13 January 2012
2012- n° 16A decrease in enterprise births in December 2011 Enterprise births - December 2011
In December 2011, the number of enterprise births decreased compared to November: -6.3% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); -13% 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 December 2011, the number of enterprise births decreased compared to November: -6.3% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); -13% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
-7.8% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries, added up October, November and December 2011, decreased by 7.8% compared to the same quarter one year before.
The sectors that most contributed to that decrease were service activities and household services.
-11.6% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of births decreased by 11.6% year-on-year.
291,721 self-managed enterprises in 2011
In 2011, more than one out of every two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (291,721).
tableautab0EN – Self-managed entreprise births
| sept 2011 | Oct. 2011 | Nov. 2011 | Dec. 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 607 | 25 604 | 26 544 | 21 363 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Enterprise births by month
| sept 2011 | Oct. 2011 | Nov. 2011 | Dec. 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 24 143 | 18 027 | 26 005 | 24 375 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 5.0 | -25.3 | 44.3 | -6.3 |
| Incl., in raw data, self-managed enterprises | 51 750 | 43 631 | 52 549 | 45 738 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 25.1 | -15.7 | 20.4 | -13.0 |
- * 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- December 2011 | January- December 2010 | |
| Total | -7.8 | -11.6 | 549 805 | 622 039 |
| Companies | 1.8 | 1.8 | 166 674 | 163 659 |
| Individual enterprises | -11.5 | -16.4 | 383 131 | 458 380 |
| Of which self-managed | -12.5 | -18.9 | 291 721 | 359 699 |
- * 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
