Editing Economy of France (section)

== Corporations ==
{{Further|List of companies of France}}
{{See also|List of largest French companies}}
With 31 companies that are part of the [[Fortune Global 500#Breakdown by country|world's biggest 500 companies]], France was in 2020 the most represented European country in the 2020 [[Fortune Global 500]], ahead of Germany (27 companies) and the UK (22).<ref name="forbes">{{Cite web|title=Global 500|url=https://fortune.com/global500/2020/|access-date=10 August 2020|website=Fortune|language=en|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214224415/https://fortune.com/global500/|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of August 2020, France was also the country that weighed the most on the Eurozone's [[EURO STOXX 50]] (representing 36.4% of all total assets), ahead of Germany (35.2%).<ref>[https://www.stoxx.com/document/Bookmarks/CurrentFactsheets/SX5GT.pdf EURO STOXX 50] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001073813/https://www.stoxx.com/document/Bookmarks/CurrentFactsheets/SX5GT.pdf |date=1 October 2020 }}, 31 August 2020</ref>

Several French corporations rank amongst the largest in their industries such as [[AXA]] in insurance and [[Air France-KLM|Air France]] in air transportation.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Global 2000 Leading Companies |magazine= [[Forbes]]|url= https://www.forbes.com/global2000/list/#header:revenue_sortreverse:true_industry:Airline |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110423003358/http://www.forbes.com/global2000/list#header:revenue_sortreverse:true_industry:Airline |url-status= dead |archive-date= 23 April 2011 |date= May 2015 }}</ref> Luxury and consumer goods are particularly relevant, with [[L'Oreal]] being the world's largest cosmetic company while [[LVMH]] and [[PPR (company)|Kering]] are the world's two largest luxury product companies. In energy and utilities, [[Engie|GDF-Suez]] and [[Électricité de France|EDF]] are amongst the largest energy companies in the world, and [[Areva]] is a large nuclear-energy company; [[Veolia Environnement]] is the world's largest environmental services and water management company; [[Vinci SA]], [[Bouygues]] and [[Eiffage]] are large construction companies; [[Michelin]] ranks in the top 3 tire manufacturers; [[JCDecaux]] is the world's largest outdoor advertising corporation; [[BNP Paribas]], [[Credit Agricole]] and [[Société Générale]] rank amongst the largest banks in the world by assets. [[Capgemini]] and [[Atos]] are among the largest technology consulting companies.

[[Carrefour]] is the world's second-largest retail group in terms of revenue; [[Total SE|Total]] is the world's fourth-largest private oil company; [[Lactalis]] is the world's largest dairy products group; [[Sanofi]] is the world's fifth-largest pharmaceutical company; [[Publicis]] is the world's third-largest advertising company; [[Groupe PSA]] is the world's 6th and Europe's 2nd largest automaker; [[Accor]] is the leading European hotel group; [[Alstom]] is one of the world's leading conglomerates in rail transport.

In 2022, the sector with the highest number of companies registered in France is Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate with 2,656,178 companies followed by Services and Retail Trade with 2,090,320 and 549,395 companies respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hithorizons.com/eu/analyses/country-statistics/france | title=Industry Breakdown of Companies in France | website=HitHorizons}}</ref>