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In 2010, the market-oriented companies whose activities belong to the sectors of production of performing arts, of support activities to performing arts and of operation of arts facilities generate a 4,4 billion Euros turnover and an added value of about 1,5 billion Euros.The recent integration of these performing arts’ sectors among the Insee national surveys of the structural business statistics allows to reconcile them to the French market-oriented economy: the performing arts’ companies – excluding companies which are mainly subsidized and considered as non market-oriented and non-profit organisations with no employees – contribute to 11% of the number of units of the market-oriented cultural sectors, to 5% of their added value and to 3% of their gross operating surplus.Their accounting profitability is positive in 2010, while their operating expenses are significant and their margin rates relatively lower than the average of the market-oriented cultural sectors. The performing arts sectors consist of small companies mainly located in the Île-de-France territory: 96% of small companies under 10 employees realize 56% of the whole turnover with their main activity of creation, production, distribution and support for performing arts.