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Growth 47Transformation 78Decline 24Under construction & planned 24Worldwide 1
Key figures
+4,550new jobs announcedfrom 5 reports · since Mar 20260.1 per 1,000 in the labour force
6,981affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 23 reports · since Jan 20260.2 per 1,000 in the labour force
Largest expansions
- MBDA doubles investment to €5bn, hiring 2,800 in 2026+2,800 New jobs ·
- BW Ideol and NGE to invest €200m in Fos-sur-Mer foundation plant+1,300 New jobs ·
- Revolut to invest another €100m in Paris hub, adding 200 jobs+200 New jobs ·
Largest job cuts
- Societe Generale to cut around 1,800 jobs in France1,800 Affected staff ·
- Sodexo to cut 1,097 jobs in France by 20271,097 Affected staff ·
- Afpa to cut up to 867 jobs, 30 centres under threat867 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT / Software | 11 | — | — |
| Energy | 9 | +1,300 | 145 |
| Retail | 9 | — | 451 |
| Food | 8 | — | 284 |
| Industry | 8 | +150 | 304 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 11 of 11 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 4.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- France presents 2027 draft budget with €43bn savings effortNext milestone: 26 Nov 2026
- Nestlé to spin off water business into venture with Platinum EquityNext milestone: 30 Nov 2026
- VINCI Energies launches €67.50-a-share bid for All for OneNext milestone: 15 Dec 2026
- Saint-Gaudens pulp mill wins reprieve, 270 jobs in the balanceNext milestone: 15 Dec 2026
- Mutares receives Quiver offer for delivery platform StuartNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Paris department store BHV enters receivership · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Commission pays France final €6.1bn recovery instalment · Policy · 🇫🇷 France / Austria / Luxembourg
- Mutares receives Quiver offer for delivery platform Stuart · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- Dumarey Group to acquire Alpine Racing site in Viry-Châtillon · Mergers · 🇧🇪 Belgium / France
- Report: Cerealis in exclusive talks to buy Panzani · Mergers · 🇵🇹 Portugal / France
- Modal Group and Port of Dunkirk open combined transport terminal · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Commission makes Sanofi commitments in flu vaccine case binding · Policy · 🇫🇷 France / Germany
- Commission approves €40.5m French fuel-price aid for transport and farming · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- Commission selects 46 more strategic raw materials projects · Policy · 🇧🇪 Belgium / Bulgaria / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Italy / Lithuania / Netherlands / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Slovakia / Spain / Sweden
- Rheinmetall agrees with Alstom to take over Kassel locomotive plant · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- Schneider Electric to acquire PTC for $22.6bn · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Vereinigte Staaten
- Bull doubles capacity with new production building in Angers · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- France presents 2027 draft budget with €43bn savings effort · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- Commission backs France's final €6.1bn recovery fund payment request · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- Schneider Electric to acquire Bulgarian Shelly Group · Mergers · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria / France
- Report: CNP Assurances explores takeover of insurer Coface · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- Gauselmann group to take control of Société Française de Casinos · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- Viant to cut 114 jobs at its Chaumont site · Layoffs · 🇫🇷 France
- Heidelberg Materials plans to close Ranville cement plant · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Afpa to cut up to 867 jobs, 30 centres under threat · Layoffs · 🇫🇷 France
- Sanofi to transfer 20 medicines and three plants to Cheplapharm · Mergers · 🇭🇺 Hungary / France / Singapore
- French cabinet approves pay-transparency bill · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- Schneider Electric to invest over €150m in new Évreux site · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Schneider Electric to close Chasseneuil-du-Poitou plant, 145 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Bolloré to close Bluebus plant in Ergué-Gabéric, 115 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Cofigeo to close William Saurin plant in Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes, 142 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Cofigeo to close Lagny-sur-Marne plant, cutting 142 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Pusterla 1880 to close Mayet plant, cutting 51 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Sibanye-Stillwater considers closing Sandouville refinery, 106 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Sodexo to cut 1,097 jobs in France by 2027 · Layoffs · 🇫🇷 France
- Seqens to close CellforCure bio-plant in Les Ulis, affecting 115 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Court orders liquidation of three Gibert bookshops, 27 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- EU Commission clears Orange Polska and APG's takeover of Nexera · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Netherlands / Poland
