In 2023, France continued to reindustrialize. There were 201 openings or extensions of industrial sites in 2023 in France, after 176 the previous year.
The government claims 130,000 industrial job creations since 2017. On a sectoral level, it is a traditional sector, the agri-food sector, which displays the greatest dynamism, with 47 openings or Extensions. Conversely, the plastics industry and extractive industries are at net zero, and the paper and cardboard sector lost one site over the year.