France - Topograph

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France coverage, pricing, and sources

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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Prefill mode (fast retrieval)
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Data Availability
Example API Responses

Data Sources

France uses multiple official registries. For a given entity, company data comes from a single primary source, chosen by a deterministic priority chain that returns data from the first matching source. A few enrichments are layered on top: the employee count from SIRENE, collective proceedings from BODACC on the company status, and the VIES VAT check in verification mode.

Commercial companies & sole entrepreneurs

RNE (Registre National des Entreprises) — Operated by the INPI since January 1, 2023, the RNE replaced and unified three former registries: the RNCS (Registre National du Commerce et des Societes), the Repertoire des Metiers, and the Registre des Actifs Agricoles. This is our primary source for the vast majority of French entities. When a company is found in the RNE, all structured attributes come from the RNE: company name, legal form, status, incorporation date, registered address, share capital, activity codes, legal representatives, UBOs, and establishments.
SIRENE (INSEE) — The SIRENE repertoire, managed by the INSEE since 1973, covers ~25 million enterprises. Used in two ways: (1) as a supplement to RNE for employee count range (expressed in tranches, e.g. “50 to 99 employees” — note: figures can be 2-3 years old per INSEE methodology); (2) as a standalone fallback for entities that exist in INSEE but are not yet in the RNE, providing a limited dataset only (company name, legal form, activity code, status, employee count, and the entrepreneur as legal representative for sole entrepreneurs — no other legal representatives, and no UBOs).
BODACC (Bulletin Officiel des Annonces Civiles et Commerciales) — Operated by the DILA. Used in two ways: (1) its collective-proceeding announcements (redressement, liquidation judiciaire, sauvegarde) update the status of companies found in the RNE or SIRENE; (2) as an exceptional last resort when an entity appears in none of the above registries (not in RNE, not in SIRENE, not in RNA). This represents a negligible fraction of queries. When used as the source, company data and current office holders are extracted from legal announcement text, with representative and other key person capacities returned separately.
Infogreffe — Used only for documents: the K-Bis (certified trade register extract) and the trade register history (Historique des modifications). It is not a structured data source for company attributes.

Non-profits

RNA Waldec — Non-profits (associations declarees) that have been created or have declared a modification since 2009. Our primary source for non-profits. Enriched with SIRENE data when a SIREN is available.
RNA Import — Historical non-profits created since 1901 that have not declared any change since 2009. Fallback when not found in RNA Waldec.
RNA Alsace-Moselle — Non-profits (associations de droit local) in departments 57 (Moselle), 67 (Bas-Rhin), and 68 (Haut-Rhin), which operate under local law and are excluded from the national RNA.

RNA data is periodically synchronized (monthly from data.gouv.fr) because no live API exists for the RNA registries. This is the only available access method provided by the French government for non-profit data.

When do non-profits appear in RNE vs RNA vs SIRENE?

RNA: All non-profits are automatically registered when declared at the prefecture (RNA number: W + 9 digits)
SIRENE: Non-profits must register if they seek public subsidies, employ staff, or are subject to VAT/corporate tax (SIREN: 9 digits)
RNE: Non-profits with SIRENE registration and business-like activities may also appear in INPI’s unified register, which provides comprehensive data including UBOs

Key Takeaway: All non-profits are in RNA, but only those with economic activities may also appear in RNE. Prefer the RNA number as the API identifier.

Data Source Priority & Routing

For a given entity, data comes from a single primary source — the system does not merge attributes from multiple registries (all-or-nothing model). The exceptions are the employee count, always sourced from SIRENE; the company status, which BODACC collective-proceeding announcements can update; and the VIES VAT check, added in verification mode.

Source Priority for Commercial Companies & Sole Entrepreneurs (SIREN lookup):

RNE (INPI) — Query to the INPI registry (with automatic fallback if the live API is temporarily unavailable)
SIRENE-only — For entities in INSEE but not in RNE (limited dataset: name, legal form, activity, status, employee count)
RNA tables — Waldec, Import, and Alsace-Moselle (first match wins)
BODACC — Last resort, for entities with legal announcements but no registry data (data extracted from announcement text)

Source Priority for Non-profits (RNA lookup):

Check if the RNA number has a SIREN in SIRENE. If yes, check if that SIREN exists in RNE. If yes, use RNE data
RNA Waldec — Non-profits created or modified since 2009
RNA Import — Historical non-profits (no changes declared since 2009)
RNA Alsace-Moselle — Local law non-profits (departments 57, 67, 68)

Recommended: query non-profits by their RNA number. It reaches the RNA records and the JOAF publications. A SIREN also resolves, but returns the trade register or SIRENE view of the entity.

Verification Status and Source Labels

In verification mode, current RNE data is reported as live_from_registry with register: "inpi", including when its freshness has been confirmed without a new register lookup. This applies to RNE fields in company details, legal representatives, other key persons, and establishments. Check request.dataStatus.dataPoints for each requested datapoint’s status and authoritative value. Check dataSources for the source of individual fields. These describe different aspects of the response: an authoritative result can still contain fields from other sources, such as INSEE employee counts or BODACC proceedings. If RNE freshness cannot be confirmed and a previous record is returned as a fallback, its fields retain cached_from_registry. Prefill results can also carry this label. Selecting verification mode does not make every fallback or supplementary field live.

Attribute-Level Source Mapping

When data comes from the RNE (the vast majority of commercial companies and sole entrepreneurs), the following table shows the source for each attribute:

Attribute	Source	Notes
Company name, legal form, status	RNE	From formality data
Registered address	RNE	Registered address from the RNE filing
Share capital	RNE	Amount, currency, variable/fixed
Activity codes (APE/NAF)	RNE	Supplemented by SIRENE for some entities
Business purpose description	RNE	Corporate purpose from the RNE filing
Legal representatives	RNE	From formality pouvoirs data
Shareholders	Filed documents at INPI	AI-extracted from the documents the company filed (statutes, capital changes, annual filings)
UBOs	RNE	From beneficiaires effectifs with ownership modalities
Establishments	RNE	Main + secondary, each with its own activity codes (APE/NAF, NACE, ISIC) when the register records them
Employee count range	SIRENE (INSEE)	Always from SIRENE, even when RNE is primary — expressed in tranches, can be 2-3 years old
Former legal names	SIRENE (INSEE)	`legacyLegalNames`, most recent first. Legal names a company held before its current one, from INSEE’s name history. Not returned for sole entrepreneurs or associations. Changes to this list do not trigger monitoring notifications; a rename is reported through `legalName`

When the primary source is SIRENE-only or BODACC, the available attributes are significantly more limited (see Data Availability Matrix below).

