01 - CROP AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION, HUNTING AND RELATED SERVICE ACTIVITIES Companies in France
01 - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities Covers companies officially classified under NAF Rev.2 code 01 (Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities), part of France's NAF Rev.2 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing in France.
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 01 - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 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 16 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 16 October 2026.
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many companies are classified under 01 - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities in France?
01 - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities companies in France are tracked directly from official government registries.
What does NAF Rev.2 code 01 cover?
01 - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 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 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector.
How is this different from the broader Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing category?
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing is the top-level sector; NAF Rev.2 code 01 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 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector overview for the general national framework.
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