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Top 25 Startup incubators based in France

RevenueBase identified 1,066 startup incubators headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 10,799 professional contacts across them, including 1,647 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers startup incubators headquartered in France, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest startup incubators based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,066 startup incubators based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to startup incubators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000394 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Soutien à la création reprise d'entreprise - Accompagnement des porteurs de projets - Formation modulaire, Etude de Marché, Stratégie commerciale, business plan, Comptabilité…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a262 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Réseau Entreprendre Paris est une association de chefs d’entreprise spécialiste de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial depuis 2004.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a252 contacts →

Partial evidence

“STATION F is the world's biggest startup campus based in Paris, gathering a whole entrepreneurial ecosystem under one roof.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a196 contacts →

Partial evidence

“50 Partners is a leading startup accelerator in France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceLille, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a185 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 2009 by three historical stakeholders-the European Metropolis of Lille, the Hauts-de-France Region, and the City of Lille-EuraTechnologies is a leading startup and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-50138 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Live for Good est une association qui vient en aide, depuis 8 ans, aux jeunes entrepreneur·es à impact positif développant des projets innovants au service du monde de demain.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a129 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nous organisons sur tout le territoire des rencontres entre des jeunes de 13 à 25 ans et des femmes et des hommes qui entreprennent et portent des projets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20096 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Première coopérative d’activité et d’emploi de France née en 1995, CAP Services accompagne les entrepreneur·e·s dans le développement de leur activité.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5094 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hello Tomorrow was created in 2011 by a group of individuals convinced that science and technology need to form part of a toolkit of solutions to change our industries, sustain a…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceDommartemont, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,00091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Au sein de Groupe Mentor, nous envisageons un monde entrepreneurial où l'innovation et la croissance durable sont stimulées par un mentorat personnalisé et tourné vers l'avenir.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Partial evidencePessac, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5084 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Unitec est la principale structure d’accompagnement des start-up de la région bordelaise.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5077 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hexa is a startup studio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Depuis 1979, BGE PaRIF œuvre pour faire de l’entrepreneuriat une réalité accessible à tous.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Indirect evidenceOullins-pierre-benite, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20065 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Avec Graines de SOL, nous construisons un rapport au travail, à l’économie, à la coopération qui a du sens.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5065 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Quest accueille, finance et accompagne les dropouts français les plus déterminés, qui ont un « Why » profond avec leur projet.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceFranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a63 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'incubateur Tech est à la fois un organisme de formation, une pépinière de développeur·euses et une agence spécialisée dans le développement de projets complexes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Partial evidenceRennes, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5061 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Au service des startups et entreprises technologiques innovantes d’Ille-et-Vilaine, Le a pour mission de favoriser leur émergence, maximiser le nombre de créations, soutenir leur…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Indirect evidenceVilleurbanne, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“PULSALYS, incubateur et accélérateur d’innovations Deep Tech de Lyon & St Etienne, construit les produits & services innovants de demain, en transformant les découvertes…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Indirect evidenceBiarritz, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5052 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Un environnement qui encourage l’épanouissement et favorise la réussite.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5052 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mindeo est un accélérateur dédié aux infopreneurs et web entrepreneurs à fort potentiel.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20051 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Les grandes organisations font face à des décisions complexes, à des marchés qui bougent, à des fenêtres d'opportunité qui se referment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Indirect evidenceAix-en-provence, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a50 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“PÉPITE Provence représente le Pôle Étudiant pour l'Innovation, le Transfert et l'Entrepreneuriat sur le territoire des Bouches-du-Rhône et du Vaucluse.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Indirect evidenceRomans-sur-isère, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Trop de porteur·euses de projets se lancent sans filet : l'admin à gérer seul·e, les doutes qui s'accumulent, l'isolement qui s'installe, la peur de se tromper… Et au bout du…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Indirect evidenceNantes, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5045 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“La Cantine X La French Tech Nantes is an association that has been welcoming, supporting and energizing the innovation and tech ecosystem of Nantes and its region since 2008.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Partial evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5044 contacts →

Partial evidence

“H7, accélérateur responsable et lieu totem du numérique de la Métropole de Lyon, a pour mission d'accompagner les start-up dans leur croissance et leur impact.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Startup incubators based in France at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
15.3%Verified-email coverage
10.1Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
29.0%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
783
11-50
209
51-200
42
201-500
12
501-1,000
8
1,001-5,000
6
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
4

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 1,066 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among startup incubators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “startup incubators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names startup incubators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among startup incubators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,647 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names startup incubators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many startup incubators are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 1,066 startup incubators headquartered in France as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

BGE, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most startup incubators?

Paris leads with 309 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (49) and Lille (25).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,647 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,066 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.