Top TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS Companies in France
Approximately 1,123,644 real businesses classified under Transportation and Storage in France, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 1,123,644 real businesses operate in the Transportation and Storage sector across France. A shipping line rarely operates under one legal entity per country — it operates through a network of local agency and subsidiary structures, because freight is inherently cross-border and the paperwork follows the cargo. Road, rail, air, and sea transport, plus logistics, warehousing, and courier services, all carry this same structural feature: the entity issuing the invoice and the entity holding the assets are frequently two different companies in two different jurisdictions.
189 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Transportation and Storage companies in France follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full France beneficial ownership overviewTop Transportation and Storage Companies in France
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code H in France, as of the last reconciliation.
Section H is 3% of the France register by entity count and its 11th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Transportation and Storage in France runs on a licensing layer that sits above ordinary company registration: any company carrying goods for remuneration needs a professional-capacity attestation held by a named transport manager, and the company itself must be entered in the electronic register of transporters before it can legally operate. Since May 2022 the same requirement was extended to light vehicles undertaking international transport above 2.5 tonnes, closing a gap that had let smaller operators work across borders without holding the attestation.
For due diligence, that means a transport counterparty check has two distinct layers to confirm: the company’s own registration, and its transport-manager attestation and register entry, which can lapse or be tied to a person who has since left the company. A registered company with no valid transport-manager attestation is not, legally, allowed to be moving goods at all — a distinction the company register alone won’t show.
France Transportation and Storage, 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 H entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section H, France. 9,346 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses France transportation and storage ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Transport-operator licensing verification
Operating a French road-freight company legally requires a professional-capacity attestation for a named transport manager and registration in the electronic register of transporters — a separate authorisation layer from simply forming a company, and one a counterparty check shouldn’t assume is in place just because the company itself is registered.
Multi-tier logistics subcontracting
Freight and logistics operators frequently subcontract legs of a shipment to smaller carriers; verifying who is actually moving or storing goods for a shipper often means tracing several tiers of subcontracted transport operators, not just the entity that issued the invoice.
Fleet-financing and asset-backed lending
Transport companies’ main assets are often financed vehicles rather than owned outright, so lenders and counterparties assessing exposure in this sector typically look past the balance sheet to who actually holds title to the fleet.
Sub-sectors within Transportation and Storage
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own France company directory.
Land transport and transport via pipelines
581,545 companies
Water transport
9,305 companies
Air transport
12,882 companies
Warehousing and support activities for transportation
96,992 companies
Postal and courier activities
432,820 companies
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Transportation and Storage companies are registered in France?
Approximately 1,123,644 real businesses operate under Transportation and Storage in France.
What does the Transportation and Storage sector include in France?
A shipping line rarely operates under one legal entity per country — it operates through a network of local agency and subsidiary structures, because freight is inherently cross-border and the paperwork follows the cargo. Road, rail, air, and sea transport, plus logistics, warehousing, and courier services, all carry this same structural feature: the entity issuing the invoice and the entity holding the assets are frequently two different companies in two different jurisdictions.
How is company ownership disclosed for Transportation and Storage 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 Transportation and Storage.
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 Transportation and Storage companies in other countries?
Yes — the Transportation and Storage sector directory lists every country with recorded Transportation and Storage companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Transportation and Storage 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 Transportation and Storage companies in France going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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