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15 March 2019
2019
Slight downturn in business start-ups in February 2019 Enterprise births - February 2019

In February 2019, the number of business births for all enterprises fell back (-1.1% after +13.6% in January, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups increased (+1.5% after +4.4%) and micro-entrepreneurs' registrations dropped (-3.8% after +25.0%).

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In February 2019, the number of business births for all enterprises fell back (-1.1% after +13.6% in January, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups increased (+1.5% after +4.4%) and micro-entrepreneurs' registrations dropped (-3.8% after +25.0%).

Business monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)

Business monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)
Total of entreprise start-ups Conventional businesses
2009-01 34375 22560
2009-02 41042 22758
2009-03 48099 21631
2009-04 49515 21304
2009-05 52684 21845
2009-06 49983 21004
2009-07 49851 20671
2009-08 49911 20870
2009-09 49353 21073
2009-10 50691 21292
2009-11 51899 22237
2009-12 54684 22745
2010-01 53949 22210
2010-02 55204 21065
2010-03 57165 21218
2010-04 52800 21235
2010-05 52302 21820
2010-06 45720 22141
2010-07 50104 21578
2010-08 50314 22284
2010-09 50019 22098
2010-10 52958 22108
2010-11 50291 21951
2010-12 45707 21386
2011-01 44272 21334
2011-02 45553 21633
2011-03 44027 21186
2011-04 45324 21554
2011-05 44782 21311
2011-06 45051 20496
2011-07 47319 22023
2011-08 45112 21394
2011-09 46578 21763
2011-10 44660 20592
2011-11 49042 22726
2011-12 47009 21864
2012-01 46472 20815
2012-02 45328 20329
2012-03 46987 20639
2012-04 45827 19955
2012-05 45745 19526
2012-06 46975 20174
2012-07 46739 20145
2012-08 47687 20413
2012-09 45190 19779
2012-10 46075 20380
2012-11 43758 19814
2012-12 44449 20641
2013-01 44419 21495
2013-02 45113 22009
2013-03 45138 21986
2013-04 44727 21405
2013-05 46064 22326
2013-06 44845 21856
2013-07 44150 21628
2013-08 44147 21752
2013-09 45492 22173
2013-10 45443 22719
2013-11 45777 22879
2013-12 45657 22462
2014-01 46402 22567
2014-02 45860 22535
2014-03 45385 22349
2014-04 46042 22742
2014-05 45580 22252
2014-06 45339 22083
2014-07 46640 22279
2014-08 46816 22631
2014-09 45630 21392
2014-10 45644 22004
2014-11 46452 22523
2014-12 46565 23030
2015-01 42445 23410
2015-02 43498 24148
2015-03 44150 24449
2015-04 43636 24850
2015-05 43030 24770
2015-06 43937 25270
2015-07 43657 25468
2015-08 43537 25252
2015-09 44369 26075
2015-10 44347 25874
2015-11 44267 26265
2015-12 44410 26102
2016-01 46011 27682
2016-02 45564 26787
2016-03 45173 26602
2016-04 46750 27105
2016-05 47219 27652
2016-06 46054 27525
2016-07 45882 28080
2016-08 45788 27977
2016-09 47339 29033
2016-10 44945 26927
2016-11 47100 28592
2016-12 45833 27620
2017-01 46599 27847
2017-02 46357 27798
2017-03 47504 28601
2017-04 46854 28372
2017-05 47137 28447
2017-06 48508 28999
2017-07 51556 29585
2017-08 50040 29576
2017-09 50046 29635
2017-10 51372 30835
2017-11 54607 30856
2017-12 54123 31691
2018-01 55257 31037
2018-02 55457 31304
2018-03 55956 31570
2018-04 55881 31146
2018-05 59286 33268
2018-06 58622 32638
2018-07 56657 31314
2018-08 59044 32206
2018-09 59455 32612
2018-10 61973 32830
2018-11 58676 32785
2018-12 58989 32539
2019-01 67032 33962
2019-02 66297 34473
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data

Business monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)

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

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

Business set-ups by month (SA-WDA *)
Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19
Total businesses set-ups 58,676 58,989 67,032 66,297
Variation [m-o-m] % -5.3 0.5 13.6 -1.1
Conventional businesses 32,785 32,539 33,962 34,473
Variation [m-o-m] % -0.1 -0.8 4.4 1.5
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 25,891 26,450 33,071 31,824
Variation [m-o-m] % -11.2 2.2 25.0 -3.8
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source : Insee, REE (SIRENE)

+17.0% over the twelve last months

The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last twelve months was still inscreasing sharply (+17.0% after +17.0% in January and +16.9% in December). All the types of business start-ups increased: micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (+28.1%), conventional sole proprietorship start-ups (+16.8%) and, to a lesser extent, company births (+3.0%).

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 (+15.6% over one year). The sector “Transportation and storage” was the one that contributed the most to this rise (contribution of 4.5 points)*. Over the last three months and compared to the same months a year earlier, the number of creators grew by 7,600 in this sector (of which +7,300 in other postal and mail activities including home delivery).

