18 October 2011
2011- n° 252An increase in enterprise births in September 2011 Enterprise births - September 2011
In September 2011, the number of enterprise births increased compared to August: +5.4% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +25.7% 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 September 2011, the number of enterprise births increased compared to August: +5.4% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +25.7% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
-8% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries, added up July, August and September 2011, decreased by 8.0% compared to the same quarter one year before.
The sectors that most contributed to that decrease were service activities and household services.
-10.6% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of births decreased by 10.6% year-on-year.
218,533 self-managed enterprises since the beginning of 2011
From January to September 2011, one out of every two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (218,533).
tableautab0EN – Self-managed entreprise births
| June 2011 | July 2011 | Aug. 2011 | Sept. 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 746 | 20 584 | 18 425 | 27 858 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Enterprise births by month
| June 2011 | July 2011 | Aug. 2011 | Sept. 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 21 026 | 18 083 | 23 067 | 24 309 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -11.0 | -14.0 | 27.6 | 5.4 |
| Incl. self-managed enterprises (in raw data) | 45 772 | 38 667 | 41 492 | 52 167 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -6.5 | -15.5 | 7.3 | 25.7 |
- * 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- September 2011 | January- September 2010 | |
| Total | -8.0 | -10.6 | 413 310 | 473 472 |
| Companies | 1.7 | 1.4 | 124 622 | 122 234 |
| Individual enterprises | -11.6 | -14.8 | 288 688 | 351 238 |
| Of which self-managed | -12.1 | -17.2 | 218 533 | 275 685 |
- * 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
