List of largest French companies
This article lists the largest
.2020 Fortune list
This list displays all 31 French companies in the
US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2018.[1]
Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
Rank | Fortune 500 rank |
Name | Industry | Revenue (USD millions) |
Profits (USD millions) |
Employees | Headquarters |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 20 | TotalEnergies | Oil and gas
|
184,106 | 11,446 | 104,460 | Courbevoie |
2 | 46 | AXA
|
Insurance | 125,578 | 2,526 | 104,065 | Paris |
3 | 81 | Carrefour | Retail | 91,955 | −662 | 363,862 | Massy |
4 | 91 | Crédit Agricole | Banking
|
88,325 | 5,192 | 73,346 | Paris |
5 | 96 | Peugeot | Automotive | 87,364 | 3,336 | 216,539 | Rueil-Malmaison |
6 | 104 | BNP Paribas | Banking | 83,973 | 8,882 | 197,162 | Paris |
7 | 110 | Électricité de France | Electric utility | 81,403 | 1,389 | 165,790 | Paris |
8 | 126 | Engie | Electric utility | 74,144 | 1,219 | 160,301 | Courbevoie |
9 | 143 | Renault | Automotive | 67,764 | 3,897 | 183,002 | Boulogne-Billancourt |
10 | 164 | Auchan | Retail | 60,749 | −1,351 | 340,577 | Croix |
11 | 174 | Société Générale | Banking | 58,390 | 4,560 | 140,250 | Paris |
12 | 187 | Christian Dior - LVMH
|
Apparel | 55,262 | 3,038 | 141,914 | Paris |
13 | 206 | Vinci SA | Construction | 52,345 | 3,520 | 211,233 | Nanterre (since 2022) |
14 | 207 | Finatis | Retail | 52,004 | −209 | 218,923 | Paris |
15 | 223 | Groupe BPCE | Banking | 49,529 | 3,571 | 100,245 | Paris |
16 | 226 | Saint-Gobain | Construction | 49,300 | 315 | 181,001 | Courbevoie |
17 | 228 | Orange S.A. | Telecommunication
|
48,837 | 2,306 | 150,711 | Paris |
18 | 248 | CNP Assurances | Insurance | 45,461 | 1,613 | 5,243 | Paris |
19 | 287 | Bouygues | Conglomerate | 42,179 | 1,547 | 129,275 | Paris |
20 | 288 | Sanofi | Pharmaceuticals
|
42,104 | 5,082 | 104,226 | Paris |
21 | 326 | SNCF | Transportation
|
37,389 | 5,313 | 203,865 | Saint Denis |
22 | 396 | L'Oréal | Consumer goods
|
31,791 | 4,597 | 86,030 | Clichy |
23 | 401 | Air France–KLM | Airline | 31,292 | 483 | 81,527 | Paris |
24 | 407 | Veolia | Utilities | 30,580 | 518 | 170,819 | Aubervilliers |
25 | 411 | Schneider Electric | Technology | 30,354 | 2,755 | 137,534 | Rueil-Malmaison |
26 | 428 | La Poste | Transportation | 29,149 | 942 | 233,076 | Paris |
27 | 432 | Danone | Food processing | 29,092 | 2,772 | 105,783 | Paris |
28 | 456 | Financière de l’Odet | Media | 27,172 | 144 | 81,003 | Paris |
29 | 478 | Michelin | Automotive parts | 25,996 | 1,979 | 111,117 | Clermont-Ferrand |
30 | 493 | Safran | Aerospace and defense | 25,192 | 1,514 | 92,639 | Paris |
31 | 500 | Air Liquide | Chemicals | 24,797 | 2,494 | 66,000 | Paris |
2019 Forbes list
This list is based on the
total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2018. All 57 French companies in the Forbes 2000 are listed.[2]
Name | Industry | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25 | Total S.A.
|
Courbevoie | 184.2 | 11.4 | 256.8 | 149.5 | Oil and gas |
2 | 34 | BNP Paribas | Paris | 101.6 | 8.4 | 2,333.0 | 68.7 | Banking |
3 | 85 | AXA
|
Paris | 139.7 | 2.2 | 1,034.5 | 63.6 | Insurance |
4 | 104 | Crédit Agricole | Paris | 52.2 | 4.7 | 1,856.9 | 38.4 | Banking |
5 | 114 | Sanofi | Paris | 40.7 | 5.1 | 127.4 | 102.0 | Pharmaceuticals |
6 | 143 | Christian Dior | Paris | 55.2 | 3.0 | 88.3 | 89.6 | Apparel |
7 | 157 | Société Générale | Paris | 49.5 | 4.0 | 1,496.9 | 24.5 | Banking |
8 | 159 | Vinci SA | Rueil-Malmaison | 52.1 | 3.5 | 86.1 | 55.8 | Construction |
9 | 186 | Orange S.A. | Paris | 48.8 | 2.3 | 112.3 | 43.6 | Telecommunication |
10 | 201 | L'Oréal | Clichy | 31.8 | 4.6 | 44.0 | 153.0 | Consumer goods |
11 | 204 | Renault | Boulogne-Billancourt | 67.7 | 3.9 | 131.5 | 20.9 | Automotive |
