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Top 25 Custom chemical manufacturers based in France

RevenueBase identified 130 custom chemical manufacturers headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 2,406 professional contacts across them, including 829 with verified work emails. Lyon is the largest hub.

This list covers custom chemical 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.

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2,406Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest custom chemical manufacturers based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 130 custom chemical manufacturers based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to custom chemical manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceMinakem, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000275 contacts →

Strong evidence

“MINAKEM is a fully integrated development partner and commercial manufacturer for pharmaceutical companies- API manufacturing (Innovators/Generics and Highly Potent)- Custom…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Partial evidenceEscalquens, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500222 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Global Chemical Solutions Our mission: Bring, facilitate and make accept solutions and products made from chemistery in the industrial world Our Global Approach: From Technical…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLongjumeau, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000133 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“PCAS groupe industriel de chimie fine et de spécialités, développe et produit des molécules complexes faisant appel à des technologies de pointe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Indirect evidenceParis La Défense Cedex, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000131 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For more than a hundred years, Kerneos has been a pioneer in calcium #aluminate technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Strong evidenceÉcully, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000122 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SEQENS Custom & Specialties is one of Europe’s largest contract manufacturers, combining the speed and agility of a small/medium sized company with the health and safety and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Partial evidenceCalais, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20097 contacts →

Partial evidence

“INTEROR SA is a chemicals company based out of Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidencePomacle, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20089 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ARD is a service company, created in 1989, offering product & process development services (Process Design, Development, Scale up and CMO) in the fields of plant extraction, green…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Partial evidenceGilette, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20053 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in South of France in 1971, La Mesta Chimie Fine is a technology driven Custom Manufacturing Organization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceMiribel, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20049 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DKSH France S.A.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBeynost, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5048 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1976 SAMARO S.A.S is a trading company acting as sole agent and exclusive distributor for industrial applications- dispensing systems, implementation study - components…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Strong evidenceVert Le Petit, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50047 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1974, ISOCHEM is a contract manufacturer and one of the world’s leading suppliers of fine chemicals and active pharmaceutical ingredients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLevallois-perret, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,00039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1932, PROTEX INTERNATIONAL is an independent French industrial group with an international presence which offers products, services and solutions to a wide range of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Indirect evidenceSemoy, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With over 50 years’ experience in the formulation chemistry, OCO aims to be a leader in each of the businesses it serves.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Partial evidenceAubagne, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Arcane Industries conceives, produces and commercializes modern chemicals products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSt Leu D Esserent, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLa Séguinière, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ALGIMOUSS offers a complete cleaning, treatment and protection solution with three distinct ranges and over 60 products specifically covering the needs of both professionals and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Indirect evidenceAngres, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Située à 200 km au nord de Paris, PALCHEM est une société indépendante qui propose ses services de chimie fine et de synthèse à façon dans des délais très courts.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Indirect evidenceMontpellier Cedex 4, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“OXELTIS is an independent medchem oriented service company managed by former researchers from Idenix Pharmaceuticals and located in Montpellier - France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Partial evidencePontivy, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“FERTEMIS is a chemicals company based out of ZONE INDUSTRIELLE 9 RUE LAVOISIER, PONTIVY, France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceMuille Villette, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Acteur dans la chimie verte depuis 1898, Lefrant-Rubco est un des leaders mondiaux du factice, et est également fabriquant de dispersants pour peintures.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Indirect evidenceBreuil Le Sec, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Conditionneur à façon de produits chimiques de petites et moyennes séries, depuis 1991.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Indirect evidenceTaverny, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“La société C.R.E.E.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Partial evidenceSaint-ouen-l'aumône, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With 50 years of experience, Altichem is acknowledged as a quality supplier to the chemical industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Indirect evidenceCorbas, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Forte de plus de 50 ans d'expériences, FEVDI répond à tous vos besoins en produits chimiques spécifiques et à vos problèmes techniques grâce à son laboratoire, son bureau d'étude…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Custom chemical manufacturers based in France at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
34.5%Verified-email coverage
18.5Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.8%Largest-city concentration · Lyon
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
55
11-50
50
51-200
15
201-500
3
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
2

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 130 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 custom chemical 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 “custom chemical 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 custom chemical 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 custom chemical 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, 829 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 custom chemical 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 custom chemical manufacturers are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 130 custom chemical 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?

Minakem, headquartered in Dunkerque, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most custom chemical manufacturers?

Lyon leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (4) and Clichy (2).

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 829 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 130 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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About this data

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.