13 April 2012
2012- n° 98An increase in enterprise births in March 2012 Enterprise births - March 2012
In March 2012, the number of enterprise births increased compared to February: +2.6% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +8.4% 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 March 2012, the number of enterprise births increased compared to February: +2.6% for enterprise births excluding self-managed enterprises (seasonally and working-day adjusted data); +8.4% when the number of self-managed enterprises (raw data) is added.
+4.5% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of entries, in the first quarter 2012, increased by 4.5% compared to the first quarter 2011.
The sectors that most contributed to that increase were construction and education, human health and social work activities.
-5.6% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of births decreased by 5.6% year-on-year.
85,645 self-managed enterprises since the beginning of 2012
For the first three months of 2012, one out of every two births enterprises were self-managed enterprises (85,645).
tableautab0EN – Self-managed entreprise births
| Dec. 2011 | Jan. 2012 | Feb. 2012 | March 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 363 | 28 343 | 26 925 | 30 377 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Enterprise births by month
| Dec. 2011 | Jan. 2012 | Feb. 2012 | March 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed enterprises (sa-wda *) | 21 847 | 20 656 | 20 424 | 20 952 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -4.0 | -5.4 | -1.1 | 2.6 |
| Incl., in raw data, self-managed enterprises | 43 210 | 48 999 | 47 349 | 51 329 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | -12.4 | 13.4 | -3.4 | 8.4 |
- * 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- March 2012 | January- March 2011 | |
| Total | 4.5 | -5.6 | 156 496 | 149 721 |
| Companies | -0.6 | 0.8 | 45 341 | 45 635 |
| Individual enterprises | 6.8 | -8.1 | 111 155 | 104 086 |
| Of which self-managed | 10.9 | -8.1 | 85 645 | 77 245 |
- * 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
