Ratios of transport and storage sector 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 transport and storage sector by business sector in 2023

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Ratios of transport and storage sector by business sector in 2023 (%)
Value added (in million euros) Value added rate Profit margin¹
Land transport and transport via pipelines 52,779 44.7 18.6 6.2 35.0
Intercity passenger rail transport 17,386 59.0 20.2 7.9 61.9
Rail freight transport 24 20.1 -15.7 28.4 52.6
Other passenger land transport 13,167 52.1 24.5 1.3 30.4
Road freight transport and removal services 21,595 34.8 12.0 7.4 s
Transport by pipeline 607 59.3 70.7 2.0 s
Water transport s s s s s
Maritime and coastal passenger transport 334 16.4 7.4 37.3 88.9
Maritime and coastal freight transport s s s s s
Inland waterway passenger transport 222 43.0 21.9 38.0 19.1
Inland waterway freight transport 177 44.1 39.2 29.8 32.0
Air transport 7,624 29.6 19.3 39.8 s
Passenger air transport 7,253 29.0 19.5 40.3 s
Air freight and space transport 371 52.7 15.1 21.8 s
Storage and auxiliary transport services 28,390 39.0 48.6 18.8 22.1
Storage and warehousing 3,305 36.6 29.0 9.3 21.5
Services auxiliary to transport 25,085 39.3 51.2 20.2 22.1
Post and courier activities s s s s s
Postal activities under universal service obligation 7,245 64.6 -9.8 6.2 s
Other postal and courier activities s s s s s
Total 102,111 38.2 26.6 24.1 34.9
  • s: data subject to statistical confidentiality.
  • 1. The is calculated with the at factor costs while the is calculated with the value added excluding taxes.
  • Reading note: in 2023, sector have a value added rate of 38.2%.
  • Coverage: France, enterprises within the transport and storage sector.
  • Source: INSEE, ESANE.