France business creations and failures
France business creations and failures by sector and company size, monthly from INSEE.
| Indicator | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 04-2025 | 03-2025 | 02-2025 | 01-2025 | 12-2024 | 11-2024 | 10-2024 | 09-2024 | 08-2024 | 07-2024 | 06-2024 | 05-2024 | 04-2024 | 03-2024 | 02-2024 | 01-2024 | 12-2023 | 11-2023 | 10-2023 | 09-2023 | 08-2023 | 07-2023 | |
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| Business creations2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasonally adjusted58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raw data58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business failures (INSEE)24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SA-WDA data - Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 126 | 203 | 134 | 149 | 164 | 151 | 151 | 128 | 159 | 150 | 120 | 163 | 156 | 134 | 126 | 156 | 148 | 94 | 139 | 128 | 116 | 130 | 119 | 103 | 123 | 119 | 137 | 108 | 111 | 120 | 157 | 124 | 113 | 101 | 110 | 95 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Industry | 352 | 385 | 369 | 392 | 374 | 377 | 352 | 375 | 385 | 397 | 321 | 388 | 374 | 367 | 378 | 353 | 365 | 354 | 370 | 380 | 350 | 350 | 300 | 356 | 393 | 357 | 336 | 376 | 362 | 330 | 363 | 318 | 335 | 348 | 304 | 341 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Construction | 1,187 | 1,121 | 1,286 | 1,194 | 1,292 | 1,281 | 1,173 | 1,234 | 1,203 | 1,268 | 1,029 | 1,247 | 1,204 | 1,249 | 1,250 | 1,231 | 1,229 | 1,118 | 1,517 | 1,366 | 1,201 | 1,268 | 1,002 | 1,193 | 1,336 | 1,307 | 1,177 | 1,261 | 1,156 | 1,119 | 1,216 | 1,088 | 1,171 | 1,053 | 1,012 | 1,049 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Wholesale and retail trade, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles | 1,200 | 1,218 | 1,235 | 1,188 | 1,207 | 1,199 | 1,218 | 1,229 | 1,089 | 1,182 | 1,049 | 1,193 | 1,126 | 1,105 | 1,322 | 1,120 | 1,187 | 1,076 | 1,147 | 1,144 | 1,215 | 1,169 | 1,016 | 1,156 | 1,194 | 1,208 | 1,103 | 1,161 | 1,152 | 1,174 | 1,102 | 1,103 | 1,122 | 1,052 | 991 | 990 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Transportation and storage | 283 | 281 | 269 | 274 | 269 | 304 | 289 | 272 | 290 | 254 | 208 | 260 | 294 | 322 | 268 | 257 | 255 | 241 | 265 | 271 | 269 | 277 | 186 | 275 | 242 | 250 | 238 | 253 | 263 | 212 | 246 | 223 | 194 | 196 | 187 | 196 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Accommodation and food service activities | 872 | 915 | 843 | 843 | 860 | 813 | 827 | 835 | 770 | 807 | 561 | 793 | 818 | 767 | 783 | 797 | 790 | 790 | 769 | 741 | 765 | 762 | 566 | 713 | 740 | 713 | 721 | 693 | 709 | 677 | 732 | 728 | 707 | 644 | 591 | 650 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Information and communication | 184 | 197 | 191 | 188 | 179 | 200 | 173 | 191 | 171 | 186 | 130 | 172 | 185 | 177 | 185 | 173 | 187 | 167 | 196 | 173 | 180 | 174 | 140 | 175 | 174 | 184 | 155 | 157 | 148 | 149 | 160 | 153 | 148 | 139 | 136 | 149 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Financial and insurance activities | 157 | 148 | 150 | 184 | 150 | 133 | 135 | 134 | 161 | 137 | 107 | 128 | 149 | 133 | 146 | 141 | 135 | 116 | 143 | 151 | 137 | 145 | 115 | 157 | 135 | 153 | 139 | 137 | 144 | 135 | 143 | 108 | 124 | 129 | 109 | 108 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Real estate activities | 247 | 244 | 242 | 201 | 217 | 212 | 221 | 235 | 220 | 225 | 164 | 237 | 239 | 198 | 198 | 227 | 204 | 211 | 221 | 208 | 223 | 219 | 164 | 216 | 203 | 230 | 220 | 236 | 218 | 223 | 207 | 188 | 209 | 150 | 153 | 161 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Business support activities | 776 | 834 | 828 | 798 | 805 | 775 | 783 | 766 | 676 | 784 | 568 | 745 | 745 | 691 | 688 | 781 | 682 | 693 | 698 | 731 | 725 | 709 | 502 | 665 | 678 | 667 | 617 | 623 | 633 | 690 | 607 | 599 | 604 | 570 | 513 | 567 | ||
| SA-WDA data - Education, human health services, social work activities and services to households | 624 | 643 | 638 | 623 | 640 | 633 | 601 | 608 | 587 | 610 | 455 | 596 | 645 | 546 | 539 | 554 | 529 | 506 | 538 | 565 | 547 | 508 | 430 | 493 | 475 | 496 | 492 | 505 | 485 | 474 | 502 | 445 | 460 | 461 | 466 | 460 | ||
| SA-WDA data - All economic activities | 6,045 | 6,197 | 6,188 | 6,059 | 6,215 | 6,076 | 5,887 | 6,068 | 5,757 | 6,046 | 4,627 | 5,931 | 5,975 | 5,692 | 5,878 | 5,811 | 5,758 | 5,363 | 5,956 | 5,910 | 5,766 | 5,751 | 4,463 | 5,515 | 5,721 | 5,684 | 5,315 | 5,529 | 5,425 | 5,301 | 5,390 | 5,132 | 5,211 | 4,880 | 4,513 | 4,773 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 1,783 | 1,798 | 1,756 | 1,749 | 1,748 | 1,731 | 1,679 | 1,657 | 1,657 | 1,610 | 1,584 | 1,586 | 1,530 | 1,499 | 1,486 | 1,499 | 1,450 | 1,416 | 1,443 | 1,452 | 1,464 | 1,455 | 1,427 | 1,421 | 1,401 | 1,390 | 1,377 | 1,365 | 1,362 | 1,328 | 1,307 | 1,254 | 1,236 | 1,259 | 1,241 | 1,233 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Industry | 4,458 | 4,446 | 4,466 | 4,477 | 4,415 | 4,405 | 4,402 | 4,404 | 4,410 | 4,373 | 4,301 | 4,290 | 4,273 | 4,291 | 4,280 | 4,239 | 4,257 | 4,272 | 4,252 | 4,232 | 4,211 | 4,179 | 4,172 | 4,186 | 4,114 | 4,082 | 4,043 | 4,018 | 3,981 | 3,919 | 3,926 | 3,882 | 3,842 | 3,778 | 3,713 | 3,703 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Construction | 14,483 | 14,372 | 14,598 | 14,560 | 14,534 | 14,479 | 14,373 | 14,662 | 14,778 | 14,779 | 14,710 | 14,704 | 14,720 | 14,837 | 14,888 | 14,804 | 14,833 | 14,820 | 14,825 | 14,471 | 14,334 | 14,252 | 14,031 | 14,067 | 13,781 | 13,415 | 13,087 | 12,722 | 12,470 | 12,137 | 11,835 | 11,486 | 11,094 | 10,621 | 10,327 | 10,270 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Wholesale and retail trade, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles | 14,144 | 13,951 | 13,967 | 14,058 | 13,931 | 13,907 | 13,843 | 13,720 | 13,640 | 13,775 | 13,693 | 13,691 | 13,713 | 13,777 | 13,857 | 13,638 | 13,680 | 13,698 | 13,808 | 13,720 | 13,794 | 13,639 | 13,515 | 13,528 | 13,214 | 13,001 | 12,844 | 12,651 | 12,629 | 12,318 | 12,069 | 11,822 | 11,534 | 11,180 | 11,035 | 10,985 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Transportation and storage | 3,244 | 3,224 | 3,287 | 3,289 | 3,259 | 3,245 | 3,195 | 3,152 | 3,150 | 3,127 | 3,137 | 3,120 | 3,154 | 3,101 | 3,033 | 3,004 | 3,001 | 3,021 | 2,993 | 2,957 | 2,939 | 2,847 | 2,769 | 2,777 | 2,674 | 2,617 | 2,559 | 2,493 | 2,430 | 2,320 | 2,288 | 2,201 | 2,082 | 2,040 | 2,031 | 2,008 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Accommodation and food service activities | 9,692 | 9,551 | 9,504 | 9,447 | 9,359 | 9,290 | 9,310 | 9,210 | 9,123 | 9,119 | 9,033 | 9,053 | 9,012 | 8,931 | 8,881 | 8,823 | 8,716 | 8,665 | 8,551 | 8,478 | 8,539 | 8,447 | 8,332 | 8,376 | 8,232 | 8,165 | 8,181 | 8,022 | 8,022 | 7,862 | 7,803 | 7,645 | 7,398 | 7,167 | 7,059 | 6,989 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Information and communication | 2,146 | 2,128 | 2,129 | 2,123 | 2,099 | 2,107 | 2,083 | 2,097 | 2,081 | 2,092 | 2,071 | 2,086 | 2,099 | 2,088 | 2,089 | 2,058 | 2,043 | 2,014 | 1,995 | 1,953 | 1,951 | 1,910 | 1,876 | 1,878 | 1,831 | 1,801 | 1,759 | 1,749 | 1,747 | 1,735 | 1,718 | 1,676 | 1,623 | 1,585 | 1,556 | 1,528 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Financial and insurance activities | 1,717 | 1,693 | 1,694 | 1,690 | 1,638 | 1,624 | 1,615 | 1,616 | 1,631 | 1,606 | 1,605 | 1,616 | 1,653 | 1,640 | 1,658 | 1,652 | 1,646 | 1,661 | 1,684 | 1,677 | 1,651 | 1,633 | 1,615 | 1,614 | 1,546 | 1,527 | 1,489 | 1,434 | 1,417 | 1,360 | 1,326 | 1,279 | 1,265 | 1,228 | 1,187 | 1,164 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - All economic activities | 70,803 | 70,117 | 70,262 | 69,968 | 69,406 | 68,970 | 68,540 | 68,325 | 68,164 | 68,184 | 67,564 | 67,521 | 67,387 | 67,130 | 67,089 | 66,529 | 66,233 | 66,160 | 66,123 | 65,311 | 65,137 | 64,303 | 63,420 | 63,613 | 62,201 | 61,368 | 60,503 | 59,344 | 58,745 | 57,340 | 56,274 | 54,910 | 53,384 | 51,727 | 50,781 | 50,360 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Real estate activities | 2,653 | 2,620 | 2,603 | 2,560 | 2,574 | 2,563 | 2,573 | 2,561 | 2,536 | 2,536 | 2,520 | 2,525 | 2,514 | 2,479 | 2,506 | 2,527 | 2,535 | 2,562 | 2,575 | 2,549 | 2,550 | 2,521 | 2,454 | 2,452 | 2,374 | 2,334 | 2,270 | 2,205 | 2,111 | 2,037 | 1,946 | 1,850 | 1,796 | 1,694 | 1,675 | 1,648 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Business support activities | 9,085 | 8,981 | 8,932 | 8,796 | 8,739 | 8,622 | 8,573 | 8,455 | 8,419 | 8,471 | 8,351 | 8,304 | 8,251 | 8,191 | 8,163 | 8,094 | 7,935 | 7,919 | 7,917 | 7,801 | 7,744 | 7,581 | 7,440 | 7,475 | 7,290 | 7,195 | 7,092 | 6,970 | 6,939 | 6,773 | 6,538 | 6,402 | 6,189 | 5,979 | 5,828 | 5,770 | ||
| 12-month cumulative raw data - Education, human health services, social work activities and services to households | 7,225 | 7,183 | 7,158 | 7,059 | 6,958 | 6,852 | 6,751 | 6,660 | 6,620 | 6,577 | 6,442 | 6,430 | 6,352 | 6,189 | 6,141 | 6,091 | 6,040 | 6,019 | 5,987 | 5,930 | 5,869 | 5,755 | 5,706 | 5,757 | 5,668 | 5,766 | 5,730 | 5,643 | 5,569 | 5,480 | 5,450 | 5,338 | 5,251 | 5,124 | 5,053 | 4,985 | ||
