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Ciel, software provider for small and medium size businesses and subsidairy of Sage, has recently published a survey carried out on 817 auto-entrepreneurs using their solution “Ciel Auto-Entrepreneur Facile”.
This survey confirms that the auto entrepreneur tends to be a 40 year old man providing services. The auto-entrepreneur scheme is a good match for services as these activities tend to require less investments, may not require an office and fit in with the maximum turnover threshold of 32 000€ per year.
What is very interesting is that 62% of these auto-entrepreneurs started their business without carrying out a business plan, a market research or asking for external advice. 55% self financed their new business with 500€ or less. So not so surprisingly the issues encountered included finding customer (43%) and calculating their selling price (19%).
Finally the survey confirms that existing auto-entrepreneurs work with a limited number of clients of have a limited number of sales, as 80% of them issued less than 10 invoices per month.
Download the full auto-entrepreneurs survey (in French) : 1et baromètre Ciel Auto-Entrepreneur.
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