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Veolia
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Also known as Veolia Environnement S.A., Compagnie Générale des Eaux, Veolia Environnement

Veolia Environnement S.A., branded as Veolia, is a French transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water management, waste management and energy services. In 2025, Veolia employed 215,000 employees in 56 countries. Its revenue in that year was recorded at €44.396 billion. It is quoted on Euronext Paris. It is headquartered in Aubervilliers.

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Veolia is a company established in 1853 and based in Paris, France. It is also known by the aliases Compagnie Générale des Eaux and Veolia Environnement. The organization maintains an active status and operates under the legal name VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT within the jurisdiction of France.

The entity employs 220,000 people. It holds an Egapro gender equality index of 86.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, ROR, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Company.name
Veolia Environnement S.A.
Company.logo
250px
Company.image
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Company.image_caption
Veolia headquarters in Aubervilliers, Île-de-France
Company.type
Public
Company.traded_as
CAC 40 component
Company.foundation
(Compagnie Générale des Eaux) (Vivendi Environnement) (Veolia Environnement)
Company.location
Aubervilliers, France
Company.services
Water treatment, waste management, HVAC, street lighting, facility management services
Company.industry
Environmental services
Company.revenue
€44.396 billion (2025)
Company.net_income
€1.643 billion (2025)
Company.assets
€72.959 billion (end 2024)
Company.equity
€12.915 billion (end 2024)
Company.num_employees
215,000 (2025)

via Wikipedia infobox

Company

Jurisdiction
FR
Headquarters
PARIS, FR

via GLEIF

Research organization · ROR

Type
Company
Founded
1853
Location
Paris, France
Also known as
Compagnie Générale des Eaux, Veolia Environnement
Status
Active

GRID grid.426629.d · ISNI 0000 0001 2288 0174

Wikidata facts

Instance of
organization
Part of
CAC 40
Official name
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT
Country
France
Headquarters
Aubervilliers
Employees
220000
Revenue
45351000000
Stock exchange
Euronext Paris
Official website
www.veolia.co.uk
Image
024V2781 2.jpg
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Egapro gender equality index
86
social media followers
22700
location of formation
Libourne
Commons category
Veolia
topic's main category
Category:Veolia
inception
1853-00-00
board member
Paolo Scaroni
short name
Veolia
net profit
937000000
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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 1853–2003: Compagnie Générale des Eaux and Vivendi
  • 2003–2020
  • 2020–present
  • Operations
  • Overview
  • Financial information
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • The Veolia Foundation
  • Institut Veolia
  • Research and development
  • Programmes
  • Operating events
  • West Carrollton plant explosion
  • Fatal accident in Gatlinburg
  • Wellington wastewater plant failure
  • Controversies
  • Veolia v Lithuania
  • Relations with Israel
  • Unpaid internships
  • Flint water crisis
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Veolia Environnement S.A., branded as Veolia, is a French transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water management, waste management and energy services. In 2025, Veolia employed 215,000 employees in 56 countries. Its revenue in that year was recorded at €44.396 billion. It is quoted on Euronext Paris. It is headquartered in Aubervilliers.

Prior to 1998, Veolia was known as Compagnie Générale des Eaux. Between 1998 and 2003, the company was known as Vivendi Environnement, having been spun off from the Vivendi conglomerate, most of the rest of which became Vivendi.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Veolia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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