Law firms in France
As of 4 November 2026, 23,958 law firms companies are based in France; 59 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
- 23,958
- Hiring now
- 59 · 8 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Generalist law firms · 11,751
- Top city
- Paris · 3,026
- Parent market
- Business & finance services · 149,544
Law firms in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Generalist law firms | 11,751 | 49% |
| Commercial corporate law firms | 4,756 | 20% |
| Notary offices | 4,264 | 18% |
| Employment law firms | 1,970 | 8% |
| Family law practices | 1,623 | 7% |
| Criminal defence law | 1,343 | 6% |
| Other law firms | 1,238 | 5% |
| Administrative & public law | 1,096 | 5% |
| Personal injury law | 747 | 3% |
| Real estate property law | 719 | 3% |
| Judicial enforcement officers | 639 | 3% |
| Immigration law firms | 441 | 2% |
| Ip trademark patent firms | 411 | 2% |
| Outsourced legal counsel | 389 | 2% |
| Tech ip data protection law | 360 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 15,782 · 2 |
| 2-10 employees | 5,891 · 8 |
| 11-50 employees | 2,094 · 30 |
| 51-200 employees | 169 · 16 |
| 201-500 employees | 15 · 3 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 3,026 | 13% |
| Paris 17 | 759 | 3% |
| Paris 07 | 610 | 3% |
| Paris 16 | 541 | 2% |
| Bordeaux | 502 | 2% |
| Lyon | 497 | 2% |
| Paris 09 | 452 | 2% |
| Toulouse | 447 | 2% |
| Roubaix | 379 | 2% |
| Nice | 345 | 1% |
| Marseille 06 | 339 | 1% |
| Lyon 03 | 332 | 1% |
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The stack of law firms in France
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Other segments of business & finance services in France
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23,958 law firms companies are based in France; 59 are hiring right now and Paris has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/france/law_firms)
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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.
Law firms in France: questions
How many law firms companies are there in France?
23,958 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Business & finance services → Law firms → leaf niches such as generalist law firms, commercial corporate law firms, notary offices. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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