[DIREN] Observations and analyses of businesses in France.

Updated by provider on July 9, 2025 (3:01 PM).

Source Documentation

[FREQ] Frequency code list

[A] Annual

[M] Monthly

[Q] Quarterly

[W] Weekly

[REF_AREA] Area code list

[D01] Ain

[D02] Aisne

[D03] Allier

[D04] Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

[D05] Hautes-Alpes

[D06] Alpes-Maritimes

[D07] Ardèche

[D08] Ardennes

[D09] Ariège

[D10] Aube

[D11] Aude

[D12] Aveyron

[D13] Bouches-du-Rhône

[D14] Calvados

[D15] Cantal

[D16] Charente

[D17] Charente-Maritime

[D18] Cher

[D19] Corrèze

[D21] Côte-d'Or

[D22] Côtes-d'Armor

[D23] Creuse

[D24] Dordogne

[D25] Doubs

[D26] Drôme

[D27] Eure

[D28] Eure-et-Loir

[D29] Finistère

[D2A] Corse-du-Sud

[D2B] Haute-Corse

[D30] Gard

[D31] Haute-Garonne

[D32] Gers

[D33] Gironde

[D34] Hérault

[D35] Ille-et-Vilaine

[D36] Indre

[D37] Indre-et-Loire

[D38] Isère

[D39] Jura

[D40] Landes

[D41] Loir-et-Cher

[D42] Loire

[D43] Haute-Loire

[D44] Loire-Atlantique

[D45] Loiret

[D46] Lot

[D47] Lot-et-Garonne

[D48] Lozere

[D49] Maine-et-Loire

[D50] Manche

[D51] Marne

[D52] Haute-Marne

[D53] Mayenne

[D54] Meurthe-et-Moselle

[D55] Meuse

[D56] Morbihan

[D57] Moselle

[D58] Nièvre

[D59] Nord

[D60] Oise

[D61] Orne

[D62] Pas-de-Calais

[D63] Puy-de-Dôme

[D64] Pyrénées-Atlantiques

[D65] Hautes-Pyrénées

[D66] Pyrénées-Orientales

[D67] Bas-Rhin

[D68] Haut-Rhin

[D69] Rhône

[D70] Haute-Saône

[D71] Saône-et-Loire

[D72] Sarthe

[D73] Savoie

[D74] Haute-Savoie

[D75] Paris

[D76] Seine-Maritime

[D77] Seine-et-Marne

[D78] Yvelines

[D79] Deux-Sèvres

[D80] Somme

[D81] Tarn

[D82] Tarn-et-Garonne

[D83] Var

[D84] Vaucluse

[D85] Vendée

[D86] Vienne

[D87] Haute-Vienne

[D88] Vosges

[D89] Yonne

[D90] Territoire de Belfort

[D91] Essonne

[D92] Hauts-de-Seine

[D93] Seine-Saint-Denis

[D94] Val-de-Marne

[D95] Val-d`Oise

[D971] Guadeloupe

[D972] Martinique

[D973] Guyane

[D974] La Réunion

[D975] Saint Pierre et Miquelon

[D976] Mayotte

[DOM] Ensemble des départements d`Outre-Mer

[FR] France

[R11] Île-de-France

[R21] Champagne-Ardenne

[R22] Picardie

[R23] Haute-Normandie

[R24] Centre-Val de Loire

[R25] Basse-Normandie

[R26] Bourgogne

[R27] Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

[R28] Normandie

[R31] Nord-Pas-de-Calais

[R32] Hauts-de-France

[R41] Lorraine

[R42] Alsace

[R43] Franche-Comte

[R44] Grand Est

[R52] Pays de La Loire

[R53] Bretagne

[R54] Poitou-Charentes

[R72] Aquitaine

[R73] Midi-Pyrénées

[R74] Limousin

[R75] Nouvelle-Aquitaine

[R76] Occitanie

[R82] Rhône-Alpes

[R83] Auvergne

[R84] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

[R91] Languedoc-Roussillon

[R93] Provence-Alpes-Côte d`Azur

[R94] Corse

[DIREN_THECO] Economic concept

[BI] Firms balance sheets

[CR] Corporate loan stocks

[DE] Company demography

[DP] Payment periods

[DIREN_NATURE] Nature entreprise

[LME] Criteria of Economic Modernisation Act

[UL] Legal entities

[DIREN_OBJET] Item

[AC] Other short term drawn loans

[AE] Share of "other debts" in financial debt

[AF] Internal financing rate

[BE] Share of bank loans in financial debt

[BF] Working capital requirement

[BV] Bank debt ratio

[CB] Share of ordinary bank loans in bank debt

[CC] Drawn loans - Commercial paper

[CD] Drawn loans - overdraft accounts

[CE] Debt capacity

[CI] Corporate trade credit

[CL] Days sales outstanding

[CO] Apparent cost of debt

[CP] Share of called up equity capital in resources

[DE] Financial debt ratio (to equity capital)

