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14 June 2019
2019
Slight rise in business start-ups in May 2019 Enterprise births - May 2019

In May 2019, the number of business births for all enterprises rose slightly (+0.2% after -1.7% in April, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups picked up (+0.4% after -2.0%) and micro-entrepreneurs' registrations are virtually stable (-0.1% after -1.4%).

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In May 2019, the number of business births for all enterprises rose slightly (+0.2% after -1.7% in April, seasonally and working-day adjusted). Conventional businesses start-ups picked up (+0.4% after -2.0%) and micro-entrepreneurs' registrations are virtually stable (-0.1% after -1.4%).

Business monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)

Business monthly start-ups (SA-WDA*)
Total of entreprise start-ups Conventional businesses
2009-01 34384 22560
2009-02 41023 22759
2009-03 48100 21635
2009-04 49528 21305
2009-05 52719 21841
2009-06 49987 21006
2009-07 49875 20674
2009-08 49909 20868
2009-09 49359 21064
2009-10 50644 21295
2009-11 51861 22236
2009-12 54698 22747
2010-01 53957 22208
2010-02 55184 21065
2010-03 57176 21218
2010-04 52798 21243
2010-05 52330 21812
2010-06 45739 22140
2010-07 50099 21595
2010-08 50309 22286
2010-09 50024 22098
2010-10 52917 22098
2010-11 50283 21938
2010-12 45714 21384
2011-01 44273 21334
2011-02 45545 21632
2011-03 44028 21193
2011-04 45331 21554
2011-05 44795 21327
2011-06 45075 20484
2011-07 47338 22015
2011-08 45126 21389
2011-09 46568 21771
2011-10 44624 20585
2011-11 49051 22718
2011-12 47004 21866
2012-01 46466 20817
2012-02 45342 20322
2012-03 46962 20645
2012-04 45836 19960
2012-05 45785 19517
2012-06 46973 20172
2012-07 46750 20159
2012-08 47676 20419
2012-09 45186 19776
2012-10 46064 20373
2012-11 43747 19814
2012-12 44450 20628
2013-01 44426 21494
2013-02 45107 22008
2013-03 45120 21976
2013-04 44736 21416
2013-05 46063 22332
2013-06 44845 21850
2013-07 44175 21644
2013-08 44139 21747
2013-09 45478 22174
2013-10 45442 22717
2013-11 45778 22869
2013-12 45640 22459
2014-01 46383 22569
2014-02 45856 22536
2014-03 45367 22337
2014-04 46081 22749
2014-05 45577 22241
2014-06 45340 22076
2014-07 46677 22299
2014-08 46808 22625
2014-09 45615 21401
2014-10 45651 22000
2014-11 46453 22510
2014-12 46590 23005
2015-01 42429 23393
2015-02 43501 24150
2015-03 44119 24425
2015-04 43675 24875
2015-05 43009 24773
2015-06 43929 25275
2015-07 43684 25488
2015-08 43524 25254
2015-09 44391 26084
2015-10 44359 25878
2015-11 44264 26268
2015-12 44444 26091
2016-01 45979 27647
2016-02 45584 26798
2016-03 45100 26518
2016-04 46790 27156
2016-05 47199 27718
2016-06 46042 27524
2016-07 45887 28076
2016-08 45794 27977
2016-09 47364 29070
2016-10 44979 26926
2016-11 47139 28571
2016-12 45896 27612
2017-01 46597 27819
2017-02 46406 27821
2017-03 47328 28426
2017-04 46870 28442
2017-05 47140 28541
2017-06 48430 28990
2017-07 51527 29596
2017-08 50065 29586
2017-09 50085 29661
2017-10 51437 30849
2017-11 54657 30862
2017-12 54211 31649
2018-01 55294 30990
2018-02 55568 31356
2018-03 55623 31271
2018-04 55905 31288
2018-05 59327 33440
2018-06 58494 32615
2018-07 56615 31334
2018-08 59102 32233
2018-09 59525 32646
2018-10 62081 32838
2018-11 58734 32771
2018-12 59095 32501
2019-01 66928 33845
2019-02 65994 34299
2019-03 66750 34919
2019-04 65602 34231
2019-05 65704 34351
  • * 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 *)
Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19
Total businesses set-ups 65,994 66,750 65,602 65,704
Variation [m-o-m] % -1.4 1.1 -1.7 0.2
Conventional businesses 34,299 34,919 34,231 34,351
Variation [m-o-m] % 1.3 1.8 -2.0 0.4
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 31,694 31,831 31,372 31,353
Variation [m-o-m] % -4.2 0.4 -1.4 -0.1
  • * Seasonally and working-day adjusted data
  • Source : Insee, REE (SIRENE)

+16.9% over the twelve last months

The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last twelve months was still inscreasing sharply (+16.9%). All the types of business start-ups increased: micro-entrepreneurs' registrations (+27.8%), conventional sole proprietorship start-ups (+12.1%) and, to a lesser extent, company births (+6.0%).

