Distribution of companies created in France 2012-2023, by legal status
This diagram reveals the distribution of companies created in France between 2012 and 2023, 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 65.77 percent of business creations in 2023.