Industry Breakdown of Companies
in France
Explore more than 6,416,901 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 6,416,901 businesses are registered in France . That represents 14% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These France-based companies have a share of 6.75% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.2% 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 (2,699,540 companies in total), followed by Services (2,054,573) and Retail Trade (556,226).
France: TOP Industries 6,416,901 registered companies
| Industry, Number of Companies | Number of Companies |
Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 2,699,540 42.1% | 2,699,540 | 42.1% | ||
| Services 2,054,573 32.0% | 2,054,573 | 32.0% | ||
| Retail Trade 556,226 8.7% | 556,226 | 8.7% | ||
| Construction 348,577 5.4% | 348,577 | 5.4% | ||
| Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 248,711 3.9% | 248,711 | 3.9% | ||
| Wholesale Trade 152,425 2.4% | 152,425 | 2.4% | ||
| Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 146,541 2.3% | 146,541 | 2.3% | ||
| Manufacturing 141,170 2.2% | 141,170 | 2.2% | ||
| Public Sector 48,112 0.7% | 48,112 | 0.7% | ||
| Unknown industry 19,603 0.3% | 19,603 | 0.3% | ||
| Mining 1,423 0.0% | 1,423 | 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 (31.53%), Membership organization (7.75%) and Amusement/recreation services (4.99%).
France: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 6,416,901 registered companies
France: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales
According to our database, companies registered in the France generated € 5,708,450,582,461 in sales, which represents 6.75% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.
France: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 6,416,901 registered companies
| Company Name, Sales & Share | Sales | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PSA AUTOMOBILES SA € 62.69B 1.1% | € 62.69B | 1.1% | |
| 2. | ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE € 53B 0.93% | € 53B | 0.93% | |
| 3. | RENAULT SAS € 44.67B 0.78% | € 44.67B | 0.78% | |
| 4. | AIRBUS € 40.02B 0.7% | € 40.02B | 0.7% | |
| 5. | ENGIE € 36.22B 0.63% | € 36.22B | 0.63% | |
| 6. | CMA CGM € 35.76B 0.63% | € 35.76B | 0.63% | |
| 7. | TOTALENERGIES RAFFINAGE FRANCE € 30.14B 0.53% | € 30.14B | 0.53% | |
| 8. | ESSO SOCIETE ANONYME FRANCAISE € 24.07B 0.42% | € 24.07B | 0.42% | |
| 9. | ORANGE € 22.49B 0.39% | € 22.49B | 0.39% | |
| 10. | CSF € 22.05B 0.39% | € 22.05B | 0.39% | |
| Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies | € 371.1B | 6.5% |
France: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees
According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 20,429,981 people, which represents 5.2% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (62,035), followed by ORANGE (61,941) and ONET SERVICES (34,805).
France: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 6,416,901 registered companies
| Company Name, Employees & Share | Number of Employees | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE 62,035 0.3% | 62,035 | 0.3% | |
| 2. | ORANGE 61,941 0.3% | 61,941 | 0.3% | |
| 3. | ONET SERVICES 34,805 0.17% | 34,805 | 0.17% | |
| 4. | EURO DISNEY ASSOCIES SAS 14,122 0.07% | 14,122 | 0.07% | |
| 5. | GRDF 11,332 0.06% | 11,332 | 0.06% | |
| 6. | CGI FRANCE 10,739 0.05% | 10,739 | 0.05% | |
| 7. | ALSTOM TRANSPORT SA 10,693 0.05% | 10,693 | 0.05% | |
| 8. | ISS FACILITY SERVICES 10,000 0.05% | 10,000 | 0.05% | |
| 9. | PSA AUTOMOBILES SA 10,000 0.05% | 10,000 | 0.05% | |
| 10. | CENTRE HOSPITALIER REGIONAL DE GRENOBLE 10,000 0.05% | 10,000 | 0.05% | |
| Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies | 235,667 | 1.15% |
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