Société Générale S.A. (further Société Générale) is a multinational financial institution headquartered a few kilometres away from Paris. Specialised in local, international and global banking, financial services and investor solutions, it is now the workplace for almost 130 thousand professionals. Even though in 2020 Société Générale has been through better and worse days, they still managed to close the year with $2.8 B in profit and $1,522.5 B worth of assets, bringing Société Générale to the 3rd place among the largest public companies in France by assets. From the income perspective, Société Générale has generated $56.85 B, thus ranking 11th in our top companies in France by revenue in 2020.
VINCI S.A. (further VINCI) is a construction company and transport infrastructure concession operator, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, just a few kilometres west of Paris. During over 120 years of existence, VINCI has completed a wide range of major construction and concession projects in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. As of 2020, VINCI employed over 220 thousand people all over the world and reported $102.3 B in assets for the same year. As for revenue, despite the declines in anticipated motorway traffic, VINCI generated $54.79 B and therefore got the 12th spot on our list of the largest companies in France by revenue in 2020.
CNP Assurances S.A. (further CNP Assurances) is a major life insurance, pension, personal risk insurance, health insurance and service provider, headquartered in Paris. Their history goes back to the 19th century and CNP Assurances are actually pioneers of life insurance in France. In present times, though, the international partnerships they have built help them offer their services not only in France but also across Europe and in Brazil. Their a bit over 5 thousand employees have managed and closed the year with $470.3 B worth of assets, while also reporting $54.36 B in revenue. In such a way, CNP Assurances have earned their place in our list of top 15 companies in France by revenue in 2020.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. (further Saint-Gobain) is a French company that is recognised for the 10th consecutive year as being one of the 100 most innovative companies in the world for a noble reason. Even though they seem to have been on the market forever, their foundation going back to the 17th century, Saint-Gobain are continuously developing and innovating to “make the world a better home”. Dividing their activities into building supplies, construction products, external venturing as well as innovative materials, they proudly say that one in four products they make did not exist 5 years ago - a quite impressive innovation rate. On top of that, Saint-Gobain was one of the 16 companies in the world to receive the ‘Top Employer Global’ distinction, and they were presented this award for the 6th consecutive year. In such a way, Saint-Gobain’s over 167 thousand happy employees helped the company generate $47.65 B in revenue in 2020.
Orange S.A. (further Orange) is one of the well known big multinational telecommunications dogs. Orange is headquartered in Paris, their services being provided all over the world. Moreover, their voice and data network is present in 220 countries and territories across the globe, creating the possibility to offer flawless services to over 266 million customers, corporates and individuals alike. Orange’s most important vectors until 2025 are growth and responsibility, with an emphasis on ethical principles to enable sustainable performance and digital equality. The common efforts of their 146 thousand employees brought Orange $47.27B in revenue, helping the company to make it in the top 15 largest companies in France in 2020.
Finatis S.A. (further Finatis) is a company running a handful of quite diverse activities, including food retail, real estate and sports equipment, to name a few, and hiring over 200 thousand people as of 2020. Their investment portfolio includes both real estate and private equity. Being headquartered in Paris, the company’s presence expands across France and certain regions in Latin America. Finatis is the second company in this list of biggest businesses in France by revenue the bottom line of which showed a negative figure, and namely ($173.4M). Regardless, Finatis reported $45.04B in revenue for the same year, hence the 16th place in our list of largest companies in France in 2020.
Bouygues S.A. (further Bouygues) is a diversified services group headquartered in Paris. The spheres they operate in include telecommunications, media, construction, real estate development and transportation. In 2020, Bouygues claim to have focused even more on solutions both socially and environmentally responsible. Even though they only got the 28th spot in our list of top companies in France by assets in 2020, their 130 thousand employees in 81 countries helped Bouygues generate $42.54B in revenue, snatching the 17th place in our top public businesses in France by revenue in 2020.
