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Top 25 Small business development banks based in France

RevenueBase identified 146 small business development banks headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 8,378 professional contacts across them, including 4,186 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers small business development banks 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 18, 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 small business development banks based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 146 small business development banks based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to small business development banks: 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 18, 20261,001-5,0005,895 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bpifrance, Banque publique d'investissement, accompagne les entreprises, de l'amorçage jusqu'à la cotation en bourse, du crédit aux fonds propres.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
2Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,0001,108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3Indirect evidenceMontreuil, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-200166 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“France Active is a non-profit organisation with the goal of facilitating access to enterprise setup through access to bank credit.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4Indirect evidenceDommartemont, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,00091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Au sein de Groupe Mentor, nous envisageons un monde entrepreneurial où l'innovation et la croissance durable sont stimulées par un mentorat personnalisé et tourné vers l'avenir.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Initiative France est le 1er réseau associatif de financement et d’accompagnement de la création et la reprise d'entreprise.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBordeaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“De l’émergence au développement, France Active donne aux entrepreneurs engagés les moyens d’agir sur leur territoire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7Indirect evidenceClermont-ferrand, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Notre raison d’être : vous aider à créer et développer votre entreprise!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8Indirect evidenceAix-en-provence, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026n/a34 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Initiative Pays d'Aix accompagne les créateurs et repreneurs d'entreprises dans leurs démarches et peut faciliter l’obtention des financements nécessaires à la réalisation de leur…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNice, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Initiative Nice Côte d'Azur vous accompagne dans la recherche de financement pour créer ou reprendre une entreprise grâce à un prêt d'honneur à 0%, un accompagnement personnalisé…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBelfort, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“La CCI du Territoire de Belfort favorise la création de nouvelles activités et accompagne les entreprises tout au long de leur développement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11Indirect evidenceAmbazac, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-20020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Notre mission?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
12Indirect evidenceMarseille, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Initiative Marseille Métropole est la plateforme du réseau Initiative intervenant sur le territoire de la Communauté Urbaine Marseille Provence Métropole.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLille, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Entreprendre pour transformer la société, Nord Actif a développé 4 métiers- Le financement- L'expertise financière- Le conseil- La mise en réseau Nord Actif a pour objectif de…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14Indirect evidenceToulon, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Réseau Entreprendre Var est un réseau unique d’entraide entrepreneuriale.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15Indirect evidenceAngers, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Il n’est jamais trop tard pour devenir ce que vous auriez pu être » - George Eliot 🤩 Devenir entrepreneur!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16Indirect evidenceÉpône, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le réseau Initiative Seine Yvelines est une association loi 1901, créée en à but non lucratif.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17Indirect evidenceBesançon, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Vous voulez créer ou reprendre une entreprise?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18Indirect evidenceÉvry, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Vous souhaitez créer, reprendre ou développer votre entreprise?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19Indirect evidenceTours, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Association membre du 1er réseau de financement des créateurs, repreneurs et développeurs d'entreprise.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20Indirect evidenceSaint-étienne, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“De l’émergence au développement, France Active Loire donne aux entrepreneurs les moyens de s’engager sur leur territoire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21Indirect evidenceBollène, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Association de soutien à la création d'entreprise - prêt d'honneur à 0%- accompagnement gratuit et personnalisé dans votre projet entrepreneurial - programmation d'ateliers et…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22Indirect evidenceNîmes, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Notre mission est d'aider les créateurs ou les repreneurs d’entreprise en leur donnant un coup de pouce décisif dans le financement de leur dossier, via un prêt d’honneur sans…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23Indirect evidenceAubagne, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Initiatives Pays d’Aubagne-La Ciotat (PACI) est une plateforme membre du réseau national Initiative France Le PACI est une Association régie par la loi de 1901, dont le siège…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLaval, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Initiative Mayenne est une association loi 1901 créé en 1996 sous l'impulsion des collectivités locales, Mayenne Expansion, les chambres consulaires et les banques pour aider les…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
25Indirect evidenceMarseille, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Initiative Sud est une des 13 coordinations régionales du réseau Initiative France qui facilitent l'action de ses associations locales et contribuent à leur développement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026

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Small business development banks based in France at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026
50.0%Verified-email coverage
57.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
11.0%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
113
11-50
23
51-200
3
201-500
1
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
4
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 146 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 small business development banks, 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 “small business development banks”. 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 small business development banks), 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 small business development banks, 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, 4,186 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 18, 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 small business development banks, 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 small business development banks are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 146 small business development banks 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?

Bpifrance, headquartered in France, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most small business development banks?

Paris leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Bordeaux (5) and Besancon (4).

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 4,186 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 146 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 18, 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.