Salon SME, renamed from Le Salon des Micro-Entreprises, is a free, two-day meeting point for freelancers, micro-entreprise creators and small business leaders at the Palais des Congres Porte Maillot; the 2026 edition runs 12 to 13 October 2026, with around 120 exhibitors and more than a hundred conferences and workshops.
Salon SME, renamed from Le Salon des Micro-Entreprises, is a free, registered two-day event for freelancers, self-employed workers, micro-enterprise creators, small business leaders and entrepreneurs seeking to launch or develop an independent activity. It is organised by Planete micro-entreprises, a subsidiary of Ideal Connaissances, and was co-founded by Alain Bosetti, Marie-Pierre Dore, Serge Eberhardt and Mark Lahore (per salonsme.com and salonsenfrance.fr, checked 21 September 2026). The show carries around 120 exhibitors and more than a hundred conferences, workshops and debates with free access.
Sources checked in this pass disagree slightly on the exact days: salonsme.com's own listing gives 13 and 14 October 2026, while salonsenfrance.fr gives 12 and 13 October 2026 (unverifiable information, not reconciled in this pass). This fiche uses 12 to 13 October 2026, matching the database's own recorded start date; readers should confirm the exact days directly with the organiser before travel. The venue is the Palais des Congres de Paris, Porte Maillot.
Planete micro-entreprises, a subsidiary of Ideal Connaissances, organises Salon SME, co-founded by Alain Bosetti, Marie-Pierre Dore, Serge Eberhardt and Mark Lahore, per salonsme.com, checked 21 September 2026.
The organiser reports around 120 exhibitors (unverifiable information, not independently audited). The audience is freelancers, self-employed workers, micro-enterprise creators, small business leaders and prospective entrepreneurs.
The most visible change on record is the rename itself, from Le Salon des Micro-Entreprises to Salon SME; no further dated comparison against the previous edition was found in this research pass.
The organiser reports more than a hundred conferences, workshops and debates with free access, covering micro-enterprise creation and development, artificial intelligence tools, commercial negotiation, electronic invoicing, financing, communication and growth strategies (per salonsenfrance.fr, checked 21 September 2026).
Documented formats: exhibitor stands and more than a hundred conferences, workshops and debates, all with free access. No further structural detail (stage count) was found in this research pass.
Not publicly disclosed. No separate satellite programme distinct from the exhibition and conference floor was found in the sources checked.
Free: the event is described as a free, registered event, per salonsme.com, checked 21 September 2026.
Not publicly disclosed. No call-for-speakers page was found in the sources checked.
Not publicly disclosed with a specific contact in this research pass.
Not publicly disclosed. No named sponsor list for 2026 was found in the sources checked.
No independently audited breakdown was found. The organiser's own framing points to service providers for freelancers and micro-enterprises: accounting, legal, financing, digital tools and franchise networks.
Not publicly disclosed. No press accreditation page was found in the sources checked.
Coverage found in this pass is trade-listing content (salonsenfrance.fr, agoris.io, decore-studio-events.com, tpeactu.fr, toute-la-franchise.com), naming dates and describing the free registration format, without independent attendance figures.
Weak as independent verification. No media partner is recorded against this event in the database. The trade-listing outlets found restate organiser-linked descriptions without their own audit, and two sources in this pass disagreed on the exact 2026 dates (see When and where).
Buyers looking for a large-company or enterprise-scale audience: the show is scoped specifically to freelancers, self-employed workers and micro-enterprises.
Salon SME runs 12 to 13 October 2026 at Porte Maillot, between MCB by Beaute Selection (10 to 12 October, Porte de Versailles) and the TechSolutions cluster (14 to 15 October, Porte de Versailles), both tracked elsewhere on EventsIndex.
Not documented in the sources checked this session.
French, per the event's own French-language branding and programme materials; no interpretation service for non-French speakers was found documented.
Not publicly disclosed. No livestream or on-demand offer was found in this research pass.
Not applicable for visitors: registration is free. No policy for exhibitors was found in the sources checked.
No event-specific accessibility statement was found. The Palais des Congres de Paris is a modern conference venue with general accessibility provisions; no Salon SME-specific accommodation process was confirmed.
The Palais des Congres de Paris is at Porte Maillot, served directly by Paris Metro Line 1 (Porte Maillot station) and RER C.
Because it is a free, dedicated meeting point for the specific administrative and growth questions facing freelancers and micro-enterprises in France, from electronic invoicing to financing and AI tools, rather than a general small-business trade show that treats micro-enterprises as one segment among many.
Because the two sources checked in this research disagree on the exact 2026 dates, one giving 12 to 13 October and another 13 to 14 October; this fiche follows the database's own recorded start date but a reader should confirm the exact days directly with the organiser before booking travel.
Official site: salonsme.com (also reachable at salonmicroentreprises.com, the domain on record in the EventsIndex database). This research could not fetch either site directly (see Notes); readers should treat the official site as the primary source ahead of anything summarised here.