France is home to some of the world’s most well-known companies, including Dior and aerospace giant Airbus. Fashion, tech, manufacturing and energy are just a few of the industries contributing to France’s strong GDP. We’ve highlighted some of the multinational companies that keep France’s economy humming.
Top Multinational Companies in France
- Inato
- Magna International
- Airbus
- Dassault Systèmes
- BNP Paribas
- Schneider Electric
- Christian Dior
Top Multinational Companies in France
Sonatus aims to drive the move to software-defined vehicles by developing advanced in-vehicle and cloud software solutions that help automakers enhance driving experiences. The company says it’s currently growing its footprint across the Europe, Middle East and Africa automotive market by strengthening relationships with key original equipment manufacturers and pursuing new partnership opportunities.
Navan aims to make travel and expenses simpler, so that users can focus on their experience, not how they get there. Its single app offers savings, control and real-time visibility. The platform’s users include travel managers and finance teams. The company has an office in the Ternes area of Paris.
With a Paris office in Faubourg-Montmartre, Datadog offers solutions for cloud monitoring, serverless computing and infrastructure monitoring. It aims to protect its clients against cybersecurity threats by supervising their full IT architecture. The company has partnered with household names like Sony and Samsung.
360Learning’s platform leverages artificial intelligence capabilities to make it easy for businesses to identify skills gaps among their workforces and produce custom learning content. Its technology can suggest questions and experts to engage learners, for example, and provides access to comprehensive analytics dashboards that let users generate custom reports.
GitLab makes a platform designed to enable an efficient software development lifecycle through AI-powered tools for automating deployments, for example, and managing security. The company has an all-remote workforce that spans more than 60 countries, with team members enjoying perks like flexible working hours to support distributed employment.
Dynatrace offers a unified platform that allows users to deliver software more securely and automate cloud operations. It provides AIOps, continuous runtime application security and observability tools. Dynatrace has an office 20 minutes from the Eiffel Tower that’s home to marketing, HR, data science, engineering and customer success teams.
Schneider Electric, specializes in energy management and automation solutions. The company aims to help businesses update aging facilities, optimize energy consumption and digitally transform their operations for efficiency. Schneider Electric is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France but has many offices around the world, including in the U.S.
Dassault Systèmes is a multinational software company that develops reliable 3D simulations, or “digital twins,” for aerospace and defense, industrial equipment, life sciences, transportation and construction purposes. The company, founded in 1981 with only 20 engineers, has since grown to more than 23,000 employees that work across its broad portfolio of brands. Dassault Systèmes is headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay but also has several locations in the United States, including Boston, Charlotte and Cincinnati.
The popular international fashion house Dior manufactures luxury handbags, perfume and cosmetics. The company demonstrates its commitment to environmental sustainability by using recycled materials and phasing out virgin plastics in its packaging. It was founded in 1947 by Christian Dior and is headquartered in Paris.
Hivebrite offers a community engagement platform for nonprofit groups, commercial enterprises, clubs, professional associations and educational institutions. It includes features for member management, building brand identity and viewing metrics to inform engagement initiatives. The company has its global office in the Palais Garnier area of Paris.
Airbus is a multinational European corporation that manufactures and transports various aerospace products, including commercial aircraft and helicopters. The company is one of the largest aerospace companies operating in Europe. Airbus, which has a presence in France, sells its aircraft to many major commercial airlines like American Airlines, Korean Air, JetBlue and others.
Adyen offers payments, data and financial management solutions that address needs for a variety of business types, ranging from hotels and airlines to SaaS providers. The fintech company has operations in multiple countries, including France where Adyen maintains an office in Paris.
Founded in 2012, Mirakl is a SaaS company that offers a range of e-commerce solutions designed to bolster growth for brands and retailers all over the world. Although Mirakl is headquartered in Paris, it also has operations in various other countries, including the United States, Spain and Germany.
Klaviyo provides B2C brands with customer relationship management solutions through a unified data platform that combines automation, analytics and customer service capabilities to help them better understand their customers. Founded in 2012, the company has expanded to over six offices worldwide and recently launched a French-language version of its platform.
Magna is an automotive manufacturer that builds technologies, systems and concepts to make vehicles safer and cleaner. The company employs more than 55,000 people and operates 103 manufacturing facilities throughout the E.U. Magna has a presence in the Île de France and Bourgogne Franche-Comté.
Snap is a technology company that has developed apps and services like Snapchat, Spectacles and Bitmoji. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and has 17 office locations, including Paris, where employees work 80 percent of the time. Unique perks include 16 weeks of paid parental leave, mental health sessions for employees and dependents, and a mobile phone stipend.
SOPHiA GENETICS develops cloud-based, AI-enabled technology that can analyze complex data to generate actionable healthcare insights. Its work focuses on advancing research and treatment to achieve improved outcomes for patients with various cancers and rare genetic diseases. The company has a tech hub based out of its Bidart office.
InterSystems offers software products and an information engine to industries that include government, business and healthcare. Millions of people across more than 80 countries use its solutions everyday to access analytics, integration and data management technologies. The company has been serving its clients for more than 40 years and has French offices in Paris and Perols.
Acquia offers services and solutions with the goal of helping its customers deliver data-driven, user-friendly digital experience and simplify management of their online content. Its technology has applications for industries ranging from life sciences to retail. The company’s roster of global offices includes a Paris location.
CSC has offices in the Ternes and 8th arrondissement areas of Paris. It provides businesses with services that include business administration, capital markets transactions and administrative alternative asset management. It aims to use cutting-edge technology to make its cybersecurity, cloud computing and data analytics services more efficient.
Carbon Robotics is headquartered in the United States and has plans to build out its international hubs, including in France. It engineers robots for the agricultural industry. The company’s Carbon LaserWeeder robot controls weeds in crop fields without chemical herbicides or human manual labor.
A multinational bank and financial services holding company, BNP Paribas is also one of the largest banks in the European Union. The company uses several digital technologies like artificial intelligence and cloud computing to speed up its banking processes. The corporation has locations in over 60 countries and is headquartered in Paris.
Samsara’s AI-powered technology is designed to enhance safety, efficiency and sustainability, helping businesses in industries like construction and logistics improve the way they manage complex physical operations. France is one of multiple European countries where the multinational company has established a presence.
Notion’s virtual workspace product supports collaboration and centralized knowledge access for businesses and individual users. The digital solutions have applications across teams such as marketing, IT and engineering for both startups and enterprise businesses. Notion’s technology also offers tools that can be useful for teachers, students and creators.
Inato is a healthtech platform that helps connect community-based medical research centers to global trials. The platform features tools for optimizing clinical trials, such as patient recruitment, site selection and performance tracking. Inato operates a Paris office and hires remote talent across the world.
