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Top 25 Seed production companies based in France

RevenueBase identified 96 seed production companies headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 7,968 professional contacts across them, including 2,750 with verified work emails. Lescar is the largest hub.

This list covers seed production 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 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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The 25 largest seed production companies based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 96 seed production companies 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 seed production companies: 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 evidenceSaint-beauzire, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20265,001-10,0001,883 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Indirect evidencePortes-lès-valence, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,447 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our success through cultivating collaboration!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLa Menitre, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000740 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Who are we?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Strong evidenceLescar, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000551 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Already one of the top 10 global field crop seed companies, Lidea controls the entire value chain from breeding, seed production in the field to the marketing of finished products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Indirect evidenceRodez, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000430 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“1919 – 2019 : A Centennial Group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Partial evidenceEyragues, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200159 contacts →

Partial evidence

“L’entreprise Gautier Semences est située à Eyragues, au cœur de la Provence, une région historique de la production française de fruits et légumes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Partial evidenceCappelle-en-pévèle, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000111 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Florimond Desprez breeds varieties and produces seeds to meet the needs of field crop farmers, the corresponding agro-industrial sectors and consumers, while actively supporting…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Partial evidenceAramon, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20078 contacts →

Partial evidence

“RIJK ZWAAN, UN ACTEUR INCONTOURNABLE DES SEMENCES POTAGÈRES Basé à De Lier aux Pays-Bas, le groupe Rijk Zwaan a 100 ans d’expérience dans la sélection et la production de semences…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Partial evidenceLongué Jumelles, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20060 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TECHNISEM est une entreprise de production et distribution de semences potagères adaptées aux pays tropicaux et à destination du monde professionnel.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLescar, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,00051 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bénéficiant d’une expertise agronomique et industrielle de plus de 80 ans, CS Pro propose aux professionnels de la distribution agricole un large éventail de semences performantes…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Indirect evidenceAvignon, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20046 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Implantée à Avignon, au cœur de la Provence, la Société SPG fournit aux jardiniers amateurs une gamme complète de semences potagères, florales et couvre sols.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Indirect evidenceMaisons-laffitte, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20045 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fort d’une construction familiale depuis 1850, le groupe DELEPLANQUE est devenu, suite à l’intégration des semenciers allemands STRUBE en 2018 et van WAVEREN en 2020, un leader…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Partial evidenceBeaufort En Vallee, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20042 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bejo est une entreprise leader en sélection, production et vente de semences potagères.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Partial evidencePloubazlanec, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50042 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Implanté sur deux sites de production stratégiques, à Ploubazlanec (22) en Bretagne et à Tarascon (13) en Provence, le Groupe couvre une superficie totale de près de 40 hectares…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceMontévrain, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20037 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Barenbrug France fait partie du Royal Barenbrug Group, une société semencière active à l'échelle mondiale et dont le siège se trouve aux Pays-Bas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSaint Barthélémy D'anjou Cedex, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“André Briant Jeunes Plants, ce sont des millions de boutures et plus de 140 hectares sur 6 sites!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSaint Julien De Concelles, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Faire confiance au Groupe René Briand, c’est faire confiance à un savoir-faire acquis depuis plus de 50 ans.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Partial evidenceMontauban, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-1019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are Austria´s largest grower and producer of seeds.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Partial evidencePlougoulm, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ORGANISATION BRETONNE DE SELECTION est une entreprise de créations variétales et de production de semences et de plants, basé à Plougoulm, Bretagne, France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceTrelaze Cedex 03, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Semencier graines potagères et florales, entreprise familiale depuis 1927.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Indirect evidenceEstrées-saint-denis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SAATEN-UNION est un groupe semencier européen représenté en France par l’un de ses membres, ASUR Plant Breeding.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Indirect evidencePlélan-le-grand, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Semences agricoles en direct : maïs, soja, fourragères.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Partial evidencePleudaniel, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Armor Semences, an independent company established in 1985 and based in Brittany, France, specializes in the multiplication of vegetable seeds under tunnels and greenhouse.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Indirect evidencePloubazlanec, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Partial evidenceAïcirits, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-109 contacts →

Partial evidence

“LBS Seeds est une marque du Groupe Coopératif Lur Berri, qui commercialise en France et à l’international, des semences multi-espèces de qualité : maïs grain et maïs fourrage…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Seed production companies based in France at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
34.5%Verified-email coverage
83.0Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
4.2%Largest-city concentration · Lescar
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
29
11-50
29
51-200
20
201-500
2
501-1,000
6
1,001-5,000
8
5,001-10,000
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 96 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 seed production 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 “seed production 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 seed production 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 seed production 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, 2,750 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
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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 seed production 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 seed production companies are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 96 seed production 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?

Limagrain, headquartered in Saint-Beauzire, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most seed production companies?

Lescar leads with 4 headquartered companies, followed by Longue Jumelles (4) and Colmar (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 2,750 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 96 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.