03 - FISHING AND AQUACULTURE Companies in France
Approximately 33,291 real businesses classified under 03 - Fishing and aquaculture in France, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 33,291 real businesses classified under 03 - Fishing and aquaculture operate in France. Covers companies officially classified under NAF Rev.2 code 03 (Fishing and aquaculture), 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.
19 companies under this specific code 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 03 - Fishing and aquaculture 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 companies are classified under 03 - Fishing and aquaculture in France?
Approximately 33,291 businesses are classified under 03 - Fishing and aquaculture in France.
What does NAF Rev.2 code 03 cover?
03 - Fishing and aquaculture 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 03 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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