4. Colas Group
Revenue: 11.01 billion euro ~ 12 billion USD;
Net Income: 355 million euro 388 USD;
Employees: 61,170;
Market Cap: 5.18 billion euro ~ 5.66 billion USD
Specializing in the maintenance and construction of road, air, rail track, sea transportation infrastructure, Colas Group, the number four on our list of top 7 construction companies in France is a major French construction conglomerate composed of two slightly smaller construction and infrastructure firms: Screg, and Sacer. Major activities undertaken by the construction firms that fall under the Colas Group umbrella involve the upkeep of airport runways, ports, highways, bus and tramways, bicycle paths, and much more. More specifically, the group’s largest revenue stream (68%) comes from road work, wherein they take on over 60,000 road projects a year, including the widening of the A63 highway in southwest France, and construction of the L2 bypass in Marseille. In addition to this, Colas also produces and recycles materials used for construction, such as concrete, asphalt, and a variety of other aggregates. Rounding out their activities, Colas group–as would be expected of a construction company–deals heavily in the development and refurbishing of buildings both domestically and internationally.
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