France: Google France
Overview
Google France SARL is the main French market-facing Google company. It is registered in Paris under SIREN 443 061 841 and has its registered office at 8 rue de Londres, 75009 Paris. Its 2024 annual accounts identify it as a société à responsabilité limitée unipersonnelle with share capital of €1,000,000. The company’s current registered managers are Paul Manicle and Kenneth Yi.
Google France SARL should be described as a French Google group service, commercial, marketing, advertising-support and R&D-services entity. Its 2024 accounts state that its revenue comes from services performed for Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC. The accounts also state that, since November 2022, the company has had another service agreement with Google Ireland Limited under which it generates revenue from resale and support services related to advertising on Google properties and Google Network members’ properties. The company also performs R&D activity in France under a contract with Google LLC.
Local Google-linked companies in France
| Company | Role in Google’s French presence | GMFM treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Google France SARL | Main French market-facing, advertising-support, service, technical-support and R&D-services entity | Main France Google profile |
| Google Cloud France SARL | French Google Cloud service, sales, support and technical-support entity | Separate cloud-services profile |
| Tricolore Computing SARL | French data-centre operations and infrastructure entity listed by Google Cloud | Separate infrastructure profile |
Ownership and group status
Google France SARL is a French Google group company. Its 2024 annual accounts identify Alphabet Inc. as the company’s consolidating parent. The direct shareholder is not named in the open annual-account extract reviewed.
Leadership
The company’s registered managers are Paul Manicle and Kenneth Yi. Kenneth Yi is also identified in the 2024 filing as signing for the management.
Consumer, data and cloud-contracting structure
Google France SARL is not the primary contracting entity for most Google consumer services used in France. Those relationships are generally held through Google’s EEA structure, principally Google Ireland Limited. Within Google Cloud’s operational structure, Google France SARL is listed as a French Google group subprocessor for service maintenance and technical support.
Infrastructure
Google France SARL should not be described as the operator of Google’s French data-centre operations. Google Cloud’s current subprocessor list assigns the French Data Center Operations role to Tricolore Computing SARL, while Google France SARL is listed for service maintenance and technical support.
Latest financial snapshot
FY2024
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Revenue / chiffre d’affaires net | €1,746,656,566 |
| Net profit / bénéfice | €63,623,281 |
| Profit before tax, participation and exceptional result | €102,597,532 |
| Total assets | €756,457,771 |
| Equity | €323,296,590 |
| Average employees | 971 |
The 2024 figures are from Google France SARL’s audited 2024 accounts. The 2024 accounts give chiffre d’affaires net of €1,746,656,566 and state that revenue corresponds to services performed for Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC. The accounts report a 2024 net profit of €63,623,281 in the annual-account note, while the tax-breakdown table shows €63,623,282 after tax because of a one-euro display difference. The GMFM table uses €63,623,281. The 2019 loss should be understood in the context of Google’s 2019 French tax settlement. In September 2019, Google agreed to pay €465m in additional taxes and a €500m fine, bringing the French settlement to nearly €1bn.
