Which regions are covered in the France business creations dataset?

The dataset covers all administrative regions of France, including Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, and Corse, tracking new business registrations quarterly.

What legal categories are distinguished in French regional business data?

Business creations in French regions are broken down into micro-entrepreneurs, sole proprietorships excluding micro-entrepreneurs, and total companies.

How often is the France regional business creations data updated?

The regional business creations statistics for France are published quarterly by INSEE, with historical data starting from 2012.

Are the regional business creations in France seasonally adjusted?

No, this specific quarterly dataset for French regional business creations provides raw, unadjusted figures for each region and legal category.

France business creations by region

Name: France business creations by region
Creator: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

France business creations by region and legal category, quarterly from INSEE.

Source: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)Last updated: Sep 14, 2026, 13:48Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	Q2-2026	Q1-2026	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Île-de-France - Quarterly raw data	55,736	59,743	55,930	51,053	49,047	52,004	49,024	44,016	49,378	51,186	49,777	44,609	41,862
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Centre-Val de Loire - Quarterly raw data	5,966	6,602	5,809	5,406	5,113	5,688	5,138	4,967	4,968	5,651	5,021	4,754	4,474
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - Quarterly raw data	6,405	6,730	6,086	6,103	5,805	5,454	5,314	5,365	5,312	5,677	4,958	5,051	4,815
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Normandie - Quarterly raw data	6,973	7,798	6,698	6,498	6,601	6,538	5,961	5,789	5,915	6,529	6,074	5,836	5,261
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Hauts-de-France - Quarterly raw data	13,275	14,228	12,599	12,011	11,594	12,318	11,575	10,961	11,540	12,696	11,259	10,683	9,858
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Grand Est - Quarterly raw data	13,154	13,718	11,518	12,015	10,783	11,533	11,013	10,485	11,085	12,275	10,918	10,363	9,488
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Pays de la Loire - Quarterly raw data	8,102	9,225	8,245	8,047	6,988	8,013	7,562	7,088	7,015	8,513	6,880	7,183	6,429
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Bretagne - Quarterly raw data	7,569	7,904	6,755	6,700	6,474	6,896	6,245	5,870	6,252	7,043	6,035	5,773	5,411
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Nouvelle-Aquitaine - Quarterly raw data	17,769	18,673	16,886	15,496	16,221	16,635	15,718	14,737	15,060	16,725	14,757	13,811	13,840
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Occitanie - Quarterly raw data	19,496	21,061	18,129	17,702	17,097	18,919	17,792	16,156	16,928	18,495	16,395	15,530	15,568
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Quarterly raw data	23,589	26,746	23,881	22,453	20,551	22,180	21,753	19,737	20,630	23,267	21,656	18,833	18,074
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Quarterly raw data	21,991	22,527	19,534	19,092	17,970	18,971	17,475	16,178	16,623	19,842	16,650	16,221	16,359
Micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Corse - Quarterly raw data	1,354	1,380	1,012	918	1,118	1,215	1,126	900	1,016	1,179	886	867	1,052
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Île-de-France - Quarterly raw data	30,765	36,105	33,921	28,356	30,004	33,137	31,088	24,864	28,776	34,211	31,638	26,162	26,962
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Île-de-France - Quarterly raw data	4,110	5,742	5,145	4,769	4,506	5,486	5,176	4,746	5,376	7,049	6,419	5,522	5,168
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Centre-Val de Loire - Quarterly raw data	2,636	2,808	2,798	2,482	2,494	2,808	2,727	2,387	2,643	2,730	2,798	2,408	2,481
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Centre-Val de Loire - Quarterly raw data	867	911	1,018	926	901	951	954	862	1,000	1,003	1,106	999	950
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - Quarterly raw data	2,683	2,986	2,897	2,889	3,063	2,792	2,832	2,840	2,852	3,099	2,919	2,656	2,668
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - Quarterly raw data	890	986	1,009	1,140	1,114	1,072	1,015	1,149	1,091	1,268	1,208	1,109	1,095
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Normandie - Quarterly raw data	3,249	3,733	3,392	3,320	3,391	3,332	3,202	3,090	3,411	3,459	3,470	3,080	3,017
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Normandie - Quarterly raw data	1,147	1,224	1,220	1,341	1,203	1,134	1,129	1,189	1,312	1,338	1,348	1,314	1,120
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Hauts-de-France - Quarterly raw data	5,556	6,314	6,125	5,369	5,723	6,044	5,902	5,214	5,691	6,334	6,140	5,278	5,283
