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InPost is raising its planned expenditure on the French market to EUR 1.4 billion (approx. PLN 6.1 billion). The company had already been the largest Polish investor in the country. The announcement of the new plans was made during the annual Choose France Summit, attended by President Emmanuel Macron.
InPost is expanding the value of its investments in France. Following its acquisition of Mondial Relay in 2021, the company had already become the largest Polish investor in the country. To date, it has invested EUR 900 million (approx. PLN 3.9 billion) in France. The company’s CEO, Rafał Brzoska, has now announced an additional EUR 500 million (approx. PLN 2.2 billion) in investment.
The new investment was unveiled at the Choose France Summit, the ninth edition of the conference launched by the administration of French President Emmanuel Macron. During the event, global companies announce their investment projects in France. InPost is participating in the summit as the first company from Poland.
“A Polish company can successfully compete for the European consumer”
InPost plans to spend EUR 500 million (approx. PLN 2.2 billion) in France by 2030. The objective is both to accelerate the expansion of parcel locker networks in the French market and to modernize distribution centers. The planned investments include the automation of processes in sorting and distribution hubs, the expansion of the parcel locker network, and improvements in service quality for e-commerce customers and retailers.
“France is one of the InPost Group’s key markets, which is why we have decided to increase our investment program by EUR 500 million, bringing the total value of investments to EUR 1.4 billion. We are the largest Polish investor in this market, which shows that a Polish company can effectively and successfully compete for the European consumer,” said Rafał Brzoska, CEO and founder of InPost.
The company intends to expand its core logistics facilities, including sorting centers in Harnes, Troyes, Brive, and Le Mans.
“The deployment of modern automation technologies in these centers will significantly increase the operational throughput of the network,” the logistics solutions provider noted.
InPost also stated that the execution of its plans is expected to generate at least 750 new jobs in France.
“We are consistently pursuing a strategy of organic growth in our most important markets, and France is one of the most promising countries. We are now laying the foundations for the next decade – a modern, automated infrastructure that will change the way the French receive their orders,” added Rafał Brzoska.
InPost expands its presence in the French market
Since acquiring Mondial Relay in 2021 – under which the group operates in France – InPost has launched 20 new logistics facilities in the country and created 600 jobs. The total number of employees supported by the group has exceeded 2,300, according to InPost.
Over the same period, its parcel locker network has grown from 300 to more than 11,000 units. By the end of 2026, this figure is expected to rise to nearly 15,000. InPost is the market leader in France in this respect. The group serves around 60,000 online merchants in the country. The Mondial Relay brand is among the 50 most valuable French brands. It is also present in Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Altogether, InPost currently operates across nine European markets. In addition to Poland, France, and the Benelux countries, these include the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. The group does not disclose what share of its revenues is generated by the French market. Its entire eurozone business – which also includes France and Italy – accounted for 28.5% of group revenues in Q1 2026 (EUR 1.1 billion). In the same period, InPost handled 94.2 million parcels in the region, up 28% year on year compared with Q1 2025.
Will InPost expand into new markets?
As regards further expansion outside Poland, 2027 will see five priority markets: France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands, Rafał Brzoska said in a conversation with Polish journalists during the Choose France conference. He added that after 2027, the group may return to discussions on further geographic expansion.
“Poland remains an ongoing priority, but we already treat it as a mature market. I hope that the end of 2027 will be the moment when we internally discuss whether and when to enter the next market. We already have several candidates,” said the CEO of InPost.
In Poland, the priority is development driven by artificial intelligence technologies.
“We constantly aim to move faster. This is not easy, because competition is increasing on the one hand, but for me the most important agenda today is the transformation agenda in terms of artificial intelligence,” added Rafał Brzoska.
France seeks to attract investors – and it is succeeding
InPost announced its new investment during the ninth edition of the Choose France summit. The conference serves as a forum for business representatives – both French and international – as well as government officials. It is attended by senior politicians, led by President Emmanuel Macron.
In 2025, during the eighth edition of the summit, 53 investment projects were announced, with a combined value of EUR 40.8 billion. Companies such as Amazon, Foxconn, Netflix, and Revolut unveiled their plans. In 2026, the total value of announced investments reached EUR 93 billion. Half of that amount came from SoftBank, linked to data center projects.
The investor summit is one of several initiatives launched by the Macron administration aimed at attracting investment to France. Since 2017, corporate income tax has been reduced, tax incentives have been introduced for selected investments (including those related to renewable energy and critical raw materials), and the France 2030 program has been implemented. The EUR 54 billion initiative supports innovative companies and research institutions and forms part of the broader post-pandemic recovery plan, France Relance – which also includes around EUR 40 billion from France’s EU recovery and resilience facility.
