To advise on and help implement entrepreneurs’ and traders’ initiatives

Here you’ll find all the franchise, trade and business start-up partners.

This Village represents the events and networking hub (talks, webTV, media, workshops etc.) at the show and is relevant to all those involved in franchising: entrepreneurs, traders, investors, franchisers and commercial, banking, institutional and media networks.

Eager to start up a business?

Eager to make a move, to invest, to push it to the maximum? French people prefer a busy life; from it they hope to attain personal, professional and financial fulfilment. In today’s world, very few of them achieve this goal via the traditional employer/employee arrangement, very often felt to be too restrictive. Many search out another path, and with it a new way of working. It’s certainly not by chance that 175,000 businesses are launched every year in France, nor is it that commerce remains the sector that has seen the strongest growth.

Offering independence, as well as shared professional goals and competencies, networked business has shown itself to be an economical and original solution that is persuading an ever-increasing number of French workers with a desire to strike out on their own.
Franchise Expo Paris is here to help you bring your plans to fruition, with more than 400 business opportunities and a dedicated advice area.

Advising, implementing initiatives and set-up are the main drivers of this area. Here visitors can obtain information about unsecured loans, financial aid, legal aspects and set-up opportunities.
An essential stop-off if you want to give yourself the best possible chance of success!