Business creations increased sharply in June (+ 38.2%) after their strong rebound in May, returning to their pre-Covid-19 level, reported INSEE on Wednesday.
After two months of fall in March and April, then a rebound of 59.6% (revised figure) in May, business creations have increased "strongly" in all sectors of activity, specifies the National Institute of Statistics .
"The largest increase concerns accommodation and food service activities (+ 75.3%), mainly in fast food activities", followed by transport and storage activities, mainly in home delivery, details INSEE.
Significant decrease compared to last year
All categories combined, 75,246 companies were created in France last month, compared to 54,464 in May and 34,118 in April during the confinement. Before the crisis in February, these creations amounted to 69,514.
The creations of conventional companies increased more strongly than those of micro-enterprises, with an increase of 43.2% for the former against 33.6% for the latter.
However, during the last three months, i.e. between April and June, business start-ups remained sharply down compared to the same months of 2019 (-18.1%).