* 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.

Cumulated business start-ups by type

Raw data
Cumulated business start-ups by type (Raw data)
Moving total % change * Moving total
over 3 months over 12 months January-February 2019 January-February 2018
Total 15.6 17.0 145,302 121,562
Companies 6.6 3.0 38,726 35,412
Conventional sole proprietorships 8.2 16.8 36,749 33,274
Self-mamaged micro-entrepreneurs 27.1 28.1 69,827 52,876
  • *Total of business start-ups during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier
  • Source : INSEE, REE(SIRENE)

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

In February 2019, the share of micro–entrepreneurs' registrations in the businesses set up over the last twelve months grew for the sixteenth month in a row and reached 45.5%.

Business 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))
Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19
Companies 29.1 28.8 28.6
Sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 26.3 26.1 25.9
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 44.6 45.1 45.5
  • Source : Insee, REE (issu de SIRENE)

Revisions

The variation in the overall number of business births in January 2019 has been lowered by 0.2 points to +13.6% due to the revision of raw data and the update of the SA-WDA parameters.

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

Trade and business support activities monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)
Trade Business support activities
2009-01 8941 5971
2009-02 9711 7832
2009-03 10546 11088
2009-04 10841 11031
2009-05 11671 11462
2009-06 10890 11105
2009-07 11271 10965
2009-08 11033 10894
2009-09 11038 11002
2009-10 11236 11030
2009-11 11214 11387
2009-12 11702 11566
2010-01 11608 11698
2010-02 11659 11790
2010-03 11803 13334
2010-04 11022 11727
2010-05 11082 11537
2010-06 9895 9946
2010-07 10297 11247
2010-08 10680 10845
2010-09 10719 11038
2010-10 10824 11788
2010-11 10270 11353
2010-12 9548 9662
2011-01 9531 9468
2011-02 9803 9634
2011-03 9274 9398
2011-04 9807 9496
2011-05 9343 9556
2011-06 9654 9630
2011-07 9990 10420
2011-08 9376 9568
2011-09 10022 9679
2011-10 9225 9264
2011-11 9789 10973
2011-12 9750 9597
2012-01 9711 9656
2012-02 9215 9328
2012-03 9389 9894
2012-04 9257 9545
2012-05 9441 9581
2012-06 9548 9556
2012-07 9407 9664
2012-08 9679 10086
2012-09 9273 9317
2012-10 9506 9623
2012-11 9184 9234
2012-12 9359 9279
2013-01 9059 9242
2013-02 9130 9374
2013-03 9194 9338
2013-04 9126 9389
2013-05 9339 9450
2013-06 9190 9357
2013-07 9235 9228
2013-08 9188 9196
2013-09 9343 9474
2013-10 9173 9560
2013-11 9122 9725
2013-12 9036 9452
2014-01 9183 9743
2014-02 8997 9691
2014-03 9069 9617
2014-04 9117 9842
2014-05 9149 9713
2014-06 8769 9744
2014-07 9207 9940
2014-08 9123 10071
2014-09 8791 9968
2014-10 8983 9694
2014-11 8991 9720
2014-12 9029 9799
2015-01 8011 9164
2015-02 8281 9605
2015-03 8301 9600
2015-04 8229 9524
2015-05 8183 9438
2015-06 8288 9563
2015-07 8154 9659
2015-08 8088 9627
2015-09 8168 9667
2015-10 8091 9841
2015-11 8083 9842
2015-12 7852 10073
2016-01 8352 10183
2016-02 8290 10297
2016-03 8065 10187
2016-04 8244 10507
2016-05 8338 10623
2016-06 7972 10329
2016-07 7880 10315
2016-08 7916 10424
2016-09 8439 10729
2016-10 7503 10027
2016-11 8189 10962
2016-12 7803 10324
2017-01 7680 10758
2017-02 7667 10731
2017-03 7833 11047
2017-04 7834 10913
2017-05 7825 11262
2017-06 8111 11559
2017-07 8458 12575
2017-08 8617 11717
2017-09 8504 11912
2017-10 8863 11987
2017-11 8934 13564
2017-12 9019 12249
2018-01 8892 13507
2018-02 8832 13463
2018-03 8802 13585
2018-04 8550 13371
2018-05 9076 14087
2018-06 9054 13876
2018-07 8835 13692
2018-08 9011 13454
2018-09 9245 13897
2018-10 9376 15142
2018-11 9190 13644
2018-12 9106 13630
2019-01 9756 16814
2019-02 10031 15948
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data

