Open economy
France: an attractive economy
More than 50% of foreign investors
consider France to be one of the most attractive countries in Europe
Kantar Public, 2022
Foreign investment in France in 2022
1,725
investment decisions,
50% in new openings
Annual Report: Foreign investment in France, Business France, 2023
58,810 jobs
created or maintained by foreign investors
Annual Report: Foreign investment in France, Business France, 2023
28 new investment decisions every week from foreign companies
Annual Report: Foreign investment in France, 2020, Business France
#1 Host country for manufacturing investment in the EU
EY, 2023
#1 in Europe for inward R&D investments
EY, 2023
Top 3 foreign investors in France
Annual Report 2022: Foreign investment in France, Business France, 2023
Twenty six of the world's top 500 companies are French in 2021
Fortune Global 500, 2022
Foreign companies in France
#2 in Europe for foreign subsidiaries (more than 28,000)
Eurostat, 2019
Simplified Customs procedures
#1
for the efficiency of cross-border trade
ahead of the United Kingdom (33rd)
and Germany (42nd)
World Bank, Doing Business, 2020
Foreign investors hold
40.5% of the capital holdings
belonging to companies listed on the CAC40, in 2021
Bank of France, 2022
Foreign-owned businesses account for
17% of total value added (€173 billion)
22% of total value added for industry (€64.9 billion)
13% of salaried employment
INSEE, 2021
17,000 firms were under foreign ownership in France in 2020
They employed 2.1 million people
Insee, December 2022
France, considered to be a hub for exports
to Europe (85 %),
to Africa (74 %),
to America (64 %),
and to Asia (57 %).
Kantar public, 2021