February 25, 2023

In January 2023, the number of business births for all enterprises in France decreased again (‑5.1% after ‑3.3% in December, seasonally and working-day adjusted). This sharp decline is due to the strong drop in conventional business births (‑7.8% after +0.5%) and to a further decrease in micro-entre preneurs’ registrations (‑3.3% after ‑5.6%).

Sharp drop in business births in most sectors over a month

In January 2023, seasonally and working-day adjusted, business births decreased over a month in most sectors. They dropped more than in the previous month in business support activities (‑5.2% after ‑2.6%) and in industry (‑21.1% after ‑6.5%), and fell back sharply in transportation and storage (‑10.8% after +8.9%). However, business births recovered in real estate activities (+1.6% after ‑6.4%).

Significant rise in business births in the last three months

The raw number of business set up from November 2022 to January 2023 increased sharply, in comparison with the same months one year earlier (+7.0%). This increase was driven by the dynamism in micro-entrepreneurs’ registrations (+8.8%) and company births (+6.8%). Conversely, conventional sole proprietorships’ births decreased (‑2.1%).

Over this period, business support activities made the largest positive contribution to the overall increase (+7,700 business births compared to the same months one year earlier, representing a contribution* of +3.0 points). Within this sector, the rise was due in particular to that of activities of general cleaning of buildings (+1,800 business births over over the last three months).

* 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.

Increase in business births over the last twelve months

The raw number of business births over the last twelve months (from February 2022 to January 2023) increased (+1.8% year on year). Micro-entrepreneurs’ registrations (+2.4%) and company births (+4.8%) rose sharply. Conversely, conventional sole proprietorships’ births decreased steeply (‑7.3%).

Over this period, the decline is particularly marked in transportation and storage activities (‑33.1% year on year), a sector in which business births expanded strongly during the health crisis.

Source: INSEE
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