This diagram reveals the distribution of companies created in France between 2012 and 2022, by legal form. It displays that despite limited liability companies (French: SARL) being the majority of new businesses created from 2012 to 2014, in France, their proportion has steadily declined to become the second most common legal form among new companies. Simplified joint-stock companies (French: SAS) accounted for 64.89 percent of business creations in 2022.
Distribution of companies created in France between 2012 and 2022, by legal structure
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Insee. (February 6, 2023). Distribution of companies created in France between 2012 and 2022, by legal structure [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1011109/businesses-creation-legal-status-france/
Insee. "Distribution of companies created in France between 2012 and 2022, by legal structure ." Chart. February 6, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1011109/businesses-creation-legal-status-france/
Insee. (2023). Distribution of companies created in France between 2012 and 2022, by legal structure . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1011109/businesses-creation-legal-status-france/
Insee. "Distribution of Companies Created in France between 2012 and 2022, by Legal Structure ." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1011109/businesses-creation-legal-status-france/
Insee, Distribution of companies created in France between 2012 and 2022, by legal structure Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1011109/businesses-creation-legal-status-france/ (last visited April 24, 2024)
Distribution of companies created in France between 2012 and 2022, by legal structure [Graph], Insee, February 6, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1011109/businesses-creation-legal-status-france/