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Hauts-de-France - Quarterly raw data	1,737	1,878	2,030	1,955	1,806	1,812	1,936	1,824	2,003	2,213	2,192	2,123	1,858
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Grand Est - Quarterly raw data	5,570	6,103	5,679	5,406	5,348	5,872	5,418	5,048	5,327	6,366	5,632	5,143	5,130
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Grand Est - Quarterly raw data	1,881	2,040	2,037	2,125	1,849	1,948	1,852	1,825	1,875	2,272	2,034	2,201	1,912
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Pays de la Loire - Quarterly raw data	4,120	4,526	4,465	4,012	4,029	4,336	4,323	3,753	4,081	4,868	4,460	4,055	4,220
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Pays de la Loire - Quarterly raw data	1,359	1,381	1,376	1,328	1,305	1,393	1,374	1,304	1,336	1,644	1,545	1,573	1,448
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Bretagne - Quarterly raw data	3,941	4,194	4,075	3,921	4,045	4,311	4,119	3,719	3,918	4,487	4,065	3,448	3,764
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Bretagne - Quarterly raw data	1,302	1,312	1,367	1,465	1,335	1,357	1,467	1,339	1,442	1,617	1,478	1,360	1,369
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Nouvelle-Aquitaine - Quarterly raw data	7,562	8,081	7,747	6,960	7,586	7,707	7,371	6,784	7,462	8,287	7,592	6,816	7,543
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Nouvelle-Aquitaine - Quarterly raw data	2,621	2,778	2,731	2,607	2,692	2,658	2,588	2,492	2,666	3,183	2,926	2,861	2,752
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Occitanie - Quarterly raw data	8,602	9,369	8,531	7,906	8,428	8,816	8,232	7,424	8,368	9,090	8,464	7,499	7,974
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Occitanie - Quarterly raw data	2,599	2,809	2,731	2,664	2,538	2,560	2,451	2,465	2,671	3,120	2,943	2,727	2,700
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Quarterly raw data	11,132	12,724	12,154	10,901	11,184	11,447	11,390	9,997	10,889	12,400	11,792	9,381	10,014
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Quarterly raw data	3,163	3,366	3,405	3,304	3,084	3,027	3,129	2,916	3,055	3,788	3,622	3,246	3,077
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Quarterly raw data	9,410	10,405	9,453	8,640	9,186	9,755	8,821	7,726	8,888	10,633	9,126	8,157	8,772
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Quarterly raw data	2,086	2,280	2,137	2,145	1,931	2,325	2,107	2,066	2,099	2,805	2,428	2,432	2,259
Except micro-entrepreneurs - All items - Corse - Quarterly raw data	682	700	610	475	624	588	589	474	614	624	609	456	617
Sole proprietorships except micro-entrepreneurs - Corse - Quarterly raw data	146	135	115	110	100	142	124	112	109	155	130	113	115
All items - Île-de-France - Quarterly raw data	86,501	95,848	89,851	79,409	79,051	85,141	80,112	68,880	78,154	85,397	81,415	70,771	68,824
Corporations - Île-de-France - Quarterly raw data	26,655	30,363	28,776	23,587	25,498	27,651	25,912	20,118	23,400	27,162	25,219	20,640	21,794
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Île-de-France - Quarterly raw data	59,846	65,485	61,075	55,822	53,553	57,490	54,200	48,762	54,754	58,235	56,196	50,131	47,030
All items - Centre-Val de Loire - Quarterly raw data	8,602	9,410	8,607	7,888	7,607	8,496	7,865	7,354	7,611	8,381	7,819	7,162	6,955
Corporations - Centre-Val de Loire - Quarterly raw data	1,769	1,897	1,780	1,556	1,593	1,857	1,773	1,525	1,643	1,727	1,692	1,409	1,531
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Centre-Val de Loire - Quarterly raw data	6,833	7,513	6,827	6,332	6,014	6,639	6,092	5,829	5,968	6,654	6,127	5,753	5,424
All items - Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - Quarterly raw data	9,088	9,716	8,983	8,992	8,868	8,246	8,146	8,205	8,164	8,776	7,877	7,707	7,483
Corporations - Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - Quarterly raw data	1,793	2,000	1,888	1,749	1,949	1,720	1,817	1,691	1,761	1,831	1,711	1,547	1,573
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - Quarterly raw data	7,295	7,716	7,095	7,243	6,919	6,526	6,329	6,514	6,403	6,945	6,166	6,160	5,910
All items - Normandie - Quarterly raw data	10,222	11,531	10,090	9,818	9,992	9,870	9,163	8,879	9,326	9,988	9,544	8,916	8,278
Corporations - Normandie - Quarterly raw data	2,102	2,509	2,172	1,979	2,188	2,198	2,073	1,901	2,099	2,121	2,122	1,766	1,897
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Normandie - Quarterly raw data	8,120	9,022	7,918	7,839	7,804	7,672	7,090	6,978	7,227	7,867	7,422	7,150	6,381
All items - Hauts-de-France - Quarterly raw data	18,831	20,542	18,724	17,380	17,317	18,362	17,477	16,175	17,231	19,030	17,399	15,961	15,141
Corporations - Hauts-de-France - Quarterly raw data	3,819	4,436	4,095	3,414	3,917	4,232	3,966	3,390	3,688	4,121	3,948	3,155	3,425
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Hauts-de-France - Quarterly raw data	15,012	16,106	14,629	13,966	13,400	14,130	13,511	12,785	13,543	14,909	13,451	12,806	11,716
All items - Grand Est - Quarterly raw data	18,724	19,821	17,197	17,421	16,131	17,405	16,431	15,533	16,412	18,641	16,550	15,506	14,618
