Set up in Lyon with complete business support

Seven services designed to simplify your set-up and boost your projects.

How ONLYLYON Invest supports your business setup in Lyon?

Setting up in Lyon means finding the right location, the right partners and the right real estate solutions for your business. From offices, business premises and industrial land to flexible workspaces and turnkey sites, the Lyon region offers a wide range of options to support your development project. With its in-depth knowledge of the local ecosystem and its network of trusted partners, ONLYLYON Invest helps you move forward at every stage of your business setup in Lyon.

Why set up in Lyon?

The Lyon region offers all the key advantages needed for a successful business expansion: a highly skilled talent pool, a strategic location at the heart of Europe, globally recognized industry sectors, a strong network of economic partners, and real estate solutions tailored to every project. It provides an ideal environment for growth, innovation, and the sustainable development of your business.

Complete, personalized, free support to guarantee the success of your company in Lyon and the surrounding region.

How our services support your business set-up in Lyon?

  1. Find the right business location
  2. Secure funding and financial support
  3. Build your business network and strategic partnerships
  4. Navigate legal and tax requirements
  5. Recruit and retain talent
  6. Support employee relocation and mobility
  7. Enhance your visibility and integrate into the local ecosystem

Prepare your expansion with our Lyon Investment Guide.

Are you planning to grow your business in the Lyon region? Discover our Lyon Investment Guide and access key insights to better understand the local business ecosystem, identify opportunities, and confidently prepare your expansion project.

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Services to help your company set up in Lyon

We offer a full range of custom services designed to meet your specific needs. Our expertise encompasses essential areas such as securing your funding plan, connecting with strategic business networks, and personalized help with your administrative obligations. That way, you can focus on what’s most important: growing your business. Our ambition is for your project to converge with the unique strengths of the Lyon region, creating a dynamic conducive to innovation and sustainable growth.

Companies that have chosen the Lyon region.

Many companies have chosen to develop their projects in the Lyon region. Discover their inspiring journeys and the keys to their success.
ONLYLYON Invest played a key role in helping us set up in Lyon, providing us with effective support and a valuable local network from the start of the project.
The Italian group Cembre, founded in 1969, is an international company specializing in electrical connectors, industrial tools for cable termination and wiring, as well as marking and identification systems. Its new base in Lyon consists of over 1,000 m² in Saint-Priest and 390 m² in Part-Dieu.
Yci Enfance benefited from high-quality support in recruiting its Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Responsiveness, the relevance of advice and tools, and involvement at every stage—all contributed to successfully hiring an outstanding candidate.
Yci Enfance develops new community and non-profit kindergartens in deprived areas, combining a long-term investment model supported by Meridiam and ANRU with the commitment of public education managers to ensure quality and integration with public services.
We take advantage of the attractiveness of the Lyon region and its universities and schools to attract talent directly to our Lyon site.
Global player in technology solutions for the oil, chemical and energy industries. The company has benefited from our mobility assistance and relocation service for its employees.
The biomanufacturing of the future is being built in Lyon. Support from ONLYLYON Invest has strengthened our partnerships to accelerate the industrialization of innovative therapies, working closely with patients. Here, the industry of life is taking shape.
MGA Technologies designs bespoke machinery and equipment that transform healthcare and industry: robots, smart machines, breakthrough innovations. Located in Roanne, the company makes the most of its valuable technical skills to accelerate innovations, from the lab to the factory.
Support from ONLYLYON Invest made setting up in Lyon simple and effective. Their communications gave us valuable visibility, and their network opened up key opportunities. Thanks to them, we were quickly able to join the industrial fabric of the Lyon region.
Demeter provides funding support for the energy and ecological transition for innovative start-ups, fast-growing SMEs and mid-sized companies, as well as for infrastructure projects. It has managed the impact seed fund for the Lyon and Saint-Étienne metropolitan authorities since 2021.

FAQ

Before choosing business premises in Lyon, companies should assess accessibility, available space, technical constraints, proximity to customers or suppliers, recruitment needs, possibilities for future growth and the overall occupancy cost. These criteria help select a site that truly matches the company’s activity and development plans.

The choice between renting and buying depends on the project, the expected duration of the business location, the available budget and the need for flexibility. Renting may suit a launch phase or rapid growth stage, while purchasing can be relevant for a long-term, industrial or strategic business location.

The timeline depends on the type of property required, the surface area, location, technical constraints and market availability. A simple project can move forward quickly, while a search for land, a workshop, an industrial site or highly specific premises may require several months of planning.