Ratios of the market sectors 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.

Ratios of the market sectors by business sector in 2023

%
Ratios of the market sectors by business sector in 2023 (%)
Value added (in million euros) Value added rate Profit margin¹
368,321 23.9 35.9 38.4 23.3
127,653 31.5 22.8 2.2 10.3
271,982 15.7 30.2 10.6 11.0
Transport and storage 102,111 38.2 26.6 24.1 34.9
Market services excluding trade and transport 568,976 50.0 30.1 9.1 21.9
    Accommodation and food service activities 56,278 41.5 19.8 1.8 24.2
     119,605 44.3 29.9 15.6 16.0
     45,703 48.4 59.4 0.9 99.2
     223,884 52.0 22.1 12.4 16.3
    Education, human health and social work activities 93,183 65.4 42.4 0.8 5.2
     30,323 46.3 32.6 5.4 16.2
Total 1,439,043 28.3 30.7 18.7 20.1
  • 1. The is calculated with at factor costs while the is calculated with value added excluding taxes.
  • Reading note: in 2023, market sectors had a value added rate of 28.3%.
  • Coverage: France, enterprises in the market sectors, excluding agricultural and financial sectors.
  • Source: INSEE, ESANE.