The American e-commerce giant Amazon announced on Tuesday its "largest" investment in France, more than 15 billion euros over three years. This provides for the creation of more than 7,000 permanent jobs in France.
Published on: 05/05/2026 - 9:59 p.m. Modified on: 06/05/2026 - 11:28
By investing 15 billion euros over three years, the e-commerce giant Amazon announced on Tuesday May 5 that it was strengthening its presence in France. More than 7,000 jobs will be created in a market turned upside down by the arrival of Asian platforms, such as Shein and Temu, accused of destroying the French economy.
This investment, the largest in France so far for Amazon, will make it possible to build new logistics sites, develop its cloud and artificial intelligence activities, particularly serving French SMEs, and consolidate its existing network.
Read alsoChoose France Summit: 30 billion euros of investments announced - Eco news - France 24
“Job creation will begin in 2026, with the upcoming opening of three distribution centers”, according to the logistician: 1,000 permanent contracts will be created in Illiers-Combray (Eure-et-Loir), 1,000 also in Beauvais (Oise), and 3,000 others in Colombier-Saugnieu (Rhône).
At the end of 2027, a distribution center will be launched in Ensisheim, in Haut-Rhin, leading to the creation of 2,000 permanent contracts, specifies Amazon.
This center will be one of Amazon's largest logistics sites in Europe, with its 189,000 m² on three levels.
Benefits “to the territories”
Created in 1994, Amazon has long focused on France, the third international country where the group has launched outside the United States (after Germany and the United Kingdom).
The American giant currently employs more than 25,000 employees in France on permanent contracts in its eight distribution centers, 26 delivery agencies and four sorting centers.
The 15 billion euros that it plans to invest in France over three years will result in "faster deliveries, a wider choice and low prices accessible throughout France and a reduced environmental footprint thanks to a local logistics network", assures Jean-Baptiste Thomas, general manager of Amazon in France, in the press release.
They “will directly benefit the territories, with more than 7,000 permanent jobs created, and the French companies which rely on our marketplace, our technologies, and our cloud and AI solutions to develop”, rejoiced the new manager, who arrived at the start of the year.
With AFP
Keywords associated with the article
The content you are trying to access does not exist or is no longer available.
