What does the France non-residential construction dataset measure?

It measures the floor area in square metres of non-residential buildings authorised (permits) and started in France. This includes premises for accommodation, culture, leisure, and social work public services.

Which geographical breakdowns are available for French non-residential construction?

The data is available at the national level, by administrative region (such as Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Corsica, and Hauts-de-France), and by individual département (such as Val-de-Marne, Haute-Saône, and Seine-Maritime).

How often is the French non-residential construction data updated?

The dataset is updated monthly by the Service des données et études statistiques (SDES) of the French Ministry for Ecological Transition.

How far back do the non-residential construction series go?

The historical series for authorised and started non-residential floor area in France are available starting from 1994.

France non-residential construction

Name: France non-residential construction
Creator: SDES – Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

France non-residential building permits and starts by type of premises and region, from the SDES.

Source: SDES – Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique)Last updated: Sep 17, 2026, 15:05Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023	07-2023
National, by type of premises28
Authorized floor area of accommodation premises (estimate)	91,258	104,762	35,390	37,202	82,920	67,550	43,082	142,167	93,313	72,635	71,545	56,042	137,065	63,054	64,433	128,846	77,591	93,553	70,341	58,450	74,698	78,391	130,078	96,301	117,987	87,609	91,797	65,096	97,433	124,666	44,227	72,984	69,318	73,604	117,755	109,779	87,481
Authorized floor area of office premises (estimate)	282,224	251,433	193,824	223,598	317,712	258,375	246,817	290,384	253,665	289,859	274,174	232,586	333,962	239,711	226,661	266,083	273,147	248,003	286,631	304,431	286,597	488,962	406,913	258,758	344,327	330,960	325,932	240,372	412,480	309,704	273,476	381,551	291,567	391,938	388,702	320,230	397,884
Authorized floor area of industrial premises (estimate)	478,150	321,591	333,890	454,903	495,119	393,374	246,435	320,957	372,534	691,635	359,023	364,241	355,920	402,761	291,468	397,803	302,274	295,365	437,692	988,628	317,110	526,789	512,670	570,172	407,112	322,844	237,531	326,698	398,735	215,095	344,083	296,491	299,327	462,063	379,862	327,891	570,685
Authorized floor area of agricultural or forestry farm premises	864,863	694,258	714,601	650,920	857,974	540,819	721,735	580,808	686,771	832,959	763,434	633,700	894,486	751,562	714,644	720,330	597,002	600,681	862,379	520,853	683,516	655,334	626,688	542,988	780,152	703,456	601,568	641,507	632,469	480,714	458,141	470,433	510,046	772,448	783,562	565,516	568,276
Authorized floor area of warehousing premises (estimate)	684,556	581,632	449,283	533,932	628,055	740,828	444,503	483,233	510,646	592,420	815,543	546,525	719,252	543,324	574,483	450,489	766,355	899,417	624,998	841,721	684,226	578,308	836,786	906,696	835,794	575,998	619,474	449,655	627,877	698,582	780,719	816,395	632,024	635,625	879,213	711,189	1,002,050
Authorized floor area of transport public service premises	4,741	31,138	15,257	7,795	9,804	867	18,107	4,659	11,313	18,960	41,600	48,285	8,905	9,679	8,741	41,870	15,131	7,542	43,038	28,108	12,228	20,899	15,859	16,806	16,780	51,415	30,475	21,477	17,750	10,502	6,550	13,454	15,206	87,266	51,409	4,584	8,753
Authorized floor area of education and research public service premises	99,901	113,557	82,885	84,056	89,156	86,313	85,466	133,006	84,704	197,126	151,880	152,247	133,084	142,921	109,244	108,200	163,406	100,787	99,523	148,502	112,257	113,488	142,254	107,976	157,104	141,377	117,622	104,630	145,943	134,276	114,332	125,510	128,546	161,176	140,522	102,256	108,360
Authorized floor area of health public service premises	69,341	80,775	59,571	269,624	66,991	102,023	46,407	110,508	169,117	98,266	257,737	97,612	174,790	126,254	85,560	83,075	81,945	84,677	73,070	112,399	79,391	135,380	85,463	117,059	94,904	113,972	115,323	51,090	79,417	74,779	59,506	95,516	133,665	127,400	104,391	74,146	105,735
