Foreign investment in France is free of any administrative restrictions. Investors are able to buy or rent property, acquire French companies or create their own legal entity, without having to invest a minimum amount or create a minimum number of jobs.

The selected legal structure may be implemented on a temporary or permanent basis without running any legal risks and investors are also free to amend their plans once they have been submitted, subject to some simple and inexpensive procedures (for further details, please download “Doing Business in France” below).

 

Administrative formalities have been streamlined considerably and the lead-time for setting up a business in France is now among the shortest in the world. The possibility of completing all the required formalities online has been operating for several years, making it possible to register a company in a matter of hours. Nearly one million companies have been set up over the past three years.