| Business failures by company size4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of business failures, 12-month cumulative total (raw)7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of business failures in the month (seasonally and working-day adjusted)6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SME failures by sector, 12-month cumulative total (raw)9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Economic weight of failures: share of mobilised bank credit, 12-month cumulative6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BODACC commercial notices3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Company register events5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Insolvency and prevention proceedings3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annual accounts1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registrations and bankruptcies index (Eurostat)2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business registrations, whole economy8 | 127.5 | 123.6 | 118.8 | 115.7 | 114.7 | 117.1 | 120.1 | 117.8 | 111.4 | 117.9 | 114.2 | 117.6 | 120.2 | 107 | 108.4 | 110.1 | 97.1 | 104.2 | 109.4 | 101.6 | 110.7 | 105.7 | 98.4 | 107.7 | 109.8 | 104.1 | 108.2 | 105 | 101.5 | 108.4 | 109.3 | 104.3 | 109.5 | 102.5 | 109.7 | 110.4 | 94.5 | |
| Bankruptcy declarations, whole economy8 | 254.6 | 270.7 | 243.8 | 279.3 | 267.4 | 261.8 | 253.1 | 273.5 | 248.1 | 250.8 | 260.9 | 208.2 | 264.8 | 241.1 | 252.9 | 267.3 | 245.7 | 243.7 | 237.8 | 264.9 | 242.1 | 253.3 | 238 | 202.8 | 261.6 | 232.5 | 251.8 | 240.8 | 236 | 242.7 | 235 | 226.8 | 234.5 | 220.9 | 205.2 | 226.9 | 198 |
Latest reading
SA-WDA data - All economic activities stood at 6,045 Units in Jun 2026. That is −2.5% from May 2026 and +1.2% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1990 to Jun 2026.
- Latest
- 6,045 Units
- Jun 2026
- vs previous period
- −2.5%
- May 2026
- vs a year earlier
- +1.2%
About this data
France business creations and failures by sector and company size, monthly from INSEE. This dataset includes monthly enterprise creations by legal form, including micro-entrepreneurs. It also provides business failures from INSEE and the Banque de France, BODACC commercial notices, and Eurostat bankruptcy indices. All series are available as raw or seasonally adjusted data since 1990.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the source of France business creations and failures data?
- The monthly data on business creations and failures in France is compiled by INSEE, the French national statistics institute, with additional business failure statistics sourced from the Banque de France.
- Does the France business creations data include micro-entrepreneurs?
- Yes, the business creations series in France includes breakdowns for micro-entrepreneurs, as well as sole proprietorships and corporations, available in both raw and seasonally adjusted formats.
- How far back does the France business failures dataset go?
- The monthly series tracking business creations, failures, and BODACC commercial notices in France starts in 1990 and is updated on a monthly basis.
- What are BODACC commercial notices in France?
- BODACC notices are official publications of commercial sales, transfers, and insolvency proceedings in France, which serve as an indicator of business demography alongside INSEE bankruptcy data.