UBO Data Handling

Live UBO Fetching: When UBO data is not yet available for a company, the system automatically fetches it live from the INPI registry. This ensures UBO data is always current, even for newly registered companies.

Data Lineage (Upcoming): We are planning to add explicit source traceability to our data model, so that each attribute group in the API response will carry metadata indicating the source registry name and retrieval timestamp.

Enriched UBO data with customer INPI credentials

By default, Topograph queries INPI with a service account that returns UBO data with personal fields (date of birth, full address, nationality, place of birth) redacted per RGPD. If your organisation has one or more INPI accounts that carry the ROLE_RBE_BENEFICIAL_OWNERS and ROLE_RBE_BENEFICIAL_OWNERS_PDF roles (granted by INPI to obliged entities), you can provide those credentials to unlock the full UBO dataset and a richer synthesis PDF (ultimateBeneficialOwnersCertificate document) for your own requests. You can register several INPI accounts. Requests are spread across them and fail over automatically if one account expires, is locked, or hits its rate limit, so your enriched UBO access stays available. When customer credentials are provisioned:

The ultimateBeneficialOwners datapoint is fetched under your INPI account and carries the un-redacted personal fields.
The ultimateBeneficialOwnersCertificate document (synthesis PDF) is fetched under your INPI account and contains the richer content that INPI reserves for RBE-authorised accounts.
Both the datapoint result and the downloaded PDF are isolated to your account. No other customer can observe or read your enriched response.

When no customer credentials are provisioned, Topograph returns the default redacted INPI response. Switching from the default path to customer credentials, or rotating them, always produces a fresh INPI fetch; no stale cross-regime data is ever served. The inpi_extract (uncertified trade register extract) document always uses the default service account, even when customer credentials are provisioned. RBE enrichment only affects the UBO-focused synthesis PDF.

You add your INPI accounts yourself, on the workspace that should use them: in the dashboard under Workspaces → Vault, or with PUT /v2/workspaces/{name}/vault/fr_inpi. Credentials are encrypted on write, are never returned back, and can be rotated at any time without data loss. See Register Credentials for the payload shape and how a workspace inherits credentials. If you are not sure which RBE roles your INPI account carries, contact support@topograph.co.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Company Type	Source	Format	Example	Notes
Commercial companies & sole entrepreneurs	RNE	9 digits (SIREN), leading zeros significant	`932884117`	Standard business identifier. The ninth digit is a check digit (Luhn)
Non-profits	RNA	W + 9 digits	`W073000441`	Recommended, even if a SIREN exists. In Corsica: `W2A` or `W2B` + 7 digits
Older non-profits (RNA Import)	RNA	Up to 15 letters, digits and hyphens, typically 3 digits + a letter + digits	`332P2214500`	Non-profits with no change declared since 2009. Other shapes we return: `382S03394`, `051S00-011`, `623S0623001470`
Alsace-Moselle non-profits	RNA AM	A + year(4) + court(3) + seq(6), 14 characters	`A2002THI000075`	AMALIA number, the id search returns for these non-profits

Alsace-Moselle Format Breakdown: A2002THI000075 = A (prefix) + 2002 (usually the year of registration) + THI (code of the registering court, e.g. THI = Thionville, MET = Metz, SAG = Sarreguemines) + 000075 (sequence)

Strict format validation on /v2/companyThe id of a company request must be a 9-digit SIREN or an RNA non-profit id, exactly as /v2/search returns it. A 14-digit SIRET, a VAT number (FRXX + SIREN or 11 bare digits) or any other all-digit input is rejected immediately with HTTP 400 (invalid_request), before any request is created or billed. This is distinct from resource_not_found, which means the identifier was well-formed but no entity exists behind it.SIRET and VAT numbers are supported in /v2/search, which resolves them to the canonical SIREN. Pass that SIREN to /v2/company. For a SIRET you can also simply take its first 9 digits.

Critical: RNA vs SIREN for Non-profitsNon-profits may have both an RNA number and a SIREN number. Use the RNA number as the API ID: it reaches the RNA records and the JOAF publications. Querying by SIREN also resolves, but returns the trade register or SIRENE view of the entity.

Identifiers in API Response

Once you retrieve company data, the identifiers object contains all available identifiers for that entity:

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Found In
`siren`	9 digits, leading zeros significant	`932884117`	Commercial companies, sole entrepreneurs, some non-profits
`siret`	14 digits (head office SIRET); the last digit is a check digit	`93288411700023`	Entities registered in SIRENE, some non-profits
`VAT`	11 digits (2 check digits + SIREN; the FR prefix is stripped)	`21932884117`	Commercial companies, sole entrepreneurs
`rna`	W + 9 digits (W + 2A/2B + 7 digits in Corsica), or an RNA-Import id of up to 15 letters, digits and hyphens	`W073000441`	Non-profits
`rnaAlsaceMoselle`	A + year(4) + court(3) + seq(6)	`A2002THI000075`	Alsace-Moselle non-profits (with `rna` when one exists)

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

GLEIF is the supplementary data source for this identifier. company.identifiers.lei is optional. It is returned when the SIREN (siren) matches exactly one LEI through a GLEIF registration or validation reference. The Legal Entity Identifier has 20 uppercase alphanumeric characters, ending in two check digits. Coverage varies by entity. An absent lei does not prove that the company has no LEI. Lapsed, retired or merged LEIs may be returned; annulled LEIs are excluded.

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By SIREN	9 digits	`932884117`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By SIRET	14 digits	`93288411700023`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id, converted to parent SIREN); other results may follow
By RNA	W + 9 characters, or an RNA-Import id	`W073000441`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By Alsace-Moselle ID	A + year(4) + court(3) + seq(6)	`A2002THI000075`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By VAT Number	FR + 11 digits, or 11 digits	`FR21932884117`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By Name	Text string	`"TOPOGRAPH"`	Fuzzy	Multiple results across all sources

Search Source Priority

Search queries are dispatched across five sources in priority order:

Index lookup by ID — Pre-built search index for identifier-based searches (SIREN, SIRET, VAT, RNA, Alsace-Moselle)
RNE by ID — Live INPI API lookup for identifier-based searches
Index search by Name — Pre-built search index for name-based fuzzy searches
RNE by Name — Live INPI API for name-based searches
BODACC by ID — Last resort, SIREN/SIRET only

Search Performance: Use identifier-based searches (SIREN, RNA, VAT) for best performance and exact matching. Name searches may return multiple results from different registers (RNE, RNA Waldec, RNA Import, Alsace-Moselle).

Search uses both pre-built indexes and live lookups. Name searches query a pre-built index for fast results. Identifier searches (SIREN, RNA, VAT) also perform live registry lookups to ensure the most up-to-date data.

