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The French market for elevators and escalators is estimated at 2.7 billion euros.
The global elevator market is valued at $82 billion.
Europe, the Middle East and Africa account for around 37% of the global market.
Market dynamics in the French elevator industry
The French market focuses on the maintenance and modernization of elevators, where the population is aging. Maintenance accounts for 70% of the total market for companies in the sector. More than half the elevators in France have been in service for over 25 years, and a quarter have been in operation for over 40 years.
There are over 600,000 elevators installed in France. Annual installation of new elevators is around 11,000 to 12,000.
On average, 100 million elevator trips are made every day in France.
The French market remains relatively weak compared with its European neighbors, with around seven to nine elevators per 1,000 inhabitants, compared with 10 to 12 elevators per 1,000 inhabitants in Germany.
The market is dominated by the French subsidiaries of global giants Otis, ThyssenKrupp, Kone and Schindler, although there are still many small independent local companies specializing in maintenance.
France's trade balance for elevators is positive. Germany accounts for almost half of France's elevator exports.
Global giants in the French elevator market
- Otis Elevator Company, originally from the USA
ThyssenKrupp Elevator , a German company - KONE, from Finland
- Schindler, from Switzerland
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1.1 Definition and scope of the study
The elevator is a mobile device for moving people or objects along a predefined axis within a vertical structure. Lifts can be put to two different uses:
- Use on a small number of floors in public places such as metro stations, railway stations or shops. However, this use faces competition from escalators that allow a faster flow while reducing waiting times.
- Use on a large number of floors in residential and office buildings/skyscrapers but also car parks, hotels and hospitals. This use has less competition from escalators because the elevator is faster (speed proportional to the height of the skyscraper towers) and can generally carry a larger number of people.
According to the Fédération des ascenseurs, the lift market in France represents 100 million trips per day for more than 600,000 lifts installed. The number of lifts in France is ageing (more than 50% of lifts are over 25 years old and 25% are over 40 years old). With only about 11 to 12,000 new lifts installed per year in France, the market challenge is in fact very much linked to the modernisation, maintenance and repair of existing lifts, since this segment occupies 70% of the sector's workforce.
The French lift market is particularly concentrated and is dominated by the French subsidiaries of the four world majors: the American Otis, the German ThyssenKrupp, the Finnish Kone and the Swiss Schindler. Alongside these groups, which control the entire value chain, from manufacturing to maintenance and modernisation, there are many small and medium-sized companies operating on a local scale.
The numerous takeovers show that the lift market is becoming increasingly concentrated around the world leaders who are internalising maintenance and repair activities. Lastly, the future of the lift market in France will depend largely on the regulation of safety work on the stock already installed.
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- World market for elevators
- Market breakdown of elevators and escalators
- Part de marché des ascenseurs selon l'usage
- Evolution of the elevator market turnover
- Foreign trade in lifts
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