14 March 2014
2014- n° 60Decrease in business start-ups in February 2014 Enterprise births - February 2014
In February 2014, the number of business start-ups including self-managed enterprises seasonally and working-day adjusted data (sa-wda) slipped compared to January ( -1.9%). However business start-ups excluding self-managed enterprises stabilized (+0.4) .
Warning : From September 2013 data onwards, the seasonal and working-day adjustment model has been modified, for monthly business start-up data. Previously, only the time series for business set-ups excluding self-managed enterprises were seasonally adjusted. The self-managed enterprises time series were too short to be properly deseasonalized. From now on, the self-managed enterprises time series are seasonally adjusted for each main sector. However, for the self-managed enterprises time series in the sectors of “Financial and insurance activities”, “Real estate” and “Trade, transport, accommodation and catering” , the raw data are similar to seasonally adjusted data, due to a low number of registrations and difficulty identifying a seasonal trend.
In February 2014, the number of business start-ups including self-managed enterprises seasonally and working-day adjusted data (sa-wda) slipped compared to January ( -1.9%). However business start-ups excluding self-managed enterprises stabilized (+0.4) .
+5.3% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries added up in the last quarter increased compared to the same quarter one year before (+5.3%).
The sectors that most contributed to that rise were business support activities and wholesale and retail trade, transport, accommodation and food and beverage service activities.
-0.9% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of business start-ups decreased by 0.9% year-on-year.
More than one creation out of two is a self-managed enterprise
In February 2014, 51% businesses sets up were self-managed enterprises.
tableautab0 – business set-ups distribution by type %
| Dec. 2013 | Jan. 2014 | Feb. 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Companies | 29,5 | 29,5 | 29,5 |
| Individual enterprises | 19,4 | 19,5 | 19,5 |
| Self-managed business | 51,1 | 51,1 | 51,0 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Business set-ups by month
| Nov. 2013 | Dec. 2013 | Jan. 2014 | Feb. 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 22 744 | 22 173 | 22 630 | 22 731 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 1.0 | -2.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 |
| Incl., self-managed enterprises | 45 231 | 45 471 | 47 221 | 46 334 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.9 | -1.9 |
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab2EN – business start-ups by type
| Moving total % change* | Moving total | Moving total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| over 3 months | over 12 months | January- February 2014 | January- February 2013 | |
| Total | 5.3 | -0.9 | 101 404 | 98 093 |
| Companies | 5.6 | 0.9 | 29 669 | 28 756 |
| Individual enterprises | 5.1 | -1.6 | 71 735 | 69 337 |
| Of which self-managed | 3.6 | -8.6 | 51 309 | 49 908 |
- * Total of business start-ups during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier
- // = meaningless
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
graphiqueGraph1EN – Business start-ups
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
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Time series : Business demography
