France Defense Market - Size and trends, budget allocation, regulations, key acquisitions, competitive landscape and forecast, 2024-2029 report provides the market size forecast and the projected growth rate for the next five years. The report covers industry analysis including the key market drivers, emerging technology trends, and major challenges faced by market participants. It also offers insights regarding key factors and government programs that are expected to influence the demand for military platforms over the forecast period.
France’s defense budget is forecast to grow from $60.4 billion in 2024 up to $67.8 billion in 2029. This trend reflects a continuation of the approach taken by the Macron administration since it implemented the Military Planning Law 2019-25, which funded the first stage of the French military’s holistic modernization initiative through incrementally larger annual spending allocations. The most recent Military Planning Law 2024-30 continues this initiative by driving up defense spending to better incorporate emerging technologies such as unmanned and space systems while also reflecting evolving geostrategic dynamics. The budget’s annual growth rate will drop over the coming years due to the completion of the capital-intensive early stages of the modernization effort, with current forecasts estimating a CAGR of 1.42% between 2025 and 2029, compared to a CAGR of 3.64% between 2020 and 2024.
France’s defense budget is forecast to grow from $60.4 billion in 2024 up to $67.8 billion in 2029. This trend reflects a continuation of the approach taken by the Macron administration since it implemented the Military Planning Law 2019-25, which funded the first stage of the French military’s holistic modernization initiative through incrementally larger annual spending allocations. The most recent Military Planning Law 2024-30 continues this initiative by driving up defense spending to better incorporate emerging technologies such as unmanned and space systems while also reflecting evolving geostrategic dynamics. The budget’s annual growth rate will drop over the coming years due to the completion of the capital-intensive early stages of the modernization effort, with current forecasts estimating a CAGR of 1.42% between 2025 and 2029, compared to a CAGR of 3.64% between 2020 and 2024.
Key Highlights
- Modernization of equipment and contribution to NATO are key factors driving defense expenditure
- Increased preference for domestic and European defense companies may impede the entry of non-European firms
Scope
This report offers a detailed analysis of France's defense market, with market size forecasts covering the next five years. It also offers insights into the strategy, security environment and defense market dynamics of the country. Various sections covered in the report are as follows:- Defense Budget Assessment: This chapter covers the defense budgeting process, market size forecasts, drivers of expenditure, and allocation analysis. It also examines key market trends and insights.
- Military Doctrine and Security Environment: Detailed analysis of military doctrine, strategic alliances, geopolitical dynamics, and the political, social, and economic factors influencing the security environment.
- Market Entry Strategy and Regulations: This section elaborates on essential aspects of procurement policy and market regulations, market entry routes, key defense procurement bodies and major deals.
- Market attractiveness and emerging opportunities: It evaluates the attractiveness of various defense sectors, indicating cumulative market value, and highlights the top sectors and defense segments by value in the country.
- Defense Platforms Import and Export Dynamics: Provides an understanding of the defense platform imports and exports of the country from 2016 to 2023. Both imports and exports of the country are provided in terms of value ($M) and volume (units), categorized by country and sector.
- Defense Platform Acquisitions: It offers an overview of defense platform acquisitions by value. It lists current defense procurement schedules for the major ongoing and planned military platforms that have been formulated in the country and elaborates on the reasons leading to the procurement of the same.
- Fleet Size: Outlines the current fleet sizes of the Army, Air Force, and Navy, detailing the year of acquisition, units in service, and the prime contractor for the equipment.
- Competitive Landscape: Profiles the main defense companies operating in the country, offering insights into their business overviews, latest contracts, and financial results.
Reasons to Buy
- Determine prospective investment areas based on a detailed trend analysis of the France defense market over the next five years
- Gain in-depth understanding about the underlying factors driving demand for different defense and internal security segments in the french market and identify he opportunities offered.
- Strengthen your understanding of the market in terms of demand drivers, market trends, and the latest technological developments, among others
- Identify the major threats that are driving the french defense market providing a clear picture about future opportunities that can be tapped, resulting in revenue expansion
- Channel resources by focusing on the ongoing programs that are being undertaken by the french government
- Make correct business decisions based on in-depth analysis of the competitive landscape consisting of detailed profiles of the top defense equipment providers in the country. The company profiles also includes information about the key products, alliances, recent contract awarded, and financial analysis, wherever available
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Defense Budget Assessment
- Budgeting Process
- Defense Market Size Historic And Forecast
- Drivers Of Defense Expenditure
- Analysis of Defense Expenditure Allocation
- Analysis Of Defense Budget Allocation
- Key Market Trends and Insights
- Military Doctrine And Security Environment
- Military Doctrine And Strategy
- Strategic Alliances and Geopolitics
- Political, Social and Economic Scenario
- Market Entry Strategy And Regulations
- Defense Procurement Bodies
- Funding Opportunities
- Trade Associations and Defense Clusters
- Procurement Policy and Market Regulations
- Market Entry Routes
- Key Challenges
- Major Deals and M&A
- Market Attractiveness and Emerging Opportunities
- Market Attractiveness By Defense Sector
- Top Sectors in the Greece Defense Market
- Top Defense Segments By Value
- Defense Platforms Import and Export Dynamics
- Defense Platforms Import Dynamics
- Defense Platforms Export Dynamics
- Defense Platform Acquisitions
- Defense Platform Acquisitions By Value
- New Generation fighter (NGF) - Future Combat Air System
- SNLE 3G
- H160M
- Rafale-F4
- Barracuda-class (Suffren-class)
- Rafale-B/C
- Scorpion programme - VBMR Griffon
- Fleet Size
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Competitive Landscape
- Defense Companies Operating In France
- Main Defense Companies
- Appendix
- About this report
- About the Analyst
- Contact the Publisher
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- Dassault Aviation SA
- Airbus SE
- Airbus Helicopters SAS
- Naval Group
- Indra Sistemas
- Thales SA