France B2B data: 3,437,501 businesses listed
murmur (murmur.ad) lists 3,437,501 businesses in France, built from their Google Maps listings, and has found a published email address on 1,871,842 of the country’s websites. It is the only country where the murmur platform is open for self-service: prospecting a company through its contact form falls under an opt-out regime.
How many businesses in France, and where do they come from?
The total counts Google Maps listings located in France: 3,437,501 businesses as of 05/11/2026, or 7.4% of the 46,462,290 businesses listed by murmur, ranking 2nd of the 164 countries in the database.
They are matched against INSEE’s Sirene register, which lists 16,921,787 establishments; 24% of French Google Maps listings carry a SIRET number. 1,475,234 French websites are linked to a SIRET number, and 370,529 to an EU VAT number.
1,871,842 websites publish at least one email address and 1,628,556 a postal address: details published by the business on its own website, never guessed or reconstructed.
On Google Maps, 66% of these listings carry a phone number and 62% a rating, averaging 4.55 out of 5, with 120.4 reviews per listing on average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Businesses listed (Google Maps listings) | 3,437,501 |
| Share of the murmur database | 7.4% |
| Rank among countries in the database | 2 / 164 |
| Websites with a published email address | 1,871,842 |
| Websites with a published postal address | 1,628,556 |
| Websites linked to a legal identity | 1,475,234 |
| Websites linked to a VAT number | 370,529 |
| Establishments in the Sirene register | 16,921,787 |
| Google Maps listings with a SIRET number | 24% |
| Listings with a phone number | 66% |
| Listings with a Google rating | 62% |
| Average Google rating | 4.55 / 5 |
| Reviews per listing, on average | 120.4 |
Where are the businesses in France?
Paris leads with 136,750 businesses, ahead of Bouches-du-Rhône (95,527) and Rhône (90,416). Breakdown by département, based on the postcode in the Google Maps address.
| Rank | Département | Businesses |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris (75) | 136,750 |
| 2 | Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | 95,527 |
| 3 | Rhône (69) | 90,416 |
| 4 | Gironde (33) | 88,719 |
| 5 | Nord (59) | 82,497 |
| 6 | Var (83) | 72,354 |
| 7 | Alpes-Maritimes (06) | 70,979 |
| 8 | Hérault (34) | 69,596 |
Which business sectors in France?
The most frequent Google Maps categories are Hébergement (160,899 listings), Restaurant (40,107) and Appartement (39,609). Labels are the ones Google Maps displays in the country.
| Category | Listings |
|---|---|
| Hébergement | 160,899 |
| Restaurant | 40,107 |
| Appartement | 39,609 |
| Salon de coiffure | 34,110 |
| Maison | 33,831 |
| Institut de beauté | 33,049 |
| Agence immobilière | 30,078 |
| Banque | 26,586 |
| Gîte | 26,563 |
| Ostéopathe | 23,526 |
On the Sirene side, the most frequent NAF codes are 56.10A (Restauration traditionnelle, 35,317 listings), 56.10C (Restauration de type rapide, 24,939) and 96.02A (Coiffure, 22,660). By INSEE company category, 620,281 listings belong to an SME, 55,461 to a mid-sized company and 48,223 to a large company.
| NAF code | Label | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| 56.10A | Restauration traditionnelle | 35,317 |
| 56.10C | Restauration de type rapide | 24,939 |
| 96.02A | Coiffure | 22,660 |
| 96.02B | Soins de beauté | 20,333 |
| 68.31Z | Agences immobilières | 16,636 |
| 45.20A | Entretien et réparation de véhicules automobiles légers | 14,529 |
| 94.99Z | Autres organisations fonctionnant par adhésion volontaire | 13,886 |
| 70.22Z | Conseil pour les affaires et autres conseils de gestion | 12,290 |
| 96.09Z | Autres services personnels n.c.a. | 11,716 |
| 47.73Z | Commerce de détail de produits pharmaceutiques en magasin spécialisé | 11,477 |
Can you prospect businesses in France through their contact form?
Regime: Framed opt-out. Our position: We prospect.
Prior consent only covers natural persons: prospecting a company through an impersonal contact point falls under the right to object. Sole traders are handled separately.
Legal basis: Art. L.34-5 CPCE; CNIL doctrine on generic addresses.
It is the only country open for self-service: you launch your own campaigns there on the murmur platform.
Whatever the country, an objection filed on our public page applies across all murmur clients. This reading is our own; it is not legal advice. Object to messages · Our reading, country by country
Which language are the messages written in?
Each message is written in the language of the business that receives it, the language of its website: in France, in French.
Where do these figures come from, and how recent are they?
Nightly snapshot of the murmur database as of 05/11/2026. Businesses are counted per Google Maps listing located in France; emails, addresses and legal identities, per website linked to the country: these totals do not add up.
The first listing in France entered the database on 15/02/2026, and 54,658 listings were added over the last 30 days. The busiest month so far was March 2026, with 1,737,094 listings.
| Month | Listings added |
|---|---|
| February 2026 | 106,029 |
| March 2026 | 1,737,094 |
| April 2026 | 1,264,914 |
| May 2026 | 3,310 |
| June 2026 | 1,230 |
| July 2026 | 101,343 |
| August 2026 | 126,713 |
| September 2026 | 51,950 |
| October 2026 | 54,658 |
| November 2026 | 0 |
Further reading
- Explore the database: the map and volumes for every country
- Prospecting rules, country by country
- Belgium B2B data: 440,377 businesses
- Switzerland B2B data: 513,156 businesses
- Germany B2B data: 3,278,997 businesses
- Spain B2B data: 1,395,379 businesses
- United Kingdom B2B data: 2,390,026 businesses
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