This statistic shows the breakdown of the number of companies by company size in France in 2023. Thus, out of a total of more than * million French companies, about **Â were small and medium-sized enterprises.Â
Note: Since 2008, another terminology has been used to describe these VSEs: the micro-enterprise. However, this economic concept differs from the tax regime of micro-enterprise. In other words, a small business is a micro-enterprise, but does not necessarily fall within the scope of micro-entrepreneur status (formerly called auto-entrepreneur).
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Insee. (September 24, 2025). Number of companies in France in 2023, by company size [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/1004569/number-companies-by-size-france/
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