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Who can benefit from the NFI services?

4 specific cases:
  • Foreign companies in all sectors looking to expand in Hauts-de-France
  • French companies with no site in Hauts-de-France
  • Hauts-de-France companies with a succession plan
  • Foreign-owned companies in Hauts-de-France with a development project
Our services are not intended for :
  • French or international self-employed entrepreneurs
  • French companies wishing to export
  • International companies seeking distribution networks only

Why as the help of Nord France Invest?

Nord France Invest provides you with completely tailored, free of charge and confidential support. We centralize all the information you need to analyze your project. We facilitate your process to find a site, partners or land. We organize site visits. We accelerate your networking with future regional partners. Find out more about the agency's services on this page.

What type of project can support you in?

The agency supports job-creating investment projects. The nature of projects varies according to 3 main categories:
  • Start-up projects
  • Expansion of existing sites in the region
  • takeovers of regional businesses by international companies.
Nord France Invest's services are not aimed at capital investments.
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Conquer

new markets

Setting up in the Hauts-de-France Region opens up many business opportunities. Due to the region's strategic location, investing in Hauts-de-France gives you rapid access to your future customers: on a regional, national, european and even international scale.
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Winning
international markets

Hauts-de-France is strategically located at the heart of Europe’s largest consumer area—a unique springboard for winning international markets. By setting up here, you’ll gain direct access to 5 major European capitals, home to a huge pool of potential B2B and B2C customers. Within a 300-km radius—just half a day by truck—you’ll find 78 million consumers with €1,500 billion in purchasing power. This is Europe’s wealthiest, most densely populated region, offering a major competitive advantage for your international marketing.

Winning
French markets

If France is one of your top targets, we’ve got a solution: the most effective way to establish and grow a commercial presence in the industries that interest you is to set up a business in-country.

And here Hauts-de-France offers 2 major selling points: our domestic market and our immediate proximity to Paris.

LES HAUTS-DE-FRANCE: PUT CUSTOMERS ON YOUR DOORSTEP

Thanks to our powerful, industry-specific ecosystems, you’ll find a wealth of players right here. And if your major customers are on hand, it surely makes good sense for you to be nearby.

  • Over 70 distributors headquartered in Lille Métropole
  • 3 world-class automakers
  • 4 world-class rail manufacturers
  • Other industry giants including Roquette, Bonduelle, Holder, GSK, AstraZeneca, ArcelorMittal, Polimeri Europa and more.

 

Break into the paris market
without breaking the bank

The Paris Region has business opportunities galore, but it’s also breathtakingly expensive. Before you set up a subsidiary in the capital, consider Hauts-de-France, which borders on the immediate outskirts of Greater Paris.

  • Our region has direct rail and road links to Paris
  • High-speed trains put us just one hour from Paris-Nord station
  • There are a scant 25 km between Senlis, the southernmost town in Hauts-de-France, and the inner suburbs of Paris

And real estate costs are significantly lower in Hauts-de-France, so you get all the advantages of the Paris market with none of its drawbacks.

CONQUÉRIR LE MARCHÉ PARISIEN

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Accessing support from expansion experts in Hauts-de-France starts here.

  • 01SELECT YOUR TYPE OF INVESTMENT
  • 02DISCRIBE YOUR PROJECT
  • 03YOU WILL BE CONTACTED WITHIN 48 HOURS
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Recap

Many companies expand in Hauts-de-France their client portfolio. They find here 3 direct benefits:

  • A very dense and rich B2C regional market, as well as an extremely broad B2B market with a strong sectoral ecosystem
  • Proximity to the Paris region, 1st French consumer pool
  • Its strategic location in Europe which allows you to reach 5 major european cities within 3 hours