N 78
Temporary employment businesses and their branches, recruitment and executive search firms, online placement platforms and other providers of staff: for HR software vendors, training organisations, insurers and workwear suppliers who want to reach the agencies of a local labour market.
Our database for France holds 1,577,933 records (as of 4 November 2026); they are not yet assigned to industries. The quote states the size available for this industry.
Export of the whole industry: €409 (full price). Selections by region, department or your own filters are quoted on request.
Official statistics: 9,405 businesses in France according to Eurostat, structural business statistics (sbs_ovw_act) (reference year 2024, data as of 30 September 2026). Division 78 employment activities: placement agencies (78.1), temporary employment agencies (78.2) and other human resources provision (78.3). This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
First choose the type of activity (temporary work, placement), then the area. Each local branch is one row; once matched with Sirene, the siren column links the branches of one network. For a sales round, making the phone number a required field is the most useful filter.
Our records do not yet carry a NAF code: selecting by activity (NAF subclass) will only be possible for records matched with the Sirene database (matching in progress). The quote states what can be done today: area and required fields.
The official figure counts enterprises: a national network counts once, however many branches it has.
Price of the whole industry: €409. A selection by region, sub-industry or required fields is quoted individually; the whole-industry price is not a price promise for the filtered selection.
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Division 78 of NAF rév. 2 has three sub-classes: placement (78.10Z), temporary employment (78.20Z) and other human resources provision (78.30Z). According to the INSEE notes, placement includes executive search, recruitment by psychologists, online placement agencies, casting agencies and even modelling agencies.
Impresarios and artists’ agents are not included: INSEE classifies them in 74.90B. Conversely, supplying workers to temporarily replace or supplement a client’s workforce falls under 78.20Z, not 78.30Z.
| NAF rév. 2 | Official INSEE title | What the code covers |
|---|---|---|
| 78 | Employment activities | whole division: placement, temporary work, staff provision |
| 78.10Z | Activities of employment placement agencies | recruitment, executive search, online placement, casting, models |
| 78.20Z | Temporary employment agency activities | temporary employment businesses and their branches |
| 78.30Z | Other human resources provision | staff provision other than temporary replacement |
| 74.90B | Sundry professional, scientific and technical activities | outside the sector: impresarios and artists’ agents |
Temporary work is governed by the French Labour Code. As far as we know, the agencies’ declarations are not published as a searchable directory.
The 15 columns supplied are described on the export page.
A temporary work network may be a single company with many branches, each of them a separate establishment. For a workwear supplier or a safety training provider, the contact is the local branch, which recruits and looks after the temporary workers in its area. For payroll or assignment management software, the decision is more likely to be taken at head office.
A recruitment firm can be run by one person as a sole trader, in which case the company name contains their name. These are personal data, subject to the duty to inform (Art. 14 GDPR) and the right to object (Art. 21).
Region and département are derived from each branch’s postcode, not from where assignments take place. For a sales round, think in terms of labour markets: branches near an industrial area may be registered in the neighbouring département.
We manufacture personal protective equipment and are looking for temporary employment agencies (78.20Z) in Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Somme, with one row per branch and a phone number, for a sales round. How many branches already have a NAF code?
Use cases
Presenting product ranges to the branches of a local labour market, branch by branch.
Mapping networks and firms by region before a campaign aimed at head offices.
Safety training or certifications offered to agencies for their candidates.
Provident or professional liability cover for independent recruitment firms.
Questions
Not yet: our records do not carry a NAF code yet. It will be possible by sub-class: 78.20Z for temporary work, 78.10Z for placement and executive search. This requires the record to be matched with Sirene, which is in progress; the quote states the share of records that have a NAF code. A network that also recruits appears only under its main activity.
In the classification, yes: INSEE puts them in 78.10Z (sub-class note). If they are not relevant to you, say so in your request: the quote will explain how they can be excluded.
Because each branch is an establishment with its own address, and therefore a separate row. The siren column, filled in once the record has been matched with Sirene, lets you group the branches of one network.
9,405 businesses in France according to Eurostat, structural business statistics (sbs_ovw_act) (reference year 2024, data as of 30 September 2026). Division 78 employment activities: placement agencies (78.1), temporary employment agencies (78.2) and other human resources provision (78.3). This is a figure from official statistics, not the size of our dataset.
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