Authorized floor area of social work public service premises	28,684	37,365	17,374	29,717	40,371	26,715	44,415	60,452	60,977	75,789	90,864	72,795	95,964	78,310	73,291	60,972	77,003	59,688	70,809	72,705	102,919	86,396	85,257	65,669	75,911	92,178	105,709	72,201	60,933	77,743	70,165	90,102	77,826	109,593	81,505	66,242	91,284
Authorized floor area of special works public service premises	48,588	38,926	15,091	18,211	29,414	49,450	56,370	67,955	83,689	79,853	84,443	56,804	98,862	68,548	63,852	62,091	57,847	62,459	62,302	46,375	61,774	54,130	60,074	55,078	78,903	65,293	44,227	69,444	79,265	71,569	49,561	24,686	53,834	99,382	43,550	41,731	74,517
Authorized floor area of culture and leisure public service premises	65,055	71,173	53,152	62,792	66,757	137,940	104,740	229,407	75,551	149,097	202,439	121,878	155,048	95,198	109,605	120,413	114,868	109,990	117,587	117,448	100,866	152,011	102,576	79,528	155,612	147,855	100,158	105,766	92,754	150,393	98,660	84,760	95,748	105,127	100,858	92,948	104,065
Authorized floor area of all premises	3,229,606	2,809,043	2,382,985	2,772,010	3,306,006	2,874,112	2,476,394	2,963,967	2,823,253	3,604,680	3,750,420	2,842,783	3,630,672	2,967,740	2,750,510	2,868,843	2,966,207	2,927,480	3,172,535	3,744,894	2,899,880	3,353,474	3,508,269	3,194,092	3,663,465	3,138,157	2,795,807	2,617,575	3,113,531	2,743,448	2,731,272	2,975,174	2,789,639	3,534,998	3,593,239	2,806,721	3,609,075
Started floor area of accommodation premises (estimate)	34,992	32,959	48,176	91,169	37,420	34,367	37,782	51,871	43,849	40,611	41,439	19,516	52,978	57,340	38,260	69,270	29,684	33,467	67,254	39,621	43,289	44,238	44,518	12,077	57,687	38,351	33,079	30,599	19,595	35,255	49,308	14,776	30,877	25,757	72,464	36,484	25,363
Started floor area of office premises (estimate)	162,927	161,139	126,201	238,599	226,421	169,931	167,185	246,689	180,222	166,881	230,167	133,915	189,072	202,525	190,528	167,981	233,265	173,055	220,256	163,858	271,099	209,705	165,814	138,451	192,770	198,405	182,370	151,745	293,774	207,533	232,858	199,893	300,817	293,268	202,922	205,207	238,715
Started floor area of industrial premises (estimate)	233,856	192,091	186,427	172,839	261,921	141,031	184,662	132,539	160,828	227,957	193,957	122,755	206,721	241,130	214,658	142,843	294,024	217,293	228,843	80,180	205,758	209,918	357,840	154,548	288,275	197,473	327,164	187,599	205,289	282,766	180,492	179,454	211,012	302,525	338,785	139,584	308,555
Started floor area of agricultural or forestry farm premises	444,570	412,191	266,408	222,274	391,415	247,983	300,615	268,038	372,699	367,012	463,972	295,801	411,208	344,901	254,559	298,763	283,615	348,654	310,351	308,497	192,738	342,819	331,976	221,590	313,172	313,545	230,655	240,652	327,829	395,062	214,404	280,939	260,331	329,118	337,931	239,043	318,784
Started floor area of warehousing premises (estimate)	378,934	391,771	280,331	368,637	375,024	293,091	375,303	280,386	437,565	300,022	413,369	393,643	505,799	219,760	305,240	302,123	326,319	261,150	514,790	284,684	267,464	371,337	297,054	186,648	381,874	344,419	215,171	276,066	320,790	549,952	294,730	234,953	714,959	427,813	448,911	320,932	301,569
Started floor area of transport public service premises	3,346	15,658	3,679	12,377	20,810	13,474	24,587	12,371	1,794	30,344	31,500	7,397	15,320	12,257	13,448	8,363	25,858	7,588	28,630	8,238	4,779	6,590	29,125	13,852	26,296	7,239	8,762	11,720	28,033	14,008	1,344	12,631	32,869	11,540	5,184	4,000	9,176
Started floor area of education and research public service premises	124,466	99,419	43,179	149,051	94,761	78,694	71,230	94,314	83,859	61,894	150,722	69,357	81,314	87,005	61,229	49,998	75,083	58,688	71,948	56,195	72,797	86,091	77,123	87,485	127,434	142,196	125,016	73,069	69,304	99,465	114,672	59,533	118,614	109,396	80,563	56,047	97,218
Started floor area of health public service premises	127,416	140,466	73,987	61,398	85,240	71,676	181,862	112,477	80,691	105,026	82,352	46,916	45,421	82,605	67,747	53,385	83,924	81,931	32,748	66,394	30,613	54,704	103,708	15,787	63,488	57,584	80,536	81,378	118,514	55,288	41,712	92,745	113,849	62,084	61,080	83,292	71,771
Started floor area of social work public service premises	29,758	36,336	35,528	34,887	65,746	57,478	53,374	36,025	43,092	55,084	59,954	44,077	47,940	50,827	56,618	50,428	46,823	43,172	96,085	54,664	50,253	37,999	62,271	27,365	29,007	50,780	38,487	47,096	35,353	36,577	53,898	39,797	47,845	40,047	58,190	52,502	38,516
