Characteristics of the industry sector by business sector Annual data 2023

Key figures
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- September 2025

Warning on the inclusion of the economic concept of enterprise from the ESANE results 2017 : since the year 2017, data from the ESANE system are produced and disseminated entirely according to the economic definition of the enterprise, as specified by decree number 2008-1354 pursuant to the law on the modernisation of the economy (LME).

For the 2023 data, micro-entrepreneurs are better taken into account in ESANE and the estimate of their data has been revised upwards. Despite their significant number (1.9 million micro-entrepreneurs), the impact of this new estimate remains limited on the economic variables shown in this publication.

Characteristics of the industry sector by business sector in 2023

Characteristics of the industry sector by business sector in 2023
Number of enterprises Employees (FTE¹) , excluding tax (in million euros) , excluding tax (in million euros) Personnel costs² (in million euros) (in million euros) Gross investments, excluding contributions (in million euros)
Mining and quarrying 960 14,391 5,720 1,894 1,221 557 549
Manufacturing sector 266,068 2,935,313 1,246,518 302,634 203,373 87,509 51,905
    Manufacture of food products and beverages 61,240 666,435 265,013 55,715 35,914 17,255 9,881
    Manufacture of tobacco products 8 s s s s s s
    Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products 38,549 92,957 s s s s s
    Manufacture of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media 32,405 153,397 45,206 13,036 8,994 3,848 3,431
    Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 16 s 50,445 4,919 1,751 1,223 s
    Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 4,598 200,358 101,620 27,983 17,434 9,615 5,931
        Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 242 92,694 57,714 18,423 8,941 7,866 2,772
    Manufacture of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products 15,361 233,163 75,430 21,992 15,301 5,992 4,544
    Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 21,123 360,435 112,763 29,914 22,616 6,819 5,385
    Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 2,601 141,013 43,364 17,150 12,901 3,961 2,555
    Manufacture of electrical equipment 2,449 114,423 41,978 11,539 8,552 2,648 2,331
    Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 4,145 184,014 69,786 17,943 13,452 3,930 2,487
    Manufacture of transport equipment 3,304 400,297 287,808 49,926 33,762 14,950 7,350
    Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment 80,027 278,693 69,756 24,813 18,556 5,569 2,891
Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply 42,764 222,376 240,148 47,522 20,345 40,191 28,022
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation 12,594 196,821 51,882 16,271 11,298 3,798 5,441
Total 322,386 3,368,902 1,544,267 368,321 236,237 132,055 85,917
  • s: data subject to statistical confidentiality.
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  • 2. Wages and charges.
  • Reading note: in 2023, employed 3,368,902 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees.
  • Coverage: France, enterprises within the industry sector.
  • Source: INSEE, ESANE.