MINING Companies in France
Approximately 11,221 real businesses classified under Mining and Quarrying in France, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 11,221 real businesses operate in the Mining and Quarrying sector across France. Mining licences are public. The company holding one often is not the company running the mine. Extraction rights get granted to a specific concession-holding entity, while the real operating capital — and sometimes the real decision-making — sits a layer or two up, inside a joint venture with a foreign technical partner. The sector covers mineral, ore, coal, and petroleum extraction alongside sand, gravel, and stone quarrying. Many jurisdictions now layer resource-specific transparency rules on top of standard registration, including beneficial-ownership disclosure tied to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative — built specifically because ordinary company registers were not catching this.
133 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Mining and Quarrying companies in France follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full France beneficial ownership overviewTop Mining and Quarrying Companies in France
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code B in France, as of the last reconciliation.
Section B is 0% of the France register by entity count and its 19th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Mining and Quarrying is a small, tightly regulated sector on the French register, and its regulation runs on a separate track from company law. The state owns the mineral subsoil outright, and the right to prospect or extract is granted as a mining title — a concession or an exclusive quarry permit — issued by ministerial decree after a public inquiry and a favourable opinion from the mining council. That title, not a land deed or a shareholding, is what actually authorises extraction, and it attaches to a named holder rather than to whoever owns the operating company at any given moment.
That separation matters for verification. A company can change hands, be acquired, or restructure its shareholding without the underlying mining or quarry title following automatically — transfer of a title requires its own administrative approval. For due diligence on an extraction operator, the company register answers who owns the entity; the mining-title record, held separately by the state, answers who is actually authorised to dig.
France Mining and Quarrying, 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 B entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section B, France. 77 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses France mining and quarrying ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Mining and quarry title-holder verification
France’s subsoil belongs to the state, and extraction rights are granted as a named mining concession or an exclusive quarry permit by ministerial decree — a separate authorisation from the operating company’s own registration. Verifying who actually controls an extraction site means checking the title-holder of record, not just the company register.
Aggregate and mineral supply-chain sourcing
Construction and industrial buyers sourcing aggregate or mineral inputs need to confirm a quarry operator holds a current, transferable permit — an exclusive quarry permit runs for a fixed term and doesn’t automatically follow a change in the operating company’s ownership.
Site-restoration and closure liability
Exploitation permits carry fixed terms — a mining concession up to five years, renewable — tied to a named holder and a public-inquiry-approved restoration plan. A takeover of the operating company doesn’t by itself transfer that obligation without a fresh administrative approval.
Sub-sectors within Mining and Quarrying
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own France company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Mining and Quarrying companies are registered in France?
Approximately 11,221 real businesses operate under Mining and Quarrying in France.
What does the Mining and Quarrying sector include in France?
Mining licences are public. The company holding one often is not the company running the mine. Extraction rights get granted to a specific concession-holding entity, while the real operating capital — and sometimes the real decision-making — sits a layer or two up, inside a joint venture with a foreign technical partner. The sector covers mineral, ore, coal, and petroleum extraction alongside sand, gravel, and stone quarrying. Many jurisdictions now layer resource-specific transparency rules on top of standard registration, including beneficial-ownership disclosure tied to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative — built specifically because ordinary company registers were not catching this.
How is company ownership disclosed for Mining and Quarrying 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 Mining and Quarrying.
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 Mining and Quarrying companies in other countries?
Yes — the Mining and Quarrying sector directory lists every country with recorded Mining and Quarrying companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Mining and Quarrying 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 Mining and Quarrying companies in France going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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