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As of 4 November 2026, 1,556 vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing companies are based in France; 18 are hiring right now and Paris has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,556
- Hiring now
- 18 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Automotive aftermarket parts manufacturers · 368
- Top city
- Paris · 42
- Parent market
- Automotive · 35,882
Vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Automotive aftermarket parts manufacturers | 368 | 24% |
| Other vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing | 364 | 23% |
| Special vehicle bodybuilders | 354 | 23% |
| Electric two wheeler manufacturers | 161 | 10% |
| Caravan vehicle conversion | 153 | 10% |
| Vehicle adaptation specialists | 120 | 8% |
| Trailer manufacturers | 99 | 6% |
| Passenger car & light truck manufacturers | 91 | 6% |
| Shipbuilding & ship repair | 90 | 6% |
| Vehicle component OEM suppliers | 63 | 4% |
| Commercial vehicle & bus manufacturers | 41 | 3% |
| Motorcycle parts retail | 35 | 2% |
| Caravan & motorhome workshops | 32 | 2% |
| Motorcycle repair workshops | 23 | 1% |
| Online auto parts shops | 21 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 749 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 470 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 216 · 4 |
| 51-200 employees | 75 · 8 |
| 201-500 employees | 26 · 4 |
| 501-1000 employees | 8 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 10 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 42 | 3% |
| Roubaix | 27 | 2% |
| Paris 19 | 9 | 1% |
| Nantes | 8 | 1% |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 7 | 0% |
| Bordeaux | 6 | 0% |
| La Rochelle | 6 | 0% |
| Toulouse | 6 | 0% |
| Boulogne-Billancourt | 5 | 0% |
| Besançon | 4 | 0% |
| Bobigny | 4 | 0% |
| Cleppé | 4 | 0% |
The biggest vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing companies in France
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The stack of vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing in France
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1,556 vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing companies are based in France; 18 are hiring right now and Paris has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/automotive/france/vehicle_and_transport_equipment_manufacturing)
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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.
Vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing in France: questions
How many vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing companies are there in France?
1,556 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Automotive → Vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing → leaf niches such as automotive aftermarket parts manufacturers, other vehicle & transport equipment manufacturing, special vehicle bodybuilders. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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