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The metal doors and windows market in France

In 2025, France imports €498.4m of metal doors and windows, while aluminium accounts for 30% of the windows installed in the country.

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The metal doors and windows market in France

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A metal joinery product is a door, window, sliding door or frame whose structure is made of aluminium or steel. The market studied covers the manufacture of these products in France (NAF code 25.12Z, the French activity classification), for housing as well as for commercial, industrial and public buildings; it excludes PVC and timber joinery. It brings together aluminium joinery manufacturers, metalworkers and makers of technical steel doors.

French imports of aluminium and steel doors and windows: €498.4m; 2025 • Source: Calculated from Eurostat, Comext
Share of aluminium in windows installed in France (PVC: 59%): 30%; 2023 • Source: UFME (the French window manufacturers’ federation)
Imports of aluminium doors and windows, down 7% year on year: €247.2m; 2025 • Source: Eurostat, Comext
Imported volume of aluminium doors and windows, up 7%: 37,135 t; 2025 / 2024 • Source: Eurostat, Comext
Share of Portugal, the leading supplier of aluminium joinery (€53.3m): 21.6%; 2025 • Source: Calculated from Eurostat, Comext
French exports of aluminium and steel doors and windows: €83.1m; 2025 • Source: Calculated from Eurostat, Comext

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How big is the metal doors and windows market in France?

No public statistic directly measures sales of metal doors and windows in France. According to Eurostat, France imported €498.4 million of them in 2025: €247.2 million in aluminium and €251.2 million in steel, against €83.1 million of exports (calculated from Eurostat). According to the Union des fabricants de menuiseries (UFME, the French joinery manufacturers’ union), aluminium equipped 30% of the 10.3 million windows installed in France in 2023, or about 3.1 million frames (calculated from UFME).

How many metal doors and windows does France import?

According to Eurostat, France imported 37,135 tonnes of aluminium doors and windows in 2025, 7% more than in 2024, but for €247.2 million, 7% less. The average value therefore fell from about €7.7 to €6.7 per kilo (calculated from Eurostat). For steel doors and windows imported into France, volumes fell by 9% to 49,265 tonnes, for €251.2 million, against €256.9 million in 2024.

Where do the metal doors and windows imported into France come from?

In 2025, Portugal is France’s leading supplier of aluminium doors and windows, with €53.3 million according to Eurostat, ahead of Italy (€39.3 million), China (€28.4 million), Germany (€21.8 million) and Spain (€18.1 million). For steel doors and windows, Germany dominates with €89.7 million, or 36% of French imports (calculated from Eurostat), ahead of Italy (€33.4 million), Poland (€22.9 million) and Spain (€20.4 million).

Who are the metal doors and windows manufacturers in France?

The metal doors and windows market in France includes many regional SMEs. According to Verre et protections mag (March 2025), Aluminium Fabrication Diffusion (AFD), in La Châtre, generated €27 million in revenue in 2024 with 118 employees. The SNM Alu Industrie site of the AT Partner group, in La Bresse, makes 150 aluminium joinery units a day with 65 employees (May 2025). In the commercial sector, Kapeci (Metalpe group) employs 40 people in aluminium joinery (November 2024).

How is demand for metal joinery changing in France?

Demand for metal doors and windows in France follows the building sector. According to Verre et protections mag (March 2025), the French window market, all materials combined, fell by 9% in value in 2024, to just over 9 million units, with a 25% drop in new detached houses. In July 2025, it reports 26% fewer transactions in the existing housing market over two years. According to UFME, 75% of the windows installed in 2023 were part of renovation work.

What standards and recycling apply to metal doors and windows in France?

For industrial, commercial and garage doors sold in France, the European standard NF EN 13241-1 has replaced the French standard since 2005 and CE marking has been mandatory since 2006, as Technic’Baie (June 2024) points out. Recycling of metal joinery is still emerging: according to Recyclage récupération (January 2025), the Menrec scheme, created at the end of 2020 by Breton manufacturers, collected 4,200 tonnes of joinery in 2024, including 170 tonnes of steel and 56 tonnes of aluminium, with 96% recovered.

Sources: Eurostat, Comext (HS 7610 10 and 7308 30), October 2026 • UFME, the window market in 2023 • Verre et protections mag, 2024 and 2025 • Recyclage récupération, January 2025 • Technic’Baie, June 2024 • Trade press (IndexPresse database)

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1. Metal joinery
1. 1.1 Aluminium and steel doors, windows, sliding doors and frames
2. 1.2 Profiles, thermal breaks and glazing
3. 1.3 The scope of NAF code 25.12Z
4. 1.4 Aluminium against PVC and timber
2. Market size and dynamics
1. 2.1 Estimate of the French market
2. 2.2 A window market in decline since 2023
3. 2.3 Imports down in value
4. 2.4 Portugal, Italy and Germany, the leading suppliers
5. 2.5 Limited exports
3. Demand
1. 3.1 Renovation and new housing
2. 3.2 Offices, schools, hospitals and industrial buildings
3. 3.3 Sliding doors, entrance doors and large glazed areas
4. 3.4 Thermal performance and renovation subsidies
4. Supply and manufacturers
1. 4.1 System suppliers, extruders and manufacturers
2. 4.2 Regional SMEs in aluminium joinery
3. 4.3 Metalworkers and technical steel doors
4. 4.4 Installation networks and distribution
5. Standards, environment and end of life
1. 5.1 CE marking and European standards
2. 5.2 RE 2020 requirements (the French environmental building regulation)
3. 5.3 Recycling of joinery at end of life
4. 5.4 Low-carbon aluminium and recycled content
6. Outlook
1. 6.1 An expected recovery in construction
2. 6.2 Factory automation and labour
3. 6.3 Competition from imports
4. 6.4 Opportunities for French manufacturers

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How big is the metal doors and windows market in France?

No public statistic directly measures sales of metal doors and windows in France. Foreign trade gives an order of magnitude: €498.4 million of imports and €83.1 million of exports in 2025, according to Eurostat. Aluminium accounted for 30% of the windows installed in France in 2023, according to UFME.

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The metal doors and windows market in France

In 2025, France imports €498.4m of metal doors and windows, while aluminium accounts for 30% of the windows installed in the country.

Exclusive sources: 35 years of IndexPresse trade press, not available in open access. Every cited article can be read as a PDF.

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