As of November 2021, the leading pharmaceutical company according to sales revenue was Sanofi Pasteur – a pharmaceutical company of the Sanofi group entirely devoted to vaccines –, with a turnover of over 2.3 billion euros. In close second place came the Laboratoires Servier with 2.2 billion euros revenue.
Sanofi group
The Sanofi group is active on markets for pharmaceutical products and vaccines and is one of the main French players of the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. Its global revenue amounted in 2020 to over 36 billion euros. Pharmaceuticals made up the biggest part of this turnover, accounting in 2020 for almost 25.6 million euros worldwide.
Medication market in France
In France, the industry of basic pharmaceutical products manufacturing consisted of 19 enterprises as of 2017, a significant drop since 2013 where there were 69 businesses active on this market. The wholesale of pharmaceuticals goods was however estimated to steadily grow up to over 75 billion U.S. dollars by 2022. In addition to this, exports of medicines constituted almost half of the medicine sales in France, while refundable medications accounted for a third of the market.
Ranking of the top ten pharmaceutical companies in France in 2021, according to turnover
(in 1,000s euros)
Profit from the additional features of your individual account
Currently, you are using a shared account. To use individual functions (e.g., mark statistics as favourites, set
statistic alerts) please log in with your personal account.
If you are an admin, please authenticate by logging in again.
Statista Accounts:
Access All Statistics. Starting from $468 / Year
Learn more about how Statista can support your business.
BFM TV. (November 1, 2021). Ranking of the top ten pharmaceutical companies in France in 2021, according to turnover (in 1,000s euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/759717/revenue-of-the-top-ten-pharmaceutical-companies-france/
BFM TV. "Ranking of the top ten pharmaceutical companies in France in 2021, according to turnover (in 1,000s euros)." Chart. November 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/759717/revenue-of-the-top-ten-pharmaceutical-companies-france/
BFM TV. (2021). Ranking of the top ten pharmaceutical companies in France in 2021, according to turnover (in 1,000s euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/759717/revenue-of-the-top-ten-pharmaceutical-companies-france/
BFM TV. "Ranking of The Top Ten Pharmaceutical Companies in France in 2021, According to Turnover (in 1,000s Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/759717/revenue-of-the-top-ten-pharmaceutical-companies-france/
BFM TV, Ranking of the top ten pharmaceutical companies in France in 2021, according to turnover (in 1,000s euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/759717/revenue-of-the-top-ten-pharmaceutical-companies-france/ (last visited August 13, 2022)
