14 November 2014
2014- n° 260Slight increase in business start-ups in October 2014 Enterprise births - October 2014
In October 2014, the number of business start-ups including self-managed enterprises seasonally and working-day adjusted (sa-wda) slightly increased compared to September (+0.3%) for all business start-ups. The rise was stronger (+2.0%) excluding self-managed enterprises (auto–entreprises).
In October 2014, the number of business start-ups including self-managed enterprises seasonally and working-day adjusted (sa-wda) slightly increased compared to September (+0.3%) for all business start-ups. The rise was stronger (+2.0%) excluding self-managed enterprises (auto–entreprises).
+3.0% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The amount of births added up in the last three months went up compared to the same months one year before (+3.0%) for all entreprises, as well as for companies (+4.8%) and self-managed enterprises (+6.3%).
The sectors that most contributed to that growth were business support activities; education, health and social work activities.
+2.2% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the number of business start-ups rose by 2.2% year-on-year, especially for companies (+4.1%).
More than half of business set-ups are self–managed enterprises
In October 2014, 51.4% of business set-ups over the last twelve months were self-managed enterprises.
tableautab0EN – Business set-ups distribution by type %
Aug. 2014 | Sept. 2014 | Oct. 2014 | |
---|---|---|---|
Companies | 29.9 | 30.0 | 30.0 |
Sole proprietorships excluding self-managed enterprises | 19.0 | 18.8 | 18.6 |
Self-managed business | 51.0 | 51.2 | 51.4 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Business set-ups by month (sa-wda *)
July 2014 | Aug. 2014 | Sept. 2014 | Oct. 2014 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Excl. self-managed enterprises | 22,577 | 22,436 | 21,625 | 22,066 |
Variation [m-o-m] % | 0.0 | -0.6 | -3.6 | 2.0 |
Incl., self-managed enterprises | 46,695 | 46,299 | 45,743 | 45,879 |
Variation [m-o-m] % | 3.1 | -0.8 | -1.2 | 0.3 |
- * 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- October 2014 | January- October 2013 | |
Total | 3.0 | 2.2 | 465,299 | 455,679 |
Companies | 4.8 | 4.1 | 137,976 | 132,508 |
Sole proprietorships | 2.3 | 1.4 | 327,323 | 323,171 |
Of which self-managed | 6.3 | 1.7 | 240,898 | 234,372 |
- * 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 *)
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Time series : Business demography