AGRICULTURE Companies in France: Full List
Approximately 1,526,085 real businesses classified under Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing in France, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 1,526,085 real businesses operate in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector across France. Agriculture looks like the simplest sector to verify — a farm, a name, a plot of land. It rarely is. Ownership here often runs through family trusts, cooperatives, and, in many jurisdictions, foreign-land-ownership restrictions that route control through a domestic holding entity instead of the operator you would expect. The sector spans crop and livestock farms, forestry and logging operators, and commercial fisheries and aquaculture producers feeding raw commodities into much longer supply chains. For due diligence, the real exposure is not the farm gate — it is the subsidy filings, land-registry disclosures, and supply-chain traceability rules sitting on top of it.
91 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in France follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full France beneficial ownership overviewTop Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Companies in France
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code A in France, as of the last reconciliation.
Section A is 5% of the France register by entity count and its 8th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Agriculture looks like the simplest sector to verify and is one of the hardest. The operating unit is usually small, often a single family, and the register reflects that: the overwhelming majority of French section A entities have no employees on file at all. But the ownership question rarely stops at the farm. Land sits in a GFA or an SCI, machinery in a CUMA, the marketing arm in a cooperative, and the eventual buyer of the crop is a trading group several borders away. Verifying an agricultural counterparty means resolving four small entities and one large one, not looking up a single company.
The second complication is legal form. A GAEC or an EARL is a civil company, not a commercial one, and its members are declared differently from an SAS shareholder — so screening logic built for commercial forms silently under-reports control in this sector. Where a farm has been bought by an investment vehicle, the transaction almost always shows up as a share transfer, not a land sale.
What changed recently
Sector-specific developments that change how this data is used. Each carries a verification date so it can be refreshed on a schedule.
The EU deforestation rules apply from 30 December 2026
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires operators placing cattle, wood, cocoa, coffee, palm oil or soya on the EU market to prove their supply chains are deforestation-free. After two postponements — originally due 30 December 2024, then pushed to 30 December 2025 — the Council of the EU adopted a further revision in December 2025 moving the application date for all operators to 30 December 2026, with an additional six-month allowance for micro and small operators to 30 June 2027. For French forestry and agricultural exporters, this is now the operative compliance deadline.
Source: Council of the EU, 18 December 2025 · Last verified 8 October 2026.
Farmland control now follows share transfers
French farmland sales have long been subject to SAFER pre-emption rights. Since the “loi Sempastous” (law n°2021-1756 of 23 December 2021), that control has extended to transfers of shares in companies whose main purpose is agricultural, once a transfer would push one buyer’s controlled surface past a regional threshold — closing the loophole where consolidation was structured as a share sale instead of a land sale. For due diligence, the meaningful change of control in French agriculture is now as often visible in the shareholder record as in the land registry.
Source: SAFER, loi Sempastous (law n°2021-1756) · Last verified 8 October 2026.
France Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, 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 A entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section A, France. 12,458 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses France agriculture, forestry and fishing ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
EUDR supply-chain due diligence
Proving a wood or soy supplier is who they claim to be, upstream of the first trader, before the December 2026 date. Requires identity and ownership on small entities that file very little.
Land control and subsidy screening
Change of control in French farming shows up as a share transfer, not a land sale. Shareholder records are where a foreign or investor acquisition becomes visible.
Agri-lending and input credit
Few French farm entities file usable accounts, so exposure is usually assessed on group membership and director history rather than on a balance sheet.
Sub-sectors within Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own France company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies are registered in France?
Approximately 1,526,085 real businesses operate under Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing in France.
What does the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector include in France?
Agriculture looks like the simplest sector to verify — a farm, a name, a plot of land. It rarely is. Ownership here often runs through family trusts, cooperatives, and, in many jurisdictions, foreign-land-ownership restrictions that route control through a domestic holding entity instead of the operator you would expect. The sector spans crop and livestock farms, forestry and logging operators, and commercial fisheries and aquaculture producers feeding raw commodities into much longer supply chains. For due diligence, the real exposure is not the farm gate — it is the subsidy filings, land-registry disclosures, and supply-chain traceability rules sitting on top of it.
How is company ownership disclosed for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in France?
The same national framework applies here as for every other sector in France — there is no sector-specific beneficial-ownership regime for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
Can I see all industries present in France?
Yes — the France company directory lists every industry with recorded companies for that jurisdiction, alongside the full beneficial-ownership overview for France.
Can I see Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in other countries?
Yes — the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector directory lists every country with recorded Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in France over time?
A directory listing is a snapshot, not a live feed. Zavia's monitoring API tracks changes to registered shareholders, officers, and group structure for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing companies in France going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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