France is the world's seventh economy, the second biggest consumer market in Europe and the world's seventh largest foreign investor. It offers a wide array of business opportunities for investors, and has a proven track record of attracting foreign companies and key talents.
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• France is the leading host country for foreign investment in industry
• Around 28 000 Foreign-owned companies
• 1,194 New FDI projects in 2023 (For the fifth consecutive year, France has been recognized as the most attractive country in Europe for FDI)
• Business France is a one-stop shop providing customized, confidential, and complementary services to foreign investors considering an investment project in France
• France is Europe's second biggest economy: with more than 67 million inhabitants and direct access to more than 500 million consumers in the European single market.
• Largest concentration of headquarters in Europe.