Starting a business is one of the most common definitions of entrepreneurship. The decision to become an entrepreneur is a personal one, often influenced by environmental factors related to the entrepreneur's family and professional experience, such as the various forms of financial, material and psychological support available to them. The aim of this article is to present the various factors that motivate individuals to become entrepreneurs, and to highlight the various constraints faced by entrepreneurs when setting up a business. For the purposes of our research, we carried out a survey by drawing up a questionnaire grouping together a series of questions relating to our study targeting private business creators (SMEs) in the Kimpese housing estate. The data collected were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, using the chi-square test on the one hand, and factorial correspondence analysis (FCA) on the other.