List of automobile manufacturers of France explained

Current manufacturers

Company	Parent company
Aixam (1984–present)	Polaris Industries
Alpine (1955–present)	Groupe Renault
Bugatti (1909–1963, 1987–1995, 1998–present)	Bugatti Rimac
Citroën (1919–present)	Stellantis
Delage (1905–present)
DS Automobiles (2014–present)	Stellantis
Ligier (1968–present)
Peugeot (1896–present)	Stellantis
PGO (1986–present)
Renault (1899–present)	Groupe Renault

Others manufactures

4 Stroke Rumen (2006-present)
Bellier (1968–present)
Bolloré (2008–present)
De Clercq (1992–present)
De La Chapelle (1985– present)
Exagon Motors (2005–present)
Genty Automotive (2004-present), see Genty Akylone
MDI (1988–present)
Microcar (1980–present); Driveplanet
Toyota Yaris (2001–present); Toyota
Venturi (1984–present)

Former manufacturers

A

AAA (1919–1920)
Able (1920–1927)
AC3 (1998–2002)
Ader (1900–1907)
AER (1930)
AEM(1920–1924)
Aérocaréne (1947)
Ageron (1910–1914)
Ailloud (1898–1904)
Ajams (1920)
Ajax (1913–1919)
AL (1907–1909)
Alamagny (1947–1948)
Alba (1913–1928)
Albatros (1912)
Alcyon (1906–1929)
Alda (1912–1922)
Allard-Latour (1899–1902)
Alliance (1905–1908)
Alphi (1929–1931)
Alma (1926–1927)
Alva (1913–1923)
AM (1906–1915)
Amédée Bollée (1885–1921)
Amilcar (1921–1939)
Ampère (1906–1909)
Anderson Electric (1912)
Andre Py (1899)
Antoinette (1906–1907)
Arbel (1951–1959) also known as Loubiére, Loubiéres,, -Arbel, or -Paris
Ardent (1900–1901)
Ardex (1934–c.1937; 1952–1955)
Ariane (1907)
Ariès (1903–1938)
Arista (1912–1915)
Arista (1952–1967)
Arola (1976–1983)
Arzac (1926–1927)
AS (1924–1928)
ASS (1919–1920)
Astatic (1920–1922)
Aster (1900–1910)
Astra (1922)
Astresse (1898)
Ateliers d’Automobiles et d’Aviation (AAA) (1919–1920)
Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster (1890s–1912)
Atla (1957–1959)
Atlas (1951)
Audibert & Lavirotte (1894–1901)
Auge (1898–c.1901)
Austral (1907)
Autobleu (1953–1957)
Automoto (1901–1907)
Avions Voisin (1905–1946)
Avolette (1955–1959)

B

Ballot (1921–1932)
Barré (1899–1930)
Beck (1920–1922)
Bédélia (1910–1925)
Bellanger (1912–1925)
Bel Motors (1976–1980)
Benjamin (1921–1931)
Berliet (1895–1939)
Bernardet (1946–1950)
Bignan (1918–1930)
Blériot (1921–1922)
BNC (1923–1931)
Boitel (1946–1949)
Bolide (1899–1907)
Bonnet (1961–1964)
Borderel-Cail
Bouquet, Garcin & Schivre/BGS (1899–1906)
Brasier (1905–1926)
Brouhot (1898–1911)
Bucciali (1922–1933)
Buchet (1910–1930)
Bugatti (1909–1963)
Butterosi (1919–1924)

C

Cambier (1897–c.1905)
Castoldi (1900)
Cedre (1975–1987)
CD (1962–1965)
CG (Chappe et Gessalin) (1966–1974)
CGV (Charron, Girardot et Voigt) (1901–1906)
Chaigneau-Brasier (1926–1930)
Chainless (1900–1903)
Charlon (1905–1906)
Charron (1907–1930)
Chenard-Walcker (1900–1946)
CHS (1945–1946)
Claveau (1923–1956)
Clément-Bayard (1903–1922)
Coadou et Fleury (1921–c.1935)
Cochotte (1899)
Cognet de Seynes (1912–1926)
Cohendet (1898–1914)
Colda (1921–1922)
Constantinesco (1926–1928)
Corre (1901–1907)
Cottereau (1898–1910)
Cottin & Desgouttes (1905–1931)
Cournil (1960–1984)
Couteret (1907)
Couverchel (1905–1907)
Créanche (1899–1906)
Crespelle (1906–1923)
Croissant (1920–1922)
Culmen (c.1909)

