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The French boiler market varies between 550,00 and 750,000 boilers

The global boiler market, estimated at over $96 billion, is expected to grow by 7.5% a year.

In the French market, gas- and oil-fired condensing boilers dominate.

France's trade balance for boilers remains largely in deficit, with a coverage rate of less than 5%.

The main French players are Saunier Duval, Société Industrielle de Chauffage and Sermeta.

Heating equipment market trends and key figures

As part of the ecological transition, there has been a major shift towards eliminating oil-fired boilers and encouraging the adoption of renewable energy equipment and heat pumps.

France has between 40 and 50 manufacturers specializing in central heating radiators and boilers. Employment in this sector is around 4,000.

Wood-fired boilers have grown steadily, from over 9,000 units to around 45,000 units by 2022. Pellet-fired boilers in particular have seen significant growth in recent years. The gas and oil boiler sector is undergoing a transition from standard to condensing boilers, with the latter increasing from 145,000 units to 510,000 units by 2020.

The government is offering energy renovation incentives to encourage the replacement of less efficient, polluting heating systems with greener alternatives such as biomass boilers.

French boiler and heating market players

  • Saunier Duval, a member of the Vaillant group.

  • Groupe Atlantic and Société Industrielle de Chauffage, known for its extensive range of heating products that meet a variety of customer needs.

  • Groupe Invicta specializes in domestic wood-burning appliances.

  • SUPRA a well-known player.

  • Sermeta world leader in the manufacture of condensing gas heat exchangers.

  • Wiessman a German leader
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1 Market overview

1.1 Market overview and definition

The boiler market is part of the HVAC engineering category. HVAC engineering is a business with a strong focus on sustainable development and energy savings, since its aim is to develop solutions for regulating the temperature of business premises or homes. Because of the stakes involved, HVAC engineering, and therefore the boiler segment, is linked to renewable energies (solar, biomass, condensing boilers, biogas, etc.).

The market is largely influenced by growing ecological concerns, as well as the ever-increasing cost of energy to heat homes. The sector is also largely dependent on the public sphere and policies that can stimulate the use of more environmentally-friendly energy solutions.

Gas and oil condensing boilers are driving sales in the domestic market. By 2022, however, sales are set to decline, not least because of this particular segment.

In terms of foreign trade, France is largely in deficit, and this deficit is widening all the time (the coverage rate has fallen below 5%).

France's boiler market is also increasingly influenced by government measures to promote energy-efficiency renovations, which are steering the boiler market towards new product forms (notably high-performance boilers and biomass boilers). As a result, certain segments of the market could disappear altogether in the next decade, forcing players to reshape the structure of the market and renew their offering and positioning.

Innovation therefore represents a real growth driver for the market. with a renewed, ever more connected and intelligent offering, boilers should be able to manage energy consumption levels even more precisely and appropriately, an economic as well as an ecological advantage.

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  • Wood fuel prices for home heating
  • Establishments registered under activity 25.21Z
  • Employees registered under activity 25.21Z
  • Activity sales index 25.21Z
  • Wood-fired boiler sales
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Latest news

Heat pumps: Saunier Duval downsizes in Nantes - 16/07/2024
  • Redundancy plan (PSE) covering 250 jobs at its Nantes plant, which employs 750 people at the production unit and 950 in total.
  • Capacity of 120,000 heat pumps
  • Current production below
  • the heat pump market is suffering not only from the real estate crisis, but also from inflation and political instability.
  • According to the trade organization Uniclima, 306,000 air-to-water heat pumps will be sold in France in 2023, representing a 14% drop compared with 2022.
Taurus: Wood-burning stoves: 21 of Supra's 28 employees threatened with redundancy - 10/07/2023
  • The Obernai wood-burning stove factory is owned by the Spanish Taurus Group.
  • The plant currently employs 28 people.
  • The group has announced its intention to lay off 21 of these 28 employees for economic reasons.
  • Supra, which was acquired by Taurus in February 2020, has been in existence for almost 150 years.
  • Supra generates sales of ten million euros.
Yuna Josse, the new face of Saunier Duval | Yuna Josse joins Saunier Duval - 06/04/2023
  • Saunier Duval has 1,100 employees
  • Heat pump production has doubled by 2022 and will double again this year
  • A 30 million euro investment plan has been launched to reorganize the Nantes plant.
Thermador Groupe diversifies into civil engineering - 16/11/2022
  • 31 million purchase of Direct Pipe Industry (DPI) in Monaco
  • Plastic pipe merchant with sales of 60 million euros and 18 employees
  • The Paris-listed Thermador Group, with 760 employees, is a pipe merchant
  • stock of over 73,000 parts and accessories
  • 17 distribution subsidiaries
  • serving heating, plumbing and pool manufacturers and installers, wholesalers and DIY superstores (20% of sales)
  • 486 million euros in sales by 2021, of which 16% outside France

Companies quoted in this study

This study contains a complete overview of the companies in the market, with the latest figures and news for each company. :

Saunier Duval (Groupe Vaillant)
Invicta
Sermeta
Société Industrielle de Chauffage
Supra (Taurus grupo)
Thermador
AFP Chauffage
Chaffoteaux (Ariston)
Delta Temp
Electis
ELM Leblanc (Bosch Thermotechnique)
Maria Etablissements

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