[DF] Company failures

[DI] Share of stakeholders in total income

[EN] Drawn + undrawn loans

[EP] Savings rate

[EV] Financial debt ratio (to value added)

[EX] Export rate

[FC] Drawn loans - Factoring

[FL] Turnover

[FO] Days payable outstanding

[GC] Group share < 1 year in financial debt

[IN] Investment rate

[IR] Share of interest payments in total gross income

[MA] Undrawn loans

[MC] Short-term drawn loans

[ME] Drawn loans

[NC] Net financial debt ratio

[NE] Number of companies (Economic Modernisation Act)

[OB] Share of bonds in financial debt

[PB] Impact of company failures in terms of bank debt

[PC] Impact of company failures in terms of drawn loans

[PE] State's share in total income

[PF] Impact of company failures in terms of trade payables

[PI] Share of interest payments in total gross income

[PK] Rate of return on operating capital

[PN] Impact of company failures in terms of number of firms

[PP] Payroll's share in total income

[PT] Labour efficiency ratio

[PV] Impact of company failures in terms of value added

[PY] Impact of company failures in terms of staff

[RB] Gross return on operating capital

[RF] Return on equity

[RN] Net return on operating capital

[RP] Net return on equity

[ST] Inventories

[TM] Profit margin

[VA] Value added

[DIREN_MESURE] Data type

[01] Outstanding

[02] Monthly cumulative

[03] 12-month cumulative

[05] Weighted mean ratio

[06] Number

[07] Year-on-year growth rate

[08] Quarter-on-quarter growth rate

[09] Non weighted average

[10] Median

[13] Standard deviation

[19] Quarterly cumulative

[20] Weekly cumulative

[21] Two-year growth rate

[22] Basis December 2019

[25] Number

[ADJUSTMENT] Adjustment indicator code list

[N] Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted

[Y] Working day and seasonally adjusted

[DIREN_SECTACT] Economic sector

[AZ] Agriculture, forestry and fishing

[BE] Industry

[C] Manufacturing

[C1] Manufacture of food products, beverages and foof products

[C2] Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

[C3] Manufacture of electrical, electronic and computer equipment; manufacture of machinery

[C4] Manufacture of transport equipment

[C5] Manufacture of other industrial products

[DE] Mining and quarrying, energy, water and waste management

[FA] Financial and insurance activities except holding companies

[FZ] Construction

[G] Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles

[H] Transportation and storage

[HO] Holdings companies

[HS] Holding companies and head offices

[I] Accommodation and restaurants

[IM] Real estate activities (LZ) + real estate development

[JZ] Information and communication

[KZ] Financial and insurance activities

[LZ] Real estate activities

[MN] Business support activities

[NC] Unknown

[PQ] Education, human health services and social work activities

[PS] Education, human health services, social work activities and services to households

[RS] Services to households

[ZZ] All sectors

[DIREN_TAILLENT] Business size

[EA] Companies more than three years old

[EI] Mid-tier enterprises

[EJ] Companies less than three years old

[ENR] Unidentified size companies

[GE] Large enterprises

[IG] Mid-tier enterprises and large enterprises

[ME] Medium enterprises

[MI] Microenterprises and firms of an unidentified size

[NP] Non relevant size

[PA] SMEs more than three years old

[PE] Small enterprises

[PG] SME subsidiaries of a group

[PH] SMEs except microenterprises

[PI] Independent SMEs

[PJ] SMEs less than three years old

[PM] SMEs

[PMHI] SMEs (excluding sole trader)

[PY] Independent SMEs without microenterprises

[SCI] Property Investment Company

[T1] SMEs, Mid-tier enterprises and large enterprises

[T1HI] SMEs, Mid-tier enterprises and large enterprises (excluding sole traders)

[TP] Very small enterprises

[TT] Businesses of all sizes

[TTHI] Businesses of all sizes (excluding sole traders)

Search filters

Frequency code list [FREQ] (4)

Area code list [REF_AREA] (133)

Economic concept [DIREN_THECO] (4)

Nature entreprise [DIREN_NATURE] (2)

Item [DIREN_OBJET] (51)

Data type [DIREN_MESURE] (15)

Adjustment indicator code list [ADJUSTMENT] (2)

Economic sector [DIREN_SECTACT] (26)

