Choosing the right address for a company's registered office is an extremely important part of setting up a new business.
It's an essential part of your company's identity, and will feature prominently on your business card. The domiciliation address is also known as the "registered office", and can be obtained by using a domiciliation company.
It's the address that will appear on every official document, and it also determines your nationality, country of taxation and jurisdiction in the event of disputes.
French law allows a company's place of business to be separated from its registered office.
France's major cities are veritable magnets for companies: they are home to a vast and dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem, business centers, research laboratories, universities and training centers.
There are many advantages to locating your company in major regional cities
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Marseille is France's second most populous city, and boasts a much-appreciated relaxed lifestyle. The city boasts over 200,000 head offices, and the number of business start-ups per capita is the highest in France! You can take advantage of three innovative business incubators and two incubators. The recently-formed Aix-Marseille Provence metropolis is the country's largest, and its main objective is to promote economic development.
Marseille has the best business survival rate after 5 years!
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Toulouse: the "Entreprendre Midi-Pyrénées" business network is particularly effective, in partnership with the local CCI. Toulouse boasts a particularly high-performance economic environment in the aeronautics, defense and aerospace sectors. Several business districts, such as Toulouse Balma and Borderouge, are in full development.
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Lyon : the Lyon metropolis is focusing its efforts on innovative investments and the growth of young companies. The local Aderly agency, in charge of the city's economic development, recently took part in a trip to the United States and Japan to support local business leaders in developing new international opportunities. All businesses can also benefit from the "Grand Lyon, l'esprit d'entreprise" program . Between 2004 and 2014, the number of businesses in Lyon increased by more than 120%.
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Bordeaux: the capital of Aquitaine benefits from recent urban development and high-quality infrastructure. Just 2 hours 04 minutes from Paris via the new LGV high-speed rail link, the city's priority is digital growth. It still boasts a record business start-up rate of 17.7%, compared with the French average of 14% in 2014.
Much more than just a mailbox, domiciliation companies simplify the day-to-day life of companies
They offer a range of complementary services. It's now possible to entrust the management of your mail to the domiciliation company, and get rid of this low value-added activity.
It will be responsible for receiving, scanning and forwarding each envelope.
All correspondence can be consulted from a personalized, secure online space. A switchboard, administrative and legal assistance and fully-equipped meeting rooms are other highly appreciated benefits.
Opting for a domiciliation in a business center is an added advantage. Fully equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and located in the heart of city centers, they offer a quality business environment for all types of companies.
Highly appreciated by entrepreneurs, the services offered by domiciliation companies save precious time, freeing teams from many time-consuming and unrewarding tasks so that they can concentrate their efforts on high value-added missions.
Contrary to popular belief, business domiciliation is not only common practice in Paris, but also in many other French cities.
It is the best alternative to domiciling in the manager's personal home or renting business premises.
Written by our expert Paul LASBARRERES-CANDAU
le 17 décembre 2018
