 The leading French banks are BNP Paribas and the Crédit agricole, ranking as the world's largest and sixth-largest banks in 2010 (by assets), while the Société Générale group was ranked the world's eighth-largest in 2009.For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in France".This list shows firms in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks firms by total revenues reported before 31 March 2017.