Creation of Sole Proprietorships (Legal Units)Créations d'entreprises individuelles (unités légales)

Créations d'entreprises individuelles (unités légales)Creation of Sole Proprietorships (Legal Units)

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Annual dataset published by INSEE, the French national statistics institute, providing figures on the number of newly created sole proprietorships (individual businesses) in France. Data are broken down at national, regional, and departmental levels, allowing analysis of business creation trends across different geographic scales. The dataset is freely accessible without authentication and is useful for economic research, regional development studies, and monitoring entrepreneurial activity over time within France.Données annuelles sur le nombre de créations d'entreprises individuelles au niveau national, régional et départemental.

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Data schema (9 fields)

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Field	Type	Description
GEOTerritory	string	Code identifying the geographic area (country, region, or department).Code identifying the geographic area (country, region, or department).
SEX	string	Sex of the business creator, e.g. male, female, or total.Sex of the business creator, e.g. male, female, or total.
FREQFrequency	string	Frequency of the data, e.g. annual.Frequency of the data, e.g. annual.
SIDE_MEASURESide measure	string	Code specifying the type of measure applied to the observation.Code specifying the type of measure applied to the observation.
TIME_PERIODPeriod	string	Year to which the observation refers.Year to which the observation refers.
ACTIVITY	string	Code for the economic activity sector of the business.Code for the economic activity sector of the business.
LEGAL_FORMLegal form	string	Code identifying the legal form of the individual enterprise.Code identifying the legal form of the individual enterprise.
AGE	string	Age group of the business creator, or total for all ages.Age group of the business creator, or total for all ages.
OBS_VALUE_NIVEAUValue	number	Number of individual business creations for the given breakdown.Number of individual business creations for the given breakdown.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1AGE: _T · GEO: 2026-DEP-01

{
  "AGE": "_T",
  "GEO": "2026-DEP-01",
  "SEX": "F",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "ACTIVITY": "BE",
  "LEGAL_FORM": "ENTIND_X_MICRO",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "SIDE_MEASURE": "BURE",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": null
}

Record 2AGE: _T · GEO: 2026-DEP-01

{
  "AGE": "_T",
  "GEO": "2026-DEP-01",
  "SEX": "M",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "ACTIVITY": "BE",
  "LEGAL_FORM": "ENTIND_X_MICRO",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "SIDE_MEASURE": "BURE",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": null
}

Record 3AGE: _T · GEO: 2026-DEP-01

{
  "AGE": "_T",
  "GEO": "2026-DEP-01",
  "SEX": "F",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "ACTIVITY": "BE",
  "LEGAL_FORM": "MICRO",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "SIDE_MEASURE": "BURE",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": null
}

Record 4AGE: _T · GEO: 2026-DEP-01

{
  "AGE": "_T",
  "GEO": "2026-DEP-01",
  "SEX": "M",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "ACTIVITY": "BE",
  "LEGAL_FORM": "MICRO",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "SIDE_MEASURE": "BURE",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": null
}

Record 5AGE: _T · GEO: 2026-DEP-01

{
  "AGE": "_T",
  "GEO": "2026-DEP-01",
  "SEX": "F",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "ACTIVITY": "F",
  "LEGAL_FORM": "ENTIND_X_MICRO",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "SIDE_MEASURE": "BURE",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": null
}

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Base URL: https://api.insee.fr/melodi/data/DS_SIDE_CREA_EI

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