Successfully setting up your business in Montpellier
Setting up your business in Montpellier means becoming part of one of the most dynamic, innovative, and attractive areas in Europe.
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole works with all types of businesses, from startups to SMEs, mid-sized companies, and large corporations, to help them get established and grow, and to provide the best conditions for success.
Whether you are arriving alone, as a team, or as part of an expanding project, we provide you with a range of tools, support, and services to make your transition easier.
Premium benefits of our area
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Montpellier offers an efficient public transportation network, which is free for users living in the metropolitan area. This makes daily commutes easier for your teams. With a bike path network, bike-sharing services, and park-and-ride facilities, everything is designed to make getting around a breeze.
👉 Find complete transportation information on the TaM website
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Montpellier combines the advantages of a major Mediterranean city without the inconveniences, featuring the sea just 15 km away, beautiful marshes and scrubland, vineyards, and 300 days of sunshine per year — totaling 2,822 hours of annual sunshine. The city regularly tops lifestyle rankings and attracts many new residents each year, drawn by its unique balance of urban vibrancy and a relaxed way of life.
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Montpellier enjoys demographic vitality that is unrivalled in France: the metropolitan area saw a +20% growth in population between 2011 and 2022, driven in particular by a strong influx of young adults and students. With nearly 80,000 students and a world-class academic hub, with University of Montpellier ranking among the world’s top 250 universities, the area offers businesses a pool of young talent that is constantly renewed. This is distinctive advantage for recruiting locally in promising sectors, such as healthcare, digital technology, creative industries, and agroecology.
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Montpellier offers fertile ground for creating, testing, recruiting, and growing. With strong job demand and a high rate of business creation, Montpellier leverages a dense ecosystem of education and research, with a focus on fields of excellence such as healthcare, digital technology, cultural and creative industries, renewable energy, and agri-food-water. Global leaders such as Dell, Ubisoft, Veolia, and Sanofi have all established a presence here, alongside a dynamic network of startups and innovative SMEs. The MedVallée initiative is working to transform Montpellier into a world-class hub for global health (One Health) by uniting research, higher education, and businesses around a shared vision.
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Whether your goal is to set up operations in the area, obtain funding for your project, expand into international markets, or recruit the talent your business needs to grow, Montpellier Métropole is here to assist you every step of the way.
Reaching far beyond the recognized programs and opportunities offered by the BIC (Business and Innovation Centre), our ecosystem is built on a comprehensive and integrated support system. Montpellier Métropole teams offer a range of free, personalized assistance services that include identifying premises suitable for your business; setting up and structuring your project; accessing various public and private funding programs; connecting you with key players in your industry; and supporting your recruitment needs.
In terms of commercial real estate, our structured portfolio of 25,000 m² of business incubator and transition workshop space — including 10,500 m² space dedicated to biotech companies at the Biopôle Euromédecine science park —meets your needs at every stage of your growth, from startup to scale-up. Whether your priority is setting up operations, securing financing, expanding internationally, or recruiting, you’ll find a single point of contact with Montpellier Métropole to provide you with practical, long-term support.