- UK's CMA clears Danone's takeover of Huel in phase 1 · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / United Kingdom
- ORR approves Virgin Trains' daily Channel Tunnel services from 2030 · Policy · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / France / Belgium / Netherlands
- French publishers refer Google to competition watchdog · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- Partners Group in exclusive talks to buy Aroma-Zone · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / France
- Meridiam to take majority stake in Great Sea Interconnector · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Greece / Cyprus
- TotalEnergies to acquire Shell's European onshore renewables business · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / United Kingdom
- KKR buys 50% of TotalEnergies renewables portfolio for €1.8bn · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA / France
- Arval completes acquisition of fleet manager Athlon · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Netherlands
- CARAC acquires majority stake in wealth manager Cedrus & Partners · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- Groupe Aurige acquires metalwork firms Verre & Métal and HEFI · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- Portobello Capital to buy majority of Béaba Suavinex · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain / France
- Ferrero merges Michel & Augustin and Delacre biscuit brands · Mergers · 🇧🇪 Belgium / France
- Solvay expands La Rochelle rare-earth plant for €15-20m · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Report: Schneider Electric in early talks over Shelly Group · Mergers · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria / France
- Saint-Gaudens pulp mill wins reprieve, 270 jobs in the balance · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Mutares to acquire Stellantis's Free2move car-sharing business · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands / France
- IDKIDS cuts 244 jobs and closes 57 stores in France · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Micromania-Zing unveils modernisation plan with new flagship store · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- VusionGroup to acquire Spanish retail-media firm In-Store Media · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Spain
- France moves to ratify EU-Vietnam investment pact · Policy · 🇫🇷 France / EU / Vietnam
- France approves OECD crypto information-exchange deal · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- Tarascon pulp mill faces liquidation, 275 jobs lost · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- China puts 14 EU entities on export control list · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany / Italy / France / Czech Republic
- BW Ideol and NGE to invest €200m in Fos-sur-Mer foundation plant · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Dassault Systèmes to acquire ArisGlobal for US$1.8bn · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / USA
- Nestlé to spin off water business into venture with Platinum Equity · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / France / USA
- Lactalis in exclusive talks to acquire Triballat · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- France backs three hydrogen electrolysis projects with €778m · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Charterhouse to take majority of building services firm Batibig · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / France
- Omio to acquire rail-distribution firm Rail Europe · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- e& sells Vodafone stake to Xavier Niel's Vega for $5.95bn · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / France / UAE
- French regulator clears Euralis-Maïsadour merger · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- Merz and Macron announce joint China roadmap · Policy · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- France launches call for projects for European semiconductor IPCEI · Digitalization · 🇫🇷 France
- VINCI Energies launches €67.50-a-share bid for All for One · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Germany
- Report: Dassault Systèmes in talks to buy ArisGlobal · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / USA
- GameStop sells Micromania-Zing to Franco-Québécois consortium · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / USA / Canada
- Rakuten to close Rakuten France marketplace, cutting 180 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- 3i Technologies to build Sully-sur-Loire plant, 150 jobs by 2027 · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Report: Banijay and Mediawan weigh bids for Lionsgate · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / USA
- EU approves French aid scheme for eleven offshore wind farms · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- EU consortium launches €50m Q-PLANET quantum-chip pilot line · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- France's first floating wind farm reaches full power · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Printer Aubin cuts 20 jobs in Ligugé · Layoffs · 🇫🇷 France
- Cerebras announces multi-billion European AI capacity expansion · Digitalization · 🇫🇷 France / Norway / Finland
- Ardian extends HR Path stake via €920m continuation fund · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- Allianz Partners to cut up to 1,800 jobs over AI in customer service · Digitalization · 🇫🇷 France
