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As of 4 November 2026, 3,331 boating & watersports companies are based in France; 12 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
- 3,331
- Hiring now
- 12 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Leisure boat rental · 1,144
- Top city
- Roubaix · 70
- Parent market
- Hospitality & travel · 114,450
Boating & watersports in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Leisure boat rental | 1,144 | 34% |
| Sightseeing & passenger cruises | 1,018 | 31% |
| Yacht charter | 717 | 22% |
| Kayak rafting operators | 642 | 19% |
| Angling fisheries & sport fishing | 178 | 5% |
| Watersports centres general | 174 | 5% |
| Dive centres | 169 | 5% |
| Adventure & outdoor travel operators | 156 | 5% |
| Watersports schools | 136 | 4% |
| Other boating & watersports | 108 | 3% |
| Guided day tour operators | 43 | 1% |
| Campsites & holiday parks | 30 | 1% |
| Holiday house & cottage rentals | 30 | 1% |
| Hunting & fishing travel outfitters | 30 | 1% |
| Cruise travel specialists | 13 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,763 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 454 · 5 |
| 11-50 employees | 95 · 4 |
| 51-200 employees | 16 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 3 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Roubaix | 70 | 2% |
| Paris | 67 | 2% |
| Cannes | 43 | 1% |
| Hyères | 30 | 1% |
| Nice | 30 | 1% |
| Arcachon | 27 | 1% |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 26 | 1% |
| Ajaccio | 21 | 1% |
| Lège-Cap-Ferret | 20 | 1% |
| Mandelieu-la-Napoule | 19 | 1% |
| Porto-Vecchio | 18 | 1% |
| Saint-Raphaël | 18 | 1% |
The biggest boating & watersports companies in France
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The stack of boating & watersports in France
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Other segments of hospitality & travel in France
Hospitality & travel in France, the whole market →
Restaurants pubs cafes · 44,752 →
Holiday rentals & guesthouses · 36,468 →
Hotels inns & holiday accommodation · 29,569 →
Travel agencies booking · 9,256 →
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3,331 boating & watersports companies are based in France; 12 are hiring right now and Roubaix has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/hospitality_travel/france/boating_and_watersports)
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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.
Boating & watersports in France: questions
How many boating & watersports companies are there in France?
3,331 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Hospitality & travel → Boating & watersports → leaf niches such as leisure boat rental, sightseeing & passenger cruises, yacht charter. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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