Ratios of the mainly market services sector by activity 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.

Ratios of the mainly market services sector by activity in 2023

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Ratios of the mainly market services sector by activity in 2023 (%)
Value added (in million euros) Value added rate Profit margin¹
Accommodation and food service activities 56,278 41.5 19.8 1.8 24.2
Accommodation 16,300 42.7 31.7 3.1 51.9
Food and beverage service activities 39,979 41.0 15.1 1.3 13.0
119,605 44.3 29.9 15.6 16.0
Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities 29,959 37.5 23.5 23.0 5.7
Telecommunications 30,249 43.2 59.3 5.7 42.8
IT and other information services 59,397 49.4 18.7 16.5 7.5
45,703 48.4 59.4 0.9 99.2
Professional, scientific, technical, administrative and support service activities 223,884 52.0 22.1 12.4 16.3
Scientific research and development 2,733 27.5 -46.6 48.0 37.7
Legal, accounting, management, architecture, engineering, technical testing and analysis activities 101,924 53.1 25.6 13.5 7.5
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 16,642 41.5 26.4 13.6 7.4
Administrative and support service activities 102,585 54.3 20.0 9.1 26.0
Other services activities 29,688 46.6 33.2 5.4 16.4
Arts, entertainment and recreation 16,136 43.9 34.9 7.4 20.1
Other service activities 13,552 50.2 31.3 2.8 12.0
Total 475,158 47.8 27.7 10.3 25.1
  • 1. The is calculated with at factor costs while the is calculated with value added excluding tax.
  • Reading note: in 2023, had a value added rate of 47.8%.
  • Coverage: France, enterprises in the mainly non-financial market services sector.
  • Source: INSEE, ESANE.