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. 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	TotalEnergies	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	Nanterre (since 2022)
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.

Name	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