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.

2020 Fortune list

This list displays all 31 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 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 Total S.A. 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 Rueil-Malmaison
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 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 Forbes
2000 rank
Name Headquarters Revenue
(billions
US$)
Profit
(billions
US$)
Assets
(billions
US$)
Value
(billions
US$)
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

  1. "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
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