13 September 2018
2018- n° 237Rebound in business start-ups in August 2018 Enterprise births - August 2018
In August 2018, the number of business births for all enterprises bounced back (+4.8% after −3.4% in July, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups recovered sharply (+3.1% after −3.7%) as well as micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (+7.0% after −2.9%).
In August 2018, the number of business births for all enterprises bounced back (+4.8% after −3.4% in July, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups recovered sharply (+3.1% after −3.7%) as well as micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (+7.0% after −2.9%).
graphiqueGraph1 – Monthly business start-ups (SA-WDA *)
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)
tableauTable1 – Business set-ups by month (SA-WDA *)
| May 2018 | June 2018 | July 2018 | Aug. 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total businesses set-ups | 59,318 | 58,673 | 56,695 | 59,431 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 6.0 | -1.1 | -3.4 | 4.8 |
| Conventional businesses | 33,281 | 32,645 | 31,422 | 32,388 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 6.6 | -1.9 | -3.7 | 3.1 |
| Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 26,037 | 26,028 | 25,273 | 27,043 |
| Variation [m-o-m] % | 5.3 | 0.0 | -2.9 | 7.0 |
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)
+16.8% over the twelve last months
The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last twelve months kept accelerating (+16.8% after +16.2% in July and +15.5% in June). All the types of business start-ups increased: micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (+26.3%), conventional sole proprietorship start-ups (+22.2%) and, to a lesser extent, company births (+1.8%).
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 (+19.8% over one year). The sector “Transportation and storage” was the one that contributed the most to this rise (rise by +7,500 business start-ups, which comes to a contribution of 5.6 points)1. Within it, the increase was the higher in other activities of post and mail, which includes home-delivery (rise by +6,600 business start-ups).
More than two business set-ups out of five are self-managed micro-entrepreneurs' registrations
In August 2018, the share of micro–entrepreneurs' registrations in the businesses set up over the last twelve months grew for the tenth month in a row and reached 43.3%.
tableauTable0 – Business set-ups distribution by type
| June 2018 | July 2018 | Aug. 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Companies | 30.6 | 30.3 | 30.0 |
| Sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 26.6 | 26.7 | 26.7 |
| Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 42.8 | 43.0 | 43.3 |
- 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.
tableauTable2 – Cumulated business start-ups by type
| Moving total % change * | Moving total | Moving total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| over 3 months | over 12 months | January- August 2018 | January- August 2017 | |
| Total | 19.8 | 16.8 | 454,998 | 382,900 |
| Companies | 2.5 | 1.8 | 134,392 | 133,297 |
| Conventional sole proprietorships | 25.5 | 22.2 | 123,917 | 98,517 |
| Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs | 31.2 | 26.3 | 196,689 | 151,086 |
- * 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 July 2018 has been lowered by 0.1 points to −3.4% due to the revision of raw data and the update of the SA-WDA parameters.
Business set-ups by economic activity
graphiqueGraph2 – Trade and business support activities monthly start-ups (SA-WDA *)
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)
graphiqueGraph3 – Construction and transportation business monthly set-ups (SA-WDA *)
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)
tableauTable3 – Number of monthly business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs)
| NA | June 2018 | July 2018 | Aug. 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 58,673 | 56,695 | 59,431 | |
| Industry | BE | 2,461 | 2,395 | 2,511 |
| Of which Manufacturing | C | 2,197 | 2,069 | 2,293 |
| Construction | FZ | 5,733 | 5,589 | 5,830 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities | GI | 18,093 | 17,489 | 18,641 |
| Trade | G | 9,042 | 8,838 | 9,010 |
| Transportation and storage | H | 6,161 | 5,879 | 6,762 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | I | 2,891 | 2,772 | 2,870 |
| Information and communication | JZ | 2,926 | 2,804 | 3,122 |
| Financial and insurance activities | KZ | 1,479 | 1,398 | 1,500 |
| Real estate activities | LZ | 2,238 | 2,050 | 2,344 |
| Business support activities | MN | 13,899 | 13,656 | 13,559 |
| Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities | OQ | 6,467 | 6,077 | 6,418 |
| Other services activities | RS | 5,378 | 5,237 | 5,506 |
- * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
- Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)
tableauTable4 – Fluctuation in the number of business set-ups (incl. self-managed micro-entrepreneurs)
| NA | août 18 / July 18 | Moving total % change** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA-WDA * | over 3 months | over 12 months | ||
| Total | 4.8 | 19.8 | 16.8 | |
| Industry | BE | 4.8 | 19.7 | 12.6 |
| Of which Manufacturing | C | 10.8 | 22.0 | 15.7 |
| Construction | FZ | 4.3 | 15.5 | 10.3 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities | GI | 6.6 | 27.0 | 20.4 |
| Trade | G | 1.9 | 9.7 | 11.0 |
| Transportation and storage | H | 15.0 | 83.4 | 55.1 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | I | 3.6 | 12.2 | 6.5 |
| Information and communication | JZ | 11.3 | 19.3 | 17.7 |
| Financial and insurance activities | KZ | 7.2 | 9.3 | 6.1 |
| Real estate activities | LZ | 14.3 | 19.2 | 21.7 |
| Business support activities | MN | -0.7 | 19.8 | 19.9 |
| Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities | OQ | 5.6 | 6.4 | 7.1 |
| Other services activities | RS | 5.1 | 22.7 | 21.2 |
- * 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)
Documentation
Note méthodologique_anglaise_ Février 2018 (pdf,29 Ko)
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Time series : Business demography
