France (2018)
457
companies
-1.7% YoY
YoY Change
-1.7%
companies
Trend
down
Series length
44
years of data

Data

France Number of Listed Domestic Companies (2018) — source data. World Bank.
Year companies YoY Change
2018 457 -1.7%
2017 465 -4.1%
2016 485 -1.0%
2015 490 -1.0%
2014 495 -1.0%
2013 500 -11.0%
2012 562 -4.1%
2011 586 -5.0%
2010 617 -5.4%
2009 652 -3.1%
2008 673 -4.8%
2007 707 -3.2%
2006 730 -2.5%
2005 749 -4.8%
2004 787 -3.7%
2003 817 -6.5%
2002 874 -6.6%
2001 936 -21.0%
2000 1,185 +3.6%
1999 1,144 +45.9%

About this Dataset

France recorded 457 companies in 2018. The latest change was -8. Across 1975–2018 the series ranges from 218 in 1994 to 1,185 in 2000.

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of France from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of France from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2018. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1975–2018 (44 observations).

The series peaked at 1,185 companies in 2000 and reached its lowest recorded value of 218 in 1994. The latest reading of 457 in 2018 represents a change of -8.