Active companies only

Search can return companies that are no longer active. activeOnly=true removes those whose status is known at search time; the others are kept. Status is known for nearly every result. A registration-number match found only in official announcements (typically a very recent company) may be returned whatever its status, as may a company whose only closure signal is a dormancy declaration.

Prefill mode (fast retrieval)

Use POST /v2/company with mode: "prefill" for low-latency access in prefill flows. Prefill mode covers company, legalRepresentatives, otherKeyPersons, establishments and ultimateBeneficialOwners. shareholders and subsidiaries are available in verification mode only. Prefill reads the same register data as verification, and its results are authoritative. Both modes use our daily-synchronized copy of the INPI RNE and read INPI live when that copy is behind or does not have the company yet, with SIRENE, RNA and BODACC for entities outside the RNE. RNE fields are labelled live_from_registry when INPI answered live or our daily copy is confirmed up to date. cached_from_registry appears on activity codes and employee counts from INSEE, on insolvency status from BODACC, on companies outside the RNE (SIRENE-only entities and associations), and on RNE fields whenever our copy is behind and INPI cannot be reached live, which can affect most requests during an INPI outage (see Verification Status and Source Labels). The one difference is VAT. In prefill mode, company carries the calculated VAT number without the VIES check and its consultation number. Request verification mode when you need that proof. UBOs are the same in both modes: personal fields are redacted per RGPD by default, and un-redacted for accounts that have provided their own INPI credentials (see Enriched UBO data with customer INPI credentials).

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
All-or-nothing data model	Data comes from a single source per entity — no cross-registry merging. Exceptions: employee count always from SIRENE, BODACC collective proceedings on the company status, and the VIES VAT check in verification mode.
Query non-profits by RNA number	Even if a non-profit has a SIREN, prefer its RNA number: it reaches the RNA records and JOAF publications. A SIREN query returns the trade register or SIRENE view.
Non-diffusible sole entrepreneurs	~30% of EIs are marked non-diffusible by INSEE. Only minimal data returned (identifiers + VAT). No workaround.
SIRENE employee data lag	Employee count ranges (tranches) from SIRENE can be 2-3 years old per INSEE methodology.
BODACC = AI-extracted text	When BODACC is the source (rare last resort), company data and legal reps are extracted from announcement text by AI. Quality is lower.
Register extracts only for active companies	The K-Bis (`certifiedTradeRegisterExtract`), the uncertified extract (`tradeRegisterExtract`) and the UBO extract are unavailable for closed/dissolved companies. Filed actes and financial statements stay available.
Alsace-Moselle is separate	Departments 57/67/68 non-profits use local law (German heritage). Different identifier format, different activity codes, different registry.
ISIC sometimes AI-inferred	NAF_REV2-to-NACE mapping is deterministic. NACE-to-ISIC uses formal tables when possible, but falls back to AI. Check `isAIInferred` flag.
RNE replaced 3 registries in 2023	Since Jan 1 2023, RNE unified RNCS + Repertoire des Metiers + Registre des Actifs Agricoles. Some legacy data may still reference old registries.
JOAF docs are paid	Non-profit documents from Journal Officiel are paid per document — see the pricing page for current rates. Not all non-profits publish to JOAF.
SIRET auto-converted to SIREN (search only)	In `/v2/search`, a 14-digit SIRET is automatically resolved to its parent 9-digit SIREN. In `/v2/company`, a SIRET is rejected with HTTP 400: pass the SIREN instead.

Mappings

Company Status

Company status is determined deterministically from RNE and SIRENE data, updated by BODACC collective-proceeding announcements — no AI inference is involved.

RNE (primary source)

Status is derived from historical events, cessation indicators, and dormancy flags:

Local Status	English	Standardized Status	Notes
Actif	Active	Active	No closure indicators
En sommeil	Dormant	Closed	Dormancy is the only closure signal; see the dormancy note below
Fermé	Closed	Closed	Has cessation events, radiation dates, or closure events
Fermé or En sommeil	Under insolvency	Under Insolvency Proceeding	A closed company whose register history shows a faillite, redressement or sauvegarde

A dormancy declaration (“en sommeil”) does not always get updated when the company resumes activity. To avoid reporting a resumed company as inactive, dormancy is only treated as Closed when no other closure indicator is present and SIRENE’s independent administrative status does not also confirm the company as active. If SIRENE confirms activity, the standardized status is Active. Any stronger closure signal (radiation, liquidation, insolvency, an explicit dissolution event) always takes precedence over this check.

Closure reasons (when status is Closed or Under Insolvency Proceeding):

French Event	Standardized Closure Reason
Faillite	Bankruptcy
Redressement judiciaire / Sauvegarde	Court Order
Dissolution avec liquidation	Liquidation
Dissolution volontaire / sur decision	Voluntary Dissolution
Radiation / dissolution administrative	Administrative Dissolution
Nature cessation code (fallback)	Other

SIRENE (fallback source)

Code	Local Status	Standardized Status
A	Actif	Active
C	Cessé	Closed

SIRENE provides only a binary active/ceased status with no closure reasons or detailed dates. When RNE is the primary source (vast majority of cases), the richer RNE status logic is used.

BODACC collective proceedings

RNE and SIRENE keep a company active until it is struck off, even during a redressement or liquidation judiciaire. When the RNE or SIRENE status is still active, the latest collective-proceeding judgment published in BODACC (redressement, liquidation judiciaire, sauvegarde) updates it: an open proceeding moves the status to Under Insolvency Proceeding (the company stays active: true), and the closure of a liquidation moves it to Closed. A status the register already reports as closed is never changed.

Latest judgment	Local Status	Standardized Status	`active`
Liquidation judiciaire (opening, conversion, extension)	En liquidation judiciaire	Under Insolvency Proceeding	`true`
Redressement judiciaire	En redressement judiciaire	Under Insolvency Proceeding	`true`
Sauvegarde	En procédure de sauvegarde	Under Insolvency Proceeding	`true`
Plan (continuation, safeguard or sale)	Sous plan (procédure collective)	Under Insolvency Proceeding	`true`
Clôture of a liquidation (insufficient assets)	Clôturée (liquidation judiciaire)	Closed	`false`

RNA Waldec / RNA Import

Code	Local Status	`active`
A	Active	`true`
D	Dissoute	`false`
S	Supprimée	`false`
other	Inconnu	`false`

The RNA records no closure reason, so association statuses carry active and no standardized status.

RNA Alsace-Moselle

Code	Local Status	`active`
INSCRITE	Inscrite	`true`
DISSOUTE	Dissoute	`false`
RADIEE	Radiée	`false`
other	Inconnu	`false`

Legal Forms

France uses the INSEE catégorie juridique nomenclature (4-digit codes covering all entity types). Every code is mapped deterministically to a standardized legal form, English translation, and ISO 20275 (ELF) code via a static lookup table — no AI is involved at runtime. The table covers the 260 INSEE codes and the 209 additional codes of the RNE (INPI) nomenclature, 469 in all. Each INPI code carries the ISO 20275 code of its INSEE parent form, checked against GLEIF’s French list; forms GLEIF does not list carry none.

