The growth of CBD shops in France

According to one estimate, the global CBD market should reach 22.05 billion dollars by 2030. In France, shops and companies are multiplying. The market is doing well enough that it keeps on growing.

the number of shops multiplied by 4 in two years in France

With 10 million CBD consumers in France, the market has a good deal of room ahead of it. A number of high-street shops, as well as French online retailers, offer CBD in all its forms. Gummies, creams, soaps, oils, flowers and more: the choice is wide.

More and more people in France have taken up CBD for the calming effects attributed to it. Free of psychoactive effects and guaranteed at under 0.3% THC, this hemp derivative therefore has good prospects. A government order nonetheless suspended the sale of CBD flower in the country. By making the public wary, the announcement weakened sales of the substance.

The State rules in favour of CBD and sales grow

After a damaging period of legal uncertainty, for consumers and for the trade alike, the law finally settled the matter. On 29 December 2022, the Conseil d'État, France's highest administrative court, reinstated the sale of CBD flowers while clarifying the rules. The whole chain was reassured, from growers through processors and retailers to consumers.

Those consumers have fairly varied profiles: people in their twenties buy CBD, as do middle-aged customers and pensioners. They come from every social and professional background too. While resins and flowers are the leading products, oils, infusions and above all cosmetics are gaining ground.

CBD shops across the country

CBD has now been selling strongly for 2 years. Shops keep opening, to the point where the choice is becoming ever wider. One word of caution, though: quality varies, particularly for derived products.

The largest players do not simply sell in their own shops, but online as well. Manufacturers distribute their products through online and high-street shops, and also supply various retailers and tobacconists.

Faced with increasingly fierce competition, companies now have to diversify and stand out. Against European and indeed global production, French firms have to keep inventing and stay competitive: the market is now well established.