List of the largest companies in France

The list of the largest companies in the France including that of the business magazines Fortune and Forbes Magazine published the largest companies in France .

Largest companies by sales

The ranking is based on the 500 top-selling companies in the world published annually by Fortune magazine in the Fortune Global 500 list . Are also listed the headquarters , the net profit , number of employees and the industry . Figures are in billions of dollars and relate to fiscal year 2016.

rank	Rank Fortune 500	Surname	Headquarters	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Employee	Branch
1.	25th	AXA Group	Paris	143.722	6.446	97,707	Insurance
2.	30th	Total	Courbevoie	127.925	6,196	102.168	oil and gas
3.	33.	BNP Paribas	Paris	109.026	8.517	184,839	Banks
4th	44.	Carrefour	Paris	87.112	0.825	384.151	retail trade
5.	81.	Crédit Agricole	Paris	80.258	3,915	70,830	Banks
6th	83.	EDF	Paris	78.740	3.153	154,808	Supplier
7th	94.	Engie	Paris	73.692	−0.459	153.090	Supplier
8th.	105.	Groupe BPCE	Paris	70.517	4,410	102,827	Banks
9.	109.	Société Générale	Paris	69.335	4.284	151.341	Banks
10.	140	PSA Peugeot Citroën	Paris	59.749	1.913	175.341	Automobiles
11.	146.	Auchan	Croix	58.862	0.652	342,709	retail trade
12.	157.	Renault	Boulogne-Billancourt	56.667	3,781	124,849	Automobiles
13.	197	Finatis	Paris	48.154	0.688	232.503	retail trade
14th	200.	CNP Assurances	Paris	47,804	1.327	5,035	Insurance
15th	210.	orange	Paris	45.249	3.246	155.202	telecommunications
16.	225	Saint-Gobain	Paris	43.231	1,450	172.696	Building materials
17th	227.	VINCI	Paris	42.771	2.770	183,487	Construction
18th	234.	Christian Dior	Boulogne-Billancourt	42.111	1,740	120,479	Luxury goods
19th	240.	Sanofi	Paris	41.376	5.207	113,816	Pharma
20th	300	Bouygues	Paris	48.292	2.527	38,842	Construction
21st	317.	SNCF	Paris	33.747	0.565	193.718	Rail transport
22nd	379.	L'Oréal Group	Paris	28,572	3.434	89,331	Cosmetics
23.	386.	Air France-KLM	Roissy-en-France	27,920	0.876	82,175	Airlines
24.	399	Schneider Electric	Courbevoie	27.307	1.935	143.901	technology
25th	404.	Veolia Environment	Paris	26,972	0.423	156.225	Conglomerate
26th	427	La Poste	Paris	25.760	0.939	240.407	logistics
27.	446.	Danone	Paris	24.267	1.902	99.187	retail trade
28.	466.	Michelin Group	Clermont-Ferrand	23,120	1.853	105,654	Automotive supplier
29	484.	Sodexo	Issy-les-Moulineaux	22,477	0.707	425,594	Services

Biggest company

The ranking of the annual list of the 2000 largest publicly traded companies in the world is calculated from a combination of sales , net profit , assets and market value . The placements of the companies in the equally weighted categories were added together to form a rank. The table also shows the headquarters and the industry . The figures are in billion US dollars and relate to fiscal year 2016, for the market value to the stock exchange price in May 2017

The number under Forbes 2000 indicates the company's global rank.