Legal form mapping is fully deterministic. localName is the label of the RNE (INPI) nomenclature, which the register’s formalities use; for some INSEE codes it is worded differently from INSEE’s own label (for example 5599, “Société anonyme à conseil d’administration (sans autre indication)”). A company known only from BODACC announcements gets the listed form its announcement names; an announcement wording no listed form keeps its own text.

Key Business Forms

Code	French Name	Abbr.	Standardized
5710	SAS, société par actions simplifiée	SAS / SASU	Corporation
5499	SARL, Société à responsabilité limitée (sans autre indication)	SARL	Limited Liability Company
5498	Société d’attribution d’immeuble en jouissance à temps partagé à responsabilité limitée	—	Limited Liability Company
5599	Société anonyme à conseil d’administration (sans autre indication)	SA	Corporation
5308	SCA, Société en commandite par actions	SCA	Partnership
5202	SNC, Société en nom collectif	SNC	Partnership
5306	SCS, Société en commandite simple	SCS	Partnership
5485	SELARL, Société d’exercice libéral à responsabilité limitée	SELARL	Limited Liability Company
5310	SLP, Société en libre partenariat	SLP	Partnership

Sole Entrepreneurs

Code	French Name	Standardized
1000	Entrepreneur individuel	Sole Proprietorship

Cooperatives

Code	French Name	Abbr.	Standardized
5458	Société coopérative ouvrière de production (SCOP) à responsabilité limitée	SCOP	Cooperative
5462	Société coopérative d’intérêt collectif à responsabilité limitée	SCIC	Cooperative
5461	Société coopérative à responsabilité limitée	—	Cooperative
5192	Société coopérative de banque populaire	—	Cooperative
5195	Association coopérative inscrite (droit local Alsace Moselle)	—	Cooperative
5463	Société coopérative d’activité et d’emploi à responsabilité limitée	—	Cooperative
5465	Société coopérative d’habitants à responsabilité limitée	—	Cooperative

Civil Companies

Code	French Name	Abbr.	Standardized
6540	Société civile immobilière (SCI)	SCI	Partnership
6561	SCP d’avocats	SCP	Partnership
6533	GAEC, Groupement agricole d’exploitation en commun	GAEC	Cooperative

Non-Profits

Code	French Name	Standardized
9220	Association déclarée	Nonprofit Organization
9221	Association déclarée d’insertion par l’économique	Nonprofit Organization
9222	Association intermédiaire	Nonprofit Organization
9230	Association déclarée, reconnue d’utilité publique	Nonprofit Organization
9300	Fondation	Nonprofit Organization

RNA Non-Profit Legal Forms (deterministic, no AI)

Nature Code	French Name	ISO 20275
R	Association reconnue d’utilité publique	XH8C
U, C	Association cultuelle	BEWI
M	Association de recherche médicale	BEWI
X (RNA Import)	Congrégation	PWKL
any other (D, A, B, G, I, L, S, …)	Association déclarée	BEWI

A union or a federation of associations (groupement U or F) carries a prefix: “Union d’associations - Association déclarée”, “Fédération d’associations - Association reconnue d’utilité publique”, and so on. Every association legal form is standardized as Nonprofit Organization. Associations of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, registered outside the RNA, are returned as “Association de droit local Alsace-Moselle” (ISO 20275 HF2L).

RNA legal form mapping is stable and deterministic — no AI parsers. The Ministry of the Interior does not publish the meaning of each nature letter, so a letter gets its own label only where the register data confirms it; every other association is returned as “Association déclarée”, which holds for every association in the RNA.

Public Entities

Code	French Name	Standardized
4110	Établissement public national à caractère industriel ou commercial doté d’un comptable public	Government-Owned Entity
4120	Établissement public national à caractère industriel ou commercial non doté d’un comptable public	Government-Owned Entity
4130	Exploitant public	Government-Owned Entity
4140	Établissement public local à caractère industriel ou commercial	Government-Owned Entity
4150	Régie d’une collectivité locale à caractère industriel ou commercial	Government-Owned Entity
4160	Institution Banque de France	Government-Owned Entity

Foreign Entities

Code	French Name	Standardized
3110	Représentation ou agence commerciale d’état ou organisme public étranger immatriculé au RCS	Branch or Representative Office
3120	Société commerciale étrangère immatriculée au RCS	Branch or Representative Office
3205	Organisation internationale	Other
3210	État, collectivité ou établissement public étranger	Government-Owned Entity
3220	Société étrangère non immatriculée au RCS	Branch or Representative Office
3290	Personne morale de droit étranger (autre que société étrangère) non immatriculée au registre du commerce et des sociétés	Other

Other Private Structures

Code	French Name	Standardized
2110	Indivision entre personnes physiques	Other
2210	Société créée de fait entre personnes physiques	Partnership
2310	Société en participation entre personnes physiques	Partnership
2400	Fiducie	Trust
2700	Paroisse hors zone concordataire	Nonprofit Organization
2800	Assujetti unique à la TVA	Other

Code	French Name	Standardized
8110	Régime général de la Sécurité Sociale	Government-Owned Entity
8210	Mutuelle	Cooperative
8250	Assurance mutuelle agricole	Cooperative

The full INSEE nomenclature is available at INSEE. All 469 codes (260 INSEE, 209 RNE) are statically mapped with English translations, standardized categories, and ISO 20275 (ELF) codes. The pricing page lists every code.

Legal Representatives

Legal representatives are extracted from the officers (pouvoirs) recorded in the RNE. The classification of a role as legal representative vs. other key person is fully deterministic — a static mapping covers all 84 RNE role codes, each with a standardized role, English translation, and isLegalRepresentative flag based on French corporate law. No AI is involved.

