Why set up your company in Pays de la Loire, France?

Why set up your company in Pays de la Loire, France?

Setting up your company in western France

The region of Pays de la Loire consists of 5 departments (Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée) and 7 main cities: Nantes, Angers, Le Mans, Saint-Nazaire, Laval, La Roche-sur-Yon and Cholet. The region counts more than 3.7 million inhabitants (31% of which are people under 24; more than 30,000 new inhabitants every year). The region offers a high-developed motorway system and serves hundreds of destinations by train. The port of Nantes Saint Nazaire is the first French port on the Atlantic coast and Nantes Atlantique Airport is the largest airport of western France. All these unique assets make the region Pays de la Loire a young and competitive territory for international companies.

By setting up your business in Pays de la Loire you will benefit from a favourable market:

• First French region in terms of new jobs (2013-2016)
• First French region for the creation of industrial plants
• Specialisation in the industrial, aircraft, food and craft sectors
• Historical expertise in shipbuilding
• New marine economy (renewable energies, fishing boats of tomorrow, protection of marine ressources)
• Advanced manufacturing technology
• Skilled labour force (4 universities, 13 “grandes écoles”, 11,800 researchers)
• Support throughout the whole development of your company (financial grants, dedicated measures, facilities)
• Leisure and cultural offer of national and international reputation (Les Machines de l’Île, le Puy du Fou, les 24 Heures du Mans)

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In Pays de la Loire almost 23,000 new companies are founded every year, of which more than 9,500 SMEs, for a total of 224,000 employees. Pays de la Loire hosts large companies of all industry sectors such as Airbus Group, GE, STX France or Lactalis:

• Craft companies: 148,000 employees in 2015

• Aircraft industries: 13,894 businesses and 25,000 employees
• Food processing industry: 47,500 employees and 14.5 billion turnover

Foreign investors particularly appreciate Pays de la Loire: 912 foreign businesses have created 65,000 new jobs in the region.

This region represents the ideal environment to develop your business in northern France. The industrial port area of Nantes Saint-Nazaire has been chosen from several world leaders such as STX France, Airbus Group, Manitou and Total and other 3,600 industrial businesses. This area also hosts the aerospace industry and companies of the fashion industry, car industry, electronics and food processing industry.

International companies in Pays de la Loire

Presence of leading international companies and large groups in Pays de la Loire

• Airbus Group (aerospace construction industry; around 2,600 employees)

• GE WIND FRANCE (wholesale trade of industrial supplies and equipment; around 150 employees)

• STX France (shipbuilding; around 2,600 employees)
• Lactalis (milk production; around 250 employees)