Characteristics of transport and storage sector by business sector Annual data 2023

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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 transport and storage sector by business sector in 2023

Characteristics of transport and storage sector by business sector in 2023
Number of enterprises Employees (FTE¹) excluding tax (in million euros) excluding tax (in million euros) Staff costs² (in million euros) Gross (in million euros) Gross excluding contributions (in million euros)
Land transport and transport via pipelines 122,279 795,938 118,009 52,779 42,603 9,712 18,451
Intercity passenger rail transport 14 199,697 29,489 17,386 13,510 3,418 10,762
Rail freight transport 19 s 119 24 38 -5 13
Other passenger land transport 82,257 186,766 25,252 13,167 10,379 3,369 3,997
Road freight transport and removal services 39,960 407,165 62,127 21,595 18,503 2,513 s
Transport by pipeline 29 s 1,023 607 173 417 s
Water transport 2,155 26,923 s s s s s
Maritime and coastal passenger transport 1,073 6,427 2,042 334 347 28 297
Maritime and coastal freight transport 156 s s s s s s
Inland waterway passenger transport 289 3,450 515 222 168 47 42
Inland waterway freight transport 637 s 403 177 106 69 57
Air transport 850 59,922 25,743 7,624 6,098 1,461 s
Passenger air transport 799 s 25,039 7,253 5,790 1,407 s
Air freight and space transport 51 s 704 371 308 55 s
Storage and auxiliary transport services 8,879 222,028 72,834 28,390 13,814 13,067 6,265
Storage and warehousing 1,921 42,766 9,036 3,305 2,237 915 712
Services auxiliary to transport 6,958 179,262 63,798 25,085 11,578 12,153 5,553
Post and courier activities 58,938 182,832 s s s s 962
Postal activities under universal service obligation 11 168,071 11,217 7,245 7,968 -711 s
Other postal and courier activities 58,927 14,761 s s s s s
Total 193,101 1,287,643 267,343 102,111 73,354 26,637 35,594
  • s: data subject to statistical confidentiality.
  • 1. .
  • 2. Wages and charges.
  • Reading note: in 2023, within the employed 1,287,643 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees.
  • Coverage: France, enterprises within the transport and storage sector.
  • Source: INSEE, ESANE.