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As of 4 November 2026, 4,129 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in France; 30 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
- 4,129
- Hiring now
- 30 · 11 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Construction materials distribution · 573
- Top city
- Paris · 102
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 118,363
Industrial & chemical distribution in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Construction materials distribution | 573 | 14% |
| Industrial parts distribution | 477 | 12% |
| Other industrial & chemical distribution | 455 | 11% |
| Cleaning & hygiene distribution | 364 | 9% |
| General trading houses | 342 | 8% |
| Pipes valves & fittings distribution | 281 | 7% |
| Paint & coatings distribution | 266 | 6% |
| Fuel & lubricant distribution | 238 | 6% |
| Packaging & plastics distribution | 238 | 6% |
| Agricultural inputs distribution | 145 | 4% |
| Chemical raw materials distribution | 144 | 3% |
| Foodservice wholesalers | 102 | 2% |
| Other machinery equipment wholesale | 95 | 2% |
| Steel & metal stockholding | 85 | 2% |
| Food ingredients distribution | 77 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 912 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,266 · 3 |
| 11-50 employees | 704 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 165 · 13 |
| 201-500 employees | 44 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 20 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 14 · 4 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 102 | 2% |
| Roubaix | 75 | 2% |
| Toulouse | 29 | 1% |
| Lyon | 27 | 1% |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 23 | 1% |
| Nice | 21 | 1% |
| Paris 17 | 14 | 0% |
| Strasbourg | 12 | 0% |
| Argenteuil | 11 | 0% |
| Bordeaux | 11 | 0% |
| Saint-Étienne | 11 | 0% |
| Aix-en-Provence | 10 | 0% |
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The stack of industrial & chemical distribution 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 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 3,703 →
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4,129 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in France; 30 are hiring right now and Paris has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/france/industrial_and_chemical_distribution)
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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.
Industrial & chemical distribution in France: questions
How many industrial & chemical distribution companies are there in France?
4,129 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Industrial & chemical distribution → leaf niches such as construction materials distribution, industrial parts distribution, other industrial & chemical distribution. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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