France gas sites: residential incumbent market offers
France gas sites: residential incumbent market offers stood at 5,370,726 Sites in Q2 2026, according to CRE – Observatoire des marchés de détail de l'électricité et du gaz naturel. It is one of the indicators in the Retail energy markets (quarterly) table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q4 2017 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Retail energy markets (quarterly) table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential sites | |||||||||||
| Market offers, incumbent suppliers | 5,370,726 | 5,440,660 | 5,487,454 | 5,527,587 | 5,583,924 | 5,639,078 | 5,688,543 | 5,738,327 | 5,796,266 | 5,856,717 | |
| Market offers, alternative suppliers | 4,861,937 | 4,870,795 | 4,855,969 | 4,804,358 | 4,787,179 | 4,792,862 | 4,759,273 | 4,697,140 | 4,680,099 | 4,671,538 |
Understanding france gas sites: residential incumbent market offers
Residential household delivery points connected to natural gas networks that obtain their fuel through market-based pricing contracts managed by the historical incumbent supplier are counted by this series. It captures domestic consumers who have exited regulated gas tariffs to embrace commercial market offers while staying with the legacy utility provider. Excluded from this tally are households maintaining regulated tariffs, homes served by alternative market entrants, and all non-residential commercial gas users.
Interpreting these figures requires keeping in mind that regulatory policy shifts and price gap narrowing between regulated and market offers can cause sudden migrations of households into or out of this category. Early estimates of customer counts are subject to routine administrative revisions as supplier reporting backlogs are cleared. Year-on-year comparisons provide a clearer picture of retail market evolution than month-to-month changes, which can be obscured by seasonal move-in and move-out patterns.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series include households on regulated gas tariffs?
- No, this metric exclusively counts residential customers who have signed market-based commercial contracts.
- What distinguishes this from residential alternative market offers?
- Both measure household market contracts, but this series isolates customers staying with the historical incumbent supplier rather than rival entrants.
- How do administrative updates affect this site count?
- Delayed processing of customer contract switches by distribution operators can lead to periodic revisions in early reported figures.