13 July 2012
2012- n° 178An increase in enterprise births in June 2012 Enterprise births - June 2012
In June 2012, the number of enterprise births increased compared to May: +1.8% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +5.5% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
Warning : Only enterprise births data excluding self-managed enterprises (SME) are seasonally adjusted. In February 2012, the seasonal adjustment model has been reviewed. 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 June 2012, the number of enterprise births increased compared to May: +1.8% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +5.5% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
-1.2% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries in the second quarter 2012 slightly decreased compared to the second quarter 2011 (-1.2%).
The sectors that most contributed to that decrease were wholesale and retail trade and business support activities.
-3.2% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of births decreased by 3.2% year-on-year.
163,734 self-managed enterprises since the beginning of 2012
For the first six months of 2012, one out of every two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (163,734).
tableautab0EN – Self-managed entreprise births
| March 2012 | April 2012 | May 2012 | June 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 179 | 25 796 | 25 224 | 27 350 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Enterprise births by month
| March 2012 | April 2012 | May 2012 | June 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 20 707 | 19 935 | 20 092 | 20 452 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 2.3 | -3.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| Incl., in raw data, self-managed enterprises | 50 886 | 45 731 | 45 316 | 47 802 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 8.1 | -10.1 | -0.9 | 5.5 |
- * 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- June 2012 | January- June 2011 | |
| Total | -1.2 | -3.2 | 293 231 | 288 710 |
| Companies | -5.1 | -0.8 | 84 812 | 87 377 |
| Individual enterprises | 0.4 | -4.2 | 208 419 | 201 333 |
| Of which self-managed | 5.3 | -2.5 | 163 734 | 151 666 |
- * 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