rank	Forbes 2000	Surname	Headquarters	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	29	AXA Group	Paris	153.8	6.3	1016.6	64.2	Insurance
2.	35.	Total	Courbevoie	211.4	4.2	229.8	120.2	oil and gas
3.	68.	EDF	Paris	96.7	4.7	324.3	46.3	Supplier
4th	89.	Sanofi	Paris	44.8	5.8	117.8	136	Pharma
5.	98	Engie	Paris	99.1	3.2	200	49.5	Supplier
6th	101.	Société Générale	Paris	54.2	3.6	1583	40.7	Banks
7th	111.	Crédit Agricole	Paris	48.5	3.1	1,922.9	40	Banks
8th.	120.	Airbus Group	Paris	80.5	3.1	116.3	52.4	Aerospace
9.	165.	VINCI	Paris	51.8	3.3	77.6	35.2	Construction
10.	178.	L'Oréal Group	Paris	29.9	6.5	38.8	106.6	Cosmetics
11.	180.	Christian Dior	Boulogne-Billancourt	42.8	3.1	70.4	35.1	Luxury goods
12.	193.	Renault	Boulogne-Billancourt	54.5	2.5	98.7	27.5	Automobiles
13.	196.	orange	Paris	52.3	1.2	117.1	43.9	telecommunications
14th	206.	Schneider Electric	Courbevoie	33.1	2.6	49.8	47.5	technology
15th	233.	Natixis	Rueil-Malmaison	23.7	1.5	714.4	24.5	Banks
16.	236.	Carrefour	Paris	101.2	1.7	55.4	25.2	retail trade
17th	278.	Saint-Gobain	Paris	54.5	1.3	54.2	25.8	Building materials
18th	282.	Vivendi	Paris	14.5	6.3	43.4	34.6	media
19th	285.	Danone	Paris	28	1.5	38.4	44.9	food
20th	286.	CNP Assurances	Paris	57.6	1.4	514.9	12.4	Insurance
21st	297.	Air Liquide	Paris	20.4	2.2	32.3	45.4	chemistry
22nd	368.	BNP Paribas	Paris	124.5	0.208	2,514.2	78.4	Banks
23.	401	Bouygues	Paris	44	1.1	42.2	13.7	Construction
24.	415.	Michelin Group	Clermont-Ferrand	25.9	1.4	27.1	19th	Automotive supplier
25th	439.	Pernod Ricard	Paris	10.6	1.3	36.3	32.5	beverages
26th	509	CIC	Paris	14.4	1.5	297.3	7.9	Banks
27.	547.	Kering	Paris	13.3	0.759	28.1	24.3	Luxury and consumer goods
28.	599.	Thales	Neuilly-sur-Seine	17.2	0.947	24.2	12	technology
29	607	Sodexo	Issy-les-Moulineaux	24.5	0.667	19.1	15.8	Services
30th	617.	Publicis Groupe	Paris	9.6	0.955	25th	17.6	media
31.	626.	Unibail-Rodamco	Paris	2.7	2.2	43	26.9	property
32.	635	Peugeot	Paris	71.1	−0.936	74.3	13.7	Automobiles
33.	644.	Alstom	Levallois-Perret	18.4	0.594	42	9.8	technology
34.	691.	saffron	Paris	20th	−0.167	31.6	30.2	Aerospace
35.	723	Veolia Environment	Paris	31.7	0.326	42	10.9	Conglomerate
36.	732.	Essilor International	Charenton-le-Pont	7.5	1.2	13.1	25.9	Optics
37.	738	Lafarge	Paris	17th	0.19	42.1	19.1	Building materials
38.	755.	Scor	Puteaux	14.9	0.68	45	6.5	Insurance
39.	766.	Capgemini	Paris	14th	0.769	13.9	13.8	Services
40.	793.	Valeo	Paris	16.9	0.746	12.1	12.1	Automotive supplier
41.	890.	Hermès International	Paris	5.5	1.1	5.5	38.7	Luxury goods
42.	901.	Finatis	Paris	65.2	−0.11	60.1	0.512	retail trade
43.	904	Alcatel-Lucent	Paris	17.5	−0.81	26th	11.1	telecommunications
44.	952.	Eiffage	Asnières-sur-Seine	18.6	0.365	38.1	5.8	Construction
45.	959.	Technip	Paris	14.2	0.579	16.2	7.1	Plant construction
46.	1072.	Air France-KLM	Roissy-en-France	33.1	−0.263	28.1	2.7	Airlines
47.	1082.	Klépierre	Paris	1.3	0.849	12.4	15.8	property
48.	1123.	Legrand	Limoges	6th	0.705	8.6	15.1	technology
49.	1132.	Financière de l'Odet	Puteaux	14.1	0.182	23.1	7.3	logistics
50.	1253.	Areva	Paris	11.1	−6.4	36.2	3.5	Supplier
51.	1328.	ATOS	Paris	12	0.352	11.6	7.2	software
52.	1356.	Aéroports de Paris	Paris	3.7	0.533	11.8	12.2	traffic
53.	1382.	Accor	Evry	7.2	0.296	10.6	12.5	Tourism & Leisure
54.	1428.	Rexel	Paris	17.4	0.265	13.5	5.7	technology
55.	1451.	Dassault Aviation	Paris	4.9	0.375	12	11.2	Aerospace
56.	1453.	Iliad	Paris	5.5	0.375	6.1	14.1	Internet / telecommunications
57.	1472.	Zodiac Aerospace	Plaisir	5.7	0.482	6.6	9.6	Aviation industry
58.	1530.	Foncière des Régions	Metz	1.3	0.418	21.3	6.5	Financial service providers
59.	1550.	Dassault Systemes	Vélizy-Villacoublay	3	0.386	6th	17.4	Software development
60.	1633.	Helix	Paris	7.8	0.26	15.7	5.9	Financial service providers
61.	1694.	Gecina	Paris	0.845	0.373	12.8	8.8	Financial service providers

See also

• CAC 40 French benchmark index of the 40 leading French public companies.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fortune Global 500 List 2017: See Who Made It. Retrieved July 13, 2018 (American English). 
2. ^ Forbes The World's Biggest Public Companies , accessed June 20, 2015.