Exporting enterprises by business sector Annual data 2023
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.
tableauExporting enterprises by business sector in 2023
| Business sector | Number of exporting enterprises | Share of exporting enterprises (in %) | Turnover excluding tax (in million euros) | Average export rate¹ (in %) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | 24,915 | 7.7 | 593,272 | 42.0 |
| Trade | 57,952 | 7.8 | 182,483 | 16.4 |
| Transport and storage | 6,962 | 3.6 | 64,366 | 31.0 |
| Business services | 41,163 | 3.9 | 53,458 | 22.7 |
| Other sectors | 48,909 | 2.6 | 58,044 | 12.6 |
| Total | 179,901 | 4.3 | 951,622 | 27.7 |
- 1. Export rate of exporting enterprises.
- Reading note: in 2023, 7.7% of industrial enterprises exported goods. The average export rate of exporting industrial enterprises was 42.0%.
- Coverage: France, exporting enterprises.
- Source: INSEE, ESANE.