D

Dalifol (1896)
Dalifol & Thomas (1896–1898)
Damaizin & Pujos (1910)
Dangel (1968–1971)
Danvignes (1937–1939)
Darl'mat (1936–1950)
Darmont (1921–1939)
Darracq (1896–1920)
Le Dauphin (1941–1942)
David & Bourgeois (1898)
DB (1938–1961)
De Bazelaire (1908–1928)
De Cezac (1922–1927)
De Dietrich (1897–1905)
De Dion-Bouton (1883–1932)
De Marcay (1920–1922)
De Riancey (1898–c.1901)
De Sanzy (1924)
Decauville (1898–1910)
Deguingand (1927–1930)
Deho (1946–1948)
Delage (1905–1953)
Delahaye (1895–1954)
Delaugère et Clayette (1864–1934)
Delamare-Deboutteville (1883–1887)
Delaugère (1898–1926)
Delaunay-Belleville (1904–1948)
Delfosse (1922–1926)
Demeester (1906–1914)
De Boisse (1901–1904)
Derby (1921–1936)
Desmoulins (1920–1923)
Dewald (1902–1926)
Dinin Alfred (1904)
DFP (1906–1926)
Diederichs (1912–1914)
Dolo (1947–1948)
Donnet (1928–1936)
Donnet-Zedel (1924–1928)
Dumas (1902–1903)
Dumont (1912–1913)
Duport (1977–1994)
D’Yrsan (1923–1930)

E

E.H.P. (1921–1929)
Electricar (1919–1924)
Elfe (1920–1925)
Elgé (1868–1942)
Elysée (1921–1925)
Enders (1911–1923)
Esculape (1899)
Eudelin (c.1905–1908)
Eureka (1906–1909)

F

Facel Vega (1954–1964)
FAL (1907)
Farman (1919–1931)
Favier (c.1925–1930)
FL (1909–1914)
Ford SAF (1916–1954)
Fonlupt (1920–1922)
Fouillaron (1900–1914)
Fournier (1913–1924)

G

Galy (1954–1957)
Galba (1929–1930)
Gardner-Serpollet (1900–1907)
Gautier–Wehrlé (1894–1900)
Georges Irat (1921–1953)
Georges Richard (1897–1902)
Georges Roy (1906–1929)
Gillet-Forest (1900–1907)
Gladiator (1896–1920)
Gobron-Brillié (1898–1930)
Gordini (1951–1957)
Goujon (1896–1901)
GRAC (1964–1974)
Gregoire (1904–1924)
Grillet (Company name. Cars sold under the name "Ryjan") (1920–1926)
Grivel (1897)
Guerraz (1901)
Guerry et Bourguignon (1907)
Guyot Spéciale (1925–1931)

H

Hanzer (1899–1903)
Hautier (1899–1905)
Hédéa (1912–1924)
Heinis (1925–1930)
Helbé (1905–1907)
Henou (1923)
Henry Bauchet (1903)
Henry-Dubray (1901)
Hérald (1901–1906)
Hinstin (1921–1926)
Hispano-Suiza (1911–1938)
Hommell (1994–2003)
Hotchkiss (1903–1955)
Hrubon (1980–1988)
Hurtu (1896–1930)

I

Inaltera (1976–1978)
Induco (1921–1924)
Inter (1953–1956)

J

J-P Wimille (1948–1949)
Jack Sport (1925–1930)
Janémian (1920–1923)
Janoir (1921–1922)
Janvier (1903–1904)
Jean-Bart (1907)
Jean Gras (1924–1927)
Jeantaud (1893–1906)
JG Sport (1922–1923)
Jidé (1969–1974; 1977–1981)
Jouffret (1920–1926)
Jousset (1924–1928)
Jouvie (1913–1914)
Julien (1946–1949)
Juzan (1897)

K

Kevah (1920–1924)
Koch (1898–1901)
Korn et Latil (1901–1902)
Kriéger (1897–1908)
KVS (1976–c.1984)

L

La Buire (1904–1930)
La Confortable (c.1920)
Lacoste & Battmann (1897–1910)
Lafitte (1923–1924)
Lahaussois (1907)
Landulet (2014)
La Licorne (1907–1950)
L'Alkolumine (1899)
La Lorraine (1899–1902)
Lambert (1926–1953)
La Nef (c.1901–1914)
La Perle (1913–1927)
La Ponette (1909–1925)
La Radieuse (1907)
L'Ardennais (1901–c.1903)
La Roulette (1912–1914)
La Va Bon Train (1904–1914)
Lavie (c.1904)
Le Blon (1898)
Le Cabri (1924–1925)
Le Favori (1921–1924)
Léon Bollée (1896–1931)
Le Piaf (1951–1952)
Le Pratic (1908)
Le Roitelet (1921–1924)
Leyat (1919–1927)
Le Zèbre (1909–1931)
Linon (1900–1914)
Lion-Peugeot (1905–1915)
Lombard (1927–1929)
Lorraine-Dietrich (1905–1934)
Louis Chenard (1920–1932)
Luc Court (1899–1936)
Lufbery (1898–c.1902)
Lurquin-Coudert (1907–1914)
Luxior (1912–1914)