The French approach has also served as a model for Poland’s Innovate PL program, launched by the government in 2025 to mobilize private capital for startup development. The Polish initiative draws on the framework of the Tibi Plan, designed by economist and Macron adviser Philippe Tibi. In France, institutional investors allocated EUR 6.4 billion to early-stage companies between 2020 and 2023 under the Tibi Plan.
France on top
According to the latest report by consultancy EY, France is currently the country attracting the highest level of investment in Europe. In 2025, it secured 852 foreign direct investment projects, EY said in the latest edition of its European Investment Monitor report. The other two countries in the top three – the United Kingdom and Germany – attracted 730 and 548 projects respectively. Poland ranked sixth, with 285 projects.
France is also identified by 38% of investors surveyed by EY as an attractive investment destination – the highest share recorded in the European Investment Attractiveness Survey. Paris, meanwhile, ranked first among cities considered most attractive for foreign investment in 2026, with 40% of respondents selecting it.
InPost CEO Rafał Brzoska agrees that France has successfully created a favorable investment climate. As he said in a conversation with Polish journalists in Versailles, during his visit to the Choose France summit he spoke with numerous representatives of the government administration. As during his meeting with Emmanuel Macron in Gdańsk in April 2026, the Polish entrepreneur said he was struck by their openness to cooperation with business.
Officials open to business
“This is an exceptional summit. What stands out is the absolute openness, from the President down to individual ministers. It appears to be an inherent part of thoughtful planning. Government representatives are essentially saying: we are here to make it easier for entrepreneurs to decide to invest in France. A country that, of course, is not easy in terms of regulations or the challenges related to migration and demographics. But when it comes to attracting foreign investment and the authorities’ approach to entrepreneurs and investors, France is currently number one in Europe for me,” the businessman said in a conversation with Polish journalists during the conference.
When asked whether French government support includes subsidies, Rafał Brzoska denied it.
“We are not testing that, nor do we even expect it. For us, something else is more important – for example, that when we have a problem, we report it and it gets solved. We had an issue with installing our machines at public transport stations. There were regulations related to procedures and safety that did not match the level of technological advancement. And indeed, those barriers are being removed very quickly. I would like to see such a framework in Poland. I would like both the government and opposition politicians – regardless of who is in power at any given moment – to speak with one voice: yes to investment in Poland, yes to Polish companies. I think we still have a lot to learn,” said Rafał Brzoska.
Macron: we must focus on scale, speed, and simplification
During the conference, French President Emmanuel Macron also addressed the factors underpinning France’s attractiveness to investors. He highlighted, among others, a strong scientific base, access to cheap, carbon-free energy, and a policy focus on supporting innovation.
“We have built a strong ecosystem in sectors that are key from the perspective of innovation. We have developed long-term strategies, which we have repeatedly adjusted. Now we must focus on three final priorities: speed, scale, and simplification,” he said.
According to the French president, what his country has implemented should be adopted across Europe. He argued that the EU must invest more in supporting innovative technologies and strengthen its backing of European entrepreneurs.
“We must reduce the complexity of our current regulations. Ensure that on the same day you invest in France, Germany, or Spain, you have access to the entire European market. Too often in Europe we have to solve problems we ourselves created. Every time we have lost competitiveness, every time we have ceded ground to others – we must fix that,” Macron said.
“InPost chooses France,” French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X, reacting to today’s announcement of additional investments by the Polish company in France.
“The first European self-service delivery platform and owner of Mondial Relay plans to invest an additional EUR 500 million by 2030, creating 750 jobs and strengthening customer experience and automation. Dziękuję!” Emmanuel Macron wrote.
Key Takeaways
- InPost is increasing the value of its investment in France. The company plans to invest EUR 500 million by 2030, raising its total commitment in the market to EUR 1.4 billion. Even before announcing these plans, the group was already the largest Polish investor in France.
- The investment is aimed at expanding its parcel locker network in France and modernizing logistics centers. Mondial Relay – the brand acquired by InPost in 2021 – is already the market leader in terms of the number of machines. Over the past five years, the network has grown to 11,000 units.
- The investment was announced at the Choose France Summit. This is one of the initiatives of Emmanuel Macron’s administration designed to project France as a country welcoming foreign investment.
We published this because we considered the information important and interesting. For full transparency: the RiO fund, owned by Rafał Brzoska, CEO and shareholder of InPost, is an investor in XYZ.