Private equity sector investments on the French market 2016

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 20, 2022
This statistic illustrates the total amount of investments of private equity firms in France as of 2016, broken down by business sector. Private equity is the OTC provision of equity capital through private or institutional investments with the participation of companies in another company for a limited time in order to generate financial benefits. It can be seen that private equity investments in business products and services reached a value of more than 3.9 billion euros at that time.

Private equity investments in France 2016, by sector (in 1,000 euros)

CharacteristicInvestment by sector in thousand euros
Business products and services 3,935,166
Consumer goods and services 3,914,794
ICT (Communications, computer and electronics) 2,842,214
Biotech and healthcare 2,119,054
Financial and insurance activities 553,525
Chemicals and materials 534,710
Energy and environment 389,611
Construction 203,951
Transportation 117,958
Agriculture 67,333
Real estate 15,006
Other 93,706
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Investment by sector in thousand euros3,935,1663,935,1663,914,7943,914,7942,842,2142,842,2142,119,0542,119,054553,525553,525534,710534,710389,611389,611203,951203,951117,958117,95867,33367,33315,00615,00693,70693,706Business products and servicesConsumer goods and servicesICT (Communications, computer and electronics)Biotech and healthcareFinancial and insurance activitiesChemicals and materialsEnergy and environmentConstructionTransportationAgricultureReal estateOther
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Release date

July 2017

Region

France

Survey time period

2016

Supplementary notes

According to the source: "Private equity is a form of equity investment into private companies not listed on the stock exchange. It is a medium to long-term investment, characterised by active ownership. Venture capital is a type of private equity focused on start-up companies. Venture capital funds back entrepreneurs with innovative ideas."

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