What suppliers are covered in the French retail energy data?

The dataset distinguishes between alternative suppliers and incumbent suppliers for both electricity and natural gas retail markets in France.

How are consumer energy bills represented in this French dataset?

It includes typical monthly costs in euros including VAT for specific profiles, such as cooking customers using 610 kWh a year and heating customers using 14 MWh a year.

What are the wind and solar market value indices in France?

These are monthly indices in euros per MWh published by the CRE, used to settle support contracts for wind power and solar photovoltaic generation in France.

France monthly retail electricity and gas

Name: France monthly retail electricity and gas
Creator: CRE – Observatoire des marchés de détail de l'électricité et du gaz naturel
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

France monthly retail electricity and gas market data, including supplier switching and prices.

Source: CRE – Observatoire des marchés de détail de l'électricité et du gaz naturelLast updated: Sep 15, 2026, 10:37Curated 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
Electricity4
Sites supplied under market offers2
Residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					11,272,254	11,230,420	11,183,148	11,136,708	11,058,929	10,985,606	10,943,418	10,881,648	10,825,860	10,796,260	10,771,882	10,745,327	10,712,615	10,671,841	10,632,852	10,581,490	10,511,291	10,440,790	10,374,937	10,315,472	10,256,365	10,234,301	10,210,641	10,190,599	10,179,867	10,141,200	10,104,823	10,072,244	10,040,587	9,985,373	9,950,000	9,918,000	9,892,000
Incumbent suppliers					4,442,296	4,413,530	4,381,670	4,344,631	4,318,843	4,283,267	4,236,193	4,191,856	4,154,288	4,136,452	4,127,517	4,116,865	4,100,260	4,090,321	4,083,125	4,025,859	4,005,682	3,974,877	3,929,568	3,876,988	3,817,657	3,768,515	3,732,117	3,696,856	3,653,740	3,611,741	3,567,294	3,517,762	3,477,008	3,438,178	3,385,000	3,320,000	3,258,000
Non-residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					2,468,242	2,456,995	2,443,030	2,210,186	2,199,883	2,191,195	2,182,957	2,178,196	2,174,777	2,167,898	2,159,761	2,151,539	2,144,809	2,137,097	2,128,546	2,018,552	2,008,557	1,999,370	1,991,659	1,987,179	1,983,975	1,975,801	1,964,850	1,954,410	1,944,211	1,934,716	1,925,750	1,803,290	1,792,979	1,781,242	1,783,000	1,781,000	1,780,000
Incumbent suppliers					1,364,337	1,365,012	1,371,939	1,581,785	1,582,435	1,582,080	1,582,656	1,580,144	1,582,193	1,587,917	1,584,064	1,584,982	1,588,481	1,590,213	1,588,191	1,683,125	1,683,738	1,682,579	1,681,274	1,677,191	1,677,235	1,676,962	1,674,127	1,673,209	1,674,137	1,675,041	1,676,450	1,792,960	1,800,275	1,816,594	1,820,000	1,824,000	1,829,000
Site activations (move-ins)2
Residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					153,555	145,288	151,644	156,956	159,295	191,146	200,322	215,643	193,228	158,476	156,547	162,366	148,946	139,633	143,931	146,314	152,391	180,889	187,844	195,521	176,785	145,047	134,897	143,549	132,538	126,642	125,702	133,128	131,060	155,593	182,661	179,978	166,596
Incumbent suppliers					175,061	174,049	183,074	177,682	184,333	214,109	236,465	258,253	224,528	171,001	167,853	179,178	180,725	181,408	195,033	167,435	175,542	210,296	231,041	247,041	222,205	185,379	167,034	178,095	178,275	175,983	184,701	184,995	196,671	214,368	261,939	262,149	228,090
Non-residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					15,804	16,098	36,286	14,615	14,555	17,257	13,354	11,606	14,164	12,595	13,340	14,910	14,167	14,344	30,145	14,582	13,406	14,731	11,841	10,670	13,900	13,482	12,092	15,091	14,079	13,999	46,634	11,356	11,646	11,470	10,632	8,810	11,015
Incumbent suppliers					22,615	22,325	38,578	21,816	23,148	26,369	22,453	16,562	22,938	20,484	20,285	22,723	22,818	23,516	36,755	19,426	22,195	23,556	19,974	17,286	21,459	20,156	18,807	21,156	23,804	22,411	32,419	21,217	31,579	22,737	21,247	17,600	20,890
Supplier switches initiated by customers2
Residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					107,819	103,068	104,109	149,429	135,808	109,457	88,318	87,679	99,788	94,966	91,758	98,330	111,835	118,779	113,947	104,920	96,150	99,819	87,981	85,834	81,284	87,727	78,093	85,001	88,904	85,244	70,554	74,301	165,715	84,416	50,314	55,475	68,175
Incumbent suppliers					14,483	14,462	16,082	18,547	27,055	26,018	18,818	10,999	9,519	8,987	10,862	13,918	17,610	31,989	41,798	10,925	15,701	21,247	18,264	18,189	20,201	21,518	24,155	28,936	27,632	26,393	26,760	19,352	23,190	23,684	18,511.02	18,634.59	14,637.91
Non-residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					15,025	20,624	588,693	16,465	11,704	9,966	8,484	6,227	11,449	7,647	10,769	9,300	9,474	12,097	290,563	10,640	8,923	7,693	7,548	8,695	9,322	14,521	9,996	10,426	9,820	13,629	315,179	12,451	7,881	5,982	4,860	6,472	6,612
Incumbent suppliers					1,066	1,775	104,291	993	764	5,223	1,072	585	986	637	820	2,621	1,384	1,468	31,674	952	1,229	1,186	1,724	972	1,860	1,389	1,337	1,887	1,820	1,777	50,511	2,023	2,761	3,145	1,197.8	1,485.44	2,377.8
Gross sales (contracts signed), all segments2
Alternative suppliers					292,000	285,000	881,000	337,000	321,000	328,000	311,000	321,000	319,000	273,000	272,000	285,000	285,000	284,000	579,000	276,000	271,000	303,000	295,000	300,000	281,000	261,000	235,000	255,000	245,000	240,000	558,000	231,000	316,000	257,000	248,000	251,000	252,000
