France BODACC commercial notices: business creations
France BODACC commercial notices: business creations stood at 50,878 Notices in Sep 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Business demography table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 2008 to Sep 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Business demography table
| Indicator | 09-2026 | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | |
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| Company register events | |||||||||||
| Creations of businesses | 50,878 | 46,567 | 48,599 | 47,527 | 43,079 | 50,106 | 51,707 | 46,635 | 43,955 | 45,120 | |
| Registrations (other than creations) | 4,174 | 3,662 | 4,286 | 4,230 | 3,490 | 4,183 | 4,237 | 4,252 | 3,722 | 3,741 |
Understanding france BODACC commercial notices: business creations
Official commercial announcements filed in the official gazette form the count for this register series, capturing the formal establishment of new corporate entities. The tally logs administrative notices published for newly registered market participants, separating fresh commercial units from structural transformations like mergers or capital modifications. Sole proprietorships, partnerships, and limited liability structures feature in the figures depending on legal notification mandates.
Publication workflows generate regular reporting lags, meaning early monthly counts frequently experience subsequent revisions as administrative registries process backlogged notices. Seasonality heavily influences the monthly volume, driven by legal operating calendars and administrative holiday closures, which makes period-on-period evaluation misleading without adjustment. Analysts rely on multi-period comparisons to identify underlying momentum in enterprise formations while filtering out calendar distortions. Correlating these notices with broader startup metrics requires accounting for legal notification thresholds that exclude certain micro-entrepreneurs.
Frequently asked questions
- What source material generates this business creation count?
- Official commercial court notices published in the designated legal gazette provide the raw filings for each registered creation.
- Why do early monthly estimates of these creations typically change?
- Administrative processing lags and registry updates cause subsequent revisions to initial monthly notice totals.
- How do these notices differ from survey-based creation metrics?
- They rely strictly on legal administrative filings rather than statistical surveys or tax registrations, capturing formal register entries.