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

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

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

Construction and transportation business monthly set-ups (SA-WDA*)
Construction Transportation and storage
2009-01 4748 622
2009-02 5935 673
2009-03 6226 673
2009-04 6583 716
2009-05 6929 753
2009-06 6899 725
2009-07 7024 714
2009-08 7024 719
2009-09 6993 671
2009-10 7318 737
2009-11 7491 678
2009-12 8052 731
2010-01 7949 846
2010-02 8544 811
2010-03 8381 879
2010-04 7896 798
2010-05 7618 807
2010-06 6459 740
2010-07 7421 774
2010-08 7350 761
2010-09 7494 814
2010-10 7901 819
2010-11 7386 779
2010-12 6749 773
2011-01 6411 779
2011-02 6778 764
2011-03 6587 782
2011-04 6794 808
2011-05 6782 757
2011-06 6570 776
2011-07 6823 779
2011-08 6936 894
2011-09 6862 793
2011-10 6861 806
2011-11 7135 773
2011-12 7086 768
2012-01 7072 768
2012-02 6931 778
2012-03 7216 800
2012-04 7113 792
2012-05 6762 801
2012-06 7343 864
2012-07 7293 891
2012-08 7355 891
2012-09 7124 790
2012-10 6958 834
2012-11 6545 806
2012-12 6604 819
2013-01 6531 835
2013-02 6577 906
2013-03 6697 896
2013-04 6607 795
2013-05 6964 965
2013-06 6590 931
2013-07 6480 919
2013-08 6425 890
2013-09 6463 973
2013-10 6620 937
2013-11 6651 962
2013-12 6877 1018
2014-01 6868 1081
2014-02 6949 1109
2014-03 6574 1041
2014-04 6634 1055
2014-05 6255 1034
2014-06 6348 1082
2014-07 6348 1195
2014-08 6217 1315
2014-09 6076 1157
2014-10 6062 1240
2014-11 6014 2270
2014-12 5955 1322
2015-01 5458 1091
2015-02 5354 1219
2015-03 5573 1904
2015-04 5355 1652
2015-05 5329 1435
2015-06 5354 1558
2015-07 5253 1653
2015-08 5215 1766
2015-09 5509 2044
2015-10 5195 2321
2015-11 5145 2329
2015-12 5116 2492
2016-01 5403 2389
2016-02 5224 2425
2016-03 5017 2492
2016-04 5407 2695
2016-05 5255 2932
2016-06 5175 2950
2016-07 5173 2997
2016-08 5086 2686
2016-09 5128 3135
2016-10 4877 3065
2016-11 4824 2921
2016-12 4908 2945
2017-01 4965 3191
2017-02 4895 3438
2017-03 4936 3398
2017-04 4902 3052
2017-05 4932 3197
2017-06 4931 3343
2017-07 5346 3469
2017-08 5087 3469
2017-09 5076 3196
2017-10 5380 3505
2017-11 5452 4319
2017-12 5545 4586
2018-01 5240 4818
2018-02 5497 4654
2018-03 5555 5015
2018-04 5480 5498
2018-05 5610 6348
2018-06 5755 6084
2018-07 5580 5789
2018-08 5835 6610
2018-09 5789 6320
2018-10 5808 6668
2018-11 5698 6726
2018-12 5903 6563
2019-01 6033 7252
2019-02 6015 7684
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data

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

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

Number 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 Dec. 2018 Jan. 2019 Feb. 2019
Total 58,989 67,032 66,297
Industry BE 2,479 2,608 2,663
Of which Manufacturing C 2,219 2,303 2,344
Construction FZ 5,903 6,033 6,015
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI 18,606 20,152 20,916
Trade G 9,106 9,756 10,031
Transportation and storage H 6,563 7,252 7,684
Accommodation and food service activities I 2,937 3,143 3,200
Information and communication JZ 2,932 3,391 3,230
Financial and insurance activities KZ 1,534 1,625 1,625
Real estate activities LZ 2,343 2,437 2,530
Business support activities MN 13,630 16,814 15,948
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ 6,291 7,438 6,920
Other services activities RS 5,271 6,535 6,450
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source : Insee, REE (SIRENE)

Fluctuation 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 Feb. 19 / Jan. 19 Moving total % change**
SA-WDA * over 3 months over 12 months
Total -1.1 15.6 17.0
Industry BE 2.1 14.4 15.4
Of which Manufacturing C 1.8 12.7 15.6
Construction FZ -0.3 9.7 10.7
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI 3.8 22.1 24.1
Trade G 2.8 7.8 8.1
Transportation and storage H 6.0 53.5 69.7
Accommodation and food service activities I 1.8 14.0 10.4
Information and communication JZ -4.8 15.6 16.4
Financial and insurance activities KZ 0.0 10.4 7.1
Real estate activities LZ 3.8 16.4 18.3
Business support activities MN -5.1 15.4 16.9
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ -7.0 4.1 6.0
Other services activities RS -1.3 19.5 19.7
  • * 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
  • Source : Insee, REE (SIRENE)

The appearance of a legal operating unit with no predecessor is considered to be a newly created enterprise by Eurostat. This concept of creation relies on new production resources. The business start-up statistics include applications for start-ups as micro-entrepreneurs, starting from the data relating to January 2009. Since this date, sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs are called conventional sole proprietorships and start-ups excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs are called conventional businesses.

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