83% of the Total Turnover Outside France is Concentrated within 160 French Multinational Entreprise Groups

In 2017, the 4900 French multinational entreprise groups (excluding the banking and non-commercial services sectors) control 43,600 foreign affiliates. They achieve 51% of their consolidated turnover and employ 6 million people outside France. The large multinational entreprise groups are dominant: they comprise 46% of the subsidiaries and achieve 83% of the total consolidated turnover achieved outside France. Half of these multinationals are established in at least 14 foreign countries. One French subsidiary in four is established in the United States, the United Kingdom or Germany. The employees of the commercial subsidiaries are concentrated in China and Brazil.