22 August 2012
2012- n° 206A decrease in enterprise births in July 2012 Enterprise births - July 2012
In July 2012, the number of enterprise births decreased compared to June: -1% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); -7.8% 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 July 2012, the number of enterprise births decreased compared to June: -1% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); -7.8% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
+1.2% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries added up May, June and July 2012 slightly increased compared to the same months one year before (+1.2%).
The sectors that most contributed to that increase were “education; human health and social work activities” and construction.
-2% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of births decreased by 2% year-on-year.
187,170 self-managed enterprises since the beginning of 2012
For the first seven months of 2012, one out of every two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (187,170).
tableautab0EN – Self-managed entreprise births
| April 2012 | May 2012 | June 2012 | July 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 796 | 25 139 | 27 189 | 23 682 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Enterprise births by month
| April 2012 | May 2012 | June 2012 | July 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 19 910 | 19 993 | 20 279 | 20 074 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -3.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | -1.0 |
| Incl., in raw data, self-managed enterprises | 45 706 | 45 132 | 47 468 | 43 756 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -10.2 | -1.3 | 5.2 | -7.8 |
- * 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- July 2012 | January- July 2011 | |
| Total | 1.2 | -2.0 | 336 963 | 329 439 |
| Companies | -3.8 | -0.7 | 98 483 | 100 778 |
| Individual enterprises | 3.4 | -2.5 | 238 480 | 228 661 |
| Of which self-managed | 7.6 | -0.6 | 187 170 | 172 250 |
- * 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
