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Top 25 Specialty chemicals manufacturers based in France

Name: Specialty chemicals manufacturers based in France
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026 147 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 147 specialty chemicals manufacturers headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 3,074 professional contacts across them, including 826 with verified work emails. Lyon is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty chemicals manufacturers 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 18, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest specialty chemicals manufacturers based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 147 specialty chemicals manufacturers 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 specialty chemicals manufacturers: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Safic-Alcan	Strong evidence	Puteaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	509 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Safic-Alcan is an independent French distributor of specialty chemicals, headquartered in Paris La Défense.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
2	Gaches Chimie	Partial evidence	Escalquens, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	222 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Global Chemical Solutions Our mission: Bring, facilitate and make accept solutions and products made from chemistery in the industrial world Our Global Approach: From Technical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3	Cray Valley	Strong evidence	Saint-avold, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	152 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Cray Valley is a leading manufacturer of low-molecular-weight butadiene homopolymers and copolymers and specialty monomer products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4	PCAS	Indirect evidence	Longjumeau, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	133 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PCAS groupe industriel de chimie fine et de spécialités, développe et produit des molécules complexes faisant appel à des technologies de pointe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5	Kerneos	Indirect evidence	Paris La Défense Cedex, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	131 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than a hundred years, Kerneos has been a pioneer in calcium #aluminate technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6	Seqens Custom And Specialties	Strong evidence	Écully, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	122 contacts →
	Strong evidence “SEQENS Custom & Specialties is one of Europe’s largest contract manufacturers, combining the speed and agility of a small/medium sized company with the health and safety and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7	Laboratoires Ceetal	Indirect evidence	Saint Etienne, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Les Laboratoires CEETAL, concepteur et fabricant de spécialités chimiques, fournit des solutions d’hygiène et de maintenance technique à destination des professionnels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8	Interor	Partial evidence	Calais, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	97 contacts →
	Partial evidence “INTEROR SA is a chemicals company based out of Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9	ARD	Indirect evidence	Pomacle, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ARD is a service company, created in 1989, offering product & process development services (Process Design, Development, Scale up and CMO) in the fields of plant extraction, green…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10	Stéarinerie Dubois	Indirect evidence	Boulogne Billancourt, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Créée en 1820, la Stéarinerie Dubois - entreprise familiale - est aujourd’hui reconnue comme le spécialiste français des esters, ces produits que l’on côtoie au quotidien dans…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11	LA Mesta Chimie Fine	Indirect evidence	Gilette, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in South of France in 1971, La Mesta Chimie Fine is a technology driven Custom Manufacturing Organization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
12	Dksh France	Indirect evidence	Miribel, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DKSH France S.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13	Axyntis Group	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Créé en 2007, le groupe Axyntis, entreprise de taille intermédiaire composée de deux divisions (les colorants et la chimie fine) est, avec près de 250 salariés, leader indépendant…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14	Samaro	Indirect evidence	Beynost, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1976 SAMARO S.A.S is a trading company acting as sole agent and exclusive distributor for industrial applications- dispensing systems, implementation study - components…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15	Isochem SAS	Strong evidence	Vert Le Petit, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	47 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1974, ISOCHEM is a contract manufacturer and one of the world’s leading suppliers of fine chemicals and active pharmaceutical ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16	Groupe Protex International	Indirect evidence	Levallois-perret, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1932, PROTEX INTERNATIONAL is an independent French industrial group with an international presence which offers products, services and solutions to a wide range of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17	Orrion Chemicals Orgaform	Indirect evidence	Semoy, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With over 50 years’ experience in the formulation chemistry, OCO aims to be a leader in each of the businesses it serves.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18	Arcane Industries	Partial evidence	Aubagne, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Arcane Industries conceives, produces and commercializes modern chemicals products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19	Servilab	Indirect evidence	Le Mans, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nous mettons tout en oeuvre pour offrir à nos clients du matériel de laboratoire de qualité, des consommables répondant à toutes leurs attentes et des produits chimiques reconnus.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20	Norchim	Indirect evidence	St Leu D Esserent, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21	Algimouss	Indirect evidence	La Séguinière, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ALGIMOUSS offers a complete cleaning, treatment and protection solution with three distinct ranges and over 60 products specifically covering the needs of both professionals and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22	Palchem	Indirect evidence	Angres, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Située à 200 km au nord de Paris, PALCHEM est une société indépendante qui propose ses services de chimie fine et de synthèse à façon dans des délais très courts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23	Theseo France	Indirect evidence	Laval, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	n/a	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “L’entreprise de chimie de spécialités LANXESS a finalisé l’acquisition du Groupe THESEO le 1er avril 2021.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
24	Compo Expert France	Indirect evidence	Levallois-perret, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “COMPO EXPERT FRANCE is a wholesale company based out of 120 Rue Jean Jaurès 92300 Levallois-Perret, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
25	Dislab S.A.S	Indirect evidence	Lens, FranceHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “La société DISLAB, fondée en 1987, a pour activité la distribution de produits chimiques, consommables et instrumentations pour les laboratoires.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026

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: specialty chemicals manufacturers. 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 specialty chemicals manufacturers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of specialty chemicals manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name specialty chemicals manufacturers. 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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Specialty chemicals manufacturers based in France at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026

26.9%Verified-email coverage

20.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

3.4%Largest-city concentration · Lyon

Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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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 147 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 specialty chemicals manufacturers, 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 “specialty chemicals manufacturers”. 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 specialty chemicals manufacturers), 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 specialty chemicals manufacturers, 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, 826 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 specialty chemicals manufacturers, 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 specialty chemicals manufacturers are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 147 specialty chemicals manufacturers 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?

Safic-Alcan, headquartered in Puteaux, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty chemicals manufacturers?

Lyon leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (5) and Levallois-Perret (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 826 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 147 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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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.