Veolia
Sign in to saveAlso 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
- 024V2781 2.jpg
- 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
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
- Owned by
- Lyxor Asset Management
- 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
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- 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.