Industry Breakdown of Companies
in France
Explore more than 6,564,633 France-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.
According to our database, a total of more than 6,564,633 businesses are registered in France . That represents 14.62% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These France-based companies have a share of 7.15% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.47% of all EU employees.
France: TOP Industries
According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (2,729,407 companies in total), followed by Services (2,104,510) and Retail Trade (585,952).
France: TOP Industries 6,564,633 registered companies
| Industry, Number of Companies | Number of Companies |
Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 2,729,407 41.6% | 2,729,407 | 41.6% | ||
| Services 2,104,510 32.1% | 2,104,510 | 32.1% | ||
| Retail Trade 585,952 8.9% | 585,952 | 8.9% | ||
| Construction 356,537 5.4% | 356,537 | 5.4% | ||
| Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 252,237 3.8% | 252,237 | 3.8% | ||
| Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 164,767 2.5% | 164,767 | 2.5% | ||
| Wholesale Trade 157,727 2.4% | 157,727 | 2.4% | ||
| Manufacturing 143,488 2.2% | 143,488 | 2.2% | ||
| Public Sector 48,228 0.7% | 48,228 | 0.7% | ||
| Unknown industry 20,269 0.3% | 20,269 | 0.3% | ||
| Mining 1,511 0.0% | 1,511 | 0.0% |
France: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code
The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for France are Real property lessor (30.74%), Membership organization (7.74%) and Amusement/recreation services (4.96%).
France: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 6,564,633 registered companies
France: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales
According to our database, companies registered in the France generated € 6,094,666,474,169 in sales, which represents 7.15% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.
France: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 6,564,633 registered companies
| Company Name, Sales & Share | Sales | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE € 90.29B 1.48% | € 90.29B | 1.48% | |
| 2. | STELLANTIS AUTO SAS € 69.83B 1.15% | € 69.83B | 1.15% | |
| 3. | ENGIE € 54.15B 0.89% | € 54.15B | 0.89% | |
| 4. | RENAULT SAS € 52.22B 0.86% | € 52.22B | 0.86% | |
| 5. | AIRBUS € 47.05B 0.77% | € 47.05B | 0.77% | |
| 6. | CMA CGM € 27.35B 0.45% | € 27.35B | 0.45% | |
| 7. | TOTALENERGIES RAFFINAGE FRANCE € 24.84B 0.41% | € 24.84B | 0.41% | |
| 8. | TOTALENERGIES ELECTRICITE ET GAZ FRANCE € 24.22B 0.4% | € 24.22B | 0.4% | |
| 9. | CSF € 24.11B 0.4% | € 24.11B | 0.4% | |
| 10. | ESSO SOCIETE ANONYME FRANCAISE € 24.07B 0.39% | € 24.07B | 0.39% | |
| Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies | € 438.1B | 7.19% |
France: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees
According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 21,244,518 people, which represents 5.47% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (63,186), followed by ORANGE (61,941) and ORANGE (61,941).
France: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 6,564,633 registered companies
| Company Name, Employees & Share | Number of Employees | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE 63,186 0.3% | 63,186 | 0.3% | |
| 2. | ORANGE 61,941 0.29% | 61,941 | 0.29% | |
| 3. | ORANGE 61,941 0.29% | 61,941 | 0.29% | |
| 4. | R. BOURGEOIS 40,125 0.19% | 40,125 | 0.19% | |
| 5. | ONET SERVICES 32,901 0.15% | 32,901 | 0.15% | |
| 6. | EURO DISNEY ASSOCIES SAS 15,450 0.07% | 15,450 | 0.07% | |
| 7. | GATICAR 11,416 0.05% | 11,416 | 0.05% | |
| 8. | GRDF 11,332 0.05% | 11,332 | 0.05% | |
| 9. | CGI FRANCE 10,739 0.05% | 10,739 | 0.05% | |
| 10. | AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE 10,535 0.05% | 10,535 | 0.05% | |
| Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies | 319,566 | 1.5% |
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