Domiciliation of your company in Lille: strategic advantages!

Are you looking to launch your own business? Would you like to locate your company in a major French city?

Company domiciliation is the administrative and tax address of the company to which all your official documents and correspondence will be sent.

The latter is primarily intended to designate your company's registered office. In addition to its practical role, a company's domiciliation address also plays a truly strategic role, appearing as your company's "shop window".

The fact remains that it's not always easy to know where to domicile your business, and in which city to set up. While it's easy to go for the simplest solution, with a registered office close to home, you shouldn't overlook the advantages that a carefully designed registered office can bring to your business.

The advantages of Lille

In order to make the right choice for a business address in Lille, it's important to consider the advantages that make this city so strategic for a business start-up project.

Setting up your business in the Lille area means taking advantage of a dynamic, innovative and profoundly European region:

• A dynamic environment :
  • Lille represents the "1st richest consumer basin in Europe" , with nearly 78 million consumers and around 1,500 billion euros within a radius of just 300 km.
  • A territory withan extensive fiber optic network offering optimal coverage.
  • An extremely innovative and dynamic entrepreneurial fabric, with over 2,000 SMEs.
• An ideal location in the heart of Europe:
  • Lilleis strategically located in Europe, less than 80 minutes from London, Paris and Brussels.
  • It's a highly connected city, with international airports nearby, numerous rail links andextensive river connections. As a result, Lille is an extremely accessible city, making it easy to develop a business.

The advantages of company domiciliation in the French provinces

Moving from the capital to the provinces! It's a phenomenon that has become increasingly common in recent years. And this phenomenon is far from having spared entrepreneurs.

• Cost is undoubtedly the number one factor in the migration of entrepreneurs to the provinces, as rents can be divided by 4 compared with those in the capital. 
• Labor costs are also a significant advantage. In fact, in the French provinces, staff is much less expensive and less volatile than in Paris.
• Finally, and depending on the location, entrepreneurs wishing to set up in the provinces can obtain a wide range of assistance, from financial aid to social assistance and tax assistance. The latter can be granted at national, regional or, more rarely, local level.

In conclusion, the very nature of the entrepreneur's project can influence the choice of province as a business location. It is therefore essential to know your project inside out, so as to be able to take into account all the parameters and specifics of your project, such as the competition and the market, and choose the best location for your business.