- ÆTHER consortium plans two AI gigafactories near Strasbourg · Digitalization · 🇫🇷 France
- Thales to acquire Exail for about €3.9bn · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- Scality and OVHcloud launch sovereign cloud storage platform for AI · Digitalization · 🇫🇷 France
- Schneider Electric to acquire Cognite for $3.1bn · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Norway
- Haute-Savoie opens Tramway du Mont-Blanc extension to Nid d'Aigle · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Kesko to acquire Dahl businesses in Sweden, Norway and Denmark · Mergers · 🇫🇮 Finland / Sweden / Norway / Denmark / France
- Bouygues, Free and Orange agree to split up SFR · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- France extends aid scheme for single-wagonload rail freight to 2030 · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- Legrand to close four French plants, affecting 178 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- MGX and Bpifrance to build €7.5bn AI campus in France · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Brookfield announces $10bn data centre project near Escaudain · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Foxconn to invest €120m in AI server line in Angers · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Sandoz to expand Toulouse biosimilars output for €150m · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Venturi Space to expand Toulouse site for €250m · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Boehringer Ingelheim to invest €500m in French animal-health sites · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Revolut to invest another €100m in Paris hub, adding 200 jobs · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- USA Rare Earth to invest over €175m in French magnet plant · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- France unveils €7.5bn expansion of Campus AI network to 3 gigawatts · Digitalization · 🇫🇷 France
- SoftBank to invest €45bn in AI data centres in Hauts-de-France · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- LTM bids for Randstad's European IT services business · Mergers · 🇮🇳 India / Netherlands / France
- Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor enters commercial operation · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- THEON to acquire 80% of French gimbal maker MERIO · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- Enagás to buy 31.5% of French gas grid operator Teréga · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain / France
- BlaBlaCar plans to close French bus business, 40 jobs affected · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- MBDA doubles investment to €5bn, hiring 2,800 in 2026 · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France / United Kingdom / Italy / Germany
- Accor sells Essendi stake to Blackstone and Colony · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / USA
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine awards Poitou-Charentes TER services to SNCF from 2028 · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- Dumarey Powerglide to close Andrézieux-Bouthéon gearbox plant, 266 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Trenitalia France to build €80m maintenance centre near Paris · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- ZVS Holding and Eurenco build propellant charge plant in Strážske for about €300m · Expansions · 🇸🇰 Slovakia / France
- Engie to buy UK grid operator UK Power Networks for £10.5bn · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / United Kingdom
- MODAL Group acquires pressure-equipment specialist SOMAP Technologies · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France
- Brest opens new tram Line B to the hospital · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Lyon extends tram line T6 to the La Doua campus · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- ProLogium builds €5.2bn solid-state battery gigafactory in Dunkirk · Expansions · 🇫🇷 France
- Montpellier opens new Boirargues tram stop on line 3 · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- France tables ratification of Cuneo–Breil–Ventimiglia rail deal with Italy · Policy · 🇫🇷 France / Italy
- Ubisoft to cut up to 200 jobs at Ubisoft Paris · Layoffs · 🇫🇷 France
- Dunkirk invests €40bn in port overhaul and new Scotland ferry route · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France / United Kingdom
- France rolls out Visio video platform to 200,000 more public users · Digitalization · 🇫🇷 France
- EP Group offers €36 a share for Fnac Darty · Mergers · 🇨🇿 Czech Republic / France
- Ten countries sign Hamburg Declaration on North Sea power grid · Policy · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / Belgium / Denmark / France / Germany / Iceland / Ireland / Luxembourg / Netherlands / Norway
- FedEx to cut up to 500 jobs in France while investing €78m · Layoffs · 🇫🇷 France
- Societe Generale to cut around 1,800 jobs in France · Layoffs · 🇫🇷 France
- Saint-Étienne opens new Outre-Furan tram stop on line T3 · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Marseille extends tram line T3 north to Capitaine Gèze · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
2025
- Yeu-Noirmoutier offshore wind farm begins commercial operation · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- FS and Certares agree joint venture around Trenitalia France · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Italy
