List of companies of France

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Location of France

France is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories. A member of the Group of 7 (formerly G8) leading industrialised countries, Template:As of, it is ranked as the world's ninth-largest and the EU's second-largest economy by purchasing power parity.<ref name="data.worldbank.org">Template:Cite web</ref> With 31 of the 500 biggest companies in the world in 2015, France ranks fourth in the Fortune Global 500, ahead of Germany and the UK.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), in 2009 France was the world's sixth-largest exporter and the fourth-largest importer of manufactured goods.<ref name="auto1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

French companies have maintained key positions in the insurance and banking industries: Axa is the world's largest insurance company. The leading French banks are BNP Paribas and the Crédit agricole, ranking as the world's largest and sixth-largest banks in 2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (by assets), while the Société Générale group was ranked the world's eighth-largest in 2009.

For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in France".

Largest firms

Template:See also This list shows firms in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks firms by total revenues reported before 31 March 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Only the top five firms (if available) are included as a sample.

Rank	Image	Name	2016 revenues (USD $M)	Employees	Notes
25	File:Palazzo AXA.JPG	Axa	$143,722	97,707	Paris-based multinational insurance firm diversified into investments and other financial services. Notable subsidiaries include Axa UK, Axa Ireland, Axa PPP Healthcare, Axa Bank Europe, Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company (USA), and Ardian.
30	File:Total Filling Station - North Street - geograph.org.uk - 1173435.jpg	TotalEnergies	$127,925	102,168	Multinational integrated crude oil and natural gas company, including exploration, production, power generation, transportation, refining, marketing, and international oil and product trading.
43	File:Siège CNEP facade.jpg	BNP Paribas	$109,026	184,839	International banking group and one of the largest banks in the world. Currently serves more than 30 million customers in four primary domestic markets: France, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg.
67	File:Chelles2 logocarrefour.jpg	Carrefour	$87,112	384,151	French multinational retailer which operates one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world. The firm is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt.
80	File:Campus Evergreen.jpg	Crédit Agricole	$80,258	70,830	international full-service banking group based on a network of cooperative and mutual banks. The firm has a historical foundation based in farming.

Notable firms

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• Vineyard in Côte de Beaune.
  Vineyard in Côte de Beaune.
• TotalEnergies headquarters in Courbevoie La Défense business district.
  TotalEnergies headquarters in Courbevoie La Défense business district.
• Louis Vuitton boutique on the Champs-Élysées.
  Louis Vuitton boutique on the Champs-Élysées.
• TF1 headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt (TF1 Tower).
  TF1 headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt (TF1 Tower).
• Hermes Store at Avenue George V in Paris 8th arrondissement, France.
  Hermes Store at Avenue George V in Paris 8th arrondissement, France.

See also

• Indices of French companies
  • CAC 40
  • CAC Next 20
  • CAC Small
  • CAC All-Tradable
  • SBF 120
• Euronext – the major French stock market