Rungis International Market
Rungis International Market, south of Paris, is a wholesale market for fresh produce open only to professionals, among them retailers and restaurateurs. It describes itself as the world’s largest fresh produce market. Across 234 hectares, it was home to 1,198 companies in 2025. Its products fall into five sectors: fruit and vegetables, meat, seafood and freshwater fish, dairy and fine foods, and horticulture and decoration.
Their story
- the market is inaugurated, on March 3
- 1969
- the market is inaugurated, on March 3
- of market, south of Paris
- 234 ha
- of market, south of Paris
- million tonnes of food products delivered in 2025
- 1.7
- million tonnes of food products delivered in 2025
- presents LaListe’s Innovation Award
- 2021
- presents LaListe’s Innovation Award
Rungis took over from Les Halles, in the heart of Paris. The Semmaris, a public-private company, develops and runs the market. From February 28 to March 2, 1969, the “move of the century” took Les Halles to Rungis, and the market was inaugurated on March 3, 1969.
In 2025, 1.7 million tonnes of food products arrived there, and the turnover of the market’s companies is estimated at 12 billion euros, 41% of it in fruit and vegetables. Stéphane Layani has chaired the Semmaris since June 1, 2012.
Rungis has presented LaListe’s Innovation Award since the 2021 edition: six editions, up to the 2026 International Special Awards, given at the Gala of November 24, 2025. The market hosted its guests at two tables of the LaListe Gala at the Quai d’Orsay, in 2024 and again in 2025.
