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As of 4 November 2026, 2,910 chemicals & materials production companies are based in France; 52 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
- 2,910
- Hiring now
- 52 · 19 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Paint & coatings manufacturers · 390
- Top city
- Paris · 95
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 86,039
Chemicals & materials production in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paint & coatings manufacturers | 390 | 13% |
| Industrial chemicals manufacturers | 353 | 12% |
| Construction chemicals & adhesives | 326 | 11% |
| Other chemicals & materials production | 325 | 11% |
| Cleaning & household chemicals manufacturers | 307 | 11% |
| Fertiliser manufacturers | 184 | 6% |
| Biobased & recycled materials | 171 | 6% |
| Polymer & plastics raw materials | 171 | 6% |
| Agrochemical manufacturers | 117 | 4% |
| Concrete & mortar products | 106 | 4% |
| Biotech reagents & ingredients | 103 | 4% |
| Lubricant manufacturers | 64 | 2% |
| Other building products manufacturing | 55 | 2% |
| Other supplement & cosmetics manufacturing | 55 | 2% |
| Metal surface treatment | 41 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 455 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,150 · 5 |
| 11-50 employees | 886 · 11 |
| 51-200 employees | 288 · 14 |
| 201-500 employees | 78 · 9 |
| 501-1000 employees | 25 · 7 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 21 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 4 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 95 | 3% |
| Roubaix | 60 | 2% |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 22 | 1% |
| Lyon | 21 | 1% |
| Saint-Rémy-de-Provence | 16 | 1% |
| Strasbourg | 13 | 0% |
| Aix-en-Provence | 12 | 0% |
| Mérignac | 10 | 0% |
| Nantes | 9 | 0% |
| Toulouse | 8 | 0% |
| Paris 17 | 7 | 0% |
| Angers | 6 | 0% |
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2,910 chemicals & materials production companies are based in France; 52 are hiring right now and Paris has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/france/chemicals_and_materials_production)
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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.
Chemicals & materials production in France: questions
How many chemicals & materials production companies are there in France?
2,910 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Chemicals & materials production → leaf niches such as paint & coatings manufacturers, industrial chemicals manufacturers, construction chemicals & adhesives. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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