Startup Employment Barometer in France: January-February 2025 (Numeum)

Summary

• The barometer analyses a sample of 14,600 French startups in 2025, and counts jobs created and removed each month.p.3
• A startup is defined as having at most 850 employees and being created after 2008.p.3
• The year 2025 starts with growth twice as high as the same two months of 2024.p.4
• The sample of 14,675 startups created 3,012 net jobs in the month, a monthly variation of 0.8%.p.4
• The number of jobs created is close to double those removed in January and February.p.6
• Each month, nearly two thirds of startups keep a stable headcount, while growth is driven by about 1 startup in 5.p.7
• Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes drive growth as in previous years.p.8

Key insights

1. The first two months of the year equal or exceed every month of 2024.p.5
2. Digital startups regain their historical first place, while greentech and industrial startups progress faster than other sectors.p.9
3. AI and data rank second and third among technologies, while climate transition technologies progress rapidly.p.10
4. The barometer is based on a constant sample and covers only direct jobs.p.3