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The region is home to many national and international leaders, from Häagen-Dazs to Refresco to McCain and Barilla. Some regional companies have become international leaders, such as Bonduelle, Roquette, Lesaffre and Paul (Holder);
And this list is far from being exhaustive!
Our strategic position gives you easy access to your markets.
Within 300 km—half a day by truck—you’ll find:
Northern France – a historically-rooted location for retail – welcome HQs and purchasing groups of majors companies in supermarket distribution and restaurants.
Dorothée
Rémi
Dorothée Lepoutre, Project Director, and Rémi Benamer, Business advisor, are specialised in agrifood expansion projects. They will facilitate your expansion in Hauts-de-France.
Contact them, describe your project and start your support as soon as possible!
A true agri-food powerhouse, the Hauts-de-France region has built up a strong, diversified industry. In this ever-growing market, entrepreneurs looking to expand will find a complete ecosystem and development opportunities.
Agrifood development in Hauts-de-France relies on a strong farming sector, growing fast and benefiting from a know-how on multiple productions. Source your raw materials in Hauts-de-France and benefit from its quality: the made in france!
DAVID CARON, DIRECTOR OF THE HÄAGEN-DAZS FACTORY IN ARRAS, GIVES HIS TESTIMONY:
“The Arras site was chosen for 3 main reasons. The first one is related to the quality and availability of ingredients. In Arras, our key ingredients such as cream and milk are available and qualitative […] no matter when.
[…] Additionally, the “made in France” label is an undeniable advantage. On the French market, its evident. For the Asian market […], the fast that we produce luxury icecream, made in France, rehinforce the perception of quality.”
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| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| potatoes | carrots | mushroom | rapeseed |
| wheat | cauliflower | broccoli | eggs |
| chicoré | spinach | - | barley |
| brussel sprouts | beans | - | - |
| endive | hops | - | - |
| onions | fibre linen | - | - |
| peas | leeks | - | - |
| - | Champagne | - | - |
Global players have made Hauts-de-France a center for agrifood R&D, backed by university research centers for new-product development and innovation. Market leaders including Bonduelle, Roquette, Lessaffre, Ingredia and Tate & Lyle have funded major R&D and innovation labs conducting ground-breaking research in nutrition and food products.
Unilasalle is an agricultural engineering school with research units in food and non-food applications of agro-resources, plus an engineering unit focusing on research in nutrition and public health.
In Lille, the Pasteur Institute’s nutrition department leads applied research projects that include food formulation, nutritional claims and labeling, and nutrition audits.
INRAE is France’s national agronomy research institute, specializing in agriculture, food and the environment.
Adrianor is an innovation center specializing in product development, formulation, ingredient research, and physical, chemical and sensory testing.
Based in Lille, ISA is a school for agrifood engineers. It also conducts food-related R&D, focusing on formulation and on physical, chemical and sensory testing.
SAS Pivert is an innovation-driven bioeconomics startup that uses a breakthrough approach to plant chemistry to accelerate the development and launch of new products and processes.
Improve is Europe’s first innovation hub for plant-protein research and development.
Extractis is a technical center focusing exclusively on plant biomass extraction (plant-based biorefinery techniques).
Euralimentaire is a business incubator and accelerator built on a network of local innovators in agrifood, health, nutrition and logistics. Its mission is to generate business and create jobs by promoting fresh produce, especially local products. Since 2016 it has helped create over 18 start-ups and 70 jobs.
The region’s leading network of professionals in industry, research and health, with a focus on innovation in health and nutrition.
Promoting seafood and aquaculture-based products.
Bioeconomy for Change, is meant to reinforce competitiveness and industrialization of companies through innovation and by promoting the bioeconomy sector.
AgroSphère reunites all of the agrif-food players from Hauts-de-France. It aims to develop the regional agri-food sector as well as job opportunities. Its mission is based on three strategic guidelines:
Real estate costs are a major factor when selecting a region and site. To make things easier, Nord France Invest offers a tool that lets you compare building rentals and land prices. It uses data identified by EY and compiled by our team.
Average cost of an industrial site
3400 m²
Building Labeyrie
Boulogne-sur-Mer 
n/a 
44703 m²
Industrial / Logistics buildings – Allonne
Beauvais / Allonne
T1 2024 
2935 m²
Industrial Building – Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle
Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle
2024 
500 to 10000 m²
Industrial site Enterprise village
Denain
n/a 
12000 to 36967 m²
V-Park 1 building – Logistics/industrial park
Bully-les-Mines
2023 