M

Madoz (1921)
Maillard (1900–c.1903)
Maison Parisienne (1897–c.1898)
Majola (1911–1928)
Major (1920–1923; 1932)
Malicet et Blin (M&B, MAB) (1897–c.1903)
Malliary (1901)
Marathon (1953–1955)
Marbais and Lasnier (1906)
Marcadier (1963–1983)
Marden (1975–1992)
Margaria (1910–1912)
Marguerite (1922–1928)
Marie de Bagneux (1907)
Marot-Gardon (1899–1904)
Marsonetto (1957–1959; 1965–1972)
Matford (1934–1940)
Mathis (1919–1935; 1945–1950)
Matra (1965–1984)
Messier (1924–1931)
Mia (2011-2014)
Michel Irat (1929–1930)
Mildé (1898–1909)
Millot (1901–1902)
MLB (1894–1902)
Mochet (1924–1958)
Mom (1906–1907)
Monet (1920–1939)
Monica (1971–1975)
Monnard (1899)
Monocar (1936–1939)
Monotrace (1924–1930)
Montier (1920–1934)
Montier & Gillet (1895–1898)
Morisse (1899–1914)
Mors (1895–1925; 1941–1943)
Motobloc (1901–1930)
Mototri Contal (1907–1908)
MPM Motors (2015-2021)
Mutel (1902-1906)

N

Nanceene (1900–c.1903)
Napoleon (1903)
Naptholette (1899)
Nardini (1914)

O

Obus (1907–1908)
Octo (1921–1928)
Oméga-Six (1922–1930)
Otto (1900–1914)
Ours (1906–1909)

P

Panhard/Panhard & Levassor (1890–1967)
Patin (1899–1900)
Pilain (1896–1920)
Plasson (1910)
Poinard (1951–1953)
Ponts-Moteurs (1912–1913)
Populaire (1899)
Poron (1898)
Porthos (1906–1914)
Prod'homme (1907–1908)
Prosper-Lambert (1901–1906)
Peugeot (1896)

Q

Quo Vadis (1921–1923)

R

Radior (1920–1922)
Rally (1921–1933)
Raouval (1899–1902)
Ratier (1926–1930)
Ravailler (1907)
Ravel (1900–1902)
Ravel (1923–1929)
Rebour (1905–1908)
Rene Bonnet (1961–1964)
Reyonnah (1950–1954)
Reyrol (1900–1930)
Richard-Brasier (1902–1905)
Robert Serf (1925–1935)
Rochet-Schneider (1894–1932)
Roger (1888–1896)
Rolland-Pilain (1907–1931)
Rolux (1938–1952)
Rosengart (1928–1955)
Roussel (1908–1914)
Roussey (1949–1951)
Rouxel (1899–1900)
Rovin (1946–1951)
Ruby (1910–c.1922)
Ryjan (1920–1926)

S

Salmson (1921–1957)
Sandford (1923–1939)
Santax (1920–1927)
SARA (1923–1930)
Sautter-Harlé (1907–1912)
SCAP (1912–1929)
SCAR (1906–1915)
Scora (1974–present)
Secqueville-Hoyau (1919–1924)
Sénéchal (1921–1927)
Sensaud de Lavaud (1926–1928)
SERA (1959–1961)
Sidéa (1912–1924)
Sigma (1913–1928)
Silva-Coroner (1927)
SIMA-Violet (1924–1929)
Simca (1935–1980)
Simplicia (1910)
Simplex (1919–1921)
Sinpar (1907–1914)
Siscart (1908–1909)
Sixcyl (1907–1908)
Sizaire-Berwick (1913–1927)
Sizaire Frères (1923–1929)
Sizaire-Naudin (1905–1921)
Société Parisienne
Soncin (1900–1902)
Solanet (1921)
Soriano-Pedroso (1919–1924)
SOVAM (1965–1969)
SPAG (1927–1928)
Stabilia (1907–1930)
Stimula (1907–1914)
Stimula (1978–1982)
Suère (1909–1931)
Suncar (1980–c.1986)

T

Talbot (1919–1932; 1979–1986)
Talbot-Lago (1932–1959)
Th. Schneider (1910–1931)
Thomson (1913–1928)
Tourey (1898)
Tracford (1933–1935)
Tracta (1926–1934)
Triouleyre (1896–1898)
Tuar (1913–1925)
Turcat-Méry (1899–1928)
Turgan-Foy (1899–1906)

U

Unic (1904–1939)
Underberg (?–?)
Urric (1905–1906)
Utilis (1921–1924)

V

Vaillant (1922–1924)
Vallée (1895–1902)
VELAM
Vermorel (1908–1930 as an automobile producer)
Vernandi (1928–1929)
Villard (1925–1935)
Vinot-Deguingand (1901–1927)
Voisin

Z

Zédel (1905–1920)
Zeiller & Fournier (1920–1924)
Zénia (1913–1924)

Defunct microcar manufacturers

Acma (1957-1961)
Acoma mini comtesse (1974-1984)

References

G.N. Georgano, Nick (Ed.). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000.
Šuman-Hreblay, Marián. Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Directory. London: McFarland & Co. Inc., 2000.1254