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Give your UK business a professional French phone number and connect with customers across France.
- Active within 1 business day
- Toll-free, national, and local numbers available
- Seamless call forwarding to your UK landline or mobile
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Available phone numbers in FranceBrowse available numbers in seconds and start building a professional, reliable communication presence for your business.
Why businesses choose CallFactory for France
Supporting businesses entering France with reliable telecom infrastructure, local numbers, and EU-wide call management.
EU-focused expertise
We support businesses expanding into France with reliable local phone numbers and telecom solutions across European markets.
Operational simplicity
Manage France calls, routing, and forwarding from one platform designed for international teams operating across Europe.
Local trust, international control
Present a local France business presence while your team answers calls from anywhere in Europe.
Built for cross-border business
Ideal for companies entering France from the UK, Netherlands, Germany, and other European markets.
Virtual numbers with the best features
Make your team reachable anywhere. Includes professional tools like call recording and text-to-speech menus to greet your callers perfectly every time.
Prepaid
Pay once for the full year
€250.00 per year
- Forward 1 number to 1 mobile phone or landline
- Welcome message (thank you for calling ‘ABC Company’)
- Voicemail (“Leave your message after the tone”)
- Whisper tone (notification so you know which phone number people are calling from)
- Unlimited use of our online text-to-speech assistant
Team 10
For growing businesses
€49.00 per month
- Forward 1 telephone number to a maximum of 10 mobile phones or landlines
- Opening hours schedule: let callers know when you are open and closed
- Selection menu: let callers choose which department they want to be transferred to
- Premium support from our support department; we program your phone number exactly as you wish.
- Who is or is not available to take calls and in what order the phone rings
- Unlimited use of our online text-to-speech assistant
Powerful features included
Easily handle incoming calls from France, improve customer communication, and keep your business reachable at all times.
Call forwarding
Forward incoming calls to any landline, mobile, or team. Set rules based on time and availability — manage everything from your dashboard.
Phone menu (IVR)
Help callers reach the right person immediately. With a simple menu, you route every call to the right employee or department.
Statistics by email
Receive daily, weekly, or monthly call reports directly in your inbox. See call volume, duration, peak times, and missed calls — without logging in to anything.
Smart voicemail system
When no one picks up, callers leave a voicemail that arrives in your inbox as an audio file. Custom greetings, multiple recipients, and no extra software needed.
Best uses for a French phone number
Give your French customers a familiar, local way to reach you without international call costs.
Online stores
Give your customers a professional phone number for enquiries, manage order-related calls efficiently, and offer voicemail or automated updates — making support …
Inbound call centres
Distribute incoming calls to available agents, manage high volumes with intelligent queues, and improve caller experience — whether you run an external …
Global business
Keep your international team connected with one business number — route calls across borders while staying consistent and professional. Forward business calls …
FAQ about French phone numbers
Find clear answers about French numbers and how they work for your UK business.
We offer three types: 0805 toll-free numbers (Numéro Vert) which are free for the caller, 09 national numbers which provide a nationwide presence without being tied to a specific city, and local geographic numbers (01–05) that give you a presence in a specific French city or region.
Yes. France has the strictest telecom regulations in the EU. ARCEP, the French regulator, requires a verifiable French address for all number types — including toll-free. This applies to all operators, not just CallFactory.
Unlike most European countries where toll-free numbers are available to foreign businesses, French regulations mandate a local presence for all number types. ARCEP takes the position that any entity operating French phone numbers must be verifiably established in France. This is the strictest regime in the EU.
Yes. Calls to your French number are forwarded to any destination you choose — a UK landline, a mobile, a VoIP system, or a team of agents through a phone menu. The caller in France experiences a normal domestic call with no noticeable delay.
French numbers are 10 digits, typically displayed in pairs: 01 23 45 67 89. The country code is +33. When dialling from abroad, drop the leading 0, so it becomes +33 1 23 45 67 89.
Since 1 January 2023, French geographic numbers (01–05) are polyvalent. Previously, France had 412 geographic zones and your number was locked to the zone where it was issued — moving even a short distance across a zone boundary meant getting a new number. Under the new rules, a geographic number can follow your business anywhere in France. A 01 number still signals “Paris” to callers, but you can use it from Lyon, Bordeaux, or anywhere else.
Once your French address is verified, most numbers are activated within one business day. The address verification is the main step — once that is in order, activation is fast.
