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2026 EMPLOYER ATTRACTIVENESS RANKING
Dassault Systèmes is the most attractive employer in France’s CAC 40 for 2026, at 48%. Aerospace, defense and industrial technology names lead the ranking, ahead of France’s best-known luxury and consumer brands.
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Dassault Systèmes tops the 2026 CAC 40 ranking at 48%, the highest employer attractiveness score in the index, ahead of Airbus at 46%.
Improvement was broad among well-known names, with Vinci (+9), Stellantis (+7) and Accor (+5) all climbing.
Among companies with low familiarity, STMicroelectronics scores highest at 49% (+7), with Euronext following at 41%.
Employer Attractiveness is determined by observing the percentage of the informed public (i.e. those familiar with the rated company) that say they are very likely to consider the rated company as a possible place to work. The percentage includes only those answering 6 or 7 on a 7-point scale.
| Nr.↕ | Company↕ | 2025↕ | 2026↕ | Change↕ | Familiarity↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dassault Systèmes | 44% | 48% | +4 | 22% |
| 2 | Airbus | 43% | 46% | +3 | 44% |
| 3 | Thales Group | 39% | 44% | +5 | 23% |
| 4 | Safran | 46% | 42% | -4 | 21% |
| 5 | Hermès | 37% | 39% | +2 | 38% |
| 6 | LVMH | 38% | 37% | -1 | 29% |
| 7 | Sanofi | 22% | 37% | +15 | 33% |
| 8 | Air Liquide | 45% | 36% | -9 | 21% |
| 9 | Accor | 30% | 35% | +5 | 32% |
| 10 | Schneider Electric | 35% | 35% | — | 23% |
| 11 | Saint-Gobain | 43% | 34% | -9 | 22% |
| 12 | Michelin | 33% | 33% | — | 67% |
| 13 | Eiffage | New | 32% | — | 30% |
| 14 | Legrand | 39% | 32% | -7 | 31% |
| 15 | Danone | 32% | 31% | -1 | 60% |
| 16 | Vinci | 21% | 30% | +9 | 46% |
| 17 | TotalEnergies | 29% | 29% | — | 65% |
| 18 | Renault Group | 24% | 28% | +4 | 42% |
| 19 | L'Oréal | 33% | 27% | -6 | 58% |
| 20 | BNP Paribas | 24% | 27% | +3 | 46% |
| 21 | Stellantis | 19% | 26% | +7 | 25% |
| 22 | Veolia | 25% | 26% | +1 | 41% |
| 23 | Pernod Ricard | 25% | 25% | — | 28% |
| 24 | Credit Agricole | 21% | 24% | +3 | 60% |
| 25 | ENGIE | 25% | 24% | -1 | 62% |
| 26 | Orange | 22% | 23% | +1 | 69% |
| 27 | Carrefour | 23% | 23% | — | 78% |
| 28 | AXA | 28% | 23% | -5 | 44% |
| 29 | Bouygues | 17% | 22% | +5 | 48% |
| 30 | Societe Generale | 21% | 19% | -2 | 47% |
| 31 | ArcelorMittal | 22% | 17% | -5 | 21% |
These companies are known to fewer than 15% of the public. With so few people familiar with them, their scores come from a small and unusually informed group rather than the general public, so they are not directly comparable to the main ranking and are listed separately here.
| Nr.↕ | Company↕ | 2025↕ | 2026↕ | Change↕ | Familiarity↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STMicroelectronics | 42% | 49% | +7 | 6% |
| 2 | Euronext | New | 41% | — | 6% |
| 3 | Kering | 37% | 39% | +2 | 9% |
| 4 | EssilorLuxottica | 35% | 38% | +3 | 12% |
| 5 | Publicis | 36% | 34% | -2 | 11% |
| 6 | Eurofins Scientific | 27% | 33% | +6 | 12% |
| 7 | Capgemini | 33% | 33% | — | 14% |
| 8 | Bureau Veritas | 30% | 31% | +1 | 14% |
| 9 | Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield | 29% | 29% | — | 5% |
METHODOLOGY
Employer Attractiveness is the percentage of the informed public, who say they would consider that company as a place to work.
Respondents rate the statement “If I were looking for a job, I would consider [company] as a place to work” on a 7-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.The score is the share who answer 6 or 7, the two highest levels of agreement.
The 2026 results are based on 13,660 responses representative of the French population, collected daily between January and July 2026 through Caliber’s real-time tracking study. Results can be broken down by age, sex, geography, and occupation.
Familiarity shapes how an Employer Attractiveness score should be read, because the score only counts people who already know the company.
Companies that serve niche audiences, operate in less visible industries, or provide B2B services tend to be less widely known. The people who do know them are more likely to be potential employees, which can lift Employer Attractiveness under this methodology.
Highly familiar companies reach a much broader audience through marketing, media presence, and consumer appeal. A smaller share of that audience are potential employees, which can pull scores in the other direction.
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