Nearly 13,500 net jobs created in the sample* over the first 6 months of the year
Despite unfavorable economic circumstances, the French Tech job market has confirmed its resilience for many months now. Indeed, the sector has created almost 13,500 jobs since the start of the year, representing growth of +4%.
While this trend is certainly less significant than that observed in the first half of 2023 (+7.2%), it should be noted that :
- every month has created jobs;
- the dynamic is more firmly rooted and regular than in H1 2023, when very strong monthly fluctuations were observed ;
- the monthly average is around 2,250 net creations;
- an acceleration was observed in April 2024, although we have noticed a slight slowdown since May and June.
It is also interesting to note that since the beginning of the year, recruitment has risen by almost 17%, while at the same time redundancies have fallen by around 15%. However, we must remain cautious, as we note a 10% increase in redundancies in June compared with the previous month.
Since January 2024, more than 8 out of 10 French startups have created (20%) or maintained (65%) jobs. At the same time, 15% have cut jobs.
It should be noted that the share of startups in terms of the number of jobs created or eliminated is distributed as follows over the first half of the year as a whole:
- 4% of startups have created more than 10 jobs;
- 29% of startups have created between 1 and 5 jobs;
- 37% of startups have neither created nor destroyed jobs;
- 23% of startups have cut between 1 and 5 jobs;
- 1% of startups have cut more than 10 jobs.
Paris Region startups generated 54% of all jobs created in 2024
As we all know, the Paris Region is the driving force behind job creation in French startups at national level. In the first six months of the year, startups in the Paris Region created almost 7,300 jobs. However, this concentration has been declining for some time. By way of comparison, the Paris region created 58% of the national total in 2023 and 66% in 2022. As has been the case for the past two years, Auvergne-Rhône Alpes ranks second among the regions. With over 1,500 jobs created in the first six months, the region accounts for 11% of startup job creation in France. That’s three points more than over the whole of 2023 and 2022.
More than two out of five jobs in French Tech come from a GreenTech or industrial startup
If there are two employer sectors that shine within French Tech, it’s “GreenTech” and “Manufacturing”. Over the first six months, GreenTech start-ups created almost 2,800 jobs, or 21% of the national total. As for those serving industry, they created nearly 2,700 jobs, or 20% of the national total. TransportTech” closes the podium, having generated over 1,600 jobs (12% of the total). A new feature of our barometer: having trained its artificial intelligence algorithms, the Motherbase solution now has the capacity to analyze the dynamics of a new category, “EnergyTech” startups. An important new category, since this segment ranks 4th in the Top Sectors 2024 ranking, with almost 1,300 jobs created since the start of the year.
More than 3,400 jobs created by French Tech 120 startups in the first half of 2024
Quelle est l’évolution de l’emploi des 120 startups identifiées par le Gouvernement comme les plus prometteuses ?Les startups du Programme “FrenchTech120”, dont la promotion 2024 a été annoncée lors de la dernière édition de Vivatechnology, ont créé plus de 3 400 postes sur ce premier semestre 2024. Elles présentent ainsi une croissance de + 6,2% sur cette période, soit 2,2 points de plus que la moyenne des startups françaises sur la même période. Dans le détail, nous constatons qu’elles sont 92 à avoir été créatrices d’emploi, avec 4 000 recrutements au total. Dans le même temps, elles sont 26 à avoir supprimé près de 600 emplois, et 2 ont un effectif stable sur ces six premiers mois de l’année. S’agissant des tendances mensuelles : comme sur notre précédent échantillon, le mois d’avril a été celui le plus pourvoyeur d’emplois du premier semestre. A contrario, la dynamique des emplois des startups du French Tech 120 semble quant à elle repartir à la hausse au mois de juin. Serait-ce un effet positif de l’annonce de la promotion du French Tech 120 en mai à Vivatechnology ? Pour conclure, notons que les startups du FrenchTech 120 représentent à fin juin 2024 plus de 58 000 emplois selon le déclaratif de leurs salariés.
French Tech confirms its resilience in the first half of the year. How about the second half? Visit https://barometrestartups.fr/ in early September for the first indications from July and August, although the summer break is not the best time for analysis.
