Registered with the French regulator ARCEP under 20-0026

Get a French phone number for your business.

Q: What types of French phone numbers can I get?

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.

Q: What is the difference between 0805 and 09 numbers?

0805 numbers are toll-free: the caller pays nothing and you pay for the incoming call. They are ideal for customer support and sales lines. 09 numbers are national numbers billed at standard local rates for the caller. They are not tied to a city and project a professional, nationwide image. Note that 0805 toll-free numbers can only be dialed from within France — they cannot be called from abroad.

French customers call a French number, and that makes a difference to both response and trust. Which number you can have depends on one thing: whether you have an address in France. Below is what is possible either way.

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The question that decides everything

Which French number can your business have?

In France the regulator decides which French number you can have. Some numbers need your business to have an address in France; below you can see what is possible for each number. Where the rule is not settled, we check it with you beforehand.

Do you have an address in France?

+33 805
0805 — free for the caller
We check with you beforehand whether this needs an address in France.
We check this first We check this first
+33 9
09 — national
Requires an establishment in France, with a Kbis extract and a SIRET number.
Possible French address needed
+33 1
Local — Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux
Requires an establishment in France, with a Kbis extract and a SIRET number.
Possible French address needed

Request and what it costs

We'll find your French number for you

We show no stock for France on the site. Tell us which number you're after, and we'll find an available one and send you a proposal within one business day.

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What a number abroad costs

€49 per monthper number

The same amount in each of the fourteen countries — a French number costs no more than a number at home. Including the full phone system: forwarding, IVR menu, call queue, call recording and statistics.

Just testing the market

€250 per yearprepaid

One line, one forwarding number, no features. For anyone who first wants to know whether the phone rings at all before setting up a phone system. That is less than €21 a month — under half the full rate, with exactly one thing that works: the number rings and the call reaches you.

And the call charges

Those depend on where the call goes

A call that arrives in France and goes on to a VoIP line in your own country costs a different amount from one to a French mobile. You get that rate with your proposal; it is the one thing we cannot put on the page, because it differs per route.

Why you can get this from us

We are the operator, not the middleman

Foreign numbers can be sold in two ways: by buying them in from someone else, or by holding the license yourself. You only notice the difference when something out of the ordinary is needed — an urgent change, a non-standard routing, a question from the regulator.

France
Registered with the French regulator ARCEP
Registration number 20-0026
Authorized to issue French numbers, in line with French telecom law. That can be checked, and that is the point.
Europe
Licensed in fourteen countries
No resale of numbers from a supplier who buys them in from someone else. We know the rules in each country because we are subject to them ourselves.
The platform
One phone system for all your numbers
Your French, UK and German numbers come in on the same routing, with the same queue and the same dashboard. No separate accounts per country.

How it works

From request to a ringing phone

You tell us what you need
Which city or which type, and whether you have a French address. If you're not sure, we'll look at it with you.
We check and send a quote
Within one business day you get a proposal with the current rates and an honest answer on whether it can be done. Sometimes the answer is that an 0805 number will serve you better than a local number.
The registration
For 09 and local numbers we submit the proof of address to the regulator. That is the only part you have to wait for.
Forwarding to your team
The call arrives in France and lands with your team, wherever they work. The caller dials a French number and never notices the difference.

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.

For 09 and local numbers, yes. France has the strictest telecom regulations in the EU. ARCEP, the French regulator, requires a French establishment with a Kbis extract and a SIRET number for 09 and local geographic numbers. This applies to all operators, not just CallFactory. Whether a toll-free 0805 number needs an address in France, we check with you before you order.

Unlike most European countries, French regulations mandate a local presence for 09 and local geographic numbers. ARCEP takes the position that any business using these numbers must be established in France, with a Kbis extract and a SIRET number. This is the strictest regime in the EU. Whether a toll-free 0805 number also needs an address in France is not clearly settled, so we check with you before you order.

0805 numbers are toll-free: the caller pays nothing and you pay for the incoming call. They are ideal for customer support and sales lines. 09 numbers are national numbers billed at standard local rates for the caller. They are not tied to a city and project a professional, nationwide image. Note that 0805 toll-free numbers can only be dialed from within France — they cannot be called from abroad.

Yes. Incoming calls to your French number are routed to your team wherever they work — a UK landline, a mobile, a VoIP system, or a group 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 dialing 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.

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Which French number can your business have?

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We are the operator, not the middleman

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