The arrondissement, called Élysée, is situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centered on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

The head offices of AXA,[4] Bouygues,[5] Électricité de France (EDF),[6] Eurazeo,[7] Ki-oon,[8] Sanofi-Aventis, Engie,[9] HSBC Continental Europe[10] and Suez Environnement are located in this arrondissement.

[15] The predecessor airline, Union Aéromaritime de Transport, also had its head office in the 8th arrondissement.

[24] Private high schools: The École de langue japonaise de Paris (パリ日本語補習校 Pari Nihongo Hoshūkō), a supplementary Japanese education programme, has its offices at the Association Amicale des Ressortissants Japonais en France (AARJF) in the 8th arrondissement.

[25] The classes are held at the École Maternelle et Primaire Saint Francois d'Eylau in the 16th arrondissement.

Harvard Business School's Europe Research Centre is located in rue Francois 1er.