How to become an Uber Eats courier in France

What Uber Eats asks for

• A proof that your business exists (« une preuve de l'existence de votre entreprise »). Uber does not say which document it accepts. As a micro-entrepreneur, you can download two free documents: INSEE's « avis de situation », which shows your SIRET, and your « extrait K » on monidenum.fr.
• A valid identity document. If you are not a citizen of the EU, the EEA or Switzerland, your residence permit must allow self-employed work: this is a condition of the micro-enterprise itself.
• A profile photo.
• An insulated delivery bag that meets Uber's standards (« un sac de livraison isotherme aux normes »).

We found no minimum age on Uber Eats' French courier pages. Delivery is a commercial activity: to register it, you must be 18 or older, or an emancipated minor aged 16 or 17.

Which residence permits allow a micro-enterprise

Vehicles: bikes and pedal-assisted e-bikes only

Uber Eats France writes: « Seuls les vélos et vélos à assistance électrique (VAE) sont autorisés sur Uber Eats » (only bikes and pedal-assisted electric bikes are allowed). In December 2023, Uber Eats also opened a « high-capacity » option for bigger orders, for couriers with a cargo bike that has a large insulated front box (at least 150 litres).

Other platforms accept motor scooters, but then French law asks for more: any business that delivers goods for others with a motorised vehicle, two-wheelers included, must be in the transport register and hold the « attestation de capacité professionnelle en transport routier léger de marchandises ».

A pedal-assisted electric bike (« VAE ») is not a motorised vehicle for this rule: its motor is 250 W at most and only helps while you pedal, up to 25 km/h. An e-bike with a stronger motor or faster assistance is a moped (« cyclomoteur ») that must be registered, and the transport rules then apply. A modified (« débridé ») e-bike is not allowed on the road at all.

Step by step

1. Check that your residence permit allows self-employment (EU, EEA and Swiss citizens need none).
2. Register your micro-enterprise and describe your activity simply, for example « Livraison de repas à vélo ». Delivery is a commercial activity.
3. Wait for your SIRET: usually a few days, sometimes several weeks.
4. Use a bank account only for your business: for a commercial activity such as delivery, it is compulsory from the start (a personal account used only for this is enough).
5. Sign up in the Uber Eats courier app with your documents.
6. Deliver, then declare your turnover to URSSAF every month or every quarter. If Uber Eats tells you that it declares your Uber Eats turnover for you (see below), do not declare that turnover again, but keep declaring any other income.

How to fill in the French registration formHow long the SIRET takes

Your account: personal and checked

Uber writes that an Uber Eats account « est strictement personnel » and « ne peut en aucune sorte être partagé avec une autre personne » (it cannot be shared with anyone). In 2019, Uber announced that couriers are asked from time to time, at random when they log in, to take a real-time selfie, and that the account is suspended for a while if the photos do not match or the check is not done.

Working on someone else's account means delivering without your own registration, and often without the right to work. The government says it can be illegal work (« travail dissimulé »), punished by up to 3 years in prison and a €45,000 fine: you and the account holder both take serious legal risks. Register your own micro-enterprise instead: the registration itself is free.

What you will pay

Delivery is a commercial service (BIC): in 2026 you pay 21.2% of your turnover in social contributions, plus a training contribution of 0.2% and a small chamber fee (0.044%). For €1,000 of turnover in a month, that is €212 of contributions, €2 of training contribution and €0.44 of chamber fee. With ACRE, if you are eligible, the rate is 15.9% for a business started since 1 July 2026.

Your turnover is the full amount paid to you for your deliveries during the period, before any fee the platform keeps, plus tips. Income tax comes on top: on your yearly return, or with your contributions if you chose the versement libératoire (1.7% for services).

Micro-enterprise costs in 2026How to declare your turnover

New: Uber Eats declares your contributions for you

Since 1 October 2026, Uber Eats is one of the platforms testing a new URSSAF system: it declares your Uber Eats turnover to URSSAF and pays your contributions for you, out of what it pays you. The couriers concerned no longer declare that turnover themselves.

From 1 January 2027, the platforms in this test, Uber Eats included, must calculate and take your contributions themselves and send your turnover to URSSAF. Check what was declared in your URSSAF online space, and keep declaring what you earn on other platforms.

What may change

France must apply the EU directive on platform work by 2 December 2026. It may change how platforms work with couriers. We will update this guide when the French rules are known.

Frequently asked questions