Money lost · named by companies
€10M+CARREFOUR
Retail federation total: €100s of millionsBusinesses smashed or looted050 Carrefour group · 13 more named · rest unnamed
Arrested
0on 17 Oct
+6,000 in the school protests before itPolice, gendarmes, firefighters injured
0SATURDAY
4 seriously hurt in Limoges alone10 cities · tap a city to open its file · drag to rotate
CITY 01 / 10
Paris
What got hit
1,500 businesses. One dot each.
Only Carrefour has given a count and a cost. Everything else named here comes from on-the-ground reporting.
1,500 businesses damaged or looted · Retail & Trade FederationCarrefour group · 50Other named · 13Not yet named
Against past riots
Three weeks, one week, one day.
2005 and 2023 built up over many nights. Most of 2026's damage happened on a single Saturday.
Every number, linked
Sources
Dollar figures use EUR/USD 1.1237, the 16 Oct 2026 close.
Businesses and shopkeepers pick up the piecesEuronews · 18 OctCarrefour 50 sites and €10M+ repairs, looted chains and cities, 2,000+ arrests, 600+ injured
Trail of destruction across ParisEuronews · 18 OctNike, Sephora, Burger King, Paris Opera ticket office
Spire collapses at historic Limoges town hallEuronews · 18 OctTown hall largely destroyed, 4 police seriously hurt, 19 detained, 550,000 marched nationally
Lyon wakes up to scenes of destructionEuronews · 18 OctRue de la République shopfronts, tourist office burnt out
'Like we had a war'France 24 · 18 Oct~1,500 businesses, losses in the hundreds of millions of euros
Over 1,800 arrested as France counts the costAFP via Dawn · 18 OctRetail & Trade Federation estimate, Micromania-Zing in Nice
French police arrest more than 1,800AP via CBS · 18 OctPlace de la République, Marianne monument base
Why are students protesting across France?TIME · 2 Oct6,000+ arrests in the school protests, 87% minors
Cost of French riots reaches €650 millionThe Local · 20232023 and 2005 insured costs
2005 French riotsWikipedia2,760+ arrests, 8,000+ vehicles, three weeks
Interior Ministry report on the 2023 riotsFox News · 20233,354 arrests in the first week
EUR/USDTrading Economics1.1237 on 16 Oct 2026