Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Area - Hubstart Paris
Key Competitive Attractions
Hubstart Paris is a major development hub and part of a groundbreaking vision for the role of international airports in the global economy. The combination of airport and business hub is an increasingly attractive prospect for international business. As such, Hubstart Paris is a manifestation of the embryonic concept of airport city/corridor or aerotropolis. It is a concept with which Paris intends to take on a leading role globally, as the key gateway to French and European economies and markets.
The business hub is located between the three departments of Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val d’Oise, only 30 km north of Paris. The area is home to two airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle is the fifth largest in the world and Paris-Le Bourget is Europe’s number one executive airport. The hub currently provides more than 260,000 private sectors jobs across a wide range of business sectors. Hubstart Paris also benefits from the presence of the Villepinte exhibition park, and a huge array of transport networks.
Currently, the area surrounding Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport is already one of the major hubs for growth and job creation in the Paris region, the biggest regional economy in Europe.
Assistance and Support For New Business Investors
Hubstart Paris offers free, personalized and confidential services to potential investors. Services include information, support and advice, and networking with key local partners and resources. Hubstart Paris provides information and data on local markets, clients, partners and suppliers.
Investors are offered assistance in the preparation of business plans, in the development of partnerships and effective supply-chain systems, and in the recruitment or relocation of local or overseas staff. Hubstart Paris also gives advice on available property, property costs, industrial premises, warehouses and loans, grants and local legislation.
Representatives from Hubstart Paris will meet you at the airport and give you an individually tailored tour of the Hubstart Paris area including infrastructure facilities and major business locations. You will also be party to pre-arranged meetings with potential partners, in order to provide you with a clear picture of the opportunities available to your business in the greater Roissy area.
In addition, though Hubstart Paris provides a single point of call for investors, assistance and support are also provided by development agencies and chambers of commerce and industry across Paris and the Paris region.
Existing Business Base
Currently, the area is home to a diverse local economy based on six sectors of excellence: freight logistics, aerospace, security, green industries, automotives and tourism (including conferences and corporate events).
Major global companies include Aeroports de Paris, Air France-KLM, FedEx, EADS, L’Oreal, Servair, Alstom, PSA and Dassault Aviation. There is also a great number of small and medium-sized companies operating in various fields.
The area boasts an impressive list of business parks, such as Paris Nord 2 International Business Park CDG Airport. In addition, there are two important exhibition parks: Paris-Nord Villepinte and Le Bourget, as well as various corporate training centres, language training centres, R&D facilities and showrooms.
La Plaine Saint-Denis is home to the third largest service sector hub in the Paris region. Major international include Generali, Arcelor-Mittal, Coteba and Eiffage. It is also home to major facilities such as the Stade de France.
Cergy-Pontoise has a number of companies working in the fields of computing, telecommunications, car manufacture, aeronautics, biotechnology, services and logistics. It also has 21 university research laboratories.
