Lyon Economic Development Agency - ADERLY
Key Competitive Attractions
When setting up your company in Lyon and the surrounding region, you are selecting one of Europe’s largest and richest metropolitan areas. An appealing location and gateway to the world, Lyon attracts increasing numbers of companies and skills every year. This land of constant new projects holds the key to your business success.
The Rhone-Alpes region’s GDP is 3.5 times higher than the average European GDP. The region takes 6th place out of the European Union’s 204 regions for highest GDP, above Finland, Greece, Ireland, Luxemburg and Portugal. The Rhone-Alpes is three times bigger and three times more densely populated than the average European region.
- Lyon: 468,300 inhabitants
- Lyon metropolitan area: 2.6 million inhabitants
- Rhône-Alpes region: 6,141,000 inhabitants (Source: Eurostat 2008)
Lyon is located on Europe’s main North-South crossroads, and features a highly developed, congestion-free transport network.
Lyon is linked to 112 French and European cities by the Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport. You can make a round trip to any one of Europe’s main business destinations in a single day – at any time you like.
ADERLY
ADERLY (The Lyon Area Economic Development Agency) was one of the first economic development agencies to be created in France. Founded in 1974, it is also among the first to have expanded into international markets, with the creation of offices in New York and Tokyo.
ADERLY will accompany and advise you throughout your projects to set up or expand your business in Lyon or its surrounding area.
Assistance and Support For New Business Investors
ADERLY supports and advises you at every step of your start-up and development projects. Since its creation in 1974, ADERLY has helped more than 1,200 international firms and organisations to set up or develop their operations in the Lyon area.
Our services include:
- Feasibility studies
- Finding facilities that meet your needs
- Regulatory and fiscal advice
- Help with administrative procedures
- Funding
- Putting you in contact with local authorities
- Recruitment
- Welcoming your employees and helping them settle in: property searches, children`s schools, job searches for spouses and more.
A specialist in company start-up and development projects, ADERLY is a facilitator; it provides your firm with a single contact, shares its experience and in-depth knowledge of the local area, and works in with a network of other organisations involved in company start-up and relocation activities. ADERLY strives to build long-term relationships with its clients and provides a 'customer service' even after your business has been set up in Lyon.
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Existing Business Base
Rhone-Alpes is France's leading region for international companies:
- 915 firms with foreign capital, employing over 50 people
- Second-highest number of listed companies of any French region (147 in total today)
- 82 company and agency headquarters with over 1,000 employees
Iconic Brands and Global Companies in Lyon:
- Companies: ABB, Areva, Arkema, BASF, Bayer, bioMérieux, Carrier, Danone, DHL, Electronic Arts, General Electric, Genzyme, Euronews, Hermès, HP, IBM, Iveco-Irisbus, Johnson & Johnson, Lafarge, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Oracle, Philips, Renault Trucks, Sanofi-Pasteur, Schneider, Siemens, SNC Lavalin, Suez, Total, Unilever, Vinci, UPS
- Institutions: Interpol, World Health Organization (UN-WHO), International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO), Mérieux bio-safety level 4 Laboratory, Paul Bocuse Institute
- Schools: EM Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Ecole Centrale
- Trade Fairs : BioVision, Pollutec, Sirha, Truck & Bus World Forum, Game Connection
- Over 1,500 decision-making centres, and all the international service providers needed for your development (consultancy, real estate, human resources, auditing, communications, IT, etc.)
Lyon is also becoming an important location for the European convention and exhibition sector. The city hosts internationally renowned events such as BioVision (The World Life Sciences Forum), the International Vaccine Convention, Pollutec (The International Trade Show on the Environment), and SIRHA. To meet growing demand for exhibition space, a 3,000-seat conference hall was built at the Cite International in Lyon in 2006.
Lyon is THE place to be for the Iconic Brands and Global Companies of today and tomorrow.
