As on 1 January 2012
9,231 notaires, of whom 6,754 practise as partners in 2,860 companies.
4,570 main offices, together with 1,328 secondary offices, a total of 5,898 points of contact throughout France
More than 47,000 employees, which, including notaires, takes the number of people working in offices to over 56,000.
2,694 notaires are women.
The average age is 48.
Economic activity
Each year notaires :
- are consulted by 20 million people,
- handle €600 billion of capital,
- draw up more of 4 million authentic instruments,
- generate turnover of €7 billion
Breakdown of Notaires activity according to turnover
- Real estate, sales related to building, leases : 49 %
- Instruments related to loans : 14 %
- Instruments related to the family, inheritance : 26 %
- Property negotiations : 4 %
- Corporate law, consulting services, valuation, property/estate advice : 7%