France virtual numbers

France is the second-largest market in the EU, and French online life expects a French phone number. Classifieds and second-hand marketplaces, delivery and ride apps, ticketing sites and most French online shops send their SMS verification to a +33 number and often refuse a foreign one outright. A French mobile virtual number gets you through that step and stays attached to the account afterwards.

For a business outside France, a +33 number is the simplest way to look local. French customers are far more comfortable calling a number that starts with +33 than one that starts with +1 or +44, and a Paris 01 or Lyon 04 prefix goes further still. Put it on your website and invoices and forward the calls to the phone you already use in the US, the UK or anywhere else.

Rent a mobile number if it is going on WhatsApp, Telegram or any app that looks up the carrier type before sending a code. French mobile numbers start with 06 or 07, and ours sit on real French mobile ranges that pass the checks which reject VoIP. Mobile is the best choice for verification and for any account you plan to keep.

Rent a local number if customers in a particular city should see a familiar prefix: 01 for Paris and the surrounding region, 04 for Lyon and the south-east, with other regions on request. Rent a VoIP number for a sales or support line where you mostly make and take calls over the internet and nobody will run a carrier check against it; it is the cheapest of the three.

Receive unlimited inbound SMS in your dashboard or forwarded to your email, so codes from French apps and shops reach you wherever you are. Make and receive calls from the app on any device with the +33 number as caller ID, or forward incoming calls to your existing mobile in any country. Register a mobile number on WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business and run a French-facing support line without a French office.

The number stays yours for as long as the rental is active. We never move a French number between customers mid-term, so accounts and listings tied to it keep working month after month, and yearly terms renew on the same number.

French virtual numbers start at $12.99 a month on a monthly term, the same price as Germany. A three-month term takes 10% off and a twelve-month term takes 25% off the monthly price. Mobile numbers cost a little more than VoIP numbers because supply on verified French mobile ranges is tighter, and local city numbers sit in between. There are no setup fees and no contract beyond the term you choose; cancel at the end of any term, free of charge, and the number is released. Inbound SMS is included; outbound calls and SMS are billed per use at French rates.