Characteristics of the market sectors by group origin Annual data 2023
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.
tableauCharacteristics of the market sectors by group origin in 2023
| Type of enterprises | Number of enterprises¹ | Employees (FTE²) | Turnover, excluding tax (in million euros) | Export turnover (in million euros) | Value added , 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 profiled enterprises, groups or independent legal units.
- 2. Full-time equivalent (FTE).
- Reading note: in 2023, 5,565,299 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in the market sectors were working in multinational firms under French control.
- Coverage: France, enterprises in the market sectors, excluding agricultural and financial sectors.
- Source: INSEE, ESANE.
graphiqueCharacteristics of the market sectors by group origin in 2023

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