Business size [DIREN_TAILLENT] (24)

This dataset has 2,684 series:

Trim NA Values

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.AZ.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=19.7

to: 2021=26.5

min:: 19.7

max:: 37

avg:: 29.965

σ:: 4.188

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.C.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Manufacturing, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=50.4

to: 2021=51

min:: 46.5

max:: 57.7

avg:: 52.281

σ:: 2.795

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.DE.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Mining and quarrying, energy, water and waste management, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=58.5

to: 2021=64.3

min:: 45.5

max:: 74.8

avg:: 64.635

σ:: 5.298

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.FZ.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Construction, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=48.4

to: 2021=36.3

min:: 26.3

max:: 48.4

avg:: 33.869

σ:: 5.694

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.G.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=38.3

to: 2021=44.8

min:: 32.5

max:: 58.5

avg:: 41.023

σ:: 5.923

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.H.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Transportation and storage, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=12.6

to: 2021=18.2

min:: 12.5

max:: 26.6

avg:: 17.481

σ:: 3.893

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.I.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Accommodation and restaurants, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=42.2

to: 2021=44

min:: 38.1

max:: 48.3

avg:: 42.996

σ:: 3.025

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.JZ.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Information and communication, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=28.1

to: 2021=34.9

min:: 19.8

max:: 77.2

avg:: 36.619

σ:: 12.534

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.LZ.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Real estate activities, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=25.6

to: 2021=27.4

min:: 20.9

max:: 27.6

avg:: 24.131

σ:: 1.783

[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.MN.TT] Firms' balance sheets, Share of other debts in financial debt, Business support activities, Businesses of all sizes, LME Criteria, Weighted mean ratio, Gross

from: 1996=39.6

to: 2021=38.8

min:: 30.6

max:: 46.1

avg:: 36.842

σ:: 3.829

Series code	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.AZ.TT]	19.7	35.3	37	31.9	35	34.1	30	29.6	33.6	35.1	30.2	31.2	25.5	21.5	23.1	28.1	27.2	32.2	31.2	32.1	31.2	30.9	29.2	30.7	27	26.5
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.C.TT]	50.4	51.1	49.9	49	46.5	49	50.9	51	54	53.8	57.7	53.3	54.4	57.5	56.6	52	54.8	54.6	56.2	48.8	50.5	51	52.1	52.4	50.8	51
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.DE.TT]	58.5	59.8	60.8	45.5	60.5	63.4	66.3	66	66.1	74.8	72.6	70.1	70.5	64.1	61.9	64.8	63.9	67.2	67.1	66.5	67.1	64.9	64.9	63.9	65	64.3
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.FZ.TT]	48.4	45.8	43.5	30.4	35.6	41	33.7	29.2	31.7	31.7	28.7	26.3	27.6	26.6	28.9	29.3	37.9	32.8	32.6	30.4	30.6	33	33.5	38.6	36.5	36.3
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.G.TT]	38.3	37.7	32.5	35.6	34.8	35.6	33.5	34.6	35	37.9	40.3	40.8	40.5	38.5	40	40.8	41.4	43.8	43.1	58.5	49.8	49.9	46.5	46.4	46	44.8
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.H.TT]	12.6	13.2	12.8	13.2	12.5	13.3	13.4	17.1	17.6	18.8	18.5	13.2	13.1	14.9	19	19.7	21	18.7	19.1	24.5	26.6	20.8	21.2	21.9	19.6	18.2
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.I.TT]	42.2	48.3	45.1	38.5	40.1	38.3	38.1	38.6	39.4	40.5	45.3	44.3	45	40.5	46.2	40.8	42	44.2	42.7	46.6	45.8	45.2	46.9	46.8	42.5	44
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.JZ.TT]	28.1	40.7	32.9	27.5	70.5	77.2	42.3	37.7	52.2	19.8	24.2	28.7	35.5	37.9	38.9	37.7	26.1	29.8	35.8	33.3	30.9	37.5	28.6	32.1	31.3	34.9
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.LZ.TT]	25.6	24.2	25.5	21	20.9	21.6	22.2	23.5	23.1	24.6	25.2	22.7	22.5	24.5	25.9	27.6	26.2	24	22	23.5	23.4	25.7	24.6	24.4	25.6	27.4
[A.FR.BI.LME.AE.05.N.MN.TT]	39.6	44.5	36.4	31.3	32.3	33	40.5	38.1	38.4	34.4	30.6	37.5	46.1	30.7	33.3	33.9	39.4	41.3	34.8	36.4	35.6	37.2	37.6	38.9	37.3	38.8