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Top 13 Microfinance lenders based in France

RevenueBase identified 58 microfinance lenders headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 4,212 professional contacts across them, including 1,371 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers microfinance lenders 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
58Companies
4,212Contacts tracked
1,371Verified emails
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The 13 largest microfinance lenders based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 13 of 58 microfinance lenders based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to microfinance lenders: 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
1Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,253 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Baobab is the leading digital financial inclusion group focusing on serving individuals, micro and small businesses in Africa and China.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,0001,108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'Adie est une association à but non lucratif de loi 1901.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000966 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Baobab is a leading financial services group operating in seven countries across the African continent.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5033 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1983 by CCFD-Terre Solidaire, SIDI (Solidarité Internationale pour le Développement et l'Investissement) is a pioneer of social finance in France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HORUS Development Finance is a consulting firm that has been specializing in financial inclusion for 30 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WeShareBonds is a digital lending platform dedicated to SMEs, that allows: SMEs to finance all their intangible needs (NWC, recruitment, R&D, commercial development.); individuals…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a12 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Advans is a leading international microfinance group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLa Défense, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Avanseo is a lending platform for small businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBordeaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“La CSDL c’est une association loi 1901 à but non lucratif, implantée en Gironde, Dordogne et Lot et Garonne et qui propose :*un microcrédit professionnel pour accompagner les…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since its creation in 1998 the French NGO, Entrepreneurs du Monde, has been working with communities in developing countries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceSaint-vulbas, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Initiative Plaine de l’Ain Côtière est une association locale de développement économique affiliée au réseau national Initiative France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceMontpellier, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Alia Développement is a consulting firm specialized in financial inclusion.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Partial evidenceRochefort, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sikka Inclusive Finance LLC is a consulting company providing its services to inclusive finance and microfinance institutions and practitioners.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Microfinance lenders based in France at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
32.5%Verified-email coverage
72.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
25.9%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
33
11-50
12
51-200
2
201-500
1
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
4
10001+
1

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 58 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 microfinance lenders, 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 “microfinance lenders”. 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 microfinance lenders), 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 microfinance lenders, 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, 1,371 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.

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 microfinance lenders, 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 microfinance lenders are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 58 microfinance lenders 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?

Microcred, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most microfinance lenders?

Paris leads with 15 headquartered companies, followed by Montrouge (3) and Toulouse (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 1,371 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 58 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.