Setting up a business in France
Setting up a business, understanding taxation, recruiting and managing your social security obligations: access the essential information to prepare, launch and expand your business in France.
What do you need to know to successfully set up a business in France?
Setting up in France, creating a subsidiary or developing a lasting presence in the French market is a strategic opportunity for international businesses. From legal framework, taxation and labor law to operational challenges: every step counts to securing your project and giving it the best chance of success.
France offers a stable, transparent and particularly well-structured economic environment for businesses.
Designed as a practical guide, this section helps you to identify the key steps of your business setup, understand the applicable regulations and build a solid, sustainable project tailored to your objectives.
Starting your own business
Identify the necessary steps to choose the appropriate business location and start a business in France.
- Choose the legal structure best suited to your project.
- Complete the business registration formalities.
- Prepare the launch of your business.
Understanding business taxation
Understand the main taxes applicable to businesses in France and the existing tax mechanisms.
- Understand corporate tax.
- Identify the main taxes applicable to businesses.
- Understand the tax rules applicable to groups.
Finding out about employment law
Master the essential rules for recruiting and organizing the employment relationship in France.
- Recruit employees within a secure legal framework.
- Understand the employer’s main obligations.
- Support team development.
Understanding social protection
Understand the workings of the French social protection system and the associated obligations.
- Understand employee registration in the social protection scheme.
- Identify employers’ obligations.
- Distinguish between posting/secondment and expatriation.
Recruiting international talent
Identify the mechanisms for recruiting foreign employees and organizing their relocation to France.
- Recruit international talent.
- Organize professional mobility to France.
- Facilitate employee relocation.