Number of direct employees in the automotive industry in France 2013-2020
two main French automotive manufacturers—The Renault Group and Peugeot SA—represented around eight percent of the global automotive industry in 2020.
The number of direct employees working in the automotive industry rose from 201,000 people in 2013 to nearly 216,000 in 2020. This was an overall increase of 7.5 percent compared to 2013, but a drop of 6.9 percent year-over-year due in part to lay-offs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The