14 March 2012
2012- n° 68A slight decrease in enterprise births in February 2012 Enterprise births - February 2012
In February 2012, the number of enterprise births decreased compared to January: -1.2% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); -3.3% 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 February 2012, the number of enterprise births decreased compared to January: -1.2% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); -3.3% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
+4.3% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries, added up the last three months, increased by 4.3% compared to the same quarter one year before.
The sectors that most contributed to that increase were education, human health and social work activities and construction.
-7.8% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of births decreased by 7.8% year-on-year.
55,554 self-managed enterprises since the beginning of 2012
For the first two months of 2012, one out of every two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (55,554).
tableautab0EN – Self-managed entreprise births
| Nov. 2011 | Dec. 2011 | Jan. 2012 | Feb. 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 544 | 21 363 | 28 472 | 27 082 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Enterprise births by month
| Nov. 2011 | Dec. 2011 | Jan. 2012 | Feb. 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 22 747 | 21 820 | 20 684 | 20 436 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 11.7 | -4.1 | -5.2 | -1.2 |
| Incl., in raw data, self-managed enterprises | 49 291 | 43 183 | 49 156 | 47 518 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 7.2 | -12.4 | 13.8 | -3.3 |
- * 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- February 2012 | January- February 2011 | |
| Total | 4.3 | -7.8 | 102 454 | 95 044 |
| Companies | 2.2 | 1.9 | 30 089 | 29 159 |
| Individual enterprises | 5.3 | -11.4 | 72 365 | 65 885 |
| Of which self-managed | 8.5 | -12.5 | 55 554 | 48 635 |
- * 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
