Are you interested in becoming an entrepreneur? But you don't know which city or region to locate in to make your business domicile a success?
Corporate domiciliation means giving your company a tax address as well as an administrative address to which all your correspondence and official documents will be sent.
Obtaining such an address, the 1st mandatory step in any business start-up, also determines your company's registered office. Acting as a showcase for your company, the registered office has both a strategic and a practical role.
It's all about deciding where to locate your head office.
And why not try an adventure on the banks of the Garonne in Toulouse?
Business domiciliation in Toulouse has many attractions for potential entrepreneurs.
First and foremost, it is characterized by its influence. In fact, its influence is linked to the fact that it is the 4th largest urban area in France, and that the Toulouse conurbation therefore has an extremely extensive area of influence, as confirmed by INSEE.
What's more, the Toulouse region is France's leading region in terms of company start-ups and hiring intentions , with an almost 30% increase in the number of companies in just 10 years.
An extremely dynamic aeronautics sector, coupled with a "successful" ecosystem, make this a truly attractive region!
As the academic Laurent Davezies points out, the Ville Rose is a leading city in the "France that wins", thanks to increased productivity and competitiveness, particularly with the development of major projects such as the high-speed rail line.
It's also its quality of life that attracts newcomers, with population growth averaging 1.2% over 10 years for the region as a whole, compared with 0.6% for other regions.
From an entrepreneurial point of view, Toulouse also has many assets. In addition to its dynamism in the aeronautics sector, Toulouse is also doing a great deal to encourage the development of start-ups.
So, with the support of structures like Le Camping and Connected Camp, all of which aim to support or accelerate the development of businesses, the city has never been better placed to see young companies emerge.
An incubator, business incubators and other start-up weekends are also making the region ever more attractive.
Toulouse is also a fairly wealthy metropolis , with a GDP of around 30 billion euros. This makes financial support from certain public bodies possible. This is particularly true of the city's CCI or Chamber of Commerce and Industry , which offers a wide range of support programs.
But which type of domiciliation should you choose? It's a question of carefully considering your own project in order to identify the advantages and disadvantages of each domiciliation option.
However, the best value-for-money solution remains the domiciliation company.
While less costly than renting or buying business premises, the latter enables you to separate your business address from your personal address, gain credibility by having a strategic address, and limit your administrative work by having a range of services at your disposal.
What are these services?
First of all, in addition to an advantageous head office address, a domiciliation company offers the possibility of taking advantage of a corporate mail management service. The latter, while keeping business life separate from personal life, provides a fixed location for receiving mail.
The mail can then either be held until it is received by the executive directly on site, or forwarded to a specific address.
A scanning option is also available. This enables company directors to receive their mail just-in-time, directly into their e-mail inbox.
Secondly, a domiciliation company can provide a telephone answering service. This is often a significant boost to a company's credibility.
A secretary is in charge of filtering calls according to your instructions, redirecting calls or taking messages... All this without forgetting a presentation of the company and its manager.
Finally, a domiciliation company often offers the opportunity to use meeting rooms for important business development meetings . These are of course fully equipped.
This possibility represents a gain in professionalism.
In conclusion, preferring the provinces to the capital can be a strategic choice, depending on your project. That's why it's important to have a clear idea of your project, so you know where to locate your business.
Written by our expert Quentin Moyon
May 4, 2018
