List of largest French companies

This article lists the largest companies in France in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.

2024 Fortune list

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This list displays all 24 French companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.

Rank Fortune 500
rank
Name Industrie Revenue
(USD millions)
Profits
(USD millions)
Employees Hauptsitz
1 20 TotalEnergies Oil and gas 218,945 21,384 102,579 Courbevoie
2 49 Électricité de France Electric utility 151,040 10,828 171,862 Paris
3 64 BNP Paribas Banking 136,073 11,864 182,656 Paris
4 104 Société Générale Banking 99,163 2,695 124,089 Paris
5 118 Crédit Agricole Banking 93,358 6,863 75,125 Paris
6 119 Dior - LVMH Apparel 93,137 6,815 197,141 Paris
7 122 Carrefour Einzelhandel 91,790 1,794 305,333 Massy
8 126 Axa Insurance 90,406 7,772 94,705 Paris
9 130 Engie Electric utility 89,258 2,387 97,297 Courbevoie
10 166 Vinci Bauwesen 75,551 5,083 279,426 Nanterre
11 174 Groupe BPCE Banking 73,775 3,031 97,835 Paris
12 225 Bouygues Conglomerate 60,600 1,124 201,498 Paris
13 251 Peugeot Automotive 56,622 2,376 105,497 Rueil-Malmaison
14 284 Saint-Gobain Bauwesen 51,830 2,918 144,422 Courbevoie
15 297 Sanofi Pharmaceuticals 50,209 5,939 86,088 Paris
16 308 Veolia Utilities 49,028 1,013 218,288 Aubervilliers
17 320 Orange Telecommunication 47,699 2,638 127,109 Paris
18 337 Crédit Mutuel Banking 45,490 4,261 77,283 Paris
19 341 SNCF Transport 45,145 1,416 282,786 Saint Denis
20 348 L'Oréal Consumer goods 44,521 6,685 94,605 Clichy
21 387 Schneider Electric Technologie 38,812 4,328 168,044 Rueil-Malmaison
22 409 La Poste Transport 36,812 4,328 232,726 Paris
23 431 Auchan Einzelhandel 34,539 −410 145,025 Croix
24 401 Air France-KLM Airline 32,452 1,010 76,271 Paris

2019 Forbes list

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This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, 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]

Rank Fortune 2000
rank
Name Hauptsitz Revenue
(USD billions)
Profits
(USD billions)
Total Assets
(USD billions)
Market Value
(USD billions)
Industrie
1 25 Total 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 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 Rueil-Malmaison 52.1 3.5 86.1 55.8 Bauwesen
9 186 Orange 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 Technologie
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 Finanzbranche
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 Einzelhandel
30 666 Publicis Paris 11.7 1.1 31.0 13.4 Werbung
31 670 Capgemini Paris 15.6 0.9 18.9 20.9 Beratung
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 Bauwesen
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 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 Transport
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 Transport
44 1041 Accor 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 Systèmes Vélizy-Villacoublay 4.1 0.7 9.1 39.2 Technologie
51 1517 SES Betzdorf, Luxembourg 8.0 0.5 8.1 9.1 Telekommunikation
52 1526 Finatis Paris 44.2 −0.1 0.3 Einzelhandel
53 1719 Rexel Paris 15.8 0.2 11.8 3.9 Einzelhandel
54 1724 Wendel Paris 9.9 0.1 16.2 6.1 Finanzbranche
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

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  1. ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 23, 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-25.