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Top 25 Independent cinemas based in France
RevenueBase identified 257 independent cinemas headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 3,644 professional contacts across them, including 706 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.
This list covers independent cinemas 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 20, 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 independent cinemas based in France
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 998 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le Groupe UGC est l’un des principaux acteurs de l’industrie du cinéma avec 50 cinémas et 521 salles en France, dont l’UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles à Paris, le premier cinéma au…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 663 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pathé est leader de l’exploitation cinématographique en France, aux Pays-Bas et en Suisse et est également présent en Belgique et en Afrique.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 543 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le groupe CGR Cinémas (Circuit Georges Raymond) est un exploitant cinématographique français basé à Périgny proche de La Rochelle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “En 2024, le groupe CINEWEST exploite 13 cinémas - Capitole LE PONTET - CineMazarin NEVERS - Etoile Cinema BETHUNE - Atlantic Ciné SAINTES - Cristal AURILLAC - Lido ROYAN - Galaxy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mediavision est une régie publicitaire leader du cinéma.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Chez Noé Cinémas, nous pensons que le cinéma ne se limite pas à une séance dans le noir.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le Groupe GRAND ÉCRAN est une société dont le siège social est situé à Limoges, en Haute-Vienne, avec aussi une base à Bordeaux, en Gironde.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Qu’est-ce que Le Meilleur du Cinéma?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SHELLAC is a motion pictures and film company based out of LA FRICHE BELLE DE MAI 41 RUE JOBIN, MARSEILLE, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lieu culturel pluridisciplinaire Cinéma Premium -@imax - ScreenX - LODGE - Aurore Espace VR @illucity Exposition immersive @nonotakstudio” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Diaphana est une société de distribution indépendante de cinéma, créée en 1989 par Michel Saint-Jean.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La société CLAS (Culture, Loisirs, Arts et Spectacles) est une Société publique locale régissant l'activité du Théâtre et du Cinéma du Vésinet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Exploitation de trois cinémas art et essai à Paris Location salles et d'espaces de séminaires et d'évènements Élysées Lincoln : 14 rue Lincoln - 75008 Paris 7 Parnassiens : 98 bd…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “À Saint-Ouen, dans un bâtiment historique de 2 700 m², Commune Image rassemble celles et ceux qui imaginent, fabriquent et diffusent les œuvres audiovisuelles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cinémas 93 œuvre à la diffusion culturelle, en s’appuyant en particulier sur le réseau des 24 salles publiques et associatives de la Seine-Saint-Denis, mène des actions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le Groupement régional d'actions cinématographiques est un réseau de plus de 68 salles de cinéma indépendantes et de proximité situées dans les départements de l'Ain, de la Loire…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “C’est l’association d’une soixantaine de salles de cinéma publiques ou privées de la périphérie parisienne qui partagent un même intérêt et un même goût pour la diversité des…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Développer un cinéma de proximité en milieu rural et suburbain, à des tarifs abordables, sans renoncer à la qualité.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EPIC (Établissement Public Industriel et Commercial), l’EMC est soutenu par Cœur d’Essonne agglomération, le Conseil départemental de l’Essonne, la région Île-de-France et la…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Au coeur du centre historique d'Aix en Provence, trois lieux, Le Cézanne, Renoir et Mazarin pour partager tous les cinémas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le cinéma Les 7 Batignolles est le lieu culturel du nouveau quartier des Batignolles où vous pourrez découvrir les dernières nouveautés cinématographiques, puis en débattre autour…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le Théâtre Cinéma de Choisy-le-Roi regroupe en un même espace une salle de spectacles et un cinéma mono-écran.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ciné Manivel is a motion pictures and film company based out of France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Véritable lieu de vie, le multiplexe le MAJESTIC COMPIEGNE vous accueille dans ses 14 salles dont une salle VIP ICE by M.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: independent cinemas. 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 independent cinemas.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of independent cinemas, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name independent cinemas. 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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Independent cinemas based in France at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 257 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 independent cinemas, 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 “independent cinemas”. 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 independent cinemas), 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 independent cinemas, 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, 706 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 20, 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.
Independent cinemas by metro
- Independent cinemas in Paris44
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 independent cinemas, 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 independent cinemas are there based in France?
RevenueBase identified 257 independent cinemas 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?
UGC, headquartered in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most independent cinemas?
Paris leads with 44 headquartered companies, followed by Toulouse (9) and Lyon (6).
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 706 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 257 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 20, 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.