14 - MANUFACTURE OF WEARING APPAREL Companies in France
14 - Manufacture of wearing apparel Covers companies officially classified under NAF Rev.2 code 14 (Manufacture of wearing apparel), part of France's NAF Rev.2 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Manufacturing sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Manufacturing in France.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Manufacturing companies in France follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code C in France, as of the last reconciliation.
Section C is 3% of the France register by entity count and its 13th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Manufacturing is one of the largest and most structurally complex sectors on the French register — entities range from a single-site SAS to multinational groups with dozens of French subsidiaries under one parent. Since 2017, France has been the first EU country to legally require this complexity to be actively managed: the loi de vigilance obliges parent companies above 5,000 employees in France (10,000 worldwide) to publish a vigilance plan covering their own activity, their subsidiaries, and the subcontractors and suppliers they have an established commercial relationship with.
The practical effect for verification is that manufacturing due diligence increasingly can’t stop at the entity being invoiced. A check on a French manufacturing counterparty now often needs to resolve its parent (to know whether a vigilance plan covers it), and its own supplier tier (to know whether it should be covered by someone else’s). EU-level obligations — the EUDR for wood-based inputs, CBAM for carbon-intensive materials — layer the same upstream-tracing requirement on top of a sector that was already required to know its own supply chain.
Who uses France manufacturing ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Multi-tier supplier verification
France’s loi de vigilance (2017) requires large parent companies to map and monitor risk not just in their own operations but through their subsidiaries, subcontractors and established suppliers — pushing due diligence several tiers deep into a manufacturing supply chain rather than stopping at the first-tier contract.
Cross-border input sourcing
Manufacturers importing raw materials or components into the EU increasingly need to evidence where an input came from — the EUDR for wood-based inputs, CBAM reporting for carbon-intensive materials like steel, cement and aluminium — which means verifying the identity and location of suppliers well upstream of the first EU-based buyer.
Lending and trade-credit exposure
Manufacturing groups are frequently organised as a parent holding several operating subsidiaries; assessing counterparty risk on one plant means resolving its place in that group structure, since financial exposure at the parent doesn’t always show up on the subsidiary’s own filed accounts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many companies are classified under 14 - Manufacture of wearing apparel in France?
14 - Manufacture of wearing apparel companies in France are tracked directly from official government registries.
What does NAF Rev.2 code 14 cover?
14 - Manufacture of wearing apparel 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 Manufacturing sector.
How is this different from the broader Manufacturing category?
Manufacturing is the top-level sector; NAF Rev.2 code 14 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 Manufacturing sector overview for the general national framework.
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