Loans by size of firms 2022Jan
Published on 10 March 2022
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Credit to SMEs rises by 3.3 %
- At the end of January 2022, loans mobilized by companies reached €1,231.3 billion, up +2.2% year-on-year (+0.5% excluding NTPC), following a +1.9% increase at the end of December 2021 (+0.2% excluding NTPC). Over two years, the growth rate was 16.1% from January 2020 compared to 15.8% from November 2019.
- The year-on-year trend of debt reduction for large companies and ISEs is slowing down - 0.5% in January 2022 for large companies compared with - 2.3% in December 2021 due to major credit operations by two large groups; - 3.1% for ISEs in January 2022 compared with - 3.7% in December 2021. For SMEs, credit growth remains positive and moderate at +3.3% in January 2022 compared to +3.6% in December 2021. Over two years, credit growth rates remain higher at 9.6% for LEs, 5.4% for ISEs and 24.4% for SMEs, on levels comparable to the previous month.
- The growth of credit was driven in particular by the real estate sector (+6.6%) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (+3.0%). On the other hand, the weakest growth is reported for the manufacturing industry sector (-5.3%) and the trade sector (-4.9%).
- The interest rate on new loans of up to 1 million euros is virtually stable at 1.37% (after 1.35% in December). The interest rate on loans of more than 1 million euros fells by 14 basis points to 1.20% (after 1.34% in December).
Outstanding amounts of loans to resident enterprises by size (*)
(Outstanding amounts in EUR Bn, annual growth rate in %)![]()
| Drawn credits |
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| Number of enterprises (**) | Outstanding amounts |
growth rate | ||||
| Jan. 22 | Jan. 22 | Jan. 22 / Jan. 21 | Dec. 21 / Dec. 20 | Jan. 22 / Jan. 20 | Dec. 21 / Dec. 19 | |
| SME | 1,317,109 | 538.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 24.4 | 24.8 |
| ISE | 6,485 | 313.8 | -3.1 | -3.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Large Firms | 281 | 165.9 | -0.5 | -2.3 | 9.6 | 6.4 |
| Total (exc. non-trading real estate companies and others) |
1,323,875 | 1,017.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 15.4 | 15.1 |
| non-trading real estate companies and others (see additional information) | 658,048 | 213.5 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 19.1 | 19.0 |
| All enterprises | 1,981,923 | 1,231.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 16.1 | 15.8 |
(*) 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 | Growth rates | Outstanding amounts | Growth rates | |||
| Jan. 22 | Jan. 22 / Jan. 21 | Jan. 22 / Jan. 20 | Jan. 22 | Jan. 22 / Jan. 21 | Jan. 22 / Jan. 20 | |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing (AZ) | 59.5 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 67.8 | 3.3 | 9.3 |
| Industry (BE) | 155.1 | 0.6 | 14.7 | 252.1 | -2.0 | 13.8 |
| - inc. Manufacturing (C) | 115.4 | -5.3 | 10.6 | 185.0 | -7.7 | 10.4 |
| Construction (FZ) | 68.6 | -0.9 | 20.8 | 107.9 | 3.8 | 21.9 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G) | 169.5 | -4.9 | 12.6 | 235.2 | -6.0 | 8.2 |
| Transportation and storage (H) | 57.8 | -1.5 | 14.7 | 73.9 | -1.2 | 15.9 |
| Accommodation and food service activities (I) | 46.2 | -0.7 | 35.6 | 50.6 | -1.0 | 29.9 |
| Information and communication (JZ) | 27.8 | -3.6 | 27.1 | 51.8 | -1.4 | 6.8 |
| Real estate activities (LZ) | 483.9 | 6.6 | 13.1 | 532.2 | 6.9 | 13.1 |
| Advisory and Business support activities (MN) | 82.4 | 2.0 | 29.4 | 101.8 | 2.0 | 25.9 |
Education, human health and social work services, Arts, entertainment and recreation, Other service activities (P to S) |
57.6 | -0.6 | 16.9 | 66.8 | -0.8 | 18.9 |
| Holdings | 23.1 | 20.9 | 36.9 | 27.3 | 20.6 | 38.7 |
| Total | 1,231.3 | 2.2 | 16.1 | 1,567.3 | 1.6 | 14.6 |
Interest rates on new loans to non-financial corporations (exc. overdraft)
(Effective interest rates in the narrow sense, in percentages)![]()
| Jan-21 | Aug-21 | Sep-21 | Oct-21 | Nov-21 | Déc-21 (a) | Jan-22 (b) | |
| - credits< or = 1 million euros | 1.28 | 1.37 | 1.35 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.35 | 1.37 |
| - credits> 1 million euros | 1.25 | 1.30 | 1.40 | 1.42 | 1.29 | 1.34 | 1.20 |
(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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