Posted Sep 29, 2022, 6:20 PM
This is more than the entire Fnac-Darty group . Amazon continues to progress in France, where it recorded 9 billion euros in turnover in 2021. An increase of 23% compared to 2020 and its 7.3 billion euros in turnover. This indicator corresponds to the sales made by the group itself, to the commissions it takes on sales made by third parties on its online marketplace (55% of its sales) and by its cloud activity, Amazon Web Services.
In addition, Amazon indicates that “more than 13,000 French VSEs and SMEs” sell on its marketplace as third-party sellers. “They achieved an average of more than 150,000 euros in turnover” and a hundred “exceeded one million euros in turnover for the first time in 2021” on the Amazon site.
18,500 employees on permanent contracts in France
However, the company does not communicate on the amount represented by all the sales made in France. It claims to have paid “more than 470 million euros” of “direct deductions” in the country, thus accounting for corporate tax, employer contributions, and local taxes, against 310 million a year earlier.
The general manager of Amazon France, Frédéric Duval, indicated during a press briefing that the group would have 18,500 employees on permanent contracts in France at the end of 2022, of which 3,000 positions were created in 2022. The group claims 16 billion euros invested in its activities in France between 2010 and 2021.
SourceAFP
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