Seine-Maritime has a sad record

We hardly do worse. In 2024, the Seine-Maritime Department and the Normandy Region were the worst students in France in terms of Business failures.

By that we mean, the number of safeguarding, straightening and judicial liquidation procedures business.

The Seine-Maritime Champion of failure

It's a fact, our region is going badly. And all sectors of activity are affected. There are obviously variations but the general observation is there: according to a study by the Altarès expertise firm conducted throughout France, Normandy obtains “The worst trend” With + 31 % procedures in 2024, compared to 2023.

An equally substantial figure in Seine-Maritime where The increase is 37 % Compared to 2023. Alarming statistics which can be explained in several ways.

“The situation is not brilliant”

According to Jean-Marc Pelazza, general delegate of Medef Métropole Rouen Normandie, ” The situation is not brilliant But not desperate either ”.

These difficulties, he explains them by “the recessive effect that we observe in our economy”. One of the main factors is in its sense “Energy”. The cost of electricity and fuel is one of the main difficulties encountered by France today.

It is one of the keys. The energy is three times cheaper in China for example. So we dive and they go up.

Faced with this decrease in purchasing power, consumption decreases and shops grazed heavily. “At Medef, we are relatively worried about the situation,” pleads the local general delegate.

Industry and agriculture, two very affected sectors

As for the Seine-Maritime, the difficulties are explained in particular by the important industrialization of the department. Industries, especially chemistry, are going through a serious crisis in France currently.

There is also “a lot of agriculture”. Another sector of activity that suffers in the department. And then, the Seine-Maritime depends a lot on its portLe Havre, to subsist.

Today, people save a lot. We are in a climate where we lost confidence. And it causes this recessive effect.

As all these sectors are weakened, the recessive effect is all the stronger and is also felt in smaller companies, especially Accommodation and catering professions.

This is where part of the explanations resides to these very localized difficulties.

“The tax burden continues to grow”

To straighten the bar, you must already “be more competitive”, adds the Medef representative. And it goes, according to him, by Local tax adjustments.

“In the Rouen metropolis, the tax burden climbed 5.1 % between 2022 and 2023. More specifically, the business contribution of companies the 10 % catondi Over the same period, due to an increase in rates of 1.9 % decided by the metropolis, “he denounced in a press release.

He adds: “For several years, the local tax pressure has continued to grow, weakening the competitiveness of our companies already faced with a fragile economic situation. This situation pushes them to reduce their activities, limit hires, or even cease their activity. »»

And in the end, business failures are reaching heights. Their number in Seine-Maritime even exceeds the last record in 2015. It was 1,048 failing companies. In 2024,1,089 Entreomarines companies were affected by these difficulties. And some had to put the key under the door.

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