87 - RESIDENTIAL CARE ACTIVITIES Companies in France
Approximately 43,774 real businesses classified under 87 - Residential care activities in France, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 43,774 real businesses classified under 87 - Residential care activities operate in France. Covers companies officially classified under NAF Rev.2 code 87 (Residential care activities), part of France's NAF Rev.2 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Human Health and Social Work 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 Human Health and Social Work Activities in France.
13 companies under this specific code are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Human Health and Social Work Activities companies in France follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full France beneficial ownership overviewTop 87 - Residential care activities Companies in France
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code Q in France, as of the last reconciliation.
Section Q is 7% of the France register by entity count and its 5th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Human Health and Social Work Activities in France runs on an authorisation system layered on top of ordinary company registration. A health or social-care establishment (an ESMS — établissement et service médico-social) needs a specific authorisation from the Agence régionale de santé or, for social-care establishments, the local département, typically granted for 15 years and subject to a separate quality evaluation every five years. Registration as a company says nothing about whether that authorisation is current.
The sector’s funding model reinforces the same point: ESMS are financed largely through resources allocated by the ARS according to national and regional budget campaigns — 2026’s campaign instructions were published in June 2026 — rather than through open-market commercial revenue. A single managing body (organisme gestionnaire) often runs multiple authorised sites, with its own head-office costs separately authorised (frais de siège) on a five-year cycle, so verifying one facility can mean understanding a wider structure the facility’s own filing won’t show.
France Human Health and Social Work Activities, by the register
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Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section Q entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section Q, France. 6,811 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses France human health and social work activities ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
ARS authorisation verification
Health and social-care facilities in France need a specific authorisation from the Agence régionale de santé (ARS), typically valid for 15 years and re-evaluated on its own five-year cycle — a distinct check from the operating company’s registration, and the one that actually confirms the facility can legally provide care.
Funding-authority and tariff-setting screening
Medico-social establishments are largely funded through a regional allocation process run by the ARS (health) or the département (social care) rather than through ordinary commercial revenue, which shapes how their financial exposure should be read relative to a standard company.
Managing-body and multi-site structure
A single managing organisation (organisme gestionnaire) often runs several authorised establishments under one structure; assessing one facility can mean understanding the managing body’s wider portfolio and its own separately-authorised head-office costs (frais de siège).
Sub-sectors within Human Health and Social Work Activities
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 87 - Residential care activities in France?
Approximately 43,774 businesses are classified under 87 - Residential care activities in France.
What does NAF Rev.2 code 87 cover?
87 - Residential care 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 Human Health and Social Work Activities sector.
How is this different from the broader Human Health and Social Work Activities category?
Human Health and Social Work Activities is the top-level sector; NAF Rev.2 code 87 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 Human Health and Social Work Activities sector overview for the general national framework.
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