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Top 14 Academic research libraries based in France

RevenueBase identified 37 company matches for academic research libraries associated with France as of November 2026 and tracks 2,155 professional contacts across them, including 318 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for academic research libraries associated with France, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026.

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37Companies
2,155Contacts tracked
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The 14 largest academic research libraries based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 14 of 37 company matches for academic research libraries based in France, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchParis Cedex 13, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,334 contacts →

Exact match

“La naissance de la Bibliothèque nationale de France est souvent associée à Charles V qui installe sa Librairie particulière au Louvre en 1368.”

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2Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500253 contacts →

Exact match

“Ouverte en 1977, en même temps que le Centre Pompidou dont elle est l’une des composantes, la Bibliothèque publique d’information (Bpi) est une bibliothèque nationale dépendant du…”

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3Exact matchStrasbourg, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20064 contacts →

Exact match

“Établissement unique et original dans l’enseignement supérieur et de de la recherche, la Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire affirme une triple vocation : bibliothèque…”

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4Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20056 contacts →

Exact match

“La BIS, bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne, conserve et développe des collections spécialisées en lettres et sciences humaines destinées à un public d'étudiants et de…”

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5Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20055 contacts →

Exact match

“La Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations (BULAC) est située dans le 13e arrondissement de Paris, à proximité du Campus des Grands Moulins.”

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6Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5050 contacts →

Exact match

“Fondée en 2005 par des maisons d’édition francophones (De Boeck, La Découverte, Erès, Humensis, Gallimard), Cairn.info travaille aujourd'hui avec plus de 400 structures…”

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7Exact matchMontpellier, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20045 contacts →

Exact match

“L’Abes - Agence bibliographique de l’enseignement supérieur, a été créée en 1994 pour mettre en œuvre le Sudoc, catalogue collectif des bibliothèques de l’Enseignement Supérieur.”

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8Exact matchMarseille, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20042 contacts →

Exact match

“OpenEdition is an international digital publishing portal in the humanities and social sciences that brings together four platforms: OpenEdition Journals (e-journals), OpenEdition…”

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9Exact matchAubervilliers, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1018 contacts →

Exact match

“COUPERIN is a french consortium of nearly 300 public and private institutions involved in higher education or research: universities, higher education institutions, research…”

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10Exact matchTalence, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5012 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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11Exact matchNanterre Cedex, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-105 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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12Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-505 contacts →

Exact match

“International library supplier since 1934.”

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13Exact matchNanterre, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“Les Presses de Paris Nanterre sont un outil de diffusion et de promotion de la recherche menée par les enseignants-chercheurs (ou chercheurs) de l’université Paris Nanterre ou…”

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14Exact matchSaint-étienne, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-102 contacts →

Exact match

“Depuis plus de 50 ans, le service des Presses universitaires de Saint-Étienne attache une importance toute particulière à promouvoir la recherche.”

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Academic research libraries based in France at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
14.8%Verified-email coverage
58.2Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
27.0%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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201-500
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1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 37 companies.

How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with France whose business descriptions match “academic research libraries” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 318 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
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Record context
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “academic research libraries”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many academic research libraries are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 37 company matches for academic research libraries associated with France as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

BNF tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most academic research libraries?

Paris leads with 10 company records, followed by Lyon (2) and Montpellier (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 318 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 37 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.