Briec-sur-Odet, aux portes de Quimper – Exploitation porcine avec fort potentiel de développement
100 000 à 250 000 €
6 ha
Au cur d'un environnement agricole de qualité, dans un cadre bocager préservé propice à l'élevage, cette exploitation porcine naisseur-engraisseur représente une belle opportunité ...
Looking for a pig farm for sale in France? This page gathers the pig holdings offered by farmers handing over their business, rural estate agencies and notaries across the country: breeding units, fattening farms and farrow-to-finish operations, recent slatted-floor piggeries or sites due for modernisation, Label Rouge, free-range or organic herds, with or without an on-farm feed mill. Each listing states the number of sows or fattening places, the condition of the buildings, the permit status and the spreading land available, so that you can compare offers before contacting the seller. It sits within all the farms for sale in France on ma-propriete.fr. Beyond the listings, you will find here the benchmarks you need to buy or take over a pig unit: farmland and pasture prices region by region, which govern the spreading plan, the basins where supply is concentrated, the regulatory and health checks specific to pigs, and the steps of a successful takeover. To structure a setting-up project, our white paper « Créer une exploitation agricole » (in French) answers the questions of buyers from outside farming.
Farmland prices for a pig farm in 2025 : our statistics and the SAFER benchmark
On a pig farm, land is not first a production area: it is the spreading area that authorises the herd size. Without a sufficient spreading plan, whether owned, rented or agreed by contract with neighbouring farmers, the unit can neither operate nor grow, and the price of surrounding land and pasture bears directly on what a pig holding is worth. Two sources help you place an offer. Our statistics, computed from the sales recorded by the French tax administration (DVF, vineyards excluded), show the prices actually paid; the SAFER benchmark of land values gives the reference for vacant and tenanted land and pasture.
Across France, 14,328 sales of agricultural land were recorded in 2025, at a median price of €5,307/ha (average €6,059/ha; 80% of transactions between €2,500 and €10,537/ha). The SAFER benchmark of land values puts vacant land and pasture at €6,460/ha (+0.9% year on year) and tenanted land at €5,350/ha (+2.5%), an average discount of around 17% where a tenant farmer is in place.
Region
Sales 2025 (DVF)
DVF median price (€/ha)
SAFER vacant land (€/ha)
1-year change
SAFER tenanted land (€/ha)
Brittany
1,297
5,500
6,540
+0.3%
5,180
Pays de la Loire
1,873
3,267
4,100
+1.5%
3,350
Normandy
1,442
8,305
9,610
+2.9%
8,410
Hauts-de-France
1,365
7,976
10,890
-0.5%
7,650
Grand Est
1,233
5,611
6,510
-4.4%
6,120
Île-de-France
214
7,465
8,190
+5.7%
7,000
Centre-Val de Loire
1,195
5,480
6,260
-6.1%
5,700
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
1,303
2,773
2,740
-6.2%
2,750
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2,103
4,538
5,770
+5.5%
3,900
Occitanie
995
7,015
7,260
-0.3%
n/a
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
1,230
3,887
5,100
+4.9%
4,140
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur*
59
13,518
12,260
+2.8%
n/a
Corsica*
19
5,012
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n/a
For a pig farm for sale in France, the table reads through the lens of the Breton basin, where production is concentrated and where demand for spreading land pushes up the price of plots close to the units. Elsewhere, cheaper land does not always offset the distance from abattoirs and feed manufacturers. Beyond the hectares, value lies in the buildings, their compliance and the number of authorised places. From one region to the next, the benchmark varies fourfold, from €2,740/ha in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to €10,890/ha in Hauts-de-France. See the full analysis, department by department, on our agricultural land price observatory, estimate your plots with the land value tool, and work out notary fees and borrowing capacity with our financial calculators. * Fewer than 100 recorded sales: indicative value. n/a: no tenanted-land benchmark published for this region.
What makes a pig farm for sale in France different
Livestock buildings, sow herd and equipment of a piggery
A piggery is judged first on its buildings. Farrowing, gestation and post-weaning rooms, slatted fattening pens, forced ventilation and any air scrubber, feed silos and the on-farm feed mill where the farmer mixes his own rations, the slurry pit and, at times, a treatment plant or anaerobic digester form a whole whose age, condition and compliance account for a large share of the price. A unit that has completed its upgrade to group housing for pregnant sows and to current effluent storage standards sells well above a site with ageing rooms. The herd is the second item: sows on site and their parity, replacement gilts, finishing pigs in the fattening stage, herd health status and the genetics used. It is valued separately from buildings and land, as are machinery and feed stocks; animals mid-cycle are taken over at the day's market quotation. A cutting room or a direct-sales activity is added with its customer base.
