France business failures (SA-WDA): business support
France business failures (SA-WDA): business support stood at 734 units in Jul 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 1990 to Jul 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Business demography table
| Indicator | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | |
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| Business failures (INSEE) | |||||||||||
| SA-WDA data - Business support activities | 734 | 764 | 825 | 821 | 786 | 800 | 768 | 781 | 763 | 670 | |
| SA-WDA data - Education, human health services, social work activities and services to households | 591 | 612 | 639 | 634 | 621 | 637 | 631 | 600 | 608 | 586 |
Understanding france business failures (SA-WDA): business support
Management consultancies, engineering practices, architectural studios, law firms, and corporate administrative support providers facing formal judicial liquidation are measured here. The series applies seasonal and working-day adjustments to insolvency notices across the diverse professional and business support sector. This grouping captures the financial health of knowledge-based services and outsourced corporate functions independently of goods production.
Reading these figures requires understanding that professional service firms often rely on client discretionary spending, making their insolvencies responsive to broader corporate restructuring trends. Because the data are adjusted for working days and seasonality, month-to-month comparisons remain free of calendar distortions. Analysts should review trailing averages to separate genuine trend changes from administrative reporting noise. Comparing this series with IT and communication failures reveals corporate sentiment regarding external advisory and operational expenditures.
Frequently asked questions
- What professional sectors are covered under business support activities?
- Legal, accounting, architectural, engineering, consulting, and administrative support firms facing court bankruptcy are included.
- Why are professional service failures useful for macroeconomic analysis?
- Consulting and support firms are often early indicators of broader corporate cost-cutting and economic contraction.
- How does seasonal adjustment apply to professional services?
- Adjustments remove predictable annual slowdowns associated with holiday periods and administrative court closures.