I want to rent a car from Toulouse in 2 weeks but I couldn't find any rental companies that rent a car to someone with a license < 1yr old.
Is it a law in France? If not, are there any companies offering cars to people with a license that is less than 1yr old? I'm older than 25.
As pointed out in the comments, it is not a legal, but an insurance issue. It is possible, but not cheap. I did this recently, as a 22 year old driver with a 3 months old license, but I ended up paying quadruple the normal rental price. Consider how much it is worth for you, both in money and in risk.
You are most likely to succeed by calling small, local rental agencies. This is how I did it. They do not always have a policy in place against this, in contrary to big companies like Hertz and Avis.
You can also try taking your chances and turning up at a rental company. You will have to decide if you want to prepay or not. Prepaying is cheaper and may help you get a car, but I have no idea what would happen if they then refuse you because you haven't held your license for long enough.
Good luck and please share what happened.
It's not a legal issue, but rather a matter of insurance (and its cost).
In most cases, a requirement on both age (21 or 25 years old) and time holding a driver's license (3 or 5 years) is typical, however this varies from network to network and even from branch to branch (especially in the case of franchises, they may set their own rules).
Rent-a-Car for instance has a standard 3 or 5 years minimum, but you can pay extra to reduce that by 2 years, so that still leaves you with a 1 year minimum.
Ada however may allow you to drive a car with just days on your license: http://www.ada.fr/jeunes/index.html
Following the link on that page results (at least in the location I selected) in many cars (mostly cheaper models) available with no requirement on how long you've held your licence.
