The wooden doors and windows market in France

According to the Union des fabricants de menuiseries (UFME, the French joinery manufacturers’ union), wood accounts for 10% of the 10.3 million windows fitted in France in 2023, around one million frames (calculation based on UFME), and wood-aluminium for 1%. PVC dominates with 59% and aluminium follows with 30%. While the total French window market is down 8% on 2021, wood is still up 11%, driven according to UFME by interest in bio-based materials.

Yes. According to Eurostat (Comext), France imports €215.5 million of wooden doors and windows in 2025, against €228.5 million in 2024: €116.2 million for doors and €99.3 million for windows. Poland supplies €40.8 million of wooden windows excluding tropical woods, or 43% of the total. For doors, Germany (€19.5 million), Spain (€17.1 million), Italy and China lead. France exports €37.3 million of wooden doors and windows.

According to the Union des fabricants de menuiseries (UFME), 93% of wooden windows fitted in France in 2023 are made there, and 95% of mixed wood-aluminium windows, against 88% for all materials. UFME counts 13,774 joinery manufacturing companies in France, all materials combined, and 181,100 employees in window manufacturing or fitting. The wooden window thus remains largely a domestically made product, facing imports concentrated in a few European countries.

Renovation drives the French window market: according to UFME, 75% of windows fitted in 2023 go into existing homes, against 25% for new builds. According to Verre et protections mag (July 2025), citing TBC Innovations, transactions in existing homes have fallen 26% in two years and the instability of MaPrimeRénov’ (the French home renovation grant) is holding back projects, while a recovery is expected from 2026. Wood benefits from the search for bio-based materials and environmental performance.

The wooden doors and windows industry in France brings together timber suppliers, industrial and craft joiners, merchants and fitters. According to Le Journal des entreprises (January 2026), Wood by D invested €6 million in a 2,500 m² plant in Yssingeaux to make glued-laminated oak blanks for door and window manufacturers. On the distribution side, the wood showroom concept La Menuiserie-Espace Expert from the Batiman buying group has about forty outlets in France, according to Négoce (April 2026).

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