Upsurge of business setp-ups in business support activities over the three last months

The raw number of business start-ups totted up during the last three months went up sharply (+17.4% over one year). The sector “Business support activities” was the one that contributed the most to this rise (contribution of 4.4 points)*. Over the last three months and compared to the same months a year earlier, the number of creations grew by 7,600 in this sector (of which +2,600 in business and other management consultancy activities).

* 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-May 2019 January-May 2018
Total 17.4 16.9 348,645 295,390
Companies 10.7 6.0 95,409 86,751
Conventional sole proprietorships 7.5 12.1 88,455 81,572
Self-mamaged micro-entrepreneurs 28.4 27.8 164,781 127,067
  • *Total of business start-ups during the last 3 or 12 months compared with the same months a year earlier
  • Source : INSEE, REE(SIRENE)

Less than a half of business set-ups are self-managed micro-entrepreneurs' registrations

In May 2019, the share of micro–entrepreneurs' registrations in the businesses set up over the last twelve months grew again and reached 46.5%.

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))
Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19
Companies 28.4 28.2 28.2
Sole proprietorships excluding self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 25.7 25.6 25.3
Self-managed micro-entrepreneurs 45.9 46.2 46.5
  • Source : Insee, REE (issu de SIRENE)

Revisions

The variation in the overall number of business births in April 2019 has been lowered by 0.4 points to -1.7% instead of -1.3%, 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 8938 5986
2009-02 9706 7824
2009-03 10546 11085
2009-04 10842 11037
2009-05 11688 11465
2009-06 10893 11113
2009-07 11262 10984
2009-08 11030 10892
2009-09 11037 11006
2009-10 11237 10986
2009-11 11217 11383
2009-12 11712 11574
2010-01 11605 11713
2010-02 11652 11786
2010-03 11800 13339
2010-04 11025 11719
2010-05 11089 11539
2010-06 9896 9966
2010-07 10305 11234
2010-08 10688 10832
2010-09 10719 11045
2010-10 10815 11754
2010-11 10268 11366
2010-12 9544 9670
2011-01 9527 9476
2011-02 9798 9637
2011-03 9279 9393
2011-04 9804 9497
2011-05 9367 9541
2011-06 9644 9659
2011-07 9976 10434
2011-08 9378 9570
2011-09 10025 9670
2011-10 9221 9235
2011-11 9786 10999
2011-12 9754 9594
2012-01 9716 9655
2012-02 9202 9350
2012-03 9389 9874
2012-04 9256 9547
2012-05 9441 9603
2012-06 9546 9561
2012-07 9411 9660
2012-08 9684 10071
2012-09 9272 9316
2012-10 9505 9612
2012-11 9183 9237
2012-12 9347 9290
2013-01 9058 9256
2013-02 9115 9383
2013-03 9187 9333
2013-04 9139 9380
2013-05 9351 9435
2013-06 9189 9362
2013-07 9241 9231
2013-08 9186 9188
2013-09 9342 9464
2013-10 9176 9558
2013-11 9121 9735
2013-12 9039 9439
2014-01 9181 9742
2014-02 8978 9699
2014-03 9066 9618
2014-04 9131 9850
2014-05 9148 9700
2014-06 8767 9749
2014-07 9221 9949
2014-08 9123 10064
2014-09 8799 9950
2014-10 8976 9705
2014-11 8976 9736
2014-12 9014 9828
2015-01 8000 9174
2015-02 8265 9613
2015-03 8301 9598
2015-04 8247 9526
2015-05 8197 9401
2015-06 8297 9553
2015-07 8154 9674
2015-08 8090 9610
2015-09 8174 9675
2015-10 8086 9851
2015-11 8077 9845
2015-12 7841 10114
2016-01 8332 10204
2016-02 8268 10306
2016-03 8053 10185
2016-04 8278 10486
2016-05 8382 10538
2016-06 7979 10317
2016-07 7883 10319
2016-08 7919 10415
2016-09 8448 10726
2016-10 7493 10062
2016-11 8167 11019
2016-12 7783 10400
2017-01 7657 10808
2017-02 7638 10749
2017-03 7804 11022
2017-04 7887 10837
2017-05 7889 11169
2017-06 8121 11492
2017-07 8471 12552
2017-08 8619 11721
2017-09 8508 11928
2017-10 8852 12048
2017-11 8912 13630
2017-12 8977 12382
2018-01 8850 13627
2018-02 8790 13507
2018-03 8753 13518
2018-04 8637 13216
2018-05 9172 13951
2018-06 9068 13764
2018-07 8854 13643
2018-08 9015 13464
2018-09 9246 13923
2018-10 9356 15243
2018-11 9154 13746
2018-12 9054 13806
2019-01 9666 16952
2019-02 9902 15942
2019-03 9889 16018
2019-04 9690 15784
2019-05 9745 15796
  • * 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 5937 673
2009-03 6233 674
2009-04 6588 716
2009-05 6935 752
2009-06 6901 726
2009-07 7031 713
2009-08 7024 718
2009-09 6994 671
2009-10 7313 739
2009-11 7455 678
2009-12 8053 732
2010-01 7947 845
2010-02 8548 811
2010-03 8399 879
2010-04 7899 799
2010-05 7626 807
2010-06 6464 741
2010-07 7417 777
2010-08 7350 762
2010-09 7497 814
2010-10 7894 818
2010-11 7355 777
2010-12 6753 773