Complete RNE Role Mapping (84 roles)

Legal Representatives (30 roles) -- registered representative capacities

Code	French Role	English	Standardized	Notes
30	Gérant	Manager (Gérant)	Managing Director	Most common for SARL/SNC
28	Gérant et associé indéfiniment et solidairement responsable	Manager and Unlimited Joint-Liability Partner	Managing Director	SNC gérant
29	Gérant et associé indéfiniment responsable	Manager and Unlimited Liability Partner	Managing Director	SCS gérant
52	Président du directoire	President of the Management Board	President	SA with directoire
53	Directeur Général	Chief Executive Officer (Directeur Général)	Chief Executive Officer	SA executive
60	Président du conseil d’administration et directeur général	Chairman and CEO (PDG)	Chief Executive Officer	Combined role in SA
69	Directeur général unique de SA à directoire	Sole General Director (SA with Management Board)	Chief Executive Officer	SA directoire variant
70	Directeur général délégué	Deputy CEO (Directeur Général Délégué)	Managing Director	SA deputy executive
73	Président de SAS	President of SAS	President	Most common for SAS
55	Dirigeant à l’étranger d’une personne morale étrangère	Director of Foreign Entity (Abroad)	Managing Director	Foreign entity management
56	Dirigeant en France d’une personne morale étrangère	Director of Foreign Entity (in France)	Managing Director	Foreign entity French branch
66	Personne ayant le pouvoir d’engager à titre habituel la société	Authorized Signatory (Company)	Authorized Signatory	General signing authority
67	Personne ayant le pouvoir d’engager l’établissement	Authorized Signatory (Establishment)	Authorized Signatory	Establishment-level authority
100	Repreneur	Business Acquirer (Repreneur)	Owner	Business acquisition
101	Entrepreneur	Entrepreneur	Owner	Individual entrepreneur
140	Président de l’EPIC	President of Public Commercial Establishment	President	EPIC entity
200	Fiduciaire	Fiduciary	Managing Director	Trust management
201	Dirigeant	Director (Dirigeant)	Managing Director	Generic executive
203	Membre bénéficiant d’un mandat général d’administration	Member with General Administration Mandate	Administrator	Non-profit admin
204	Personne capable d’engager l’entité	Person Authorized to Bind the Entity	Authorized Signatory	Non-profit signing authority
205	Président	President	President	Non-profit/generic president
206	Directeur	Director	Director	Generic director
212	Personne désignée par les statuts	Person Designated by Bylaws	Managing Director	Bylaws-designated authority
214	Personne ayant le pouvoir d’engager à titre habituel l’entité	Person Authorized to Habitually Bind the Entity	Authorized Signatory	Non-profit habitual signing authority
215	Personne ayant le pouvoir de représenter l’entité	Person Authorized to Represent the Entity	Authorized Signatory	Non-profit representation authority
40	Liquidateur	Liquidator	Liquidator	Legal rep during liquidation
86	Exploitant pour le compte de l’indivision	Operator on behalf of Joint Ownership	Managing Director	Joint ownership operator
90	Personne physique, exploitant en commun	Joint Operator (Individual)	Partner	Joint exploitation
98	Administrateur provisoire	Provisional Administrator	Administrator	Court-appointed, scope defined by the order
231	Gouverneur	Governor	President	Banque de France

Board & Supervisory Roles (19 roles) -- no separate representation mandate recorded

Code	French Role	English	Standardized
61	Président du conseil de surveillance	Chairman of the Supervisory Board	Chairman of the Board
63	Membre du directoire	Member of the Management Board	C-Level Executive
64	Membre du conseil de surveillance	Member of the Supervisory Board	Supervisory Board Member
65	Administrateur	Board Member (Administrateur)	Board Member
110	Vice-Président	Vice-President	Vice Chairman of the Board
111	Vice-Président du Directoire	Vice-President of the Management Board	Vice Chairman of the Board
120	Vice-Président du Conseil d’Orientation et de Surveillance	Vice-President of Orientation and Supervision Board	Vice Chairman of the Board
121	Président du Conseil d’Orientation et de Surveillance	President of Orientation and Supervision Board	Chairman of the Board
122	Membre du Conseil d’Orientation et de Surveillance	Member of Orientation and Supervision Board	Board Member
210	Membre du conseil syndical	Member of the Syndicate Council	Board Member
211	Président du conseil syndical	President of the Syndicate Council	Chairman of the Board
135	Administrateurs représentant les salariés	Employee Representative Director	Board Member
213	Vice-Président du conseil de surveillance	Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board	Vice Chairman of the Board
218	Membre de l’organe collégial de contrôle	Member of the Collegial Control Body	Supervisory Board Member
219	Président de l’organe collégial de contrôle	Chairman of the Collegial Control Body	Chairman of the Board
51	Président du conseil d’administration	Chairman of the Board of Directors	Chairman of the Board
232	Premier sous-gouverneur	First Deputy Governor	C-Level Executive
233	Deuxième sous-gouverneur	Second Deputy Governor	C-Level Executive
234	Conseiller général	Member of the General Council	Board Member

Audit & Control Roles (6 roles) -- NOT legal representatives

Code	French Role	English	Standardized
71	Commissaire aux comptes titulaire	Statutory Auditor (Titular)	Auditor
72	Commissaire aux comptes suppléant	Statutory Auditor (Substitute)	Auditor
13	Contrôleur de gestion	Management Controller	Auditor
14	Contrôleur des comptes	Accounts Controller	Auditor
104	Personne chargée du contrôle	Person in Charge of Control	Auditor
220	Auditeur de durabilité	Sustainability Auditor	Auditor

Partner & Associate Roles (9 roles) -- NOT legal representatives

Code	French Role	English	Standardized
74	Associé indéfiniment et solidairement responsable	Unlimited Joint-Liability Partner	Other
75	Associé indéfiniment responsable	Unlimited Liability Partner	Other
131	Associé commandité	General Partner (Commandité)	Other
132	Associé commanditaire	Limited Partner (Commanditaire)	Other
23	Autre associé majoritaire	Other Majority Partner	Other
95	Associé qui participe à la gestion	Partner Participating in Management	Other
96	Associé non salarié	Non-Salaried Partner	Other
130	Associé unique qui récupère le patrimoine	Sole Associate Recovering Assets	Other
41	Associé unique (qui participe à l’activité EURL)	Sole Associate (Active in EURL)	Other

Non-Profit Functional Roles (6 roles) -- no representation inferred from title

Code	French Role	English	Standardized
207	Trésorier	Treasurer	Other
208	Secrétaire	Secretary	Secretary
209	Secrétaire général	Secretary General	Secretary
216	Trésorier adjoint	Deputy Treasurer	Other
217	Secrétaire adjoint	Deputy Secretary	Secretary
202	Représentant de l’assujetti unique	Representative of VAT Group	Other

Other & Administrative Roles (14 roles) -- NOT legal representatives

Code	French Role	English	Standardized
11	Membre	Member	Other
77	Représentant fiscal d’une entreprise personne étrangère sans établissement en France	Tax Representative of Foreign Entity	Other
82	Indivisaire	Joint Owner (Indivisaire)	Other
94	Membre non salarié participant aux travaux	Non-Salaried Worker-Member	Other
97	Mandataire ad hoc	Ad Hoc Agent (Mandataire)	Other
99	Autre	Other	Other
103	Suppléant	Substitute	Other
105	Personne décisionnaire désignée	Designated Decision-Maker	Other
106	Comptable	Accountant	Other
107	Héritier indivisaire	Joint Heir (Indivisaire)	Other
108	Loueur	Lessor	Other
109	Mandataire fiscal	Tax Representative	Other
150	Avocat	Lawyer	Other
76	Représentant social d’une entreprise personne étrangère sans établissement en France	Social Representative of Foreign Entity	Other