- France postpones order for new night trains worth about €1bn · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- Montpellier opens tram line 5 from Clapiers to Saint-Jean-de-Védas · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Île-de-France opens first cable car line C1 in Val-de-Marne · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Occitanie inaugurates Modalohr rail terminal at Sète-Frontignan port · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Strasbourg extends tram line F to Wolfisheim · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- CMA CGM seeks 20 per cent stake in Container Terminal Hamburg · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / Germany
- State and PACA region agree €1.8bn for transport · Policy · 🇫🇷 France
- ORR approves Virgin Trains' access to Temple Mills depot · Policy · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / France / Belgium / Netherlands
- Montpellier extends tram line 1 to Gare Sud de France · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Vossloh completes takeover of concrete sleeper maker Sateba · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- France ends subsidy, Paris–Vienna/Berlin night train stops 14 December 2025 · Policy · 🇫🇷 France / Austria / Germany
- France reactivates Montréjeau–Luchon railway line · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Nantes extends tram Line 1 to Babinière terminus · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- SNCF resumes Paris–Turin rail link after rockslide repair · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Île-de-France launches new tram Line T14 · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Nice opens new tram Line B to the airport · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
2023
- France commissions Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
2022
- France's first offshore wind farm Saint-Nazaire is operational · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
2017
- Bretagne-Pays de la Loire high-speed line opens in France · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
- Tours–Bordeaux high-speed line worth €7.8bn opens · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
2016
- LGV Est phase 2 to Strasbourg reaches full service · Infrastructure · 🇫🇷 France
2026 · planned
- Lyon to open tram line T10 from Vénissieux to Gerland · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- Grand Paris Express tests line 18 on viaduct, service from end of 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
2027 · planned
- RER E extension to Mantes-la-Jolie to open in February 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- CDG Express rail link to Paris airport set to open in March 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- Limoges builds small hydropower plant at La Bastide treatment works · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- Paris tests automated Métro Line 15 South ahead of opening · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- France reactivates Nancy–Contrexéville railway for 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- Calvados wind farm off Normandy delays commissioning to 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- DB InfraGO to build electronic interlockings at Winden and Kandel by 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
2028 · planned
- MND to build energy-neutral cable car in Saint-Denis, La Réunion · Worldwide · 🇫🇷 France
- Celtic Interconnector Ireland–France delayed to end of 2028 · Under construction & planned · 🇮🇪 Ireland / France
- France extends T13 Express tram-train to Achères-Ville · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- Paris builds automated Métro Line 16 in the northeast · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- Toulouse builds driverless Metro Line C from Colomiers to Labège · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- Tours builds new tram Line B between Chambray and La Riche · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
2030 · planned
- Grand Paris Express metro network grows by four new lines · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- SYTRAL to build new tram line T8 in Lyon · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- France funds upgrade of five ports for floating wind turbines · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
2031 · planned
- EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse gets approval for €157m terminal extension · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France / Switzerland
2032 · planned
- Bordeaux–Toulouse high-speed line under construction, opening 2032 · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
2034 · planned
- Bordeaux–Spain high-speed line: Bordeaux–Dax section under construction · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
- SLNMP plans Montpellier–Béziers high-speed line for 2034 · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
2037 · planned
- Bordeaux–Dax high-speed line via Mont-de-Marsan in design studies · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
2040 · planned
- Île-de-France Mobilités plans Metro 1 extension to Val-de-Fontenay by 2040 · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France
2042 · planned
- GPSO Dax–Spain section remains unfunded and in early planning · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France