Started floor area of special works public service premises	22,273	27,839	22,861	35,658	58,424	41,480	21,212	29,555	35,975	33,454	44,324	17,947	33,280	36,646	22,480	32,204	32,830	24,657	36,756	19,923	44,101	38,631	23,644	21,307	38,042	44,626	22,845	39,483	18,601	30,814	19,797	16,267	23,512	20,334	24,891	22,497	27,511
Started floor area of culture and leisure public service premises	44,596	59,924	77,651	49,852	106,876	66,037	91,579	126,164	50,766	82,104	90,408	83,962	59,294	59,563	54,805	44,291	76,667	70,905	95,526	56,429	94,530	110,783	73,734	41,940	80,212	70,610	67,348	49,003	91,110	53,072	64,926	45,757	92,972	89,415	76,138	46,676	71,178
Started floor area of all premises	1,829,881	1,830,877	1,427,678	1,721,511	2,055,407	1,462,451	1,797,533	1,729,063	1,779,256	1,764,257	2,145,084	1,445,449	1,903,398	1,678,840	1,557,660	1,492,441	1,809,771	1,566,342	1,967,773	1,444,852	1,545,990	1,739,563	1,811,996	1,092,790	1,895,527	1,709,010	1,595,799	1,414,197	1,809,070	2,026,748	1,523,383	1,433,029	2,191,366	1,987,809	1,943,765	1,472,906	1,741,405
Authorized floor area of premises of general interest	316,310	372,934	243,330	472,195	302,493	403,308	355,505	605,987	485,351	619,091	828,963	549,621	666,653	520,910	450,293	476,621	510,200	425,143	466,329	525,537	469,435	562,304	491,483	442,116	579,214	612,090	513,514	424,608	476,062	519,262	398,774	434,028	504,825	689,944	522,235	381,907	492,714
Started floor area of premises of general interest	351,855	379,642	256,885	343,223	431,857	328,839	443,844	410,906	296,177	367,906	459,260	269,656	282,569	328,903	276,327	238,669	341,185	286,941	361,693	261,843	297,073	334,798	369,605	207,736	364,479	373,035	342,994	301,749	360,915	289,224	296,349	266,730	429,661	332,816	306,046	265,014	315,370
Authorized floor area of distributive trades and service activities premises	597,454	583,429	446,410	432,533	702,529	536,097	461,401	682,596	514,104	578,717	709,284	516,111	660,395	509,476	492,964	557,519	517,229	458,874	494,505	563,721	459,000	541,772	633,727	473,361	716,866	592,806	497,783	534,740	565,909	520,089	476,080	576,277	551,849	582,982	639,668	499,990	577,463
Started floor area of distributive trades and service activities premises	257,556	294,043	311,159	374,946	368,134	281,576	325,925	390,505	331,765	334,479	384,359	229,676	308,029	341,621	316,348	342,062	331,357	279,249	331,840	345,790	311,853	270,985	289,706	183,817	354,957	282,133	297,434	256,386	300,474	302,211	304,542	270,907	274,506	302,046	309,168	303,126	258,406
By region2
Floor area authorised18
Floor area started18
By département2
Floor area authorised14
Floor area started14

Latest reading

The latest reading is 237,020 M², for Jul 2026. That is −33.5% from Jun 2026 and −43.4% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2013 to Jul 2026.

Latest: 237,020 M²; Jul 2026
vs previous period: −33.5%; Jun 2026
vs a year earlier: −43.4%

About this data

France non-residential building permits and starts by type of premises and region, from the SDES. This monthly dataset tracks the floor area in square metres authorised and started since 1994. It includes breakdowns for accommodation, culture, leisure, and social work public service premises. The statistics are available at the national level, by administrative region, and by département.

Frequently asked questions

What does the France non-residential construction dataset measure?: It measures the floor area in square metres of non-residential buildings authorised (permits) and started in France. This includes premises for accommodation, culture, leisure, and social work public services.
Which geographical breakdowns are available for French non-residential construction?: The data is available at the national level, by administrative region (such as Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Corsica, and Hauts-de-France), and by individual département (such as Val-de-Marne, Haute-Saône, and Seine-Maritime).
How often is the French non-residential construction data updated?: The dataset is updated monthly by the Service des données et études statistiques (SDES) of the French Ministry for Ecological Transition.
How far back do the non-residential construction series go?: The historical series for authorised and started non-residential floor area in France are available starting from 1994.