For the first time since the 2018 reform and the implementation of aids for recruiting an apprentice, a decrease in apprenticeship entries was observed in Île-de-France in 2025. However, apprenticeship entries are holding steady in the industrial sector and progressing in secondary education.
In total, 209,915 contracts were initiated in 2025, a decrease of 5.3% compared to 2024. This decline is more pronounced in the public sector and in the departments of Paris and Hauts-de-Seine.
Of the contracts started in 2025, 76% aim to prepare for higher education. Nevertheless, it is higher education programs that show the steepest declines, while entries into secondary education are increasing.
Half of the contracts started in 2025 were by women, who are slightly more affected by the decrease in apprenticeship entries (-6%) than men (-5%). 46% of contracts signed in 2025 concern an apprentice who has already been in an apprenticeship, with half of these following a contract termination.
Eight out of ten contracts begin in the tertiary sector, and 42% of signed contracts are with structures employing fewer than 20 people. Apprentices under 20 years old and those in the intermediate age group (20-25 years old) record the sharpest drops (-6% in both cases).
