LYON, THE ESSENTIAL EUROPEAN CITY

When you choose Lyon, you choose one of the most attractive cities in Europe, an international competitor and a gateway to the rest of the world. Each year Lyon attracts an increasing number of businesses with a wealth of talent. Set up your company in the heart of the Rhône-Alpes region, one of Europe’s most thriving regions.

Lyon in figures: discover the potential of this major European economic and demographic center.

 1^st  for the number of business set-ups (after Paris) (Attractiveness Survey 2011 Ernst & Young)

 9^th favorite European city among entrepreneurs (ECER Ranking 2010)

 9^th most innovative city in the world (2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index 2010)
 €4 billion per year invested in Research & Development (R&D) in the Rhône-Alpes region; spending comparable to that of Finland and Denmark.

 2.8 million business trips were made to Lyon in 2009 (Lyon Tourism Office)

 Leading competitive clusters: Lyonbiôpole, Axelera, Lyon Urban Truck & Bus, Imaginove, Techtera...

For more information: discover the 10 key advantages that make all the difference in Lyon! (pdf)

Lyon is home to renowned international companies and major decision centers:

 Merial

 Sanofi Pasteur

 Renault Trucks

 Interpol

 Discover other key companies that chose Lyon.

Lyon also hosts renowned world events

The Lyon area regularly welcomes leading fairs and conferences in the health, culinary, environmental technologies, and transport sectors.

 The international environmental technologies trade fair provides a global vision and cross-sector solutions in environmental technologies, with over 2600 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors in 2010.

 A world class event that brings together over 2000 opinion leaders - a dozen of them Nobel prize winners- to debate on the key challenges in life sciences facing our society in terms of the environment, health and food supply.

BioVision, the World Life Sciences Forum is a key event in the international bioscience calendar. Initiated in Lyon in 1999, the event is held every two years. 

     International hotel catering and food trade exhibition takes place every 2 years at Eurexpo-Lyon. At Sirha, visitors delight in tasting cuisine from around the world.

Truck and Bus world forum: an international event devoted to the future of the truck and bus industry. This event takes place every 2 years in Lyon.