Reindustrialisation: with 23 factories in the first half of 2025, France won

• For the second consecutive semester, France recorded net losses of factories.
• A brutal judgment of reindustrialisation which had not arrived for almost ten years.

In recent months, the situation has changed. While France was one of the most deindustrialized countries, hexagon had stopped the hemorrhage between 2017 and 2023 before falling back into its flaws. In the first half of 2025, Trendeo thus recorded 23 factories, and 35 in the previous semester. Or two semesters in a row in the red, which had not happened for nine years. It is mainly the agrifood, automotive and metallurgy sectors that are affected.

Reindustrialisation, objective set by Emmanuel Macron, has therefore undergone a brutal judgment, caused in particular by a degraded international and European context. European industries suffer due to a cost of energy three to four times higher than those in China or the United States. “And then Europe is shooting in the foot. Because there is an overflow of regulations. […] We are the good students of the energy transitionbut we cannot currently protect ourselves “underlines Catherine André, LCI economy journalist.

In addition, this dropout is also caused by a French problem. The country’s trade balance remains largely in deficit, because France does not produce enough. In addition, the high labor cost (46 euros per hour in the industry) makes it very difficult to be competitive on the outdoor markets. There is also a very high level of taxes that weighs on tricolor companies.