Under the chairmanship of Jacques Chanut, the FFB defends the interests of 50,000 member companies, 35,000 of them microenterprises. They account for two-thirds of the industry's annual output, i.e. around €126 billion excluding VAT* and employ two-thirds of the 1,038,000 employees* in the sector. The building industry is the leading employer in France.

Representing all professions and trades in the building industry, the Federation is the first national professional organization in Europe to achieve ISO 9001 certification.

The FFB's activities have three main aims:

• interact with public authorities in the decision-making processes which have an impact on the business market and the conditions under which the industry works;

• to use its expertise to represent its departmental and regional federations as well as trade and craft unions, in their own activities aimed at representing and assisting member companies;

• to promote the image of the industry, its  professionals and its companies.

In order to defend the interests of tradespeople and building contractors in community matters, the FFB interacts directly with the European institutions (Council, Parliament and Commission) and relies on the influence of the European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC), a European sectoral social partner.

*2016 figures

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