Characteristics of the market sectors by group origin 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 market sectors by group origin in 2023

Characteristics of the market sectors by group origin in 2023
Type of enterprises Number of enterprises¹ Employees (FTE²) excluding tax (in million euros) Export turnover (in million euros) , excluding tax (in million euros) Gross tangible investments, excluding contributions (in million euros)
Multinational firm under foreign control 17,446 2,222,041 1,035,138 290,546 235,627 44,710
Multinational firm under French control 13,644 5,265,299 1,992,452 567,817 545,610 123,339
Franco-French group 175,874 4,044,256 1,058,498 48,928 289,953 63,729
Independent legal unit 4,804,888 4,109,142 997,949 45,266 367,853 57,317
Total 5,011,852 15,640,737 5,084,037 952,556 1,439,043 289,096
  • 1. Number of , or independent .
  • 2. .
  • Reading note: in 2023, 5,565,299 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in the market sectors were working in under French control.
  • Coverage: France, in the market sectors, excluding agricultural and financial sectors.
  • Source: INSEE, ESANE.

Characteristics of the market sectors by group origin in 2023

  • 1. Number of , or independent .
  • 2. .
  • Reading note: in 2023, 33.7% of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in the market sectors were working in under French control.
  • Coverage: France, in the market sectors, excluding agricultural and financial sectors.
  • Source: INSEE, ESANE.