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As of 4 November 2026, 2,041 general & specialty stores are based in France; 10 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
- 2,041
- Hiring now
- 10 · 6 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Other general & specialty stores · 395
- Top city
- Roubaix · 50
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 118,363
General & specialty stores in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other general & specialty stores | 395 | 19% |
| Organic grocery stores | 120 | 6% |
| Independent supermarkets | 117 | 6% |
| Tile & flooring webshops | 113 | 6% |
| Convenience stores & kiosks | 92 | 5% |
| Home decor webshops | 85 | 4% |
| Greengrocers produce shops | 77 | 4% |
| Antique & vintage dealers | 74 | 4% |
| Kitchen & bathroom showrooms | 74 | 4% |
| General merchandise webshops | 67 | 3% |
| Vending & micro market operators | 63 | 3% |
| Sporting goods webshops | 61 | 3% |
| Construction materials distribution | 54 | 3% |
| Consumer electronics appliance webshops | 51 | 2% |
| Discount & variety stores | 46 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 580 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,215 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 183 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 30 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 23 · 4 |
| 501-1000 employees | 5 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Roubaix | 50 | 2% |
| Paris | 33 | 2% |
| Toulouse | 11 | 1% |
| Le Crès | 10 | 0% |
| Bordeaux | 8 | 0% |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 8 | 0% |
| Paris 15 | 8 | 0% |
| Besançon | 7 | 0% |
| Nantes | 7 | 0% |
| Saint-Étienne | 7 | 0% |
| Angers | 6 | 0% |
| Paris 17 | 6 | 0% |
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The stack of general & specialty stores in France
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Other segments of commerce & trade in France
Commerce & trade in France, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 48,806 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 24,033 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 20,736 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 13,034 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 8,723 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 7,450 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 5,223 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 4,129 →
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2,041 general & specialty stores are based in France; 10 are hiring right now and Roubaix has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/france/general_and_specialty_stores)
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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.
General & specialty stores in France: questions
How many general & specialty stores are there in France?
2,041 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → General & specialty stores → leaf niches such as other general & specialty stores, organic grocery stores, independent supermarkets. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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