12 | 218 | Peugeot | Rueil-Malmaison | 87.3 | 3.3 | 70.8 | 24.9 | Automotive |
13 | 227 | Engie | Courbevoie | 71.5 | 1.2 | 175.7 | 36.2 | Electric utility |
14 | 244 | Danone | Paris | 29.1 | 2.8 | 50.5 | 51.2 | Food processing |
15 | 252 | Schneider Electric | Rueil-Malmaison | 30.3 | 2.8 | 48.3 | 47.6 | Technology |
16 | 268 | Air Liquide | Paris | 24.8 | 2.5 | 48.0 | 56.9 | Chemicals |
17 | 269 | Électricité de France | Paris | 81.4 | 0.7 | 323.7 | 43.4 | Electric utility |
18 | 285 | CNP Assurances | Paris | 47.6 | 1.6 | 450.4 | 16.5 | Insurance |
19 | 311 | Safran | Paris | 24.8 | 1.5 | 46.4 | 56.7 | Aerospace and defense |
20 | 324 | Natixis
|
Paris | 17.5 | 1.7 | 566.4 | 18.6 | Banking |
21 | 362 | Kering | Paris | 16.1 | 3.0 | 24.4 | 72.5 | Apparel |
22 | 382 | Michelin | Clermont-Ferrand | 26.0 | 2.0 | 33.7 | 23.8 | Automotive parts |
23 | 383 | EssilorLuxottica | Charenton-le-Pont | 12.7 | 1.3 | 52.9 | 52.9 | Medical devices |
24 | 424 | Bouygues | Paris | 41.9 | 1.5 | 43.1 | 14.6 | Conglomerate |
25 | 455 | Pernod Ricard | Paris | 10.7 | 1.7 | 35.2 | 45.9 | Beverages
|
26 | 503 | Thales Group | Paris | 18.7 | 1.2 | 29.2 | 25.7 | Aerospace and defense |
27 | 523 | Saint-Gobain | Courbevoie | 49.3 | 0.5 | 50.3 | 22.5 | Finance |
28 | 662 | Sodexo | Issy-les-Moulineaux | 24.7 | 0.7 | 20.2 | 16.9 | Foodservice |
29 | 664 | Carrefour | Massy | 91.9 | −0.7 | 54.2 | 14.7 | Retail |
30 | 666 | Publicis | Paris | 11.7 | 1.1 | 31.0 | 13.4 | Advertising |
31 | 670 | Capgemini | Paris | 15.6 | 0.9 | 18.9 | 20.9 | Consulting |
32 | 696 | Veolia | Aubervilliers | 30.6 | 0.4 | 43.0 | 13.1 | Utilities |
33 | 705 | Vivendi | Paris | 16.4 | 0.2 | 39.3 | 37.0 | Media |
34 | 716 | Eiffage | Asnières-sur-Seine | 19.9 | 0.7 | 34.7 | 9.6 | Construction |
35 | 775 | Atos | Bezons | 14.5 | 0.7 | 24.7 | 11.3 | IT service |
36 | 788 | Hermès | Paris | 7.0 | 1.7 | 8.5 | 71.5 | Apparel |
37 | 853 | Valeo | Paris | 22.6 | 0.6 | 21.1 | 8.6 | Automotive parts |
38 | 942 | SCOR SE | Paris | 16.9 | 0.4 | 48.3 | 8.1 | Insurance |
39 | 950 | Air France–KLM | Paris | 31.3 | 0.5 | 33.2 | 5.3 | Airline |
40 | 963 | Alstom | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine | 9.8 | 1.0 | 15.9 | 10.2 | Transportation |
41 | 1005 | Financière de l’Odet | Paris | 27.2 | 0.1 | 61.0 | 4.4 | Media |
42 | 1014 | Legrand | Limoges | 7.1 | 0.9 | 11.8 | 19.3 | Electrical equipment |
43 | 1020 | Groupe ADP | Tremblay-en-France | 5.3 | 0.7 | 18.4 | 20.0 | Transportation |
44 | 1041 | AccorHotels
|
Paris | 4.3 | 2.6 | 14.8 | 12.0 | Hotels |
45 | 1072 | Gecina | Paris | 1.1 | 1.2 | 22.5 | 10.8 | Real estate |
46 | 1082 | Dassault Aviation | Paris | 6.0 | 0.7 | 19.5 | 12.1 | Aerospace and defense |
47 | 1091 | Klépierre | Paris | 1.4 | 0.8 | 29.2 | 10.7 | Real estate |
48 | 1171 | Covivio | Metz | 1.5 | 0.9 | 28.0 | 8.8 | Real estate |
49 | 1205 | Arkema | Colombes | 10.4 | 0.8 | 11.6 | 8.1 | Chemicals |
50 | 1208 | Dassault Systemes | Vélizy-Villacoublay | 4.1 | 0.7 | 9.1 | 39.2 | Technology |
51 | 1517 | SES S.A.
|
Betzdorf, Luxembourg | 8.0 | 0.5 | 8.1 | 9.1 | Telecommunications |
52 | 1526 | Finatis | Paris | 44.2 | −0.1 | 0.3 | Retail | |
53 | 1719 | Rexel | Paris | 15.8 | 0.2 | 11.8 | 3.9 | Retail |
54 | 1724 | Wendel | Paris | 9.9 | 0.1 | 16.2 | 6.1 | Finance |
55 | 1733 | Burelle | Paris | 8.6 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 1.9 | Automotive parts |
56 | 1874 | Bureau Veritas | Neuilly-sur-Seine | 5.7 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 10.8 | Certification |
57 | 1897 | Ipsen | Boulogne-Billancourt | 2.6 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 11.0 | Pharmaceuticals |
References
- ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 23, 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-25.