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Top 25 Aerospace and defense manufacturers based in France
RevenueBase identified 108 aerospace and defense manufacturers headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 104,654 professional contacts across them, including 38,158 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.
This list covers aerospace and defense manufacturers headquartered in France, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest aerospace and defense manufacturers based in France
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 75,810 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 6,611 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dassault Aviation is a French aerospace company that shapes the future by designing and building military aircraft, business jets and space systems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 5,617 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As an aircraft manufacturer, industrialist, industrial service provider and logistician, Daher currently has approximately 14,500 employees and achieved a revenue of 1.9 billion…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 4,939 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ArianeGroup is an industrial company delivering critical missions for the space and defence sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 2,794 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Have you ever wondered what an airplane is made of?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,979 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tier 1 to the world’s leading industry manufacturers (Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault Aviation, Embraer, Honda Aircraft Company, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,932 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The FIGEAC AÉRO Group specialises in producing metal parts and sub-assemblies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 607 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The POTEZ Group, the offspring of a long-standing tradition of aircraft manufacturers, operates in both the domestic and the international market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 451 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Motherson Aerospace SAS (anciennement AD Industries) fait partie de la division aérospatiale de Motherson et est spécialisée dans la production de composants de haute précision…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 441 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ETI de plus de 850 collaborateurs, ARESIA est un partenaire majeur des grandes entreprises et des organismes étatiques de l’aéronautique civile et de défense.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 369 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Créée en 1975, le Groupe LAUAK est spécialisé dans le domaine de l'aérostructure.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 279 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “RECAERO offers a fully integrated « one stop shop » solution for the manufacture of metallic and composite Aerospace propriatary sub-assembly and component parts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 231 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 219 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “LEACH INTERNATIONAL EUROPE is a high-technology company specializing in the design and manufacture of advanced electromechanical and electronic solutions for the defense…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 160 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With more than employees and 100 million turnover, the Bt2i Group is a major manufacturing partner for the aeronautics (aerostructure and cabin interior), defense and space…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As a long-standing partner of the aerospace and defence industry, FERCHAU Aerospace & Defence brings together first-class engineering and production skills at all major industrial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1971, Mecadaq group has been recognized as a reliable CNC machining service company for major aerospace programs with high tolerance and quality requirements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Indraero Siren, fournisseur de premier rang pour l’industrie Aéronautique et Spatiale, fabrique des composants structuraux de précision depuis 75 ans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Expert depuis plus de vingt ans en sous-traitance mécanique de précision pour les secteurs de l’Aéronautique, de l’Armement et de la Défense, nous sommes spécialisés dans…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FREYSSINET AERO GROUP is an aviation & aerospace company based out of Parc d'Activités des Massies 9 Rue du Noguier, COUFOULEUX, MIDI-PYRENEES, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Depuis plus de 55 ans, CENTRAIR développe des activités de R&D, de sous-traitance et de partenariat pour l’aéronautique civil et militaire, la défense et le naval.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Né en 1962, Mach Aero s’est rapidement spécialisé dans les pièces d’équipements rotulantes - il s’agit d’ensembles mécaniques de rotules sphériques utiles pour compenser les…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1982 Catering to Commercial & Defense sectors Aligned technology: 100% Aerospace Specialized in Landing Gear Components & Assemblies; Large Precision Engine…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le Groupe MCSA est spécialiste de l’Usinage et de l’Assemblage haute précision de pièces et d’ensembles complexes embarqués, à destination de nos clients des secteurs…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: aerospace and defense manufacturers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names aerospace and defense manufacturers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of aerospace and defense manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name aerospace and defense manufacturers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Aerospace and defense manufacturers based in France at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
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 108 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among aerospace and defense manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “aerospace and defense manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names aerospace and defense manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among aerospace and defense manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- 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 listed company carries at least one verified work email, 38,158 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names aerospace and defense manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many aerospace and defense manufacturers are there based in France?
RevenueBase identified 108 aerospace and defense manufacturers headquartered in France as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Airbus, headquartered in Blagnac Cedex, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most aerospace and defense manufacturers?
Paris leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Toulouse (4) and Bondoufle (3).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 38,158 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 108 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 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 Smart Search, 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.
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