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Top 25 Food companies based in France
RevenueBase identified 756 food companies headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 99,597 professional contacts across them, including 26,374 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.
This list covers food companies 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 19, 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 food companies based in France
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41,966 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Danone is a global leader in the food and beverage industry, operating in three fast-growing, health-focused categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based, Waters, and Specialized…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 12,746 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From family-owned company to dairy industry’s global leader Created in 1933 by André Besnier in Laval, Lactalis Group is a family-owned company settled in rural areas, which…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 5,208 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Bel Group is a major player in the food industry through portions of dairy, fruit and plant-based products, and one of the world leaders in branded cheeses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 3,599 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Bonduelle Group is a family-owned company with a legacy spanning seven generations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 2,996 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Chez Picard, chaque jour est une occasion nouvelle de faire plaisir et.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 2,741 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “An international, family-owned and independent food group, SAVENCIA has developed a model built on the valorization of two sectors of excellence-milk and cocoa-serving…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,285 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Plus que jamais la richesse de Fleury Michon, c’est l’humain.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 1,173 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ANDROS concilie l’exigence d’une entreprise industrielle multi-locale et les valeurs d’une société familiale française fière de ses racines rurales depuis plus de 100 ans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 773 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A miller since 1919, Grands Moulins de Paris is today a key player in the milling market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 721 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Acteur incontournable du secteur de la biscuiterie et de la pâtisserie à la française, St Michel est une entreprise familiale indépendante en pleine croissance : • 8 usines en…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 713 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lesieur est une entreprise agroalimentaire française créée en 1908 et aujourd’hui acteur majeur de la production et de la commercialisation d’huiles et de sauces alimentaires” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 694 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in south-west France by Robert Labeyrie in 1946 and today a European leader without equal, the Labeyrie Fine Foods Group's ambition is to make Responsible Indulgence…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 552 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dans un marché en pleine évolution, Mix Buffet s'est imposé en moins de 10 ans comme le pionnier de la salade traiteur.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 524 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Chez Ferrara, Ferrero, Fox’s Burton’s et The Fine Biscuits Company, nous sommes aimés par toutes les générations pour la joie que nous apportons, et cette joie est façonnée par…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 508 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Depuis 1976, Daunat régale le quotidien avec des recettes savoureuses et des produits gourmands adaptés à nos modes de vie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 500 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Experts-boulangers et entrepreneurs créatifs, nous fabriquons des produits uniques et savoureux : pâtes à tartes, pâtes à pizza, pancakes, gaufres et cookies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 434 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Depuis 1990, Cité Marine fait le choix de l’excellence et de l’innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 354 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The world leader in bakery, pastry and catering, LE DUFF Group is present in more than 100 countries and on 5 continents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 329 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “D’origine laitière, le groupe LSDH (Laiterie de Saint-Denis de l’Hotel) élabore aujourd’hui tout type de liquide alimentaire conditionné en emballage brique (carton) ou bouteille…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 274 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 2008, ice cream manufacturer Pole Sud and patisserie manufacturer Gourmet Parisien joined forces to create La Compagnie des Desserts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 263 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “More than cookies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 240 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Depuis 1984, Les Crudettes, société du Groupe LSDH, est implantée au cœur des bassins de production végétale du Val de Loire (à Châteauneuf-sur-Loire - 45) et de Provence (à…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 221 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We produce Healthy Fruit Snacks, Applesauces, Cooked Mediterranean Vegetables in the south east of France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 211 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Reconnu pour la vente et la distribution de produits alimentaires et d’impulsion auprès des réseaux et commerces de proximité, Supergroup est surtout un véritable acteur de la…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Spécialiste de la distribution de produits alimentaires frais, secs & surgelés depuis 1970.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: food companies. 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 food companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of food companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name food companies. 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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Food companies based in France at a glance
As of Sep 19, 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 756 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 food companies, 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 “food companies”. 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 food companies), 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 food companies, 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, 26,374 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 19, 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.
Food companies by metro
- Food companies in Paris49
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 food companies, 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 food companies are there based in France?
RevenueBase identified 756 food companies 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?
Danone, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most food companies?
Paris leads with 49 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (9) and Marseille (8).
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 26,374 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 756 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 19, 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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