List of 50 largest companies in France according to Forbes (2011)

The list of the largest public companies in France is based on the Forbes Global 2000 ranking published in Forbes magazine in April 2011 ^[1] . Of the 50 companies on the list, 48 are based in the Ile-de-France region , including 30 in Paris , 18 in the suburbs of the capital, and only two in other regions of the country (one in 28th place and the other - on the 49th).

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Rating Methodology

The Forbes Global 2000 rating, compiled annually since 2003, is calculated on four main indicators: revenue , profit , assets (data for the last 12 months) and market value (data as of March 2011). The indicators of subsidiaries in which the parent company owns or controls more than 50% of the shares are also taken into account. First, Forbes specialists compiled four separate lists of the 2000 largest companies for each indicator. There is a minimum hit threshold on these lists (in 2011, it was $ 3.3 billion for revenue, $ 207.9 million for profit, $ 6.59 billion for assets and $ 4.14 billion for market value). To qualify for a place in the final Forbes Global 2000 rating, a company must be in at least one of the lists (if the company has indicators below the established threshold, then it receives 0 points on this list). Then, the scores of all four lists are summed up, and a combined score is displayed for each of the companies, which are sorted by the total score in descending order ^[2] .

Rating

No. in France ^[3]	No. in the world ^[3]	Title	Headquarters	Field of activity ^[4]	Year of foundation	Revenue billion dollars	Profit billion dollars	Assets billion dollars	Market price billion dollars	Number of employees thousand people
1 ▬	11 ▬	Bnp paribas	Paris	Banking, financial services	1966 year	130,4	10.5	2680.7	88.0	205.3
2 ▬	19 ▬	Total	Courbevoie	Oil and gas	1924 year	188.1	14.2	192.8	138.0	92.8
3 ▬	29 ▼	Gdf suez	Paris	Energy and gas	1946 year	113.1	6.2	245.5	85,2	191.9
4 ▲	44 ▲	Société Générale	Paris ( Nanterre ^[5] )	Banking, financial services	1864 year	85,4	5.3	1518.7	46.9	160.7
5 ▬	48 ▼	Axa	Paris	Insurance, financial services	1852 year	162.4	3,7	981.8	46,4	103,4
6 ▬	74 ▼	France Télécom	Paris	Telecommunications	1991 year	60.9	6.5	120.5	56.7	161.4
7 ▬	81 ▼	Sanofi-Aventis ^[6]	Paris	Pharmaceuticals	1994 year	40.7	7.3	110.3	89.2	101.6
8 ▬	99 ▼	Crédit agricole	Montrouge	Banking, financial services	1894 year	88.9	1.7	2130.8	38.6	87.5
9 ▼	100 ▼	EDF Group	Paris	Energetics	1946 year	87.2	1.4	319.9	78,2	158.8
10 ▲	146 ▼	Vivendi	Paris	Mass Media, Entertainment, Telecommunications	1853 year	38.7	2.9	76.7	33.8	54.5
11 ▼	150 ▼	Vinci	Rueil Malmaison	Construction, transport services	1910 year	45.5	2,4	75,5	32.9	179.5
12 ▲	162 ▲	Renault	Boulogne Billancourt	Automotive	1898 year	52,2	4.6	93.1	16.7	124.3
13 ▲	186 ▲	Saint-gobain	Courbevoie	Building materials, glass industry	1970 year	53.7	1,5	58.1	29.3	192.9
14 ▼	193 ▼	L'oréal	Clichy-la-Garenne	Cosmetics & Perfumes	1907 year	26.1	3.0	31,4	67.9	66.6
15 ▲	196 ▲	Schneider electric	Rueil Malmaison	Electrical Engineering	1846 year	26.2	2,3	40.3	43.3	123.5
16 ▲	216 ▲	Christian dior	Paris	Clothing and accessories, retail	1946 year	28.3	1.7	55.3	25.7	86.8
17 ▼	218 ▼	Danone	Paris	Food, mineral water	1899 year	22.8	2.5	35.9	39.7	81.0
18 ▼	231 ▼	CNP Assurances	Paris	Insurance	1959 year	57.6	1.3	418.5	12.0	3.4
19 ▼	245 ▼	Carrefour	Evry	Retail	1959 year	120.6	0.58	70.9	31,2	476.0
20 ▼	260 ▼	Bouygues	Paris	Construction, mass media, telecommunications	1956 year	41.8	1.4	47.4	16.5	134.0
21 ▬	275 ▼	Air liquide	Paris	Chemical industry	1902 year	18.1	1.9	30,2	36.1	43.6
22 ▼	307 ▼	Veolia Environnement	Paris	Utilities, transport services	1995 year	46.6	0.78	66.7	15.0	312.6
23 ▲	307 ▲	Peugeot	Paris	Automotive	1896 year	75.0	1,5	91.2	8.7	186.2
24 ▼	314 ▼	Lafarge	Paris	Building materials	1884 year	21.6	1,1	56.4	16.7	75.7
25 ▼	320 ▼	Alstom	Levallois-Perret	Engineering	1928 year	26.6	1,6	33.8	15.9	66.8
26 ▼	336 ▼	PPR	Paris	Clothing and accessories, retail	1881 year	19.6	1.3	32,4	19.0	60.1
27 ▬	381 ▼	Areva	Courbevoie	Energy, engineering, mining	year 2001	12,2	1,2	46.3	17.1	79,4
28 ▲	391 ▲	Michelin	Clermont Ferrand	Rubber industry	1863 year	24.0	1.4	25.3	14.5	111.1
29 ▼	409 ▼	Cic	Paris	Banking, financial services	1859 year	16.7	1,1	337.0	7.9	21.6
30 ▼	439 ▼	Pernod ricard	Paris	Alcoholic drinks	1974 year	8.7	1,2	31.6	23.9	18.9
31 ▼	537 ▼	Natixis	Paris	Banking, financial services	1919 year	24.7	-2.4	640.1	16.5	19,4
32 ▲	615 ▲	Unibail-rodamco	Paris	The property	1968 year	2.2	2.9	33.5	18.7	1.7
33 ▼	648 ▼	Sodexo	Issy-les-Moulineaux	Catering, utilities	1966 year	19,4	0.52	14.8	10,4	379.1
34 ▼	682 ▼	Safran	Paris	Engineering, electronics	1924 year	14.8	0.28	24.6	14.0	53,4
35 ▼	691 ▼	Publicis groupe	Paris	Advertising and Consulting	1938 year	7.3	0.7	19.9	10,2	45.4
36 ▲	729 ▲	Alcatel-lucent	Paris	Electronics, Information Technology	1898 year	21,4	-0.45	33,2	12.1	79.8
37 ▲	777 ▲	Technip	Paris	Construction and project management	1958 year	8.1	0.56	13.3	10.5	23.0
38 ▼	791 ▼	Scor	Pute	Insurance, financial services	1855 year	9,4	0.55	36,4	4.8	1.8
39 ▼	818 ▼	Eiffage	Agnières-sur-Seine	Building	1920 year	17.8	0.31	34.2	5.1	71.0
40 ▼	884 ▼	Vallourec	Boulogne Billancourt	Metallurgy, auto parts	1899 year	6.0	0.55	10.0	11.9	18,4
41 ▲	898 ▼	Capgemini	Paris	Information Technology Consulting	1967 year	11.6	0.37	10,4	8.8	108.7
42 ▼	905 ▼	Thales	Neuilly sur Seine	Electronics, optics, mechanical engineering	1918 year	17.6	-0.14	24.2	7.4	63.7
43 ▲	930 ▼	Air France-KLM	Tramble-en-France	Air transportation	1946 year	28,4	-2.1	36.3	4.9	104.7
44 ▲	944 ▲	Gecina	Paris	The property	1959 year	0.96	1.3	16,0	8.0	0.6
45 ▲	976 ▲	Rexel	Paris	Trade in electrical equipment	1967 year	16,0	0.3	12,4	6.1	27.4
46 ▬	983 ▼	Essilor	Charenton-le-Pont	Optics, medical equipment	1972 year	5.2	0.62	6.9	15.1	34.8
47 ▬	994 ▼	Finatis	Paris	Retail	1971 year	39.5	0.02	32,4	0.5	168.0
48 ▼	1002 ▼	Dassault aviation	Saint Cloud	Aircraft industry	1911 year	5,6	0.36	14.5	8.8	12,2
49 ▼	1036 ▼	Legrand	Limoges	Electrical Engineering	1860 year	5.2	0.56	8.0	10,2	29.4
50 ▲	1088 ▲	Valeo	Paris	Auto parts	1923 year	12.9	0.5	9.1	4,5	52.1

