The roof framing market in France

The glulam timber used for roof framing in France comes mainly from Germany and Austria. According to Eurostat, Germany supplied €36.6 million in 2025 and Austria €30.7 million, 51% of the €131.7 million imported, based on our calculations. Belgium (€11.1 million) and Poland (€7.5 million) follow. Volumes reach 91,930 tonnes, up 6% year on year, at an average value of about €1.43 per kilo.

The roof framing market in France brings together craft firms, regional SMEs and industrial groups. Charpentes Fournier, a Soprema subsidiary in the Vendée, made €16 million in revenue in 2023 according to Le Journal des Entreprises. Techni Prefa, a subsidiary of the Lesage group in Thouars, employs 150 people for about €50 million in 2024, in precast concrete frames. In metal roof framing, Sermeca, taken over by the Micholet group, has 45 employees and €8.5 million in revenue.

Yes: takeovers of roof framing firms are multiplying in France, especially in the Grand Est. According to Le Journal des Entreprises, the Derrey group (600 employees) took over Charpente Houot, with 38 employees and €8.2 million in revenue in 2023. KS groupe acquired Charpentes Moog, about fifty employees and €8 million in 2024. Girold Constructions Bois took over Charpentes Martin (€5 million in 2023), rising to about 83 people.

Yes, notably in glulam timber. According to Le Journal des Entreprises, Charpentes Fournier is building a 25,000 m² plant called Cambium at Le Poiré-sur-Vie, in the Vendée, for €40 million, to double its glulam roof frame capacity; its revenue rose from €11.5 million in 2021 to €16 million in 2023. In France, the Techni Prefa plant in Thouars can produce 300,000 m² of structural elements a year.

Roof framing in France combines timber, metal and concrete depending on the structure. French exports of glulam timber more than doubled, from €7.4 million to €17.6 million between 2024 and 2025, according to Eurostat, while imports of cross-laminated timber (CLT) fell from €19.5 million to €12.3 million. Le Moniteur described in April 2025 a market hall in Douglas fir and the metal roof frame of the main stand at the Meinau stadium in Strasbourg.

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