Sanofi S.A. (further Sanofi) is a multinational pharmaceutical company setting base in Paris. As of 2020, the company was hiring over 100 thousand employees, a good share of which were engaged in research, production and distribution of pharma products. Sanofi is also known for its remarkable figures registered for prescription sales. As of 2020, Sanofi recorded $126.5 B in assets and 69 manufacturing sites in 32 countries. Providing healthcare solutions in 170 countries, Sanofi reported $42.12 B in revenue and ranks 18th in our top companies in France by revenue in 2020.
L'Oréal S.A. (further L'Oréal) is a renowned international personal care company, headquarters of which is located in the suburbs of Paris. L'Oréal’s history started about 110 years ago with a hair dye formula, and now the company markets thousands of individual products along with about 500 brands. Generally, the products can be grouped into high-end, dermo-cosmetic skincare, professional and consumer products. As of 2020, L'Oréal reported $33.44 B in revenue, making it 19th in our 2020 top companies in France by revenue.
Veolia Environment S.A. (further Veolia) is a transnational company engaged in the design and supply of water, waste and energy management solutions. Even with all of the yesteryear’s events, Veolia has fully mobilised its resources to assure the provision of essential services, managing and supervising all the group’s activities from their headquarters in Paris. Their over 178 thousand employees across the world helped the company in acting and committing to ecological transformation. All in all, Veolia reported a revenue of $30.43B and ranked 20th in our list of the largest companies in France by revenue in 2020.
Air France-KLM S.A. (further Air France-KLM) is also known as Air France-KLM Group due to the 16-year old merger between Dutch KLM and Air France. The companies’ routes can be traced back to 1919 and 1933, respectively, hence the great importance of the merger agreement. Serving over 250 destinations, the Group prides itself in being the most extensive route network between Europe and the rest of the world. Despite all the difficulties that had affected the global transportation sector, Air France-KLM reported a profit of $324.6 M and $34.5 B in assets. All in all, it ranks 21st among our top companies in France with $430.43 B in revenue as of 2020.
Schneider Electric SE (further Schneider Electric) is a multinational company setting base in Rueil-Malmaison in the western suburbs of Paris. The company engages in the digital transformation of energy management and automation. Schneider Electric’s mission is to help others make the most of resources and energy, partner with others for sustainability and efficiency - all by integrating outstanding process and energy technologies, soft, products and services for industries, infrastructure, data centers, buildings and homes. Hiring about 130 thousand people in over 100 countries, Schneider Electric has managed to generate $30.40 B in revenue in 2020, hence the 22nd spot on our top 25 companies in France by revenue in 2020.
Safran S.A. (further Safran) is a multinational high-technology group headquartered in Paris. After almost 100 years of activity, Safran, separately or in partnerships, holds leadership positions in the main market it operates in, and namely aviation, defence and space markets. Their over 95 thousand employees engage in the entire process of the creation of aircraft, defence and communication equipment and technologies, from design to sale. Running their operations in countries across Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and Oceania, Safran reported $28.42B in revenue in 2020.
Danone S.A. (further Danone) is a multinational company operating in the food processing industry, headquertered in Paris. The business’s activities are divided into Early Life Nutrition, Essential Dairy and Plant-based products, Water and Medical nutrition. One of their main goals is to deliver healthier and responsibly produced food and drinks to people. With that in mind, Danone products are available in over 120 countries. Hiring over 100 thousand people in 55 countries, Danone managed to generate $28.30 B in sales in 2020, making it into our list of top companies in France by revenue in 2020.
Financière de l'Odet S.A. (further Financière de l'Odet) is French investment holding company, founded almost two centuries ago. Financière de l'Odet manages various businesses along with financial assets including a portfolio of financial holdings, real estate assets and plantations. The most renowned company in Financière de l'Odet’s portfolio is Bolloré, as it holds an over 60% share of the latter’s capital and thus engages in communication and media, electricity storage and solutions, transportation and logistics, and oil logistics. Hiring almost 84 thousand people, in 2020 Financière de l'Odet generated $27.81 B in revenue closing our top 25 companies in France by revenue in 2020.
