France SME business failures (12-month raw): transportation
France SME business failures (12-month raw): transportation stood at 3,219 Companies in Aug 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 Dec 2000 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Business demography table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | |
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| SME failures by sector, 12-month cumulative total (raw) | |||||||||||
| Transport and storage | 3,219 | 3,231 | 3,242 | 3,218 | 3,281 | 3,284 | 3,255 | 3,240 | 3,188 | 3,145 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 9,793 | 9,717 | 9,682 | 9,537 | 9,491 | 9,434 | 9,349 | 9,282 | 9,303 | 9,203 |
Understanding france SME business failures (12-month raw): transportation
Transportation and storage small and medium-sized enterprises facing formal insolvency rulings are captured in a twelve-month raw cumulative total of business failures. This sector-specific indicator covers freight transport, passenger transit, warehousing, and logistics service providers, omitting manufacturing, retail, and hospitality firms. Aggregating twelve consecutive months of raw data filters out short-term operational fluctuations and highlights structural distress within the logistics chain. The series measures the mortality of businesses responsible for moving goods and people.
When reviewing this transportation metric, analysts should consider how fuel price volatility, transport demand shifts, and infrastructure costs impact logistics solvency. Because the data is unadjusted and presented as a rolling annual sum, comparing consecutive months is invalid; the proper benchmark is the corresponding cumulative total from the previous year. Provisional entries are updated as commercial courts process delayed liquidation files for freight and warehousing operators. Comparing this sector with trade and manufacturing highlights how logistics distress intersects with goods production and distribution.
Frequently asked questions
- What activities are covered under the transport and storage failure series?
- Freight transport, passenger transit, warehousing, and logistics services operated by small and medium enterprises.
- How does the rolling twelve-month raw format assist in reading transport data?
- It removes short-term operational variations and seasonal delivery peaks, revealing underlying structural trends.
- What external pressures typically drive insolvencies in the transportation sector?
- Fluctuations in fuel costs, regulatory compliance expenses, and shifts in freight shipping demand.