Corporations - Grand Est - Quarterly raw data	3,689	4,063	3,642	3,281	3,499	3,924	3,566	3,223	3,452	4,094	3,598	2,942	3,218
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Grand Est - Quarterly raw data	15,035	15,758	13,555	14,140	12,632	13,481	12,865	12,310	12,960	14,547	12,952	12,564	11,400
All items - Pays de la Loire - Quarterly raw data	12,222	13,751	12,710	12,059	11,017	12,349	11,885	10,841	11,096	13,381	11,340	11,238	10,649
Corporations - Pays de la Loire - Quarterly raw data	2,761	3,145	3,089	2,684	2,724	2,943	2,949	2,449	2,745	3,224	2,915	2,482	2,772
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Pays de la Loire - Quarterly raw data	9,461	10,606	9,621	9,375	8,293	9,406	8,936	8,392	8,351	10,157	8,425	8,756	7,877
All items - Bretagne - Quarterly raw data	11,510	12,098	10,830	10,621	10,519	11,207	10,364	9,589	10,170	11,530	10,100	9,221	9,175
Corporations - Bretagne - Quarterly raw data	2,639	2,882	2,708	2,456	2,710	2,954	2,652	2,380	2,476	2,870	2,587	2,088	2,395
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Bretagne - Quarterly raw data	8,871	9,216	8,122	8,165	7,809	8,253	7,712	7,209	7,694	8,660	7,513	7,133	6,780
All items - Nouvelle-Aquitaine - Quarterly raw data	25,331	26,754	24,633	22,456	23,807	24,342	23,089	21,521	22,522	25,012	22,349	20,627	21,383
Corporations - Nouvelle-Aquitaine - Quarterly raw data	4,941	5,303	5,016	4,353	4,894	5,049	4,783	4,292	4,796	5,104	4,666	3,955	4,791
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Nouvelle-Aquitaine - Quarterly raw data	20,390	21,451	19,617	18,103	18,913	19,293	18,306	17,229	17,726	19,908	17,683	16,672	16,592
All items - Occitanie - Quarterly raw data	28,098	30,430	26,660	25,608	25,525	27,735	26,024	23,580	25,296	27,585	24,859	23,029	23,542
Corporations - Occitanie - Quarterly raw data	6,003	6,560	5,800	5,242	5,890	6,256	5,781	4,959	5,697	5,970	5,521	4,772	5,274
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Occitanie - Quarterly raw data	22,095	23,870	20,860	20,366	19,635	21,479	20,243	18,621	19,599	21,615	19,338	18,257	18,268
All items - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Quarterly raw data	34,721	39,470	36,035	33,354	31,735	33,627	33,143	29,734	31,519	35,667	33,448	28,214	28,088
Corporations - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Quarterly raw data	7,969	9,358	8,749	7,597	8,100	8,420	8,261	7,081	7,834	8,612	8,170	6,135	6,937
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Quarterly raw data	26,752	30,112	27,286	25,757	23,635	25,207	24,882	22,653	23,685	27,055	25,278	22,079	21,151
All items - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Quarterly raw data	31,401	32,932	28,987	27,732	27,156	28,726	26,296	23,904	25,511	30,475	25,776	24,378	25,131
Corporations - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Quarterly raw data	7,324	8,125	7,316	6,495	7,255	7,430	6,714	5,660	6,789	7,828	6,698	5,725	6,513
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Quarterly raw data	24,077	24,807	21,671	21,237	19,901	21,296	19,582	18,244	18,722	22,647	19,078	18,653	18,618
All items - Corse - Quarterly raw data	2,036	2,080	1,622	1,393	1,742	1,803	1,715	1,374	1,630	1,803	1,495	1,323	1,669
Corporations - Corse - Quarterly daw data	536	565	495	365	524	446	465	362	505	469	479	343	502
Sole proprietorships including micro-entrepreneurs - Corse - Quarterly raw data	1,500	1,515	1,127	1,028	1,218	1,357	1,250	1,012	1,125	1,334	1,016	980	1,167

Latest reading

The latest reading is 55,736 Units, for Q2 2026. That is −6.7% from Q1 2026 and +13.6% from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 2012 to Q2 2026.

Latest: 55,736 Units; Q2 2026
vs previous period: −6.7%; Q1 2026
vs a year earlier: +13.6%

About this data

France business creations by region and legal category, quarterly from INSEE. The dataset tracks the quarterly number of new enterprises across French regions, including Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It breaks down registrations by legal form, distinguishing micro-entrepreneurs and sole proprietorships. These raw quarterly series are available since 2012.

Frequently asked questions

Which regions are covered in the France business creations dataset?: The dataset covers all administrative regions of France, including Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, and Corse, tracking new business registrations quarterly.
What legal categories are distinguished in French regional business data?: Business creations in French regions are broken down into micro-entrepreneurs, sole proprietorships excluding micro-entrepreneurs, and total companies.
How often is the France regional business creations data updated?: The regional business creations statistics for France are published quarterly by INSEE, with historical data starting from 2012.
Are the regional business creations in France seasonally adjusted?: No, this specific quarterly dataset for French regional business creations provides raw, unadjusted figures for each region and legal category.