13 May 2015
2015- n° 114Decrease in business start-ups in April 2015 Enterprise births - April 2015
In April 2015, the whole number of business start-ups shrank (-0.9% after +1.5%) seasonally and working-day adjusted. The registration of self-managed micro-entrepreneurs fell significantly (-4.4%). The increase in other business start-ups (+1.9%) partly offset this drop.
Warning: Since December 19, 2014, new provisions defined by the Pinel law of 18 June 2014 apply to self-managed enterprises, now called micro-entrepreneurs instead of “auto-entrepreneurs”. This new denomination is used from December 2014 business start-ups data onward.
This status must be distinguished from both simplified tax scheme (sometimes called tax regime of micro-enterprise) and category of microenterprises defined under Article 51 of the law on the modernization of the economy (LME) and specified by Decree No. 2008-1354.
In April 2015, the whole number of business start-ups shrank (-0.9% after +1.5%) seasonally and working-day adjusted. The registration of self-managed micro-entrepreneurs fell significantly (-4.4%). The increase in other business start-ups (+1.9%) partly offset this drop.
-2.8% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The raw amount of births added up in the last three months went down compared to the same months one year before (-2.8% for all enterprises and -16.2% for self-managed micro-entrepreneurs alone).
The sectors that most contributed1 to that decrease were construction and retail.
-0.4% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the raw number of business set-ups decreased (-0.4% year-on-year): the decrease in sole proprietorships creations (-1.7%) is partly offset by the rise in companies start-ups (+2.7%).
Nearly half of business set-ups are self–managed micro-entrepreneurs
In March 2015, 49.2% of business set-ups over the last twelve months were micro–entrepreneurs.
tableauTAB0EN – Business set-ups distribution by type %
Feb. 2015 | March 2015 | April 2015 | |
---|---|---|---|
Companies | 30.5 | 30.5 | 30.7 |
Sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 19.1 | 19.6 | 20.1 |
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 50.5 | 49.9 | 49.2 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableauTAB1EN – Business set-ups by month (sa-wda *)
Jan. 2015 | Feb. 2015 | March 2015 | April 2015 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Excl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 23,499 | 23,986 | 24,327 | 24,778 |
Variation [m-o-m] % | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
Incl., self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 43,095 | 43,585 | 44,240 | 43,823 |
Variation [m-o-m] % | -8.2 | 1.1 | 1.5 | -0.9 |
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableauTAB2EN – Business start-ups by type
Moving total % change* | Moving total | Moving total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
over 3 months | over 12 months | January- April 2015 | January- April 2014 | |
Total | -2.8 | -0.4 | 189,528 | 199,921 |
Companies | 2.4 | 2.7 | 60,269 | 60,058 |
Sole proprietorships | -5.1 | -1.7 | 129,259 | 139,863 |
Of which self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | -16.2 | -3.7 | 82,749 | 100,583 |
- * Total of business start-ups during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
graphiqueGraph1EN – Business start-ups (sa-wda *)
(1) The contribution of a sector to the overall variation is the observed variation of this sector, weighted by the share of this sector in the total number of births.
graphiqueGraph2EN – Trade and business support activities start-ups (sa-wda *)
graphiqueGraph3EN – Construction and real estate business set-ups (sa-wda *)
tableauTAB3EN – Business set-ups (Incl., self-managed micro-enterprises)
NA | Feb. 2015 | March 2015 | April 2015 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 43,585 | 44,240 | 43,823 | |
Industry | BE | 2,170 | 2,032 | 2,142 |
Of which Manufacturing | C | 1,826 | 1,746 | 1,787 |
Construction | FZ | 5,364 | 5,533 | 5,432 |
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage service activities | GI | 11,979 | 12,532 | 12,152 |
Of which Trade | G | 8,359 | 8,343 | 8,165 |
Of which Transportation and storage | H | 1,228 | 2,048 | 1,739 |
Of which Accommodation and food service activities | I | 2,411 | 2,356 | 2,383 |
Information and communication | JZ | 2,226 | 2,219 | 2,214 |
Financial and insurance activities | KZ | 1,292 | 1,402 | 1,313 |
Real estate activities | LZ | 1,322 | 1,343 | 1,370 |
Business support activities | MN | 9,505 | 9,550 | 9,580 |
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities | OQ | 5,437 | 5,437 | 5,442 |
Other services activities | RS | 4,290 | 4,193 | 4,177 |
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE, Sirene
tableauTAB3bisEN – Fluctuation in the number of business set-ups (Incl., self-managed micro-entrepreneurs)
NA | April 15 / Marsh 15 | Moving total % change** | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
sa-wda * | over 3 months | over 12 months | ||
Total | -0.9 | -2.8 | -0.4 | |
Industry | BE | 5.4 | -12.2 | -3.4 |
Of which Manufacturing | C | 2.4 | -14.6 | -2.3 |
Construction | FZ | -1.8 | -17.0 | -11.2 |
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage service activities | GI | -3.0 | -0.2 | 0.8 |
Of which Trade | G | -2.1 | -6.4 | -5.0 |
Of which Transportation and storage | H | -15.1 | 53.2 | 40.2 |
Of which Accommodation and food service activities | I | 1.1 | 0.4 | 6.6 |
Information and communication | JZ | -0.2 | 4.2 | 1.2 |
Financial and insurance activities | KZ | -6.3 | 18.2 | 11.1 |
Real estate activities | LZ | 2.1 | -2.8 | -1.5 |
Business support activities | MN | 0.3 | -0.1 | 2.2 |
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities | OQ | 0.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
Other services activities | RS | -0.4 | -6.3 | -3.6 |
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- ** Total of business start-ups during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier
- Source: INSEE, Sirene
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Time series : Business demography