France business creations: including Mayotte
France business creations: including Mayotte stood at 1,165,795 Enterprises in 2025, according to INSEE – Créations d'entreprises au niveau départemental, régional et national (SIDE), Melodi. It is one of the indicators in the Business creations by département table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2012 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Business creations by département table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France (including Mayotte) | 1,165,795 | 1,111,238 | 1,051,476 | 1,061,969 | 1,050,520 | 900,169 | 864,557 | 749,330 | 657,591 | 603,540 |
Understanding france business creations: including Mayotte
This series tallies the aggregate count of newly established legal enterprise units across the entire national scope, combining metropolitan territories alongside overseas departments. The measurement captures both traditional corporate formations and simplified individual sole proprietorship statuses, including micro-entrepreneur registrations, within a unified annual metric. Unlike individual territorial subdivisions in the dataset, this aggregate total functions as the macro-level benchmark for nationwide entrepreneurial dynamism, absorbing regional divergences into a single overarching indicator.
Interpreting this expansive total requires accounting for administrative lag and subsequent updates that adjust initial provisional tabulations. Period-on-period comparisons remain vulnerable to legislative adjustments regarding simplified business schemes, making year-on-year analysis more reliable for assessing underlying momentum. Analysts should avoid treating this aggregate as uniform across all jurisdictions, as concentrated urban centers often dominate the national movement while peripheral areas follow distinct patterns.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series include overseas territories outside metropolitan borders?
- Yes, this specific aggregate incorporates Mayotte alongside the European territory figures.
- Are micro-entrepreneurs counted in these enterprise totals?
- Yes, simplified sole proprietorships under the micro-entrepreneur regime are fully included in the registration count.
- How frequently are these enterprise creation figures updated?
- The statistics are compiled and published on an annual basis following finalized administrative records.