.fr

A .fr fits organisations serving the French market: a wine merchant in Burgundy, an engineering consultancy in Lyon, an online retailer handling France separately with French return terms. French customers and buyers expect a French address; a .com leaves open whether you follow their language and their rules.

There are no registration conditions, so a French establishment is not required. That also makes it the obvious home for the French-language arm of a company that otherwise operates from elsewhere. That applies equally to service firms invoicing French clients.