Water & wastewater utilities in France_
As of 4 November 2026, 272 water & wastewater utilities companies are based in France; 12 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
- 272
- Hiring now
- 12 · 9 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Water supply utilities · 207
- Top city
- Paris · 6
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 2,985
Water & wastewater utilities in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Water supply utilities | 207 | 76% |
| Water & utility authorities | 190 | 70% |
| Wastewater & sewerage utilities | 69 | 25% |
| Other water & wastewater utilities | 23 | 8% |
| Municipal & commercial waste collection | 6 | 2% |
| Wastewater engineering | 4 | 1% |
| Hazardous waste management | 3 | 1% |
| Waste treatment & disposal facilities | 2 | 1% |
| Gas grid operators | 1 | 0% |
| Hydropower operators | 1 | 0% |
| Oil & gas exploration production | 1 | 0% |
| Other waste management & recycling | 1 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 41 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 120 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 71 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 27 · 5 |
| 201-500 employees | 10 · 4 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 6 | 2% |
| Villeneuve-de-Rivière | 5 | 2% |
| Roubaix | 3 | 1% |
| Auch | 2 | 1% |
| Biganos | 2 | 1% |
| Châteaurenard | 2 | 1% |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 2 | 1% |
| Colmar | 2 | 1% |
| Nice | 2 | 1% |
| Sallanches | 2 | 1% |
| Toulouse | 2 | 1% |
| Valence | 2 | 1% |
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The stack of water & wastewater utilities in France
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Other segments of utilities & infrastructure in France
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272 water & wastewater utilities companies are based in France; 12 are hiring right now and Paris has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/france/water_and_wastewater_utilities)
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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.
Water & wastewater utilities in France: questions
How many water & wastewater utilities companies are there in France?
272 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Utilities & infrastructure → Water & wastewater utilities → leaf niches such as water supply utilities, water & utility authorities, wastewater & sewerage utilities. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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