Informations rapides
14 December 2018
2018- n° 326
Fall back in business start-ups in November 2018 Enterprise births - November 2018

In November 2018, the number of business births for all enterprises fell back (-5.3% after +4.4% in October, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups are practically stable (-0.2% after +0.8%) whereas micro-entrepreneurs' registrations dropped sharply (-11.2% after +8.9%).

Informations rapides
No 326
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In November 2018, the number of business births for all enterprises fell back (-5.3% after +4.4% in October, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups are practically stable (-0.2% after +0.8%) whereas micro-entrepreneurs' registrations dropped sharply (-11.2% after +8.9%).

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 *)
Aug. 2018 Sept. 2018 Oct. 2018 Nov. 2018
Total businesses set-ups 59,002 59,345 61,974 58,667
Variation [m-o-m] % 4.2 0.6 4.4 -5.3
Conventional businesses 32,223 32,608 32,870 32,818
Variation [m-o-m] % 2.8 1.2 0.8 -0.2
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 26,779 26,737 29,104 25,849
Variation [m-o-m] % 6.0 -0.2 8.9 -11.2
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source: INSEE, REE (Sirene)

+17.3% over the twelve last months

The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last twelve months slowed down slightly (+17.3% after +18.5% in October and +17.8% in September). All the types of business start-ups increased: micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (+28.0%), conventional sole proprietorship start-ups (+21.1%) and, to a lesser extent, company births (+1.5%).

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

The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last three months soared (+16.3% over one year). The sector “Transportation and storage” was the one that contributed the most to this rise (contribution of 5.6 points1). Over the last three months and compared to the same months a year earlier, the number of creations grew by 9,100 in this sector (of which +7,700 for other postal and mail activities - including home delivery).

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

In November 2018, the share of micro–entrepreneurs' registrations in the businesses set up over the last twelve months grew for the thirteenth month in a row and reached 44.4%.

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))
Sept. 2018 Oct. 2018 Nov. 2018
Companies 29.7 29.2 29.2
Sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 26.6 26.5 26.4
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 43.7 44.3 44.4
  • 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- November 2018 January- November 2017
Total 16.3 17.3 640,821 543,133
Companies 4.7 1.5 183,900 180,743
Conventional sole proprietorships 12.2 21.1 169,291 139,131
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 26.4 28.0 287,630 223,259
  • * 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 October 2018 has been raised by 0.1 points to +4.4% 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 Sept. 2018 Oct. 2018 Nov. 2018
Total 59,345 61,974 58,667
Industry BE 2,415 2,494 2,461
Of which Manufacturing C 2,166 2,232 2,125
Construction FZ 5,772 5,791 5,698
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI 18,376 18,989 18,766
Trade G 9,202 9,367 9,131
Transportation and storage H 6,357 6,686 6,732
Accommodation and food service activities I 2,816 2,936 2,903
Information and communication JZ 2,987 3,046 2,941
Financial and insurance activities KZ 1,495 1,507 1,520
Real estate activities LZ 2,401 2,428 2,375
Business support activities MN 13,883 15,179 13,714
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ 6,543 6,887 6,144
Other services activities RS 5,473 5,655 5,048
  • * 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 Nov. 18 / Oct. 18 Moving total % change**
SA-WDA * over 3 months over 12 months
Total -5.3 16.3 17.3
Industry BE -1.3 12.9 13.2
Of which Manufacturing C -4.8 12.9 15.3
Construction FZ -1.6 9.7 10.5
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI -1.2 25.7 23.4
Trade G -2.5 6.4 9.5
Transportation and storage H 0.7 78.2 68.7
Accommodation and food service activities I -1.1 10.5 7.9
Information and communication JZ -3.5 15.9 17.0
Financial and insurance activities KZ 0.9 6.1 5.2
Real estate activities LZ -2.2 21.2 20.0
Business support activities MN -9.7 14.6 18.2
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ -10.8 5.9 7.4
Other services activities RS -10.7 17.4 21.1
  • * 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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