14 November 2013
2013- n° 258Decrease in business start-ups in October 2013 Enterprise births - October 2013
In October 2013, the number of business start-ups weakened compared to September: -0.7% for business setting up seasonally and working-day adjusted data (sa-wda) including self-managed enterprises. The decrease in self-managed enterprises is partly balanced by business start-ups excluding self-managed enterprises +1.9% (sa-wda).
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 seasonaly 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 October 2013, the number of business start-ups weakened compared to September: -0.7% for business setting up seasonally and working-day adjusted data (sa-wda) including self-managed enterprises. The decrease in self-managed enterprises is partly balanced by business start-ups excluding self-managed enterprises +1.9% (sa-wda).
-1.6% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries added up in the last quarter decreased compared to the same quarter one year before (-1.6%).
The sectors that most contributed to that decrease were construction, household services and business support activities.
-4.3% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of business start-ups decreased by 4.3% year-on-year.
More than one creation out of two is a self-managed enterprise
In October 2013, 51.6% businesses sets up were self-managed enterprises.
tableautab0 – business set-ups distribution by type %
| Aug. 2013 | Sept. 2013 | Oct. 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Companies | 29.4 | 29.4 | 29.4 |
| Individual enterprises | 18.0 | 18.5 | 18.9 |
| Self-managed business | 52.5 | 52.2 | 51.6 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Business set-ups by month
| July 2013 | Aug. 2013 | Sept. 2013 | Oct. 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 21 811 | 21 835 | 22 109 | 22 529 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| Incl., self-managed enterprises | 44 666 | 43 928 | 46 008 | 45 676 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 0.5 | -1.7 | 4.7 | -0.7 |
- * 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- October 2013 | January- October 2012 | |
| Total | -1.6 | -4.3 | 456 370 | 469 751 |
| Companies | 0.3 | -3.0 | 132 647 | 134 151 |
| Individual enterprises | -2.3 | -4.9 | 323 723 | 335 600 |
| Of which self-managed | -10.7 | -11.5 | 234 753 | 265 144 |
- * 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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