Characteristics of the industry sector by enterprise size Annual data 2023

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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 enterprise size in 2023

Characteristics of the industry sector by enterprise size 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 , excluding contributions (in million euros)
and (LE + ISEs) 2,189 2,335,236 1,314,189 290,685 180,570 111,840 67,209
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), excluding micro-enterprises 25,447 791,004 185,408 60,242 43,218 15,596 12,927
Micro-enterprises (MIC) 294,750 242,662 44,671 17,393 12,449 4,619 5,780
Total 322,386 3,368,902 1,544,267 368,321 236,237 132,055 85,917
  • 1. .
  • 2. Wages and charges.
  • Reading note: in 2023, , excluding , employed 791,004 of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in the .
  • Coverage: France, within the industry sector.
  • Source: INSEE, ESANE.

Characteristics of the industry sector by enterprise size in 2023

  • 1. .
  • 2. Wages and charges.
  • Reading note: in 2023, , excluding , employed 23.5% of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in the .
  • Coverage: France, enterprises within the industry sector.
  • Source: INSEE, ESANE.