Best Freight Forwarders Companies in France
The 176 best Freight Forwarders companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Med Europe Terminal.
Ranking the leading Freight Forwarders companies in France by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, our directory tracks 176 players against a global market forecast to grow from $192.5B to $285.1B by 2031, a 4.3% CAGR driven largely by e-commerce expansion. Total disclosed funding across the French cohort sits at just $3M, nearly all of it concentrated in Med Europe Terminal. Zero unicorns. So what does that tell you about where the real value lives? It lives in revenue, not rounds.
And the revenue story here is built on operational scale, not venture capital. CMA CGM is one of the world's largest container shipping groups. SNCF moves freight across a continental rail network. These aren't startups chasing a Series B. I'd note that stricter environmental regulations are quietly reshaping cost structures across the sector, from fuel compliance to port-centric logistics investments. Freight forwarding app installs are rising too, with median install growth hitting roughly 17% YoY across 18 delivery and package apps globally. The money in French freight forwarding isn't in funding announcements. It's in the tonnage.
- ResearchAndMarkets.com
Our analysis of 100 Freight Forwarders companies
$9.9b in tracked funding; 81% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Freight Forwarders companies in France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Med Europe Terminal Provider of freight forwarding, container handling, storage, and logistics services | $3M | 80 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2010 | — | — | 1 expansion |
| 2 | SNCF Provider of passenger transportation and freight logistics services | — | 34 mo ago | Funding Raised | Jean Farandou CEO | 1938 | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+16 | 381 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | — |
| 3 | DMAX Provider of moving and relocation services, offering white-glove packing, upscale moving, organizing… | — | 43 mo ago | Seed | — | 2006 | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | — | — |
| 4 | SEAFRIGO Provider of warehousing, air & ocean freight, and trucking services | — | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | Eric Barbe Founder | 1976 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+20 | — | — |
| 5 | CMA CGM Provider of end-to-end shipping, logistics, and air freight transport solutions | — | 68 mo ago | Acquired | Patrice Bergamini Diplomatic Adviser to the Chairman & CEO | 1978 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Salesforce Desk+13 | — | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Samat Provider of sea, rail, and road freight forwarding services | — | 84 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1979 | WordPressPleskZoho+19 | 2 patents Metal shafts for injection/press‑fit parts and gear‑shaft coupling assemblies | — |
| 7 | JETFREEZE Provider of logistics and transportation services | — | 96 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2007 | — | — | — |
| 8 | BLYYD Provider of transport and logistic services | — | 101 mo ago | Seed | Yves Giroud Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 9 | FM Logistic Provider of transportation and logistics services | — | 113 mo ago | Funding Raised | Alexandre Soufiani CEO & MD | 1967 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | 6 patents Robotic arms for automated warehouse handling and volumetric pallet tracking systems. | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 10 | World Freight Company Provider of air freight forwarding services | — | 135 mo ago | Acquired | Vikram Singh CEO | 2007 | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceVimeo+13 | — | — |
Top 10 Freight Forwarders companies in France
#1
Funding Raised · Marseille, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2010$3Mraised▾
Med Europe Terminal is a container shipping terminal located in Marseille, France, offering a range of services including container handling, storage, and logistics. The terminal is equipped with modern facilities and equipment, including 180 reefer plugs and a capacity of 9,600 TEUs. As a key player in the Marseille port community, Med Europe Terminal plays a crucial role in facilitating international trade and commerce.
- Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$3M
#2
Funding Raised · La Plaine-saint-denis, Seine-saint-denis · founded 1938—raised▾
SNCF Group is a key player in low-carbon mobility, being a global leader in passenger transportation and freight logistics. Their focus is on sustainable mobility for everyone, in every location.
#3
Seed · Clichy, Ile de France · founded 2006 · 134 employees—raised▾
Greystone Relocation Concierge is a moving company that offers high-end relocation services. They provide white-glove packing, upscale moving, organizing, storage, art hanging, TV installs, light fixtures, and wine services.
- Oct 2022Seed—
#4
Funding Raised · Le Havre, Normandy · founded 1976 · 2500 employees—raised▾
Provider of warehousing, air & ocean freight, and trucking services
#5
Acquired · Marseille, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 1978 · 22 employees—raised▾
Provider of end-to-end shipping, logistics, and air freight transport solutions. The company designs and delivers transport solutions supporting cargo across the supply chain. Services include shipping lines, logistics options, and intermodal solutions. Air freight services incorporate scheduled flights and charters.
#6
Funding Raised · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 1979 · 57 employees—raised▾
Provider of sea, rail, and road freight forwarding services
#7
Acquired · Outreau, Hauts-de-France · founded 2007 · 100 employees—raised▾
Provider of temperature-controlled transport services based in Outreau, France. The company's services include multi-temperature deliveries for chilled, frozen and ambient products which are delivered to stores, restaurants or hotels and city centres shops.
- 2018PE—
#8
Seed · Champagne au Mont d Or, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2015 · 13 employees—raised▾
Provider of transport and logistic services
- Jan 2018Seed—
#9
Funding Raised · Roissy en France, Ile de France · founded 1967 · 1750 employees—raised▾
Provider of transportation and logistics services
#10
Acquired · Roissy en France, Ile de France · founded 2007 · 2000 employees—raised▾
Provider of air freight forwarding services
- Mar 2015Conventional Debt—
- Jul 2008Conventional Debt—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Freight Forwarders coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in France
A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 109 France-affiliated papers.
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique24
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne7
- Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Modélisation et d'Optimisation des Systèmes7
- Institut polytechnique de Grenoble5
- Mines Saint-Étienne4
- Fleet management12
- Electric vehicle4
- Port (circuit theory)4
- Vehicle routing problem3
- Scheduling (production processes)3
- Fleet management6→13
- Electric vehicle1→4
- Transport engineering3→6
- Supply chain optimization2→5
- Fleet management12
- Transport engineering5
- Service (business)4
- Telecommunications3
- Key (lock)3
Where logistics supply chain is researched across France
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing logistics supply chain patents in France
France logistics supply chain patent filing is accelerating — 22 filings from 63 assignees (2016–2021), led by Metrolab, A Fermetures AS, Airbus SAS; annual filings 2→5.
- Metrolab8
- A Fermetures AS8
- Airbus SAS8
- JEAN Chereau SAS5
- Alstom Transp TECH4
- Airbus Operations4
- LOHR IND3
- Airbus Operations SAS3
Common questions
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.