Insee Focus · December 2022 · n° 281

In 2020, 12% of French jobs in the market sector were under foreign control

In 2020, 16,900 foreign-controlled enterprises in France employed 2.1 million people. This represented 12% of the workforce in the mainly non-agricultural and non-financial market sectors. Foreign-controlled enterprises had a strong presence in industry, business services (including temporary employment) and wholesale and retail trade. Average wage costs per person were higher than in French multinational companies. Foreign-controlled enterprises achieved 17% of the added value of the market sector. They earmarked a less significant part of their added value to tangible investments than enterprises under French control, in part because they operated in sectors where the investment rate is relatively low.