2011-01 6412 779
2011-02 6780 764
2011-03 6595 783
2011-04 6794 807
2011-05 6796 762
2011-06 6571 774
2011-07 6820 776
2011-08 6938 893
2011-09 6862 795
2011-10 6856 805
2011-11 7117 771
2011-12 7087 769
2012-01 7073 769
2012-02 6938 777
2012-03 7220 800
2012-04 7114 792
2012-05 6774 800
2012-06 7344 865
2012-07 7292 892
2012-08 7355 893
2012-09 7119 790
2012-10 6958 834
2012-11 6533 807
2012-12 6603 816
2013-01 6534 834
2013-02 6580 906
2013-03 6694 894
2013-04 6608 795
2013-05 6968 968
2013-06 6589 931
2013-07 6483 919
2013-08 6425 891
2013-09 6460 975
2013-10 6620 939
2013-11 6644 961
2013-12 6874 1020
2014-01 6863 1081
2014-02 6954 1108
2014-03 6570 1038
2014-04 6639 1054
2014-05 6261 1034
2014-06 6346 1082
2014-07 6347 1196
2014-08 6215 1315
2014-09 6074 1162
2014-10 6063 1242
2014-11 6015 2266
2014-12 5958 1318
2015-01 5451 1088
2015-02 5356 1215
2015-03 5571 1899
2015-04 5363 1653
2015-05 5330 1435
2015-06 5354 1561
2015-07 5253 1654
2015-08 5214 1770
2015-09 5508 2054
2015-10 5193 2328
2015-11 5147 2330
2015-12 5117 2487
2016-01 5388 2376
2016-02 5232 2411
2016-03 5016 2470
2016-04 5425 2710
2016-05 5253 2957
2016-06 5172 2957
2016-07 5169 2999
2016-08 5086 2693
2016-09 5123 3161
2016-10 4874 3072
2016-11 4827 2908
2016-12 4905 2935
2017-01 4951 3176
2017-02 4905 3408
2017-03 4935 3347
2017-04 4933 3075
2017-05 4924 3236
2017-06 4921 3358
2017-07 5342 3482
2017-08 5083 3482
2017-09 5070 3219
2017-10 5378 3520
2017-11 5451 4309
2017-12 5539 4549
2018-01 5222 4780
2018-02 5513 4604
2018-03 5551 4896
2018-04 5537 5568
2018-05 5587 6453
2018-06 5738 6122
2018-07 5576 5834
2018-08 5824 6645
2018-09 5782 6368
2018-10 5810 6698
2018-11 5692 6697
2018-12 5897 6504
2019-01 6002 7173
2019-02 6001 7565
2019-03 6102 7930
2019-04 6076 7272
2019-05 6208 7295
  • * 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 Mar. 2019 Apr. 2019 May. 2019
Total 66,750 65,602 65,704
Industry BE 2,761 2,917 2,856
Of which Manufacturing C 2,389 2,447 2,392
Construction FZ 6,102 6,076 6,208
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI 21,054 20,105 20,152
Trade G 9,889 9,690 9,745
Transportation and storage H 7,930 7,272 7,295
Accommodation and food service activities I 3,235 3,143 3,111
Information and communication JZ 3,333 3,422 3,353
Financial and insurance activities KZ 1,624 1,619 1,610
Real estate activities LZ 2,626 2,555 2,647
Business support activities MN 16,018 15,784 15,796
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ 6,941 6,807 6,799
Other services activities RS 6,290 6,317 6,284
  • * 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 May. 19 / Apr. 19 Moving total % change**
SA-WDA * over 3 months over 12 months
Total 0.2 17.4 16.9
Industry BE -2.1 22.8 17.5
Of which Manufacturing C -2.2 18.1 16.2
Construction FZ 2.2 11.0 11.1
Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, Accommodation and Food and beverage activities GI 0.2 19.6 22.9
Trade G 0.6 11.5 8.6
Transportation and storage H 0.3 35.0 57.6
Accommodation and food service activities I -1.0 15.6 12.6
Information and communication JZ -2.0 20.1 17.4
Financial and insurance activities KZ -0.6 14.8 10.1
Real estate activities LZ 3.6 24.2 19.7
Business support activities MN 0.1 18.6 16.7
Public administration and defence, education, human health and social work activities OQ -0.1 5.3 5.2
Other services activities RS -0.5 20.6 19.5
  • * 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)

For further information

The business start-ups data are build from the Register of Enterprises and Establishments (REE), from Sirene register information. The definition of creation adopted by INSEE is based on the concept defined by EUROSTAT, to harmonize and compare European data.

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.

Additional informations (time series) are available at the bottom of this page.

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Business start-ups

Aggregated classification - NA, 2008

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The business start-ups data are build from the Register of Enterprises and Establishments (REE), from Sirene register information. The definition of creation adopted by INSEE is based on the concept defined by EUROSTAT, to harmonize and compare European data.

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.

Additional informations (time series) are available at the bottom of this page.

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