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The French boiler market varies between 550,00 and 750,000 boilers
The global boiler market, estimated at $85 billion in 2022, is set to grow at a CAGR of 7.5% from 2023 to 2032, fuelled by increasing demand for sustainable, energy-efficient heating solutions.
In the French market, boiler sales reached nearly 750,000 units in 2021, with gas and oil-fired condensing boilers dominating the market. However, sales are expected to fall in 2022, particularly for these types of boiler.
France's trade balance for boilers remains largely in deficit, with a coverage rate of less than 5%.
The main French players are Saunier Duval, with sales of 289 million euros in 2021, and Société Industrielle de Chauffage, with 538 million euros in 2021, while component manufacturer Sermeta has reported sales of 260 million euros for 2022.
The sector is evolving towards digital technologies and smarter, more connected boilers for finer-grained energy management.
Trends and key figures for the heating equipment market
The market, a segment of the broader HVAC category, is focusing on the development of sustainable, efficient heating systems.
As part of the ecological transition, there has been a major shift towards eliminating oil-fired boilers and encouraging the adoption of renewable energy equipment and heat pumps.
By 2022, France will have between 40 and 50 manufacturers specializing in central heating radiators and boilers. Employment in this sector has risen from around 3,500 to over 4,000. Production activity is mainly concentrated in the Grand Est and Bretagne regions.
Wood-fired boilers have grown steadily, from over 9,000 units to around 45,000 units in 2022. Within this category, pellet boilers in particular have seen significant growth in recent years. conversely, the gas and oil boiler sector is undergoing a transition from standard to condensing boilers, with the latter increasing from 145,000 units to 510,000 units by 2020.
The government offers incentives for energy renovations, such as the "coup de pouce chauffage", which can amount to up to 4,000 euros, as well as eco-loans and tax credits to encourage the replacement of less efficient, polluting heating systems with greener alternatives such as biomass boilers.
French boiler and heating market players
- Saunier Duval, a member of the Vaillant group.
- Groupe Atlantic and Société Industrielle de Chauffage, known for its extensive range of heating products that meet a variety of customer needs.
- Groupe Invicta specializes in domestic wood-burning appliances.
- SUPRA a well-known player.
- Sermeta world leader in the manufacture of condensing gas heat exchangers.
- Wiessman a German leader
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1.1 Market overview and definition
The boiler market is part of the HVAC engineering category. HVAC engineering is a business with a strong focus on sustainable development and energy savings, since its aim is to develop solutions for regulating the temperature of business premises or homes. Because of the stakes involved, HVAC engineering, and therefore the boiler segment, is linked to renewable energies (solar, biomass, condensing boilers, biogas, etc.).
The market is largely influenced by growing ecological concerns, as well as the ever-increasing cost of energy to heat homes. The sector is also largely dependent on the public sphere and policies that can stimulate the use of more environmentally-friendly energy solutions.
Gas and oil condensing boilers are driving sales in the domestic market. By 2022, however, sales are set to decline, not least because of this particular segment.
In terms of foreign trade, France is largely in deficit, and this deficit is widening all the time (the coverage rate has fallen below 5%).
France's boiler market is also increasingly influenced by government measures to promote energy-efficiency renovations, which are steering the boiler market towards new product forms (notably high-performance boilers and biomass boilers). As a result, certain segments of the market could disappear altogether in the next decade, forcing players to reshape the structure of the market and renew their offering and positioning.
Innovation therefore represents a real growth driver for the market. with a renewed, ever more connected and intelligent offering, boilers should be able to manage energy consumption levels even more precisely and appropriately, an economic as well as an ecological advantage.
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- Wood fuel prices for home heating
- Establishments registered under activity 25.21Z
- Employees registered under activity 25.21Z
- Activity sales index 25.21Z
- Wood-fired boiler sales
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Taurus: Wood-burning stoves: 21 of Supra's 28 employees threatened with redundancy - 10/07/2023
- The Obernai wood-burning stove factory is owned by the Spanish Taurus Group.
- The plant currently employs 28 people.
- The group has announced its intention to lay off 21 of these 28 employees for economic reasons.
- Supra, which was acquired by Taurus in February 2020, has been in existence for almost 150 years.
- Supra generates sales of ten million euros.
Yuna Josse, the new face of Saunier Duval | Yuna Josse joins Saunier Duval - 06/04/2023
- Saunier Duval has 1,100 employees
- Heat pump production has doubled by 2022 and will double again this year
- A 30 million euro investment plan has been launched to reorganize the Nantes plant.
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