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Top 20 listed companies by employees · 🇫🇷 France

The biggest employers on the world's stock exchanges

Updated · employees (employees)

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Why these 20

Head count as reported in Wikidata for companies listed on a stock exchange. Big employers shape job markets: drill into your own country.

  1. 1 C

    Carrefour Group

    French multinational retail and wholesaler

    500,001

  2. 2

    Sodexo

    French food services and facilities management company

    420,000

  3. 3

    Capgemini

    French multinational corporation headquartered in Paris, France

    357,000

  4. 4

    Teleperformance

    multinational French company

    300,000

  5. 5

    Vinci

    French concessions and construction company

    222,397

  6. 6

    Veolia

    company

    220,000

  7. 7

    LVMH

    French multinational luxury goods conglomerate

    215,000

  8. 8

    Groupe PSA

    French automotive manufacturing corporation (1976-2021)

    204,000

  9. 9

    France Télécom

    French telecommunication provider

    182,793

  10. 10

    BNP Paribas

    French bank and financial services company

    180,000

  11. 11

    Engie

    French multinational energy company

    171,474

  12. 12

    Saint-Gobain

    French building material company

    171,000

  13. 13

    Renault

    automotive conglomerate

    170,158

  14. 14

    Schneider Electric

    France-based multinational corporation

    166,025

  15. 15

    Airbus

    pan-European aerospace and defence group

    156,921

  16. 16

    Gap Inc.

    American multinational clothing and accessories retailer

    152,000

  17. 17

    EssilorLuxottica

    Multinational eyewear and optical equipment company

    150,000

  18. 18

    Credit Agricole Group

    international cooperative financial group headquartered in France

    150,000

  19. 19

    Société Générale

    French multinational banking and financial services company

    145,700

  20. 20

    Orange

    French multinational telecommunications enterprise

    127,000

How it is measured

Wikidata: items with a stock exchange (P414) and an employee count of 5,000 or more.

References

  1. Wikidata query: listed companies by employees, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 18:49 UTC.

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