Incumbent suppliers					213,000	213,000	342,000	219,000	235,000	272,000	279,000	286,000	258,000	201,000	200,000	218,000	222,000	238,000	305,000	198,000	214,000	257,000	271,000	283,000	265,000	229,000	211,000	230,000	232,000	227,000	294,000	228,000	254,000	264,000	308,000	305,000	271,000
Natural gas5
Sites supplied under market offers2
Residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					4,870,795	4,868,290	4,860,418	4,855,969	4,834,998	4,817,544	4,804,358	4,791,739	4,784,688	4,787,179	4,787,581	4,788,586	4,792,862	4,785,270	4,773,969	4,759,273	4,736,682	4,712,267	4,697,140	4,685,623	4,679,643	4,680,099	4,673,989	4,668,899	4,671,538	4,658,391	4,644,646	4,629,852	4,613,349	4,596,126	4,581,378	4,570,839	4,562,326
Incumbent suppliers					5,440,660	5,459,346	5,473,557	5,487,454	5,503,582	5,513,616	5,527,587	5,542,700	5,560,495	5,583,924	5,602,603	5,623,374	5,639,078	5,657,344	5,671,491	5,688,543	5,706,458	5,723,296	5,738,327	5,751,767	5,768,956	5,796,266	5,818,364	5,838,093	5,856,717	5,875,400	5,892,380	5,908,493	5,918,908	5,927,474	5,940,169	5,952,523	5,970,520
Non-residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					375,232	376,547	376,591	376,895	375,549	374,896	374,328	374,451	374,837	375,247	375,297	376,382	377,009	377,130	376,814	378,379	377,173	375,885	375,356	375,167	375,997	376,840	377,420	377,941	378,205	378,340	377,945	376,586	375,273	374,264	373,777	373,679	374,206
Incumbent suppliers					246,147	247,288	247,893	248,263	248,773	248,597	248,416	248,994	249,617	251,511	247,297	253,752	249,268	255,692	256,327	255,210	255,966	256,396	257,382	257,973	258,690	259,815	260,903	261,759	262,531	263,063	263,680	265,800	266,354	266,458	266,648	267,155	267,371
Site activations (move-ins)2
Residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					58,066	53,030	55,029	64,974	63,856	78,313	72,936	69,963	72,271	56,724	56,803	62,119	55,565	54,256	58,215	62,133	63,222	77,339	71,610	69,033	73,358	58,904	58,439	64,229	56,499	56,363	59,065	62,068	65,347	74,606	72,607	72,350	68,781
Incumbent suppliers					31,361	28,899	31,050	34,915	35,590	43,276	39,887	35,748	39,576	32,279	31,216	33,820	28,460	27,767	28,923	32,189	31,837	38,441	35,148	32,957	35,769	27,477	26,731	28,994	25,870	25,658	26,967	31,679	32,357	38,015	37,753	36,950	40,943
Non-residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					3,429	3,595	7,760	4,884	3,804	4,300	3,027	1,932	3,416	2,365	2,650	2,935	3,099	3,109	6,640	3,776	3,788	3,998	3,011	1,800	3,082	2,585	2,262	3,035	3,146	3,416	6,238	3,883	3,962	3,957	2,993	2,494	2,986
Incumbent suppliers					2,276	2,193	3,788	3,274	2,650	3,175	2,111	1,526	2,697	1,671	1,629	2,154	1,882	2,135	3,275	2,375	2,407	2,985	1,932	1,374	2,549	1,856	1,757	2,207	2,328	2,414	3,774	2,553	2,594	3,022	2,197	1,744	3,443
Supplier switches initiated by customers2
Residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					38,646	31,454	30,904	46,560	39,597	44,885	30,565	29,244	35,026	29,598	34,638	35,018	37,146	35,443	40,375	54,517	61,416	30,827	24,418	25,477	27,753	29,625	29,151	33,875	34,425	30,422	28,954	32,168	34,848	28,719	26,683	28,667	62,888
Incumbent suppliers					10,109	7,213	5,977	8,403	7,748	8,114	6,451	6,791	8,112	7,794	7,805	9,313	8,925	7,140	5,054	6,052	5,202	5,770	3,899	3,771	4,555	4,097	4,705	5,584	5,394	4,693	4,283	4,877	5,584	6,678	5,995	7,573	8,260
Non-residential sites2
Alternative suppliers					3,467	1,387	41,249	5,162	1,674	1,887	1,631	1,198	8,735	1,517	2,019	1,599	1,212	1,302	18,203	2,096	1,796	2,391	1,705	1,375	3,959	1,534	1,365	1,771	1,189	1,481	43,227	2,122	2,067	8,158	1,955	1,529	6,451
Incumbent suppliers					359	267	7,762	333	456	745	333	298	4,344	228	219	286	236	279	4,685	304	292	690	416	397	1,446	290	312	461	267	349	6,041	407	916	1,121	657	571	2,874
Gross sales (contracts signed), all segments2
Alternative suppliers					104,000	89,000	135,000	122,000	109,000	129,000	108,000	102,000	119,000	90,000	96,000	102,000	97,000	94,000	123,000	123,000	130,000	115,000	101,000	98,000	108,000	93,000	91,000	103,000	95,000	92,000	137,000	100,000	106,000	115,000	104,000	105,000	141,000
Incumbent suppliers					44,000	39,000	49,000	47,000	46,000	55,000	49,000	44,000	55,000	42,000	41,000	46,000	40,000	37,000	42,000	41,000	40,000	48,000	41,000	38,000	44,000	34,000	34,000	37,000	34,000	33,000	41,000	40,000	41,000	49,000	47,000	47,000	56,000
Annual gas bill of typical residential customers, regulated then benchmark price2
Cooking customer, 610 kWh a year					230.01	226.79	228.06	215.88	216.27	216.22	217.45	219.05	203.15	199.04	202.84	207.67	205.99	204.45	204.23	200.51	198.68	199.48	195.16	195.97	194.57	171.62	170.4	169.5	173.6	177.01	183.71	180.4	176.6	173.79	167.05	168.2	166.91
Heating customer, 14 MWh a year					1,815.58	1,741.32	1,770.72	1,770.22	1,779.12	1,777.94	1,806.34	1,842.96	1,810.05	1,817.31	1,904.67	2,015.55	1,976.91	1,939.95	1,936.59	1,851.08	1,807.4	1,825.88	1,728.44	1,746.92	1,713.99	1,536.65	1,508.76	1,488.1	1,557.98	1,636.27	1,790.16	1,714.06	1,626.86	1,562.52	1,407.79	1,434	1,404.43
Wind and solar market value indices2
Wind power index	104.35	52.35	49.73	36.88	53.1	38.81	94.49	58.32	54.47	43.24	23.04	52.92	49.8	39.26	19.06	42.49	69.83	112.11	72.16	73.15	86.27	49.96	40.76	50.21	38.52	29.63	24.64	19.32	47.22	55.4	66.68	55.28	76.6	75.15	80.02	75.65	68.15
Solar photovoltaic index	49.17	44.06	17.96	13.03	31.61	32.18	99.69	64.62	48.36	45.11	18.43	26.61	37.41	21.52	5.54	21.03	50.89	110.31	105.78	104.13	95.72	51.2	32.71	36.23	31.51	24.48	15.56	18.82	42.76	55.98	75.17	71.2	88.15	72.25	74.26	77.42	67.25

