Fortune 500 companies - Paris Region is one of the world’s leading economic centres

Paris Region (or Ile de France) is one of the world’s leading economic centres. Many companies across an extremely wide range of sectors locate their global or European head offices here.
Paris Region is Europe’s no.1 location of choice – and the world’s no.2, after Tokyo – for the 500 leading global businesses: ahead of London, New York and Chicago (source: Fortune magazine). The Fortune 500 is a list of the top 500 global businesses ranked by their revenues, published annually by Fortune magazine.

Visit Econovista for a database of Fortune 500 companies present in Paris Region.

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How to use Econovista Paris Region map? The new Econovista user guide is available now!

Econovista^® is an interactive economic map to help you discover the wealth of opportunities Paris Region (or Ile de France) has to offer. It is available free of charge on the internet.

Econovista^®offers a host of functions to help you pinpoint key information on Paris Region’s economy and potential locations for your business.Econovista.com includes 11 themed maps, allowing you to explore Paris Region’s rich potential. Each map displays a different aspect of the region – from transport infrastructures to sectors of excellence, and including leisure facilities and the region’s competitiveness clusters (Cap Digital Paris Region / Digital content; ASTech Paris Region / Aeronautics, Space & Defence, etc.).

How to use Econovista Paris Region map? The new updated version of the Econovista user guide is available now, providing an overview of the map’s key functions and instructions to help you get to grips with this interactive resource or refine your use of it. The guide has been re-worked and streamlined, showing you how to identify valuable information on the map, share your map, export data, etc.
You can consult the new Econovista user guide online

Or obtain a hard copy/PDF version by contacting :

Econovista@paris-region.com

Explore selected aspects of the region’s economy on Econovista, the interactive economic map of Paris Region

Company start-ups in Paris Region: up 78% in March

The number of new companies registered in Paris Region in March 2009 was significantly higher than in March 2008, showing an increase of 78%. After several months of decline, the start of 2009 has been marked by strong growth, doubtless due to the new “auto-entrepreneur” tax regime for small businesses/the self-employed  introduced with effect from 1 January.

Looking at the period from December 2008 to March 2009 the number of company start-ups in the region also showed a 25% increase over the equivalent four-month period in the previous year. However this growth rate is lower than that observed over the same period in the rest of France outside Paris Region (+36%). 

INSEE’s monthly economic report Conjoncture for March also includes an in-depth look at the information and communications sector. Even though relatively small, this business sector has one of the highest growth rates for company start-ups in the region, with an increase of 52% compared with the period from December 2007 to March 2008. 

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Source: INSEE (the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies) / APCE (the business start-up agency)

Paris Region was the number one French region for foreign investment in 2008

With 208 new projects involving business start-ups, expansions or buyouts in 2008 (i.e. 14% more than in 2007), Paris Region has confirmed its attractiveness to international companies.
In terms of jobs created, with the current crisis prompting investors to be cautious, average foreign investment projects in Paris Region were on a smaller scale compared with 2007. The number of jobs created or maintained fell by 20%, from almost 10,400 in 2007 to 8,300 in 2008.

Of the 208 projects listed in Paris Region, 154 are foreign business start-ups (the remainder are expansions or buyouts), showing that the Region is still a magnet for foreign companies. The number of jobs created by international start-ups has been steadily increasing for the last 6 years.

The geographic origin of investment. Paris Region is well suited to companies from distant or emerging countries:
The same three countries as the previous year – USA, UK and Germany – lead the field in terms of foreign investors generating employment in Paris Region.
Companies' activity sector and function: the mark of a major international city:
Generally speaking, the new projects in Paris Region fall mainly into the category of services - particularly financial –, consultancy and IT

The attractiveness of Paris Region is also confirmed in the study carried out by Paris-Ile de France Capitale Économique and Ernst & Young on “International relocations in the main European cities in 2008”.
The key findings are as follows:
- Paris Region saw a 6% increase in the number of international businesses locating there, while the 15 cities included in the study taken together saw an average drop of 5% (as low as 14% in the case of London and 16% for Madrid).
- For the second year running, Paris Region is the leading European region in the number of jobs created and is widening the gap with London.
- The number of business locations recorded in 2008 shows that the UK capital is the Europe’s leading region. The gap with Paris Region, in second position with 222 projects, is narrowing.


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Credits Photos: La Défense © ARD / Michel Derouault

Paris Region: Key Figures 2008

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The Paris Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Chambre Régionale de Commerce et d'Industrie Paris Ile-de-France - CRCI), in partnership with the Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris Ile-de-France Region (Institut d'Aménagement et d'Urbanisme - IAU) and INSEE, has just published the 2008 edition of its Paris Region: Key Figures brochure.

