Setting up your business in Dijon

Why set up your food company in Dijon, France?

Setting up your food company in Dijon, Burgundy

The city of Dijon offers outstanding facilities for food companies in France.

Companies which set up in Dijon can benefit from a unique network of expertise in order to foster the development of your food company. The competitive Cluster Goût-Nutrition-Santé Vitagora promotes research projects in the food industry (laboratories, large groups, SMEs, start-ups). Some current projects focus on precision farming or even plant breeding.

Activities related to the food industry

• Agrosup Dijon:  one of the largest institutes for higher education in France for agronomy and food.
• EPL Quétigny – Plombières-lès-Dijon: Public institiue for agricultural education.
• Welience Agroalimentaire: technology transfer subsidiary of the University, which focuses on texturization and flavouring of foods, microbiological processes, sensory perception, food toxicology.
• Efficient subcontractors: logistics, packaging, traceability, sustainable environment.

Finding the right location for your food company in Dijon

Business parks and commercial real estate in Dijon

Several business areas for the food industry in Dijon:

• AgrOnov Technology Park: AgrOnov Technology Park is dedicated to innovation in the agri-environment. It’s a technological platform that promotes interaction and collaboration between research and disciplines of the agricultural or industrial sector, such as biology, ecology and sociology. The site of Bretenière was built for hosting companies within offices or building plots. The access to shared services and equipment (like a laboratory and two greenhouses) represents a major asset.
• Ecoparc Dijon - Burgundy: The Ecoparc Dijon Bourgogne, in the region Burgundy, is the new business area at the eastern edge of Dijon. It’s on the municipalities of Saint-Apollinaire and Quétigny and is mainly dedicated to agri-food, biotechnological, engineering activities and eco-activities. The park offers 110 hectares of land, of which 90 ha for industry and business services and 20 ha for small and medium companies. The plots of land and the internal organisation adapt to your needs.
• Marché de l’agro – Agri-food market Dijon: The “Marché de l’agro”, formerly “Marché de gros” (Wholesale market), has been renovated since the 2000s. Today the agri-food market Dijon is dedicated to firms specialised in the food industry.​

International food companies in Dijon

Several major food companies have set up in Dijon: Amora-Maille (Unilever) SEB, Eurogerm, Savoye, Bericap, DS Smith, TetraPack, Mulot et PetitJean, Apidis and so on.