Industry Breakdown of Companies
in France
Explore more than 7,349,373 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 7,349,373 businesses are registered in France . That represents 15.54% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These France-based companies have a share of 7.41% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 6.25% 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 (3,040,343 companies in total), followed by Services (2,448,575) and Retail Trade (635,840).
France: TOP Industries 7,349,373 registered companies
| Industry, Number of Companies | Number of Companies |
Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 3,040,343 41.4% | 3,040,343 | 41.4% | ||
| Services 2,448,575 33.3% | 2,448,575 | 33.3% | ||
| Retail Trade 635,840 8.7% | 635,840 | 8.7% | ||
| Construction 382,842 5.2% | 382,842 | 5.2% | ||
| Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 264,078 3.6% | 264,078 | 3.6% | ||
| Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 177,471 2.4% | 177,471 | 2.4% | ||
| Wholesale Trade 172,853 2.4% | 172,853 | 2.4% | ||
| Manufacturing 155,828 2.1% | 155,828 | 2.1% | ||
| Public Sector 49,322 0.7% | 49,322 | 0.7% | ||
| Unknown industry 20,428 0.3% | 20,428 | 0.3% | ||
| Mining 1,793 0.0% | 1,793 | 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 (30.42%), Membership organization (7.78%) and Amusement/recreation services (5.15%).
France: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 7,349,373 registered companies
France: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales
According to our database, companies registered in the France generated € 6,520,672,108,502 in sales, which represents 7.41% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.
France: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 7,349,373 registered companies
| Company Name, Sales & Share | Sales | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE € 72.33B 1.11% | € 72.33B | 1.11% | |
| 2. | STELLANTIS AUTO SAS € 62.59B 0.96% | € 62.59B | 0.96% | |
| 3. | AIRBUS € 57.41B 0.88% | € 57.41B | 0.88% | |
| 4. | RENAULT SAS € 52.49B 0.8% | € 52.49B | 0.8% | |
| 5. | ENGIE € 35.71B 0.55% | € 35.71B | 0.55% | |
| 6. | CMA CGM € 32.3B 0.5% | € 32.3B | 0.5% | |
| 7. | SANOFI WINTHROP INDUSTRIE € 24.12B 0.37% | € 24.12B | 0.37% | |
| 8. | ESSO SOCIETE ANONYME FRANCAISE € 24.07B 0.37% | € 24.07B | 0.37% | |
| 9. | CSF € 23.92B 0.37% | € 23.92B | 0.37% | |
| 10. | TOTALENERGIES RAFFINAGE FRANCE € 23.18B 0.36% | € 23.18B | 0.36% | |
| Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies | € 408.1B | 6.26% |
France: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees
According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 23,782,502 people, which represents 6.25% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is SNCF VOYAGEURS (75,174), followed by ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (64,981) and ORANGE (57,907).
France: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 7,349,373 registered companies
| Company Name, Employees & Share | Number of Employees | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SNCF VOYAGEURS 75,174 0.32% | 75,174 | 0.32% | |
| 2. | ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE 64,981 0.27% | 64,981 | 0.27% | |
| 3. | ORANGE 57,907 0.24% | 57,907 | 0.24% | |
| 4. | ENEDIS 40,001 0.17% | 40,001 | 0.17% | |
| 5. | STELLANTIS AUTO SAS 34,175 0.14% | 34,175 | 0.14% | |
| 6. | ONET SERVICES 31,866 0.13% | 31,866 | 0.13% | |
| 7. | COVEA 24,000 0.1% | 24,000 | 0.1% | |
| 8. | EURO DISNEY ASSOCIES SAS 15,079 0.06% | 15,079 | 0.06% | |
| 9. | ELIOR RESTAURATION FRANCE 13,277 0.06% | 13,277 | 0.06% | |
| 10. | GRDF 11,332 0.05% | 11,332 | 0.05% | |
| Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies | 367,792 | 1.55% |
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