Which French Companies Are Global Multinationals?

The 32 largest French firms appearing in the Fortune Global 500 List for 2012 are listed below. These firms were ranked based on revenues. These companies can be considered as France’s multinational giants.

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Country Rank	Company	Global Rank	City	Revenues($ millions)
1	Total	11	Courbevoie	231,580
2	AXA	25	Paris	142,712
3	BNP Paribas	30	Paris	127,460
4	GDF Suez	33	Courbevoie	126,077
5	Carrefour	39	Boulogne-Billancourt	121,734
6	Credit Agricole	58	Paris	105,156
7	Societe Generale	67	Paris	98,464
8	Electricite de France	73	Paris	90,806
9	Peugeot	85	Paris	83,305
10	Groupe BPCE	103	Paris	75,082
11	France Telecom	141	Paris	62,956
12	Groupe Auchan	149	Croix	61,699
13	Renault	158	Boulogne-Billancourt	59,272
14	Saint-Gobain	161	Courbevoie	58,560
15	CNP Assurances	182	Paris	51,521
16	Vinci	183	Rueil-Malmaison	51,385
17	Fonciere Euris	200	Paris	48,748
18	Sanofi	201	Paris	48,747
19	Veolia Environnement	202	Paris	48,486
20	Bouygues	218	Paris	45,669
21	SNCF	219	Paris	45,587
22	Vivendi	257	Paris	40,063
23	La Poste	320	Paris	34,268
24	Christian Dior	322	Paris	34,244
25	Air France-KLM Group	324	Roissy	34,001
26	Schneider Electric	353	Rueil-Malmaison	31,128
27	Michelin	382	Clermont-Ferrand	28,809
28	L'Oreal	391	Clichy	28,286
29	Alstom	404	Levallois-Perret	27,417
30	Danone	411	Paris	26,861
31	Lafarge	480	Paris	22,970
32	Sodexo	495	Issy-les-Moulineaux	22,262

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Source: Fortune Global 500, Fortune

Carrefour SA (CRRFY) is one of the world’s largest retailers. It is bigger than US giant Walmart(WMT) in Latin America. Lafarge (LFRGY) is one of the world’s largest cement makers. SNCF is the state-owned railway company. Saint-Gobain is a world leader in glass, and construction and high-performance materials.

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