Internationally-owned companies in Atlantic France: they’ve made the move

  • 1,100 internationally-owned companies
  • 66,000 jobs

Tailored support for Foreign-Owned Companies in Atlantic France

You’ve chosen Atlantic France to accelerate your expansion in the French market: benefit from our dedicated support -designed specifically for Foreign-Owned Companies- to drive the growth of your subsidiaries.

As executives of foreign-owned companies, your leadership teams face a unique set of challenges. Our commitment to supporting them includes:

  • Support their development and innovation projects.
  • Facilitate their integration into the regional ecosystem (innovation networks, business partners, local authorities, etc.).
  • Encourage peer-to-peer exchanges through regular networking events.
  • Facilitate meetings with regional elected officials.
  • Share economic intelligence and forward-looking insights on technological, ecological, and social transformations.

We also look forward to connecting with you at international events organized by Business France or French Chambers of Commerce abroad — for example, the “Choose France” event held in Berlin. These are unique opportunities to provide you with strategic insights to support your consideration of (re)investing in Atlantic France.

Top 12 firms

(WITH OVER 600 EMPLOYEES)

1

Germany

19,0% FIRMS

Germany

217

Firms

12,300

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1PORSCHE AUTOMOBILE HOLDING
  • 2MUTARES SE & CO
  • 3CLAAS KGAA MBH
  • 4JOH. VAILLANT GMBH & CO. KG
  • 5THYSSENKRUPP AG
  • 6SCHENKER AG
  • 7ALLIANS SE
  • 8DACHSER
  • 9WILO
  • 10FREUDENBERG & CO
2

USA

14.5% FIRMS

USA

164

Firms

10,700

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1HOWMET AEROSPACE INC
  • 2GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
  • 3PAINE SCHARTZ PARTNERS
  • 4GXO CONTINENTAL INC
  • 5MEDLINE INDUSTRIES INC
  • 6FLOWSERVE CORP
  • 7PARKER HANNINFIN CORP
  • 8MATIV HOLDING
  • 9ALAMO GROUP
  • 10MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL
3

Luxembourg

11.2% FIRMS

Luxembourg

130

Firms

3,500

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1EUROFINS SCIENTIFIC SE
  • 2ARCELORMITTAL SA
  • 3ICG EUROPE FUND VIII SF (NO.1) SCSP
  • 4TOPIKKS S.A.S
  • 5BC XI AGE LUXEMBOURG SCSP
  • 6FARFADET S. À R.L.
  • 7HLD EUROPE
  • 8PROVIDENCE STRATEGIC GROWTH EUROPE GP L.P
  • 9EREN GROUPE S.A.
  • 10ELECTRO HOLDING
4

Switzerland

10.2% FIRMS

Switzerland

116

Firms

4,200

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1BUCHER INDUSTRIES AG
  • 2HOLCIM LTD
  • 3VORWERK INTERNATIONAL STRECKER & CO
  • 4TETRA LAVAL HOLDING
  • 5SGS SA
  • 6KÜHNE + NAGEL INTERNATIONAL AG
  • 7ALUFLEXPACK AG
  • 8ADECCO GROUP AG
  • 9SCHINDLER HOLDING
  • 10INTERROLL HOLDING AG
5

United Kingdom

7.5% FIRMS

United Kingdom

85

Firms

4,400

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC
  • 2INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL GROUP PLC
  • 3BUNZL PLC
  • 4DS SMITH PLC
  • 5LANGLEY HOLDINGS PLC
  • 6GSK PLC
  • 7SEVENTH CINVEN FUND LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (TK Elevator)
  • 8GIL INVEST (Shapers’France)
  • 9IP3 PLASTICS HCL
  • 10P3 GROUPE
6

Italy

5.4% FIRMS

Italy

62

Firms

2,400

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1MANULI RYCO SPA
  • 2B&D HOLDING (Cuisines Design Industries)
  • 3DEL FANTE QUATTRO SRL (BARILLA France)
  • 4URMET GROUP S.P.A. (Castel, FDI Matelec …)
  • 5G MEANA & FIGLI SRL (Pusterla 1880 France)
  • 6C2MAC ( Grandy Technicat)
  • 7TESMEC SPA (Groupe Marais)
  • 8ZAMBON SPA (Zach System)
  • 9CALPEDA SPA (Calpeda Pompes)
  • 10GIOCHELE SRL (Saveurs et Nature)
7

Netherlands

4.8% FIRMS

Netherlands

69

Firms

9,000

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1THIJS HENDRIX BEHEER BV
  • 2CNH INDUSTRIELS NV
  • 3STMICROELECTRONICS N.V.
  • 4SHV HOLDING NV (Bourgoin, Primagaz)
  • 5DOPHARMA
  • 6STICHTING ADMINISTATIEKANTOOR INVESTIBO (Christeyns)
  • 7DENKAVIT INTERNATIONAAL B.V.
  • 8ROTOVIA
  • 9BEJO
  • 10BDR THERMEA GROUP BV
8

Belgium

4.8% FIRMS

Belgium

54

Firms

2,800

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1ALIAXIS
  • 2ECONOM GROUP SA
  • 3PICOT
  • 4VAMIX
  • 5HANNECARD
  • 6GROUPE BRUXELLES LAMBERT
  • 7BRUYERE CHOCOLATES
  • 8FONTAINE HOLDING
  • 9MECASEAT
  • 10GROUP DEPRE
9

Japan

3.7% FIRMS

Japan

42

Firms

3,700

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1NTN CORPORATION
  • 2TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
  • 3HITACHI LTD
  • 4SANWA HOLDING CORP
  • 5MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION
  • 6AMANO CORPORATION
  • 7NAGATANIEN HOLDINGS CO.
  • 8ALPHA CORPORATION
  • 9MITSUI CHEMICAL INC.
  • 10AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
  • 11YASKAWA
  • 12KUTBOTA CORPORATION
10

Spain

3.3% FIRMS

Spain

37

Firms

1,900

Jobs

FIRMS RANKED BY STAFF SIZE
  • 1GMM YOPCO CONEXION SL
  • 2GRULAN
  • 3ARAGOCIAS, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA (SAICA)
  • 4GLOBAL PERFORMANCE MATERIALS SL
  • 5CORTIZO CARTERA SL
  • 6LIDEKA IBER SL
  • 7VOLOTEA SL
  • 8BOLUDA CORPORATION MARITIMA SL
  • 9EXTRUSSIONES DE TOLEDO SA
  • 10PRINTEO SA

Specific support

FOR INTERNATIONALLY-OWNED COMPANIES

Nathalie GARRY

Coordinator for the Foreign-Owned Companies initiative
n.garry@solutions-eco.fr