French business births rose +3.3% MoM in June 2025, accelerating from +0.8% in May, with gains across all business types.

• Micro-entrepreneur registrations jumped +4.1% MoM, company creations rebounded +1.8%, and traditional sole proprietorships rose +1.6%.
• Births surged in construction (+14.1% MoM) and industry (+13.1%), while real estate (-4.9%) and trade (-1.7%) declined.
• Business births over the past three months rose +2.6% YoY, driven by companies (+6.0%) and micro-entrepreneurs (+2.6%); sole proprietorships fell -6.2%.
• Specialized distance selling added +2,800 births YoY; construction births were down -1,300 over the same period.
• Over the past twelve months, total business births were nearly flat (+0.2% YoY), with companies up +2.9%, micro-entrepreneurs up +1.3%, and sole proprietorships down -12.8%.

French business births rose +0.5% MoM in May 2025, slowing from +4.0% MoM in April, with conventional business creation up +1.1% and micro-entrepreneur registrations flat at +0.1%.

• Over the past twelve months, business births rose +0.5% YoY, driven by companies (+3.4%) and micro-entrepreneurs (+1.6%), while conventional sole proprietorships fell -13.2%.
• Trade sector births rose +4.9% MoM, while transportation and construction saw sharp declines of -5.6% and -4.3% respectively.
• Over the March–May period, transportation and storage led YoY gains with +3,900 additional births (+19.3%), offset partly by construction (-2,500).
• Business births in education, health, and social work rose +3.1% MoM, and household services rebounded +1.9% MoM after a slight decline in April.