Informations rapides
24 August 2018
2018- n° 221
New downturn in business start-ups in July 2018 Enterprise births - July 2018

In July 2018, the number of business births for all enterprises dropped once again (−3.3% after −1.1% in June, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups shrunk (−3.9% after −1.7%) as well as micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (−2.5% after −0.3%).

Informations rapides
No 221
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In July 2018, the number of business births for all enterprises dropped once again (−3.3% after −1.1% in June, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups shrunk (−3.9% after −1.7%) as well as micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (−2.5% after −0.3%).

Graph1Monthly business start-ups (SA-WDA *)

  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)

Table1Business set-ups by month (SA-WDA *)

Business set-ups by month (SA-WDA *) ( ) -
April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 July 2018
Total businesses set-ups 55,857 59,164 58,502 56,577
Variation [m-o-m] % -0.1 5.9 -1.1 -3.3
Conventional businesses 31,194 33,308 32,732 31,463
Variation [m-o-m] % -1.3 6.8 -1.7 -3.9
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 24,664 25,855 25,770 25,114
Variation [m-o-m] % 1.3 4.8 -0.3 -2.5
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)

+16.3% over the twelve last months

The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last twelve months kept accelerating (+16.3% after +15.6% in June and +13.9% in May). All the types of business start-ups increased: micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (+25.2%), conventional sole proprietorship start-ups (+21.2%) and, to a lesser extent, company births (+2.2%).

Upsurge of business setp-ups in transportation and storage over the three last months

The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last three months went up sharply (+20.3%). The sector “Transportation and storage” was the one that contributed the most to this rise (rise by +8,300 business start-ups, which comes to a contribution of 5.9 points)1. Within it, the increase was the higher in other activities of post and mail, which includes home-delivery (rise by +7,400 business start-ups).

More than two business set-ups out of five are self-managed micro-entrepreneurs' registrations

In July 2018, the share of micro–entrepreneurs' registrations in the businesses set up over the last twelve months grew for the ninth month in a row and reached 43.0%.

Table0Business set-ups distribution by type

% over the twelve last months (raw data)
Business set-ups distribution by type (% over the twelve last months (raw data)) -
May 2018 June 2018 July 2018
Companies 31.1 30.6 30.3
Sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 26.4 26.6 26.7
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 42.5 42.8 43.0
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)

1 The contribution of a sector to the overall variation is the variation observed in this sector, weighted by the share of this sector in the total number of births.

Table2Cumulated business start-ups by type

Raw data
Cumulated business start-ups by type (Raw data) -
Moving total % change * Moving total Moving total
over 3 months over 12 months January- July 2018 January- July 2017
Total 20.3 16.3 409,010 343,633
Companies 1.7 2.2 121,614 120,550
Conventional sole proprietorships 29.2 21.2 112,090 88,387
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 31.3 25.2 175,306 134,696
  • * Total of business start-ups during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)

Revisions

The variation in the overall number of business births in June 2018 has been lowered by 0.5 points to −1.1% due to the revision of raw data and the update of the SA-WDA parameters.

Business set-ups by economic activity

Graph2Trade and business support activities monthly start-ups (SA-WDA *)

  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)

Graph3Construction and transportation business monthly set-ups (SA-WDA *)

  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)

Table3Number of monthly business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs)

SA-WDA *
Number of monthly business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs) (SA-WDA *) -
NA May 2018 June 2018 July 2018
Total 59,164 58,502 56,577
Industry BE 2,415 2,441 2,394
Of which Manufacturing C 2,165 2,185 2,060
Construction FZ 5,617 5,759 5,529
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI 18,397 18,023 17,380
Trade G 9,057 9,051 8,804
Transportation and storage H 6,329 6,080 5,806
Accommodation and food service activities I 3,012 2,892 2,770
Information and communication JZ 2,877 2,913 2,769
Financial and insurance activities KZ 1,501 1,478 1,405
Real estate activities LZ 2,195 2,227 2,085
Business support activities MN 14,089 13,890 13,741
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ 6,761 6,435 6,033
Other services activities RS 5,311 5,337 5,241
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)

Table4Fluctuation in the number of business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs)

In %
Fluctuation in the number of business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs) (In %) -
NA July 18 / June 18 Moving total % change**
SA-WDA * over 3 months over 12 months
Total -3.3 20.3 16.3
Industry BE -1.9 18.3 11.9
Of which Manufacturing C -5.7 19.3 14.5
Construction FZ -4.0 12.9 9.4
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI -3.6 28.6 19.6
Trade G -2.7 11.1 11.3
Transportation and storage H -4.5 86.2 51.5
Accommodation and food service activities I -4.2 13.6 5.7
Information and communication JZ -4.9 16.3 16.4
Financial and insurance activities KZ -4.9 10.1 5.8
Real estate activities LZ -6.4 18.4 21.9
Business support activities MN -1.1 20.0 19.7
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ -6.2 9.0 7.4
Other services activities RS -1.8 22.5 20.5
  • * 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, REE (Sirene)

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