France— FR

Company data in France, by industry

Browse France company directories across 56 industries — 14,340,194 businesses in the InfobelPRO database, registry-sourced from SIREN/INSEE and enriched with firmographics, location, financials and group structure.

14,340,194

Registered companies

ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE

Largest company

Rental and operating of own or leased real estate

Largest sector

1th

in Europe by count

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Rankings

Largest companies in France

By revenue, one row per corporate group — reported (actual) revenue, updated September 2026.

#	Company (group)	Industry	HQ	Revenue (USD)
1	ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE	Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	Paris	$76.5B
2	AIRBUS	Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery	Blagnac	$68.9B
3	STELLANTIS AUTO SAS	Manufacture of motor vehicles	Poissy	$66.2B
4	RENAULT	Manufacture of motor vehicles	Boulogne-Billancourt	$55.5B
5	LES MOUSQUETAIRES	Non-specialised wholesale trade	Paris	$45.3B
6	ENGIE	Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains	La Garenne-Colombes	$40.7B
7	MERIT FRANCE	Inland freight water transport	Marseille	$33.9B
8	SANOFI	Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations	Gentilly	$31.9B
9	TOTALENERGIES SE	Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products	Nanterre	$27.5B
10	CARREFOUR	Non-specialised wholesale trade	Mondeville	$25.3B
11	ORANGE	Wired telecommunications activities	Issy-les-Moulineaux	$23.2B
12	SNCF VOYAGEURS	Urban and suburban passenger land transport	Saint-Denis	$21.1B
13	SOCIETE D'IMPORTATION LECLERC	Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products	Ivry-sur-Seine	$19.7B
14	COOPERATIVE U	Non-specialised wholesale trade	Rungis	$18.6B
15	NORTH ATLANTIC FRANCE	Manufacture of refined petroleum products	Nanterre	$18.6B

Top 15 of 25 · AIR FRANCE - KLM, ENEDIS, SURAUMARCHE, SAFRAN, AUTOMOBILES PEUGEOT, LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON, LA POSTE, VOLKSWAGEN GROUP FRANCE, PHOENIX OCP, H51 follow. Methodology →

ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE leads by reported revenue at $76.5B, the largest of 25 ranked corporate groups.

Coverage

Companies by industry

The B2B industries we cover, ranked by number of companies. Each links to the full directory.

Real estate companies

3,440,101

Retail companies

1,005,375

Construction companies

921,675

Agriculture & agribusiness

820,923

Healthcare providers

616,745

+ 51 more industries below ↓

Real estate companies is the most populated sector we cover, with 3,440,101 companies — 24% of France's 14,340,194 registered.

Distribution

Company size & revenue

By number of employees

1–4

12,884,613

5–9

372,680

10–19

267,141

20–49

164,689

50–99

57,901

100–199

27,093

200–499

13,989

500–999

4,152

1000+

3,178

The 1–4 band is shown with a broken bar — it is ~35× the next band; the smaller bands are scaled against each other so they stay readable. 711,688 companies have no disclosed headcount (excluded).

Around 93% of companies with disclosed headcount employ fewer than five people, so the market skews heavily toward micro-enterprises.

By revenue (local currency)

1–100K

6,532,027

100K-499K

5,433,406

500K-999K

351,184

1M-4.99M

425,767

5M-9.99M

45,820

10M-49.99M

49,834

50M-99.99M

34,607

100M-499.99M

65,016

500M-999.99M

2,077

1B+

635

1,566,751 companies have no disclosed revenue (excluded from the chart).

The most common disclosed-revenue band is 1–100K, covering 50% of companies with reported revenue.

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Geography

Where French companies are based

Distribution by region.

Paris

1,159,212

Bouches-du-Rhône

494,208

Rhône

432,541

Nord

402,460

Gironde

394,812

Paris holds the largest regional share, with 23% of companies that have a disclosed region.

Group linkage

Corporate structure in France

How much of the market is part of a corporate group vs independent.

46%

Part of a corporate group

54%

Independent

46% of companies belong to a corporate group; the remaining 54% operate independently.

Corporate groups

Largest corporate groups in France

French-headquartered groups ranked by total group entities worldwide — a measure of corporate reach.

#	Group	Group entities (worldwide)
1	SODEXO	9,523
2	ESSILORLUXOTTICA	9,052
3	BPCE	8,959
4	VINCI	8,116
5	VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT	6,176
6	CARREFOUR	5,902
7	ENGIE	5,698
8	ELIOR GROUP	5,561
9	SAS RUE LA BOETIE	5,530
10	LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON	5,055

Group entities = total members of the corporate family worldwide, for groups whose ultimate parent is in France.

SODEXO is the largest corporate group headquartered in France, with 9,523 entities worldwide.

Foreign ownership

Foreign-owned vs domestic

Among France's larger companies, the share ultimately controlled from abroad — and the leading countries of ownership.

31%

Foreign-owned

70%

French-owned

Leading countries of ownership

United States of America

20.5%

Netherlands

15.2%

Germany

14.7%

Switzerland

8.5%

England

Shares calculated on the largest companies by revenue with ownership data available, not an absolute national figure.

United States of America is the leading country of foreign ownership, at 20.5%.

FAQ

France company data — frequently asked questions

There are 14,340,194 registered companies in France across all sectors, from sole traders to large enterprises.

By reported revenue, ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE is the largest company in France, followed by AIRBUS and STELLANTIS AUTO SAS.

Rental and operating of own or leased real estate, Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c., General medical practice activities have the most registered companies.

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Sourced from the Infobel DaaS database. The largest-companies ranking is consolidated at corporate-group level (one row per group) and shows reported (actual) revenue in USD; modeled figures are excluded. Distributions cover all registered companies. Industry directories use a NACE-based B2B taxonomy. Last updated September 2026.

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