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<aside> 🏭 Industry characteristics in france Manufacturing industry constitutes around 86% of the industrial sector in terms of:

• full-time equivalent employees
• value added
• and turnover

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Segmented data (nb of factories)

🇫🇷 France

Total factories: 30k

By main target segments:

• Pharma/medical: 5700
• Agri-food: 6200
• Mechanics: 8100
• Elec: 2500

🇺🇸 USA

Total factories: 300k

By main target segments:

• Pharma/medical: 17000
• Agri-food: 16000
• Mechanics: 47000
• Elec: 7000

🇪🇺 Europe

Total factories: 380k

By main target segments:

• Pharma/medical: 21000
• Agri-food: 19000
• Mechanics: 82000
• Elec: 16000

Sources: Insee for France, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for Europe, and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) for the United States

Sources

Number of manufacturing legal unities in France

Industrie

Number of factories in the US

American Manufacturing Statistics

Number of factories in China

China Statistical Yearbook 2021

Number of factories in the world

How many factories are there in the world? - SCMO

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