Production basins and where the supply of pig units is concentrated
Brittany dominates the market for pig holdings by a wide margin: Finistère, Côtes-d'Armor, Morbihan and Ille-et-Vilaine hold most of the country's sows, surrounded by a dense network of abattoirs, feed manufacturers, producer groups and cooperatives, with an active takeover market and generally more recent buildings. Pays de la Loire, the Manche department in Normandy and Hauts-de-France extend this basin with units often combined with arable land that absorbs the effluent and supplies the cereals for the ration. Outside western France the supply is thinner and often different in kind: farms in the South-West linked to quality-labelled ham chains, units in the Monts du Lyonnais and the Massif Central, free-range or Label Rouge herds in Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, small farmhouse herds in Corsica. These sites are further from abattoirs, but sit on less contested land and rely on better-paid local outlets.
Points to check before buying a fattening farm or breeding unit
The first point is regulatory: a pig farm falls under the French classified-installations regime (ICPE), by declaration, registration or full permit depending on herd size. The buyer checks that the animals on site match the authorised places, that the change of operator can be declared in his name, and that the spreading plan covers all the effluent, especially in a nitrate-vulnerable zone. Next comes biosecurity, compulsory in the face of African swine fever: perimeter fencing, hygiene lock, loading bay, written plan and trained officer, whose absence means works from day one. The commercial outlet is checked next: membership of a producer group, integration contract with a feed manufacturer or cooperative, commitments under a specification (Label Rouge, organic) and the terms of their transfer. On the land, the rural lease continues with the new farmer subject to the landlord's agreement, and the operation remains subject to the structures control and to SAFER's pre-emption right. Finally, the buyer must hold the agricultural qualification.
Buying, taking over or selling a pig unit in France
The sale of a pig farm is seldom a single transaction. The seller usually sells the buildings and the land he owns, transfers the herd and machinery, then passes on the leases and the spreading agreements. When the holding is run as a company (family GAEC, EARL, SCEA), the sale covers shares, with different tax treatment and warranties, as explained in our article selling the assets or the shares of a farming company. A gradual takeover, where the buyer first joins as an employee and then as a partner, is common in pig production. For the buyer, purchasing a piggery follows a set order: cost the project and its financing, confirm the agricultural qualification, analyse the technical results and the accounts, secure the outlet and the spreading plan, then the land, before signing. Our complete guide to buying a farm describes each step. For the seller, the handover is prepared years ahead; the articles preparing a farm for sale and finding a buyer for your farm help set a consistent price and choose between sale, letting and share transfer.
Frequently asked questions about buying a pig farm in France
How much does a pig farm cost in France?
There is no reliable average: a Breton farrow-to-finish site with recent buildings, an on-farm feed mill and a secured spreading plan, and a small fattening unit in the hills with old rooms have nothing in common. The price is built item by item: buildings by condition and compliance, herd and stocks at market value, machinery at second-hand quotation, land at the regional farmland price.
Can a foreigner or a non-farmer buy a pig farm in France?
Yes. Buyers of any nationality may acquire a French holding, and many do so each year. The conditions are the same for everyone: obtain the agricultural qualification or partner with a qualified farmer, and pass the structures control. Pig production also calls for specific skills in sow management, feeding and herd health; training or a spell as an employee on the farm eases the transition.
Which permits are transferred when a piggery is sold?
The farm falls under the classified-installations regime: the change of operator must be declared to the prefecture, and the site keeps its permit as long as the activity is unchanged. Check that the authorised and actual herd sizes match, that the spreading plan and any third-party agreements are valid, and that the biosecurity plan complies. Any later extension requires a new procedure.
Does SAFER intervene in the sale of a pig farm?
Yes, for the land and buildings: every sale of agricultural property is notified to SAFER, the rural land agency, which may exercise its pre-emption right, with exceptions such as a sale to a family member or to the sitting tenant. The structures control applies in parallel; our article on understanding the structures control details the cases where an operating authorisation is required.
How is a pig unit valued?
Buildings are valued on rebuilding cost, adjusted for age, compliance and authorised capacity, rarely at new-build price. Sows are valued by parity and health status, fattening pigs by weight and the current market quotation, machinery at second-hand value. An outside opinion on each item makes the negotiation safer. The pig farms for sale on ma-propriete.fr come from private farmers, rural agencies and notaries' offices. Looking for a sow herd or a fattening farm in a specific region? Filter by area, price or number of sows and set up an e-mail alert to be told of every new pig unit on the market. Selling your piggery? Post your listing and expose it to specialist rural property buyers.
