A serviced coworking and business address in the South of France — English-speaking, fully equipped, with two strategic locations on the Mediterranean. Built for international founders, expanding teams and entrepreneurs relocating to France.
Millénaire · Pic Saint-Loup
Garosud · Office
Millénaire · Lounge
Four core services, all built around the same idea — give international entrepreneurs a real, well-located, English-speaking base in Montpellier without the friction of a French commercial lease.
Equipped desks, hot or fixed, by the day or by the month. Fibre, printing, coffee, lounge.
See coworkingA real, Préfecture-approved registered office for your French company. Mail collected on the day.
See domiciliationAddress + mail + optional phone + meeting rooms on demand. For remote teams testing France.
See virtual officeSeven rooms across both centres, from 2 to 40 seats. Book by the hour. Projector, Wi-Fi included.
See meeting roomsThere are dozens of online services that will sell you a French registered address for a few euros a month. Here is what they don't include — and why it usually matters.
A building, an English-speaking team, post handled in person.
A mailbox in a shared building, often in a different city.
Both Préfecture-approved. Pick the one that matches your activity — or use both.
Eastern Montpellier · Jean Mermoz business district
Tertiary park, modern building, tram L1, A9 exit n°29. Ideal for tech, services and headquarters.
199 rue Hélène Boucher · 34170 Castelnau-le-Lez
Southern Montpellier · A9 motorway exit n°31
Activity zone, larger premises, parking. Ideal for commerce, light industry and e-commerce.
48 rue Claude Balbastre · 34070 Montpellier
A few rooms across the two centres. Tours are by appointment — and free.
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Montpellier ranks #10 in France for startup ecosystems, with a growing pool of healthtech, agritech, GreenTech and software companies. The local Talent ecosystem (French Tech Méditerranée, BIC Montpellier, regional funds like SOFILARO) is active and accessible to international founders. And it's a much easier place to relocate a family than Paris.
Roughly 40% lower than central Paris and 30% lower than London for housing and daily expenses, while keeping access to a TGV station and an international airport.
300 days of sun a year, the Mediterranean coast 15 minutes south, the Cévennes mountains 40 minutes north. One of the youngest populations in France — average age 35.
Notable companies founded here include Swile, Teads (acquired by Altice), MedinCell, Qair, Sweep. Three universities, a CHU, IBM research, and active French Tech support.
A short sample. The full FAQ covers visas, banking, taxes, schools and the practical side of running a French company as an international founder.
Since Brexit, UK nationals need a long-stay visa to live and work in France for more than 90 days. For founders, the most relevant route is the Talent Passport — Business Creator, valid for up to 4 years and renewable. Family members get a "Talent — Family" permit with independent work rights.
For tech founders, the French Tech Visa is the same legal framework with a fast-tracked pathway through the French Tech network. Application fee: ~£85. You must show financial means equivalent to the French minimum wage (SMIC), currently €21,876.40/year as of 1 January 2026.
If you don't need to live in France personally — for instance because you're setting up a French subsidiary while staying based in the UK — no visa is required, and a business-only setup is much simpler.
For most international founders, the SASU (Société par Actions Simplifiée Unipersonnelle) is the standard choice. It is a single-shareholder company with limited liability, flexible governance, and acceptable to French banks. Capital can be as low as €1, although €1,000–€5,000 is more practical.
If you have two or more partners, the SAS is the same structure for multiple shareholders. The SARL is older, more rigid, and rarely chosen by international founders any more.
For a one-person service business with limited turnover, the micro-entrepreneur status (formerly auto-entrepreneur) is simpler still, but it caps turnover at €77,700/year for services or €188,700 for retail, and you cannot reclaim VAT.
Yes, fully legal. The activity is regulated by the law of 4 August 2008 and ordinance n° 2009-104. Every domiciliation provider must hold a Préfecture-issued agrément, valid for 6 years and renewable, with the agrément number printed on every contract.
In practice, you sign a 3-month minimum contract for the right to use the address as your French registered office. The provider — us, in this case — receives your post, holds it for collection or scans it on request, and signposts your company at reception. The address appears on your Kbis (French company extract), on your invoices, and in public registries.
Realistically, 2 to 4 weeks from the moment you have all your documents ready. The actual incorporation at the INPI Guichet Unique (the single online portal since 2023) takes 5 to 15 working days once submitted, but most of the time is spent gathering documents: domiciliation contract, articles of association, beneficial ownership declaration, deposited capital.
For founders not yet living in France, the bank account is the usual bottleneck. French banks are cautious with non-resident company directors. A neobank (Qonto, Shine) can shorten this to a few days; a traditional bank can take 4–8 weeks.
The SASU (single-shareholder simplified joint-stock company) is the usual choice for most international founders, offering limited liability, flexible governance, and acceptance by banks. You can set it up with capital as low as 1 euro, but 1,000 to 5,000 euros is more practical. For two or more partners, the SAS is the identical structure, and for micro-businesses with limited turnover, the micro-entrepreneur status is simpler still.
Absolutely legal. The activity falls under the law of 4 August 2008 and ordinance n. 2009-104, requiring each provider to hold an agrément issued by the Préfecture — valid for 6 years, renewable, and with its number printed on every contract.
The standard rate of corporate tax (Impôt sur les Sociétés) in France is 25 percent of profits. SMEs with turnover under 10 million euros and at least 75 percent individual shareholders benefit from a reduced 15 percent rate on their first 42,500 euros of profit. VAT (TVA) generally stands at 20 percent.
Yes. Environmental action here takes the form of a concrete CSR approach — self-produced solar electricity, a single-use-free restaurant, on-site biowaste recovery, waste reduction and sorting, local sourcing and soft mobility.
Choosing where to set up your company also means choosing a place that acts for the planet.
The centre's environmental approach is concrete: energy, waste and mobility are all designed to cut its footprint.
L'esprit du site : un cadre professionnel où l'on tisse facilement son réseau.
Le restaurant Ô Resto Garosud, ouvert en continu de 9 h à 17 h en semaine, est un point de rencontre : déjeuner, café ou travail informel.
Chaque 2e jeudi du mois, le Club LR — réseau d'affaires gratuit de plus de 1 000 entreprises — réunit ses membres pour un pitch d'une minute : le rendez-vous networking du site.
Un restaurant sur place ouvert toute la journée (9 h-17 h), le Club LR gratuit chaque 2e jeudi (1 000+ entreprises) et la Summer Beach Party annuelle réunissant 400 à 500 entrepreneurs.
Oui : une communauté d'entrepreneurs se retrouve au restaurant, au networking du Club LR et lors de la Summer Beach Party, ce qui crée de vraies relations professionnelles.