The classification of each role as legal representative or other key person is deterministic and based on French corporate law. For example, a “Gérant” (code 30) is always a legal representative, while an “Administrateur” (code 65) is always an other key person. Representation is qualified by the legal form and source: foreign offices follow their governing law; association offices depend on statutes or delegation; establishment signatories act within the establishment mandate; provisional administrators within the court order. No sole or joint signing rule is inferred from an office title. A secretary general (209) is an other key person unless a separately recorded office establishes representation. A member of a management board (63) is kept as an other key person; a separate appointment as director general carries representation under Code de commerce L225-66. A person the register records with a second role (secondRoleEntreprise, for example a gérant who is also empowered to bind the company) is returned once per role, each entry under the datapoint its role belongs to. An officer with an unknown or absent role code is retained as “Autre” rather than dropped. For individual entrepreneurs (catégorie juridique 1000), the register records no role code: the entrepreneur is always returned as the sole legal representative with the role “Entrepreneur Individuel” (English “Sole Proprietor”, standardized Managing Director).

All 84 codes from the RNE role nomenclature (INPI dictionary, June 2026) are statically mapped with standardized roles, English translations, and legal representative classification. No code is missing and no AI is involved. The standardized value of a legal representative comes from the legal-representative role list; the standardized value of an other key person comes from the other-key-person role list (otherKeyPersons[].role.standardized), where a role with no closer equivalent is Other and keeps its meaning in localName and englishTranslation.

Shareholders

Shareholders are AI-extracted from the documents the company filed at INPI (statutes, capital changes, annual filings). They are not read from structured register data, so verify them against the filing before relying on them for compliance. Not all legal forms must file an updated shareholder list each year. Shareholders are available in verification mode only. Non-profits (queried by RNA number) and sole entrepreneurs have no share capital: the shareholders datapoint returns datapoint_not_applicable at no charge. A sole entrepreneur appears under legalRepresentatives and ultimateBeneficialOwners instead. Both individual and corporate shareholders are supported.

Activity Code Mapping

France uses the NAF_REV2 (Nomenclature d’Activites Francaise, Revision 2) classification, which extends the European NACE Rev. 2 standard with a trailing letter suffix. The system maps activity codes across three levels:

NAF_REV2 (French) -> NACE Rev. 2.1 (European) -> ISIC Rev. 5 (International)

Classification	Source	Example	AI Inferred?
NAF_REV2	RNE / SIRENE (APE code)	`5829C`	No (official)
NACE	The NACE Rev. 2.1 class of the company’s NAF 2025 code (first four digits); INSEE’s NAF rev. 2 -> NAF 2025 correspondence when INSEE has not assigned one	`58.29`	No (register / formal mapping)
NAF_2025	INSEE’s NAF 2025 code for the company (Sirene, provisional until 2027-01-01)	`58.29Y`	No (official)
NACE_REV2	The APE code’s own class level (first four digits)	`58.29`	No (the register’s own class)
ISIC	Derived from NACE (formal mapping) or AI	`5829`	Sometimes
RNA	RNA Waldec / Import (objet_social codes)	`011000` (Sports)	No (official)
ALSACE_MOSELLE	RNA Alsace-Moselle (regional classification)	`SOCIAL-SOLIDARITE`	No (official)

One code in, one code out. You get one NACE and one ISIC code per declared NAF/APE code. Where a NAF/APE code has no single equivalent in the target revision, the shared parent class is returned rather than every candidate — see One code in, one code out.

Your NACE class is the one INSEE assigned the company, not a conversion of its old code. INSEE has published NAF 2025, the French implementation of NACE Rev. 2.1: « la structure de la NAF 2025 s’emboîte strictement dans celle de la nomenclature européenne NACE Rev.2.1 ; jusqu’au niveau le plus détaillé de la NACE (niveau des classes ; codes à 4 chiffres), les deux nomenclatures coïncident rigoureusement » (INSEE, Structure de la NAF 2025). A NAF 2025 code is therefore a NACE Rev. 2.1 class followed by one French letter (Y when the class has no French subdivision, G/H/J… when it has), and INSEE already assigns every active company its NAF 2025 code in Sirene, « à titre informatif » until NAF 2025 becomes the reference nomenclature for APE codes on 1 January 2027 (INSEE, Sirene open data).We read that assignment directly. For a company INSEE recorded as 86.90F (NAF rev. 2) and assigned 86.93Y (NAF 2025):

"activities": {
  "NAF_REV2":    [{ "code": "8690F",  "description": "Activités de santé humaine non classées ailleurs" }],
  "NAF_2025":   [{ "code": "86.93Y", "description": "Activités des psychologues et psychothérapeutes, à l'exception des médecins" }],
  "NACE":       [{ "code": "86.93",  "description": "Activities of psychologists and psychotherapists, except medical doctors" }],
  "NACE_REV2":  [{ "code": "86.90",  "description": "Other human health activities" }]
}

This is more precise than any conversion of the old code can be, because INSEE recodes each company on its actual activity: a consultancy filed as 62.02A can come back as 73.12Y (media representation). In a live sample of 598 units (2026-09-03), 99.5 % of active companies carried a NAF 2025 code; the ones that don’t are units still coded in a pre-2008 nomenclature, almost all ceased, and for those the correspondence rules below apply.

The APE sub-class letter is used, not discarded. The letter on an APE code is a French subdivision of the NACE class, and it often pins the NACE Rev. 2.1 class that the bare class cannot. We resolve it through INSEE’s own Table de correspondances NAF rev.2 -> NAF 2025 (NAF 2025 sits strictly inside NACE Rev. 2.1), which names a single Rev. 2.1 class for 541 of the 732 French sub-classes:

APE code	NACE from the class alone	NACE we publish
`6420Z` Activites des societes holding	`64.2` (group)	`64.21`
`8690A` Ambulances	`86.9` (group)	`86.92`
`1071B` Cuisson de produits de boulangerie	`10.71` (food manufacturing)	`47.24` (retail)
`8690F` Activites de sante humaine n.c.a.	`86.9` (group)	`86.9` — INSEE itself splits this sub-class across `86.93`, `86.96` and `86.99`, so no 4-digit class is supported by the data

Where the sub-class straddles several Rev. 2.1 classes the class-level answer stands, so this is never less precise than the code alone. The register’s own 5-character APE code is always published in full under NAF_REV2, with INSEE’s official French label.

