Livestock & animal breeding in France
As of 4 November 2026, 5,863 livestock & animal breeding companies are based in France; 2 are hiring right now and Roubaix has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 5,863
- Hiring now
- 2 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Dog breeders · 1,556
- Top city
- Roubaix · 187
- Parent market
- Agriculture & forestry · 10,177
Livestock & animal breeding in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Dog breeders | 1,556 | 27% |
| Direct sale livestock farms | 1,374 | 23% |
| Horse breeding studs | 876 | 15% |
| Cat breeders | 811 | 14% |
| General livestock farms | 703 | 12% |
| Poultry & egg farms | 599 | 10% |
| Beekeepers & honey | 527 | 9% |
| Other livestock & animal breeding | 441 | 8% |
| Racehorse training & syndication | 239 | 4% |
| Dairy farms | 127 | 2% |
| Pedigree livestock studs | 119 | 2% |
| Mixed farm direct sales | 82 | 1% |
| Commercial aquaculture producers | 36 | 1% |
| Arable & grain farms | 22 | 0% |
| Alpaca farms | 21 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 5,002 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 771 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 76 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 8 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Roubaix | 187 | 3% |
| Paris | 79 | 1% |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 25 | 0% |
| Nantes | 17 | 0% |
| Boulogne-Billancourt | 15 | 0% |
| Paris 17 | 13 | 0% |
| Bousse | 9 | 0% |
| Saint-Loup | 8 | 0% |
| San Francisco | 8 | 0% |
| Arles | 7 | 0% |
| Mouen | 7 | 0% |
| Amiens | 4 | 0% |
The biggest livestock & animal breeding companies in France
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The stack of livestock & animal breeding in France
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Other segments of agriculture & forestry in France
Agriculture & forestry in France, the whole market →
Crop & arable farming · 2,452 →
Horticulture & plant nurseries · 1,623 →
Fishing & aquaculture · 478 →
Forestry & logging · 403 →
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5,863 livestock & animal breeding companies are based in France; 2 are hiring right now and Roubaix has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/agriculture_forestry/france/livestock_and_animal_breeding)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Livestock & animal breeding in France: questions
How many livestock & animal breeding companies are there in France?
5,863 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Agriculture & forestry → Livestock & animal breeding → leaf niches such as dog breeders, direct sale livestock farms, horse breeding studs. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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