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Électricité de France NPP (EDF Group)	Crédit Industriel et Commercial Office	Société Générale Headquarters	Michelin Headquarters

Sectoral distribution of companies represented in the rating

The main industry for the company from the Top-50	Number of companies from Top-50	The main industry for the company from the Top-50	Number of companies from Top-50
Banking , insurance and other financial services	eight	Pharmaceuticals , chemical industry , perfumes and cosmetics	four
Construction , building materials and real estate	eight	Telecommunications , media , advertising and the entertainment industry	3
Electrical Engineering , Electronics , Optics and Information Technology	7	Food , Beverage, and Catering	3
Mechanical Engineering and Automotive	five	Transport	2
Retail	five	Metallurgy	one
Oil and gas industry and energy	four	-

Notes

↑ Global 2000 Leading Companies . Forbes Date of treatment March 18, 2012. Archived May 24, 2012.
↑ Global 2000 Methodology . Forbes Date of treatment March 19, 2012. Archived May 24, 2012.
↑ ¹ ² The ▲ icon indicates that the company has risen relative to its last year's ranking position; ▼ - lowered; ▬ - the place in the rating has not changed
↑ Only the profile or largest areas of activity are indicated, some companies may have significantly more
↑ The official headquarters are located in Paris, while the actual headquarters is in Nanterre.
↑ In May 2011, renamed Sanofi

Links

[1] Global 2000 Leading Companies . Forbes Date of treatment March 18, 2012. Archived May 24, 2012.

[2] Global 2000 Methodology . Forbes Date of treatment March 19, 2012. Archived May 24, 2012.

[Легенда-3] ¹ ² The ▲ icon indicates that the company has risen relative to its last year's ranking position; ▼ - lowered; ▬ - the place in the rating has not changed

[4] Only the profile or largest areas of activity are indicated, some companies may have significantly more

[5] The official headquarters are located in Paris, while the actual headquarters is in Nanterre.

[6] In May 2011, renamed Sanofi