Latest reading

Alternative suppliers stood at 11,272,254 Sites in Mar 2026. That is +0.4% from Feb 2026 and +5.2% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Oct 2017 to Mar 2026.

Latest: 11,272,254 Sites; Mar 2026
vs previous period: +0.4%; Feb 2026
vs a year earlier: +5.2%

About this data

France monthly retail electricity and gas market data, including supplier switching and prices. Published by the CRE, this monthly observatory tracks the number of supply sites for alternative and incumbent suppliers. It details average bills for cooking and heating customers alongside wind and solar photovoltaic market value indices. All series are available since 2013.

Frequently asked questions

What is the France monthly retail electricity and gas market dataset?: It is a monthly observatory published by the CRE that tracks French retail energy markets, including supplier switching, customer sites, and market value indices.
What suppliers are covered in the French retail energy data?: The dataset distinguishes between alternative suppliers and incumbent suppliers for both electricity and natural gas retail markets in France.
How are consumer energy bills represented in this French dataset?: It includes typical monthly costs in euros including VAT for specific profiles, such as cooking customers using 610 kWh a year and heating customers using 14 MWh a year.
What are the wind and solar market value indices in France?: These are monthly indices in euros per MWh published by the CRE, used to settle support contracts for wind power and solar photovoltaic generation in France.