Loans by size of firms 2021Feb
Published on 8 April 2021
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Credit growth continues
- At the end of February 2021, the outstanding amount of credit drawn by enterprises reaches 1,198.2 billion euros, up by +13.2% year-on-year, after a rise of +13.5% between January 2020 and January 2021.
- The annual credit growth is +20.3% for SMEs, +8.7% for ISEs and +7.1% for large companies. For SMEs, it is mainly driven by the use of government-guaranteed loans ("PGE") during spring and summer 2020.
- The growth of drawn credit is especially driven by the accommodation and food service activities (+36.6%), the advisory and business support activities (+26.8%) and the information and communication (+23.6%). The weakest growth is reported in real estate activities (+6.3%) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (+5.8%).
- Average interest rates on new loans to NFCs remain at a low level in February, regardless of the size of the company. The rate on new loans up to EUR 1 million decreases by 1 basis point to 1.27%. The rate on new loans of more than EUR 1 million is unchanged at 1.25% in February.
Outstanding amounts of loans to resident enterprises by size (*)
(Outstanding amounts in EUR Bn, annual growth rate in %)![]()
| Number of enterprises (**) | Outstanding amounts | Drawn credits annual growth rate |
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| Feb- 2021 | Feb- 2021 | Feb. 21/Feb. 20 | ||
| SME | 1,315,284 | 528.4 | 20.3 | 20.1 |
| ISE | 6,092 | 303.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 |
| Large Firms | 287 | 166.8 | 7.1 | 9.6 |
| Total (exc. non-trading real estate companies and others) |
1,321,663 | 998.9 | 14.3 | 14.5 |
| non-trading real estate companies and others (see Additional) | 629,694 | 199.2 | 8.2 | 8.5 |
| All enterprises | 1,951,357 | 1,198.2 | 13.2 | 13.5 |
(*) inc. sole proprietors
(**) LME definition, with loans outstanding amounts above 25000 euros
(**) LME definition, with loans outstanding amounts above 25000 euros
Outstanding amounts of loans to resident enterprises by type of credit and by sector
(Outstanding amounts in EUR Bn, annual growth rate in %)![]()
| Drawn credits | Drawn and undrawn credits | |||
| Outstanding amounts | Annual growth rates | Outstanding amounts | Annual growth rate | |
| Feb- 2021 | Feb. 21/Feb. 20 | Jan. 21 | Feb. 21/Feb. 20 | |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing (AZ) | 58.0 | 5.8 | 66.0 | 5.1 |
| Industry (BE) | 150.4 | 13.7 | 256.2 | 15.6 |
| - inc. Manufacturing (C) | 117.4 | 16.9 | 194.3 | 16.9 |
| Construction (FZ) | 68.0 | 20.7 | 102.8 | 15.4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G) | 174.1 | 17.0 | 246.4 | 16.0 |
| Transportation and storage (H) | 44.2 | 17.1 | 57.2 | 16.1 |
| Accommodation and food service activities (I) | 46.5 | 36.6 | 50.9 | 31.0 |
| Information and communication (JZ) | 27.5 | 23.6 | 49.7 | 10.4 |
| Real estate activities (LZ) | 466.6 | 6.3 | 510.4 | 5.5 |
| Advisory and Business support activities (MN) | 80.3 | 26.8 | 101.9 | 23.7 |
Education, human health and social work services, Arts, entertainment and recreation, Other service activities (P to S) |
58.4 | 18.6 | 67.9 | 20.5 |
| Holdings | 24.3 | 18.8 | 29.1 | 18.9 |
| Total | 1,198.2 | 13.2 | 1,538.5 | 12.6 |
Interest rates on new loans to non-financial corporations (exc. overdraft)
(Effective interest rates in the narrow sense, in percentages)![]()
| Feb- 2020 | SEP- 2020 | Oct- 2020 | Nov- 2020 | Dec- 2020 | Jan- 2021 (a) | Feb- 2021 (b) | |
| - loans < or = 1 million euros | 1.49 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.29 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.27 |
| - loans > 1 million euros | 1.20 | 1.26 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.22 | 1.25 | 1.25 |
(a) Revised
(b) Provisional
(b) Provisional
Outstanding amounts of credit
(drawn credit, in EUR Bn (*))![]()
(*) see Additional information
Additional information
The outstanding amounts of credit in this publication are those collected by the central credit register, i.e. of a unit amount of more than 25,000 euros. These outstanding amounts include drawn credits, which means those actually used, and the undrawn credits, unused lines of credit. Individual data are grouped according to the size (larges firms, intermediate-sized enterprise - ISE and small and medium-sized enterprise - SME) and the sector of businesses. Businesses that cannot be assigned in a size category according to the criteria of the LME (Loi de Modernisation de l'économie) are included in the category "non-trading real estate companies and others".
Additional data on SMEs, interest rates by size of enterprises, and share of less than 3 year old enterprises (excl. sole proprietors) in the total of enterprises, are available at the following address :
http://webstat.banque-france.fr/fr/browse.do?node=5384417
Outstanding amounts of credit to micro-enterprises (incl. sole proprietors), come from another data collection and are available at the following address: http://webstat.banque-france.fr/fr/browse.do?node=5384934
Non-financial corporations include all enterprises with as main activity the market production of goods and non-financial services, excluding sole proprietors.
Interest rates in this publication are those to new credits distributed by resident credit institutions to French non-financial corporations. The interest rates are effective rates in the narrow sense. They correspond to the interest component of the Annual Percentage Rate (TEG).
Additional data on SMEs, interest rates by size of enterprises, and share of less than 3 year old enterprises (excl. sole proprietors) in the total of enterprises, are available at the following address :
http://webstat.banque-france.fr/fr/browse.do?node=5384417
Outstanding amounts of credit to micro-enterprises (incl. sole proprietors), come from another data collection and are available at the following address: http://webstat.banque-france.fr/fr/browse.do?node=5384934
Non-financial corporations include all enterprises with as main activity the market production of goods and non-financial services, excluding sole proprietors.
Interest rates in this publication are those to new credits distributed by resident credit institutions to French non-financial corporations. The interest rates are effective rates in the narrow sense. They correspond to the interest component of the Annual Percentage Rate (TEG).
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