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Companies in Loire: 65,071 active companies by industry and town

Updated November 7, 2026. Source: INSEE, base Sirene des entreprises et de leurs établissements, on data.gouv.fr.

65,071 active companies have their head office in Loire (42), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, in the Sirene register stock dated 1 November 2026. 3,751 were registered in the last 12 months, 240 of them in October 2026, and 13,988 have employees.

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Active companies
65,071
Registered in the last 12 months
3,751
Registered in October 2026
240
With employees
13,988 (21.5%)
Department code
42
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Registrations in the last 12 months

Active companies by the month their registration date falls in. The newest month is the last full month before the stock date.

MonthCompanies registered
October 2026240
September 2026336
August 2026154
July 2026328
June 2026319
May 2026255
April 2026337
March 2026356
February 2026318
January 2026444
December 2025318
November 2025346

Registrations per year

Companies registered in each year that are still active in the 1 November 2026 stock. Companies that closed earlier are not counted, so older years read low.

Year registeredActive companies
20223,250
20233,095
20243,419
20253,777
2026 so far3,096

By number of employees

The employee band the register holds for each company, as declared for its latest reference year.

EmployeesActive companiesShare
No employees or not declared51,08378.5%
1 to 9 employees11,29017.4%
10 to 49 employees2,2893.5%
50 to 249 employees3620.6%
250 employees or more470.1%

Biggest industries

A link opens the industry in this department where 100 or more companies list it.

IndustryNAF codeActive companies
Renting of land and other real estate68.20B20,863
Renting of housing68.20A1,579
Fund management activities66.30Z1,497
Activities of holding companies64.20Z1,422
Business and other management consultancy activities70.22Z1,194
Activities of head offices70.10Z1,173
Traditional restaurants56.10A1,161
Fast-food restaurants56.10C932
Maintenance and repair of light motor vehicles45.20A750
Buying and selling of own real estate68.10Z635
Electrical installation in all premises43.21A625
Sale of cars and light motor vehicles45.11Z620
General masonry and building shell work43.99C609
Raising of dairy cattle01.41Z590
Engineering and technical consultancy71.12B571
Beverage serving activities56.30Z530
Hairdressing96.02A487
Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores47.71Z474
Plastering43.31Z469
Trusts, funds and similar financial entities64.30Z454
Raising of other cattle and buffaloes01.42Z452
Wood and PVC joinery installation43.32A438
Legal vehicles for securities portfolio management66.19A418
Bakeries and bakery-pastry shops10.71C405
Real estate agencies68.31Z396
Water and gas installation in all premises43.22A395
Combined office administrative service activities82.11Z363
Legal vehicles for development programmes41.10D326
Landscape service activities81.30Z325
Long-distance road freight transport49.41A308
Local road freight transport49.41B299
General food stores47.11B289
Adult continuing education85.59A278
Computer programming activities62.01Z272
Heating and air conditioning installation43.22B266
Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy69.20Z265
Non-specialised wholesale trade46.90Z257
Floor and wall covering43.33Z256
General cleaning of buildings81.21Z243
Management of buildings and other real estate68.32A241

Biggest towns

CommuneDepartmentActive companies
Saint-EtienneLoire14,985
RoanneLoire3,418
Saint-ChamondLoire2,642
Andrezieux-BoutheonLoire1,643
Saint-Just-Saint-RambertLoire1,620
MontbrisonLoire1,597
FirminyLoire1,264
Rive-de-GierLoire901
RiorgesLoire898
FeursLoire881
Saint-Priest-en-JarezLoire873
Le Chambon-FeugerollesLoire830
VeaucheLoire779
La FouillouseLoire776
SorbiersLoire752
La TalaudiereLoire743
Roche-la-MoliereLoire729
Le CoteauLoire727
Saint-GalmierLoire558
VillarsLoire526
Saint-Genest-LerptLoire524
Montrond-les-BainsLoire513
Saint-Jean-BonnefondsLoire497
La RicamarieLoire495
UnieuxLoire490
SavigneuxLoire486
MablyLoire483
L'EtratLoire447
Chazelles-sur-LyonLoire417
CharlieuLoire410

Newest registered companies

Newest first. Only companies with a name that is clearly a business are listed; the counts above include every active company. Each row links to the public record.

CompanySIRENRegisteredNAF codeCommuneSource
Marchal Auto1320322851 November 202645.11ZRoche-la-Moliereannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
Boulangerie Patisserie le Lion1315063131 November 202610.71CLe Coteauannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
007 Barber Shop1313326111 November 202696.02ASaint-Etienneannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
LA Tour de Pizz'1310243901 November 202656.10ALoretteannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
JMP Capital13216348627 October 202666.30ZLa Fouillouseannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
Nexstep Capital13214654927 October 202666.30ZLa Fouillouseannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
Marylene13209608227 October 2026Boisset-les-Montrondannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
LES 3 J du Forez13223173926 October 202670.10ZLa Touretteannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
ORA13212654126 October 202670.22ZLa Talaudiereannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
Kaaad Immo13207178826 October 202668.20BLe Chambon-Feugerollesannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
Azad13207072326 October 202670.22ZL'Etratannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr
District Automobile 4213192549726 October 202645.11ZSaint-Etienneannuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr

Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab), source INSEE. Counts are of active companies in the Sirene register stock dated 1 November 2026: commercial companies (SARL, SAS, SA and the like) and civil companies such as SCI property companies. Sole traders, associations and public bodies are not counted, and the register lists dormant holding and property companies as active, so a count is of companies on the register, not of trading businesses. A company is counted under its main activity (NAF rev. 2 code) and the commune of its head office; companies whose register entry holds no NAF rev. 2 code are in the totals only. "With employees" means the register holds an employee band of one or more. Industry titles are English renderings of the INSEE labels. Contains data from INSEE, reused under the Licence Ouverte 2.0. This page is not endorsed by INSEE. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.