Digital Market in France: 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook (Numeum)

Summary

• The French digital market grew a moderate 2% in 2025, and Numeum forecasts acceleration to 4.3% in 2026.p.1
• The IT services (ESN) market fell 1.8% to 34.3 billion euros in 2025, while ICT activities fell 2.5% to 7.7 billion euros.p.2
• Software publishers and platforms grew 8.2% to 29.1 billion euros in 2025.p.2
• 77% of new projects were done in SaaS in the second half of 2025, against 53% in 2021.p.2
• 42% of digital companies support their clients on sovereignty projects, and 80% carried out fewer than 10 projects in 2025.p.3
• The average sovereignty investment is between 100 and 150k euros per opportunity.p.3
• For 2026 the forecast is ESN growth of 1.4% to 35 billion euros and publishers growth of 8.4% to 31.6 billion euros.p.3

Key insights

1. ICT is forecast to return to growth of 1% in 2026.p.3
2. The analysis draws on more than 300 digital companies surveyed between October and November 2025.p.4
3. Numeum gathers nearly 2,500 member companies representing 85% of sector revenue.p.4
4. The sector represents 70 billion euros of revenue and 670,000 employees in France.p.4
5. IT directors report higher IT budgets linked to inflation and targeted projects in AI, cybersecurity and system modernisation.p.2