List of largest French companies explained

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

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!Industry!Revenue
(USD millions)!Profits
(USD millions)!Employees!Headquarters
120TotalEnergiesOil and gas218,94521,384102,579Courbevoie
249Électricité de FranceElectric utility151,04010,828171,862Paris
364BNP ParibasBanking136,07311,864182,656Paris
4104Société GénéraleBanking99,1632,695124,089Paris
5118Crédit AgricoleBanking93,3586,86375,125Paris
6119Dior - LVMHApparel93,1376,815197,141Paris
7122CarrefourRetail91,7901,794305,333Massy
8126AxaInsurance90,4067,77294,705Paris
9130EngieElectric utility89,2582,38797,297Courbevoie
10166VinciConstruction75,5515,083279,426Nanterre
11174Groupe BPCEBanking73,7753,03197,835Paris
12225BouyguesConglomerate60,6001,124201,498Paris
13251PeugeotAutomotive56,6222,376105,497Rueil-Malmaison
14284Saint-GobainConstruction51,8302,918144,422Courbevoie
15297SanofiPharmaceuticals50,2095,93986,088Paris
16308VeoliaUtilities49,0281,013218,288Aubervilliers
17320OrangeTelecommunication47,6992,638127,109Paris
18337Crédit MutuelBanking45,4904,26177,283Paris
19341SNCFTransportation45,1451,416282,786Saint Denis
20348L'OréalConsumer goods44,5216,68594,605Clichy
21387Schneider ElectricTechnology38,8124,328168,044Rueil-Malmaison
22409La PosteTransportation36,8124,328232,726Paris
23431AuchanRetail34,539−410145,025Croix
24401Air France-KLMAirline32,4521,01076,271Paris

2019 Forbes list

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]

RankFortune 2000
rank
NameHeadquartersRevenue
(USD billions)
Profits
(USD billions)
Total Assets
(USD billions)
Market Value
(USD billions)
Industry
125TotalCourbevoie184.211.4256.8149.5Oil and gas
234BNP ParibasParis101.68.42,333.068.7Banking
385AxaParis139.72.21,034.563.6Insurance
4104Crédit AgricoleParis52.24.71,856.938.4Banking
5114SanofiParis40.75.1127.4102.0Pharmaceuticals
6143DiorParis55.23.088.389.6Apparel
7157Société GénéraleParis49.54.01,496.924.5Banking
8159VinciRueil-Malmaison52.13.586.155.8Construction
9186OrangeParis48.82.3112.343.6 Telecommunication
10201L'OréalClichy31.84.644.0153.0Consumer goods
11204RenaultBoulogne-Billancourt67.73.9131.520.9Automotive
12218PeugeotRueil-Malmaison87.33.370.824.9Automotive
13227EngieCourbevoie 71.51.2175.736.2Electric utility
14244DanoneParis29.12.850.551.2Food processing
15252Schneider ElectricRueil-Malmaison30.32.848.347.6Technology
16268Air LiquideParis24.82.548.056.9Chemicals
17269Électricité de FranceParis81.40.7323.743.4Electric utility
18285CNP AssurancesParis47.61.6450.416.5Insurance
19311SafranParis24.81.546.456.7Aerospace and defense
20324NatixisParis17.51.7566.418.6Banking
21362KeringParis16.13.024.472.5Apparel
22382MichelinClermont-Ferrand26.02.033.723.8Automotive parts
23383EssilorLuxotticaCharenton-le-Pont12.71.352.952.9Medical devices
24424BouyguesParis41.91.543.114.6Conglomerate
25455Pernod RicardParis10.71.735.245.9Beverages
26503Thales GroupParis18.71.229.225.7Aerospace and defense
27523Saint-GobainCourbevoie 49.30.550.322.5Finance
28662SodexoIssy-les-Moulineaux24.70.720.216.9Foodservice
29664CarrefourMassy91.9−0.754.214.7Retail
30666PublicisParis11.71.131.013.4Advertising
31670CapgeminiParis15.60.918.920.9Consulting
32696VeoliaAubervilliers30.60.443.013.1Utilities
33705VivendiParis16.40.239.337.0Media
34716EiffageAsnières-sur-Seine19.90.734.79.6Construction
35775AtosBezons14.50.724.711.3IT service
36788HermèsParis7.01.78.571.5Apparel
37853ValeoParis22.60.621.18.6Automotive parts
38942SCORParis16.90.448.38.1Insurance
39950Air France-KLMParis31.30.533.25.3Airline
40963AlstomSaint-Ouen-sur-Seine9.81.015.910.2Transportation
411005Financière de l’OdetParis27.20.161.04.4Media
421014LegrandLimoges7.10.911.819.3Electrical equipment
431020Groupe ADPTremblay-en-France5.30.718.420.0Transportation
441041AccorParis4.32.614.812.0Hotels
451072GecinaParis1.11.222.510.8Real estate
461082Dassault AviationParis6.00.719.512.1Aerospace and defense
471091KlépierreParis1.40.829.210.7Real estate
481171CovivioMetz1.50.928.08.8Real estate
491205ArkemaColombes10.40.811.68.1Chemicals
501208Dassault SystèmesVélizy-Villacoublay4.10.79.139.2Technology
511517SESBetzdorf, Luxembourg8.00.58.19.1Telecommunications
521526FinatisParis44.2−0.10.3Retail
531719RexelParis15.80.211.83.9Retail
541724WendelParis9.90.116.26.1Finance
551733BurelleParis8.60.57.51.9Automotive parts
561874Bureau VeritasNeuilly-sur-Seine5.70.47.010.8Certification
571897IpsenBoulogne-Billancourt2.60.53.911.0Pharmaceuticals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Global 500. Fortune. en. 2019-07-25.
  2. Web site: The World's Largest Public Companies. https://web.archive.org/web/20110423003358/http://www.forbes.com/global2000/list. dead. April 23, 2011. Forbes. en. 2019-07-25.