Entrepreneur
NOUN
A person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. Origin: French, from entreprendre ‘undertake’ (see enterprise).
OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
A nation of entrepreneurs
France and businesses
29%
of French people
would like to create their own business
with 54% planning on doing so in the next 2 years
Opinionway, 2020
#1 in Europe
for enterprise creation
Eurostat, 2020
995,868 new businesses
were founded in 2021,
(+17.4% compared with 2020)
INSEE, 2022
More than 5,800
tech startups and scaleups
in Paris
La French Tech, 2020
More than 3 million businesses
in France
Eurostat, 2019
French 45%
of students high school
would like to create their own business
Moovjee, Opinionway, 2019
Founding a company in France
Only 4 days
- 4.5 in United Kingdom
- 8 in Germany
World Bank, Doing Business 2020
Net enterprise creation
40%
of new entrepreneurs
are women
One of the lowest business death rates in Europe
4.7%
en 2016
Eurostat, 2019
The word entrepreneur is French; it is in our DNA. We have a strong desire to start things and set up businesses.
Xavier Niel