Bordeauxruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Aerospace, defence & space
Dassault Aviation, ArianeGroup, Thales, Safran, ArianeGroup Le Haillan
One of France's principal aerospace and defence clusters, including strategic missile and launcher work — a large, technical and frequently security-cleared labour market that the city's wine image obscures.
Wine & viticulture
Châteaux of the Médoc, Saint-Émilion and Pessac-Léognan, Duclot, Millésima, CIVB
The economic base the city was built on, spanning production, négoce, export, tourism and a large ecosystem of oenology research and training.
Technology & digital
Betclic, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Cdiscount, Talend, Onepoint
A substantial digital sector grown quickly since the LGV opened, with e-commerce, games and enterprise software the strongest strands.
Health & life sciences
CHU de Bordeaux, Sanofi, Bio-Rad, Fermentalg
One of France's larger university hospital groups, with strengths in epidemiology and public health research at the university alongside it.
Laser & photonics
Laser Mégajoule, Alphanov, Amplitude Systèmes, Route des Lasers cluster
The Laser Mégajoule facility anchors a genuine optics and photonics cluster south of the city, one of the more unusual industrial concentrations in France.
Higher education & research
Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, KEDGE Business School, Inria
The Université de Bordeaux holds a national excellence designation, and the student population is a substantial part of the city's demographics and its rental market.
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