France: SMEs management gender

In January 2018, 36 percent of the French small and medium enterprises (SMEs) declared having a management body primarily composed by women. During the same period, 48 percent of SMEs had a predominantly male management.

Management gender distribution of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in France from February 2016 to February 2017

Characteristic	Mainly female*	Balanced	Mainly male*
Jan '18	36%	17%	48%
Dec '17	37%	16%	46%
Nov '17	35%	15%	49%
Oct '17	39%	14%	46%
Sep '17	41%	15%	44%
Aug '17	33%	15%	53%
Jul '17	37%	14%	48%
Jun '17	36%	17%	47%
May '17	40%	14%	46%
Apr '17	35%	16%	49%
Mar '17	36%	19%	45%
Feb '17	32%	14%	54%
Jan '17	38%	14%	48%
Dec '16	28%	16%	56%
Nov '16	38%	15%	47%
Oct '16	35%	19%	46%
Sep '16	38%	16%	45%
Aug '16	37%	15%	48%
Jul '16	34%	14%	53%
Jun '16	36%	18%	46%
May '16	37%	14%	49%
Apr '16	32%	16%	52%
Mar '16	37%	17%	45%
Feb '16	35%	15%	49%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

France

Survey time period

February 2016 to January 2018

Number of respondents

Various**

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Mainly female/male signifies at least 65 percent of the respective gender.
** Survey sample group size varies:
Feb '16 = 2006
Mar '16 = 854
Apr '16 = 511
May '16 = 433
Jun '16 = 430
Jul '16 = 417
Aug '16 = 530
Sep '16 = 553
Oct '16 = 465
Nov '16 = 534
Dec '16 = 380
Jan '17 = 603
Feb '17 = 482
Mar '17 = 456
Apr '17 = 464
May '17 = 406
Jun '17 = 491
Jul '17 = 421
Aug '17 = 395
Sep '17 = 666
Oct '17 = 417
Nov '17 = 788
Dec '17 = 424
Jan '18 = 454