France records 119,307 business creations in September as quarterly total rises
INSEE reported 119,307 business creations in September 2026, a 1.1% increase from August after that month’s rise was revised to 7.2%. The September figure is adjusted for seasonal variation and working days; the monthly increase marks a slowdown from August’s revised pace.
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For July through September, unadjusted creations totaled 45,471 more than a year earlier, up 16.0%. Classic individual businesses rose 23.2%, micro-entrepreneur registrations 18.6%, and company formations 6.2%. These are business registrations, not jobs or measures of firms’ survival.
Data
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INSEE reports business creations rising in September and in the third quarter; monthly and quarterly series use different adjustments.
- September 2026 business creations, adjusted
- 119,307 count
- 2026-09 · Observed
- Monthly increase in September 2026 creations
- 1.1 percent
- 2026-09 · Observed
- Q3 raw creations above Q3 2025
- 45,471 count
- 2026-07 - 2026-09 · Observed
- Q3 annual rise in raw creations
- 16 percent
- 2026-07 - 2026-09 · Observed
Methodology
The monthly figure is seasonally and working-day adjusted; the quarterly comparison uses raw data against the same months a year earlier.
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