This publication presents the key socio-economic data for Paris Region. You can order or download the brochure free of charge at:
http://www.paris-iledefrance.cci.fr/?page=eco_regionale_chiffres_cles_en_2008


Located at the hub of European and global trade, Paris Region is France’s no.1 economic region and one of the top regions in Europe.
It offers many key advantages:
– In 2006, Paris Region’s GDP accounted for more than 28% of France’s national GDP and 4.5% of the EU’s GDP, boosted by the presence of many multinational corporations and a high concentration of company head offices. It’s a highly attractive region – ranking no.2 in Europe for foreign direct investment;
– Paris Region is Europe’s leading labour pool, boasting a highly qualified workforce which includes nearly half of France’s executive personnel and nearly 35% of researchers in public institutions. The region also hosts many renowned higher education and research institutions (universities and the prestigious Grandes Écoles) in fields including IT, mathematics, telecommunications, the new energies, biotechnology, and international commerce;
– Paris Region has developed world-class infrastructures: it is Europe’s no.2 airport hub, and boasts the world’s most highly-developed state-of-the-art rail transport network – placing it within a few hours of 145 destinations – as well as an efficient and diversified local transport offer. The region also has 70 ports, making it Europe’s no.2 platform for river transport;
– High-speed communications networks provide Paris Region’s businesses with optimum technological conditions for rapid expansion;
– Last but not least, Paris Region’s history and its cultural environment underpin its enduring popularity. Paris is the world’s leading tourist destination. It is also one of the global capitals for trade fairs, conventions and other exhibitions, hosting 1,700 such events in 2005.

To find out more:
Discover Paris Region by exploring the themed maps – Discover, Develop, Live, etc. – at www.econovista.com

Real estate opportunities in Cergy-Pontoise

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Technocampus Business Park at Cergy-Pontoise, close to Cergy-Neuville University

With 185,000 residents and 3,800 companies, Cergy-Pontoise brings together technological and specialized industrial activities (such as computing, telecommunication, automobiles, aeronautics, biotechnology), commercial and logistics activities, research centers (such as SAGEM, Johnson Controls, Thales, Valeo, Clarins, etc.) and a major center for higher learning with 23,500 students, including 3,500 at ESSEC.
Currently, Cergy-Pontoise hosts 5 competitiveness clusters (System@tic, Mov'eo, Cap Digital, Medicen, and ASTech) that offer its economic players an international-level network and influence.
Real estate offerings here are large and diversified, including 76,000 sq.m of available office space, and 110,000 sq.m of business space, of which 32,000 sq.m are available for warehouse use.
In addition, 2 business districts in Cergy and 17 industrial parks throughout the territory offer numerous opportunities for businesses’ location - all located 25 minutes from La Défense and 35 minutes from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Starting in 2009, 2 new themed industrial parks (Technocampus - 33,000 sq.m of usable surface area for innovative businesses and Digital Parc - 15,000 sq.m of usable surface area dedicated to digital technologies) will host new businesses.


Find out more:

Visit the Cergy Pontoise Development Agency’s website:
http://www.cergypontoise-eco.com/

Discover Cergy-Pontoise on the economic map of Paris Region (Paris Ile-de-France Region): www.econovista.com

MAJOR MULTIMODAL HUB PORTS OF PARIS REGION

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Gennevilliers, the leading logistics platform in Ile-de-France and number two in Europe

The 70 sites in the Paris Region or Ile-de-France Region, managed by the Port of Paris Authority, offer major advantages for on-site businesses:

- an excellent location at the heart of the largest consumer market in France,
- multimodal access - one of Europe's top water, rail and road networks,
- extensive facilities: 1,000 hectares of plots and 1 million sq.m warehouses, business premises and offices including 300.000 sq.m in the centre of the estate,
- specialised service providers that offer all of the logistics and shipping-related services

The major multimodal hub ports of Paris Region on Econovista.com

Use the interactive map now to explore the main sites in the Paris Region: the multimodal hub ports of Limay, Gennevilliers and Bonneuil, the hub ports of Lagny, Montereau, Evry, Dammarie-lès-Lys, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Nanterre, Bruyères-sur-Oise, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône.

The Port of Paris Authority - Partner of Econovista

The Port of Paris Authority's mission is to create, develop, maintain and promote commercial activity in the harbours of the Ile-de-France region.
The Port of Paris Authority is the largest river port in France and the second largest in Europe.
When it comes to location set-up, transport and logistical advice and assistance, the PPA helps you every step of the way.

Find out more:
The Port of Paris Authority website: www.paris-ports.fr/uk

The major multimodal hub ports of Paris Region: click here