 2011, the number of enterprise births decreased compared to June: -13.6% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); -15.1% 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 July 2011, the number of enterprise births decreased compared to June: -13.6% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); -15.1% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
-7% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries, added up May, June and July 2011, decreased by 7.0% compared to the same quarter one year before.
The sectors that most contributed to that decrease were service activities and wholesale and retail trade.
-9% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of births decreased by 9.0% year-on-year.
172,514 self-managed enterprises since the beginning of 2011
From January to July 2011, one out of every two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (172,514).
tableautab0EN – Self-managed entreprise births
| April 2011 | May 2011 | June 2011 | July 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 347 | 25 328 | 24 840 | 20 754 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Enterprise births by month
| April 2011 | May 2011 | June 2011 | July 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 18 379 | 23 615 | 21 076 | 18 215 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -23.0 | 28.5 | -10.8 | -13.6 |
| Incl. self-managed enterprises (in raw data) | 42 726 | 48 943 | 45 916 | 38 969 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -18.6 | 14.6 | -6.2 | -15.1 |
- * 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- July 2011 | January- July 2010 | |
| Total | -7.0 | -9.0 | 329 900 | 382 774 |
| Companies | 1.7 | 2.7 | 100 889 | 98 894 |
| Individual enterprises | -10.4 | -13.1 | 229 011 | 283 880 |
| Of which self-managed | -10.4 | -15.6 | 172 514 | 223 576 |
- * 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
