Key figures
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, a business-friendly environment
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in figures
- 2,8million inhabitants
- 47 800km2 in area
- 1,3million in the working population
- 72€ billion GDP
- 2ndexporting region (export/ import coverage ratio)
- 21,5a trade surplus with €21,5 businesses billion in exports
- 268,000businesses
- 60,000students in higher education
France’s leading industrial region
A regional of industrial excellence
- Almost 1 in 5 employees work in industry
- Almost 70% of the industrial workforce are specialized in:
mechanical engineering/metallurgy, transport equipment, the food industry and plastics engineering - 14,700 industrial firms
- 10 industrial territories
France’s second largest agricultural region in creating added value
- 63% of the region’s land eligible for PDO/PGI quality certification
- 168 protected designations of origin/protected geographical indications
Leading region for private investment in R&D (weight of private business spending)
5 competitiveness clusters
16 clusters
13 technological facilities
7 high-end service incubator
A Peugeot 3008 on the finishing line at the Sochaux site – ©Communication Sochaux
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Some leading firms
PSA Peugeot-Citroën – General Electric Energy – Areva -Berner – Inovyn – FTP Powertrain technologies – CEA Valduc – Michelin – Industeel France – Laboratoires Urgo – LDC Bourgogne – Aperam – JTekt Automotive – Alstom Transport -DIM – Faurecia – HMY France – Vétoquinol – SIS -Pneu Laurent – Parisot – U-Shin – FMC technologies -V33