Need a 4-digit class on every company, including units INSEE has not assigned a NAF 2025 code? Read NACE_REV2. NAF rev. 2 is the French implementation of NACE Rev. 2, so an APE code’s first four digits are a NACE Rev. 2 class. We publish that class verbatim under NACE_REV2 whenever we hold an APE code — no conversion, no guessing:

"activities": {
  "NAF_REV2":    [{ "code": "8690F", "description": "Activites de sante humaine non classees ailleurs" }],
  "NACE_REV2":  [{ "code": "86.90", "description": "Other human health activities" }],
  "NACE":       [{ "code": "86.9",  "description": "Other human health activities" }]}

This is the key to read when your parser needs a 4-digit class for every company. It also answers for the classes NACE Rev. 2.1 dropped entirely — 41.20A (construction de maisons individuelles), 45.11Z (car sales), 96.01A/B (laundry) and others have no honest Rev. 2.1 code, so NACE is absent for them while NACE_REV2 is not.The two are different revisions of the same classification: 86.90 is not a NACE Rev. 2.1 code, and 86.9 is not a Rev. 2 class. Do not mix them in one field.

Main activity: the APE code is the company’s declared main activity (“activite principale exercee”): the register publishes exactly one per company. The NAF_REV2 entry carries isMainActivity: true, and the NACE and ISIC codes derived from it inherit the flag.

AI Enrichment: When ISIC codes cannot be derived from NACE via formal mapping tables, the system uses AI to match activity descriptions to ISIC Rev. 5 codes. Every activity item includes an isAIInferred flag to distinguish official vs. AI-derived codes. NAF_REV2 and NACE codes are never AI-inferred for France.

Establishment-level activity: in France each establishment (SIRET) can have its own activity, which may differ from the company-level activity. When the register records it, every establishment in company.establishments[] carries its own activities object (NAF_REV2 + NACE + ISIC), in the same shape as the company-level activities.

Activity Codes by Source

Source	Classifications returned	Notes
RNE	NAF_REV2 + NACE + ISIC	APE code from the RNE filing
SIRENE	NAF_REV2 + NACE + ISIC	APE code from the SIRENE directory
RNA Waldec	RNA + (NAF_REV2 + NACE if SIREN exists) + ISIC	RNA nomenclature codes + SIRENE APE if available
RNA Import	RNA + ISIC	RNA nomenclature codes only
RNA Alsace-Moselle	ALSACE_MOSELLE + ISIC	Regional classification codes (DOMAINES/THEMES)

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Data Type	Commercial companies (RNE)	SIRENE-only	BODACC	RNA Waldec	RNA Import	Alsace-Moselle
Company Profile	✅ Full	⚠️ Limited	⚠️ Announcement fields	✅ Basic	✅ Basic	✅ Basic
Legal Representatives	✅ Comprehensive	⚠️ Sole entrepreneurs only	⚠️ AI-extracted	❌	❌	❌
Other Key Persons	✅ Available non-representative offices	❌	✅ Available administration offices	❌	❌	❌
Shareholders	⚠️ AI-extracted from filings	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Subsidiaries	⚠️ From filed bilans	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Ultimate Beneficial Owners	✅ (live fetch)	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Establishments	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Activity Codes	✅ NAF_REV2/NACE/ISIC	✅ NAF_REV2/NACE/ISIC	❌	✅ RNA + NACE/ISIC	✅ RNA + ISIC	✅ ALSACE_MOSELLE + ISIC
Employee Count	✅ (from SIRENE)	✅	❌	⚠️ Via SIRENE	❌	❌

Legend: ✅ Available | ❌ Not Available | ⚠️ Conditionally Available

Other Key Persons

otherKeyPersons carries board, supervisory, functional and unclassified offices for which no separate representation capacity is established. A person may also have a separately recorded representative office. The main source is the RNE role mapping. On the exceptional BODACC-only fallback, available administration office holders are classified using the same known offices; unfamiliar source titles retain contextual classification. SIRENE-only entities and RNA associations return an empty list. The full role split is in the Complete RNE Role Mapping above.

Subsidiaries

subsidiaries is available for France. It returns the equity participations the queried company holds in other entities, AI-extracted from the “Filiales et participations” annex of the latest annual financial statement (bilan) filed at INPI. Verify the values against the filing before relying on them for compliance. Availability depends on the filing, not on our coverage: a company that has filed no bilan returns no subsidiaries, and associations (loi 1901) do not file bilans at all. subsidiaries is a separate data block from company, and it is available in verification mode only. See the Subsidiaries guide for the response shape.

Employee Count Tranches (SIRENE)

Tranche Code	Range
00	0 employees
01	1-2 employees
02	3-5 employees
03	6-9 employees
11	10-19 employees
12	20-49 employees
21	50-99 employees
22	100-199 employees
31	200-249 employees
32	250-499 employees
41	500-999 employees
42	1,000-1,999 employees
51	2,000-4,999 employees
52	5,000-9,999 employees
53	10,000+ employees

Documents by Company Type

Commercial companies & sole entrepreneurs (SIREN)

Document Type	API Category	Format	Availability	Notes
K-Bis (Certified Extract)	`certifiedTradeRegisterExtract`	PDF	✅ Active + in RNE + on Infogreffe	Official certified trade register extract
Trade Register History (Historique des modifications)	`tradeRegisterHistory`	PDF	✅ Active + in RNE + on Infogreffe	Chronological history of the modifications registered at the RCS
INPI Extract (Uncertified)	`tradeRegisterExtract`	PDF	✅ Active + in RNE	Non-certified trade register extract, priced as company data
UBO Extract	`ultimateBeneficialOwnersCertificate`	PDF	✅ Active + in RNE	Ultimate beneficial owners certificate, priced as UBO data
Avis de situation INSEE	`otherDocuments[]`	PDF	✅ Active	Identity sheet from the SIRENE directory, priced as company data
Financial Statements (Bilans)	`financialStatements[]`	PDF	✅ When filed	Annual accounts filed with RNE (formal mapping)
Company Documents (Actes)	`articlesOfAssociation[]`	PDF	✅ When filed	Statutes, decisions, formalities (classified by the register’s document type)

Non-profits (RNA Waldec, RNA Import, Alsace-Moselle)

Document Type	API Category	Format	Availability	Notes
Avis de situation INSEE	`otherDocuments[]`	PDF	✅ Active + in SIRENE	Identity sheet from the SIRENE directory, same document as for commercial companies, independent of RNE registration
JOAF Official Publications	`officialPublications[]`	PDF	⚠️ If published	Gazette publications (paid, see pricing)
JOAF Financial Statements	`financialStatements[]`	PDF	⚠️ If published	Annual accounts in JOAF, priced as financial statements (see pricing)

K-Bis Availability: The certified K-Bis extract (certifiedTradeRegisterExtract) requires three conditions: company is active, is in RNE, and is available on Infogreffe. The uncertified extract (tradeRegisterExtract) and the UBO extract are also offered only for active companies in the RNE. For inactive, dissolved, or liquidated companies, the filed actes and financial statements stay available.

Avis de situation INSEE: Available for any active company registered in the SIRENE directory, regardless of K-Bis availability or RNE registration. This includes non-profits that are not registered in RNE: an active association registered in SIRENE always has at least this document, even when it has no trade register extract and no JOAF publication on file. Associations with no SIRENE registration have no Avis de situation. Returned in otherDocuments[]. It contains registration details, activity code, and address from the SIRENE directory.

JOAF Documents: The Journal Officiel des Associations et Fondations (JOAF) publishes official documents for non-profits. These documents are conditionally available — not all non-profits publish to JOAF, and a non-profit that has never filed a modification or published annual accounts can legitimately have none. When available, they appear under officialPublications and financialStatements categories and stay there for as long as the non-profit exists: a later administrative name change on the same registration number does not remove an earlier publication. JOAF documents are paid (see pricing) and include two sources: JOAFE (gazette publications) and DCA (annual accounts).

Example API Responses

All examples use placeholder data. Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "<id>", "countryCode": "FR", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"] }

Active SAS (Source: RNE) -- with UBOs

{
  "company": {
    "id": "123456789",
    "countryCode": "FR",
    "identifiers": { "VAT": "XX123456789" },
    "taxId": { "type": "eu_vat", "value": "XX123456789", "country": "FR", "verification": { "status": "verified", "verifiedName": "SAS EXAMPLE CORP" } },
    "legalName": "Example Corp",
    "registrationDate": "2023-03-15",
    "activityDescription": "Developpement et commercialisation de logiciels professionnels.",
    "status": { "localName": "Actif", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "SAS, société par actions simplifiée", "standardized": "Corporation", "iso20275Code": "6CHY" },
    "capital": { "amount": 10000, "currency": "EUR" },
    "activities": {
      "NAF_REV2": [{ "code": "6201Z", "description": "Programmation informatique", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "NACE": [{ "code": "62.10", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "621", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": false }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "10 Rue de la Paix", "city": "Paris", "postalCode": "75002", "countryCode": "FR" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Président de SAS", "standardized": "President" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Jean DUPONT" }, "birthDate": { "month": 6, "year": 1985 } } },
    { "entityId": "person_002", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Directeur Général", "standardized": "Chief Executive Officer" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Marie MARTIN" }, "birthDate": { "month": 9, "year": 1990 } } }
  ],
  "ultimateBeneficialOwners": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "name": { "fullName": "Jean DUPONT", "firstName": "Jean", "lastName": "DUPONT" },
      "birthDate": { "month": 6, "year": 1985 },
      "nationality": "FR",
      "control": { "types": ["ownership-of-shares", "voting-rights"], "description": "Ultimate beneficial owner", "details": [{ "type": "shares", "percentageValue": 75, "nature": "direct" }, { "type": "voting-rights", "percentageValue": 75, "nature": "direct" }] }
    },
    {
      "entityId": "person_002",
      "name": { "fullName": "Marie MARTIN", "firstName": "Marie", "lastName": "MARTIN" },
      "birthDate": { "month": 9, "year": 1990 },
      "nationality": "FR",
      "control": { "types": ["ownership-of-shares", "voting-rights"], "description": "Ultimate beneficial owner", "details": [{ "type": "shares", "percentageValue": 25, "nature": "direct" }, { "type": "voting-rights", "percentageValue": 25, "nature": "direct" }] }
    }
  ],
  "establishments": [
    { "id": "12345678900011", "name": "Example Corp", "creationDate": "2023-03-15", "active": true, "address": { "addressLine1": "10 Rue de la Paix", "city": "Paris", "postalCode": "75002", "countryCode": "FR" } }
  ]
}

Closed SARL (Source: RNE)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "987654321",
    "countryCode": "FR",
    "identifiers": { "VAT": "YY987654321" },
    "taxId": { "type": "eu_vat", "value": "YY987654321", "country": "FR", "verification": { "status": "unverified" } },
    "legalName": "Ancienne Boutique",
    "registrationDate": "2015-01-10",
    "activityDescription": "Commerce de detail de vetements.",
    "status": { "localName": "Fermé", "active": false, "statusDetails": { "status": "CLOSED" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "SARL, Société à responsabilité limitée (sans autre indication)", "standardized": "Limited Liability Company", "iso20275Code": "V9QP" },
    "capital": { "amount": 5000, "currency": "EUR" },
    "activities": {
      "NAF_REV2": [{ "code": "4771Z", "description": "Commerce de detail d'habillement en magasin specialise", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "NACE": [{ "code": "47.71", "description": "Retail sale of clothing", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "4771", "description": "Retail sale of clothing", "isAIInferred": false }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "25 Rue du Commerce", "city": "Lyon", "postalCode": "69002", "countryCode": "FR" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Gérant", "standardized": "Managing Director" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Pierre DURAND" }, "birthDate": { "month": 3, "year": 1978 } } }
  ],
  "establishments": [
    { "id": "98765432100015", "name": "Ancienne Boutique", "creationDate": "2015-01-10", "endDate": "2023-06-30", "active": false, "address": { "addressLine1": "25 Rue du Commerce", "city": "Lyon", "postalCode": "69002", "countryCode": "FR" } }
  ]
}

Note: Closed companies have active: false, status Fermé, and endDate on establishments. The K-Bis, the uncertified extract and the UBO extract are not available for closed companies.

Sole Entrepreneur -- EI (Source: RNE)

Sole entrepreneurs (personnes physiques) are often non-diffusible in SIRENE, returning minimal data. Below is a diffusible example.

{
  "company": {
    "id": "111222333",
    "countryCode": "FR",
    "identifiers": { "VAT": "ZZ111222333" },
    "legalName": "Sophie BERNARD",
    "registrationDate": "2020-09-01",
    "activityDescription": "Activites de conseil en gestion.",
    "status": { "localName": "Actif", "active": true },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Entrepreneur individuel", "standardized": "Sole Proprietorship", "iso20275Code": "ZY9X" },
    "activities": {
      "NAF_REV2": [{ "code": "7022Z", "description": "Conseil pour les affaires et autres conseils de gestion", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "NACE": [{ "code": "70.20", "description": "Business and other management consultancy activities", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "7020", "description": "Business and other management consultancy activities", "isAIInferred": false }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "5 Impasse des Lilas", "city": "Nantes", "postalCode": "44000", "countryCode": "FR" }
  },
  "establishments": [
    { "id