16 April 2015
2015- n° 87Increase in business start-ups in March 2015 Enterprise births - March 2015
In March 2015, the number of business start-ups rose compared to February: by 1.8% for all enterprises and 1.3% when excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs, seasonally and working-day adjusted (sa-wda).
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 March 2015, the number of business start-ups rose compared to February: by 1.8% for all enterprises and 1.3% when excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs, seasonally and working-day adjusted (sa-wda).
-4.6% year-on-year (quarterly basis)
The raw amount of births added up in the first quarter 2015 went down compared to the same quarter one year before (-4.6% for all enterprises and -15.9% for self-managed micro-entrepreneurs alone).
The sectors that most contributed1 to that decrease were construction and retail.
+0.7% year-on-year (twelve months basis)
During the last twelve months, the raw number of business start-ups increased (+0.7% year-on-year). This rise in companies start-ups (+3.5%) is partly balanced by the decrease in sole proprietorships creations (-0.5% in one year).
Nearly half of business set-ups are self–managed micro-entrepreneurs
In March 2015, 49.9% of business set-ups over the last twelve months were micro–entrepreneurs.
tableautab0EN – Business set-ups distribution by type %
| Jan. 2015 | Feb. 2015 | March 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Companies | 30.3 | 30.4 | 30.5 |
| Sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 18.7 | 19.1 | 19.6 |
| Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 51.0 | 50.5 | 49.9 |
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
tableautab1EN – Business set-ups by month (sa-wda *)
| Dec. 2014 | Jan. 2015 | Feb. 2015 | March 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 22,841 | 23,445 | 24,013 | 24,321 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
| Incl., self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 46,731 | 42,988 | 43,783 | 44,557 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 1.3 | -8.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
- * 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- March 2015 | January- March 2014 | |
| Total | -4.6 | 0.7 | 143,019 | 149,914 |
| Companies | 0.4 | 3.5 | 44,816 | 44,638 |
| Sole proprietorships | -6.7 | -0.5 | 98,203 | 105,276 |
| Of which self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | -15.9 | -1.4 | 63,401 | 75,428 |
- * 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 *)
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE (Sirene)
(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 *)
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE, Sirene
graphiqueGraph3EN – Construction and real estate business set-ups (sa-wda *)
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
tableautab3EN – Business set-ups (Incl., self-managed micro-enterprises)
| NA | Jan. 2015 | Feb. 2015 | March 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 42,988 | 43,783 | 44,557 | |
| Industry | BE | 2,106 | 2,190 | 2,018 |
| Of which Manufacturing | C | 1,802 | 1,841 | 1,743 |
| Construction | FZ | 5,561 | 5,402 | 5,557 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage service activities | GI | 11,415 | 12,047 | 12,731 |
| Of which Trade | G | 8,122 | 8,367 | 8,373 |
| Of which Transportation and storage | H | 1,095 | 1,225 | 2,064 |
| Of which Accommodation and food service activities | I | 2,349 | 2,416 | 2,362 |
| Information and communication | JZ | 2,186 | 2,225 | 2,217 |
| Financial and insurance activities | KZ | 1,227 | 1,299 | 1,405 |
| Real estate activities | LZ | 1,333 | 1,317 | 1,340 |
| Business support activities | MN | 9,457 | 9,545 | 9,616 |
| Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities | OQ | 5,495 | 5,451 | 5,466 |
| Other services activities | RS | 4,210 | 4,308 | 4,208 |
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
tableautab3bisEN – Fluctuation in the number of business set-ups (Incl., self-managed micro-entrepreneurs)
| NA | March 15 / Feb. 15 | Moving total % change** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sa-wda * | over 3 months | over 12 months | ||
| Total | 1.8 | -4.6 | 0.7 | |
| Industry | BE | -7.9 | -14.9 | -1.6 |
| Of which Manufacturing | C | -5.3 | -16.1 | 0.0 |
| Construction | FZ | 2.9 | -17.9 | -8.9 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage service activities | GI | 5.7 | -3.0 | 1.8 |
| Of which Trade | G | 0.1 | -8.3 | -3.8 |
| Of which Transportation and storage | H | 68.6 | 33.1 | 38.1 |
| Of which Accommodation and food service activities | I | -2.3 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| Information and communication | JZ | -0.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Financial and insurance activities | KZ | 8.2 | 15.5 | 11.5 |
| Real estate activities | LZ | 1.7 | -4.3 | -0.6 |
| Business support activities | MN | 0.7 | -1.6 | 3.4 |
| Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities | OQ | 0.3 | 5.8 | 7.1 |
| Other services activities | RS | -2.3 | -8.1 | -2.7 |
- * 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
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Time series : Business demography
