Sales revenue of leading dairy companies in France 2020

 For the financial year 2020, the dairy company Lactalis realized a turnover of over 20 billion euros, making it the French dairy company with the largest sales revenue before Danone (15.2 billion euros). Lactalis owns the brand Président and is one of the leading dairy processing group worldwide.  

Production of dairy products in France

  In 2018, the number of enterprises manufacturing dairy products was estimated at almost 1,200. Furthermore, as of 2020, besides the production of packaged milk, most of the dairy products produced were fresh perishable dairy products.  

Sales and consumption of dairy products in France

  France is one of the main consumer countries of dairy products in Western Europe. Indeed, French households’ total consumption of fresh perishable dairy products for instance amounted to about 1.7 million tons in 2020.
Regarding sales of organic dairy, a majority of the sales value of organic dairy products is realized in retail stores, followed - at a distance - by specialized organic stores.