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When you’re scouting a new location for your business, the customer catchment area is the first thing you analyze. Hauts-de-France offers an unparalleled location within easy distance of leading European decision-making centers.
Our region boasts a concentration of customers like no other. When you locate here, you gain a major advantage for generating leads.
Leading companies are headquartered here, and the region is home to tightly-knit, industry-specific ecosystems with a high concentration of players and the capacity to create value and jobs.
And because Hauts-de-France is home to so many industries, you’ll find exceptional potential for B2B lead generation here as well. We excel across a range of areas, and that’s a powerful asset for growing your business.
Our location gives you a huge competitive advantage: a tightly woven business community like no other.
Within a 300-km radius of Lille you can:
#2 region for education in France: Hauts-de-France is a young, densely populated region with major urban centers.
Some 57,000 people are available right now to work in the Hauts-de-France service sector 1. When you locate here, you avoid the frustrations of a tight labor market—and that’s a big advantage. In fact, it’s so easy to recruit in Hauts-de-France that our market is the envy of many European regions.
1Source France Travail 2023
Thanks to our location—close to the border and in the heart of international trade—it’s easy to recruit multilingual employees here. Our population includes:
In Lille, average turnover for back-office operations is just 10%—a clear sign of the employee loyalty you need to save on recruitment and training costs.
Average annual turnover in major European cities
For many businesses, controlling labor costs is essential to success. Did you know that Hauts-de-France offers highly competitive salaries?
According to a 2016 study of back office positions by EY, the region’s costs are:
Total annual cost for a qualified worker
Annual salary for a back-office manager
Overall annual cost for a supervisor
Hauts-de-France is France’s #1 region for customer relations—a natural legacy of our pioneering role in distance selling. We offer a selection of specialized partners that can help you find the talent you’re looking for.
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With our competitive real estate prices and close ties to the Paris Region and Northwestern Europe, Hauts-de-France is the location of choice for your service operation.
Lille is the #3 market for office space in France. According to BNP Paribas Real Estate, the city set a new record in H1 2019:
Other cities in the region are extremely attractive as well, including Arras, Valenciennes, Beauvais and Saint-Quentin. With so many opportunities, you’ll easily find the space you need to grow your business in Hauts-de-France.
When you’re scouting a new location for your business, it’s critical to consider real-estate prices in your target regions. Choose Hauts-de-France to keep your costs under control.
Annual rents for offices space (existing stock)
