Rent Up to 36% Lower Than the Greater Paris Average
Prime industrial warehouse rent in Hauts-de-France stands at €54/m²/year, versus €84/m²/year in Île-de-France – 36% cheaper than Paris (CBRE Research, Q4 2025). Savills’ European Industrial and Logistics Real Estate Market 2026 further reports prime yields around Paris trading at approximately 4.75%, stable since 2023 and attributed to scarcity and strong occupier fundamentals – meaning downward pressure on rent is unlikely in the Greater Paris submarkets. For UK clients benchmarking in GBP pcm, Hauts-de-France ranges remain significantly below Greater Paris even after exchange rates.
Labour management is a further advantage: the region has a pool of more than 70,000 people registered as job-seekers in logistics – qualified and available to meet operational needs. Public support is mobilisable through Rev3, the regional industrial transition programme. Knight Frank (The Logistics Market in France, Q2 2025) confirms investor appetite for French logistics remains strong, with €1.3 billion invested in H1 2025 and foreign investors representing 65% of volumes – a signal that UK and international occupiers are increasingly active in the market. Nord France Invest provides an online cost comparator to benchmark Hauts-de-France against other European locations.
A Multimodal Network to Optimise Your Freight Flows
Hauts-de-France concentrates 10% of the French motorway network, direct access to the Calais, Dunkirk and Boulogne-sur-Mer ports, 1,035 km of navigable waterways and a European rail connection. The region is the only one in immediate proximity to Antwerp, Rotterdam and Le Havre. For clients whose operations involve European freight reception and dispatch, this multimodal mesh reduces both delivery times and transport costs.
The territory also connects efficiently to Roissy/CDG and the northern-Paris corridor, supporting last-mile distribution into the Île-de-France submarkets – Seine-et-Marne, Val-d’Oise, Essonne and the inner ring. The Canal Seine-Nord, due to enter service by end-2032, will further strengthen Seine-linked river access between Hauts-de-France warehouse solutions and the Paris region.