55 - ACCOMMODATION Companies in France
Approximately 223,400 real businesses classified under 55 - Accommodation in France, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 223,400 real businesses classified under 55 - Accommodation operate in France. Covers companies officially classified under NAF Rev.2 code 55 (Accommodation), part of France's NAF Rev.2 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Accommodation and Food Service Activities in France.
33 companies under this specific code are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in France follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full France beneficial ownership overviewTop 55 - Accommodation Companies in France
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code I in France, as of the last reconciliation.
Section I is 4% of the France register by entity count and its 10th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Accommodation and Food Service is dominated by small, single-site entities in France, and a meaningful share of what defines a venue’s legal ability to operate sits outside the company register. Serving alcohol requires one of several distinct licences — a Licence III for beer, wine, and other fermented drinks, or a Licence IV for the full range including spirits — obtained separately from company formation and tied to a permit d’exploitation, a 10-year qualification earned through mandatory training.
Hotels add a second, voluntary layer: the 1-to-5-star classification run by Atout France, France’s tourism-development agency, assessed against a published set of facility and service criteria. Neither the alcohol licence nor the star rating is visible in a standard company filing, so verifying what an accommodation or food-service venue is actually authorised to do — serve spirits, advertise as a 4-star hotel — means checking those separate registers, not just confirming the company exists.
France Accommodation and Food Service Activities, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section I entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section I, France. 28,486 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses France accommodation and food service activities ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Alcohol-licence verification
Serving alcohol in France requires a specific licence — a Licence III for beer, wine and similar, or a Licence IV for all spirits — plus a 10-year permit d’exploitation showing the operator completed mandatory training; a food or accommodation venue can be a validly registered company and still not be authorised to serve what it advertises.
Hotel classification verification
France’s 1-to-5-star hotel classification, run by Atout France, is voluntary and separate from company registration — confirming a hotel’s advertised star rating means checking the classification register, not the commercial one.
Seasonal and high-turnover workforce exposure
Accommodation and food service has one of the highest shares of small, single-site entities and seasonal staffing in the French economy, which shapes how lenders and counterparties assess operational and payroll-compliance risk in the sector.
Sub-sectors within Accommodation and Food Service Activities
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own France company directory.
Get complete shareholder and officer records, ultimate beneficial owner resolution, and ongoing ownership monitoring for France companies — via API or a bulk data feed.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many companies are classified under 55 - Accommodation in France?
Approximately 223,400 businesses are classified under 55 - Accommodation in France.
What does NAF Rev.2 code 55 cover?
55 - Accommodation is the official name for this activity under France's NAF Rev.2 classification of economic activities. It is a sub-category within the broader Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector.
How is this different from the broader Accommodation and Food Service Activities category?
Accommodation and Food Service Activities is the top-level sector; NAF Rev.2 code 55 identifies one specific activity within it, letting you narrow a search to exactly this business type rather than the whole sector.
What ownership information is available for these companies?
The same beneficial-ownership, shareholder and officer disclosure framework applies as for any other company in France, regardless of its specific activity classification. See the individual company profile for the full ownership picture, or the Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector overview for the general national framework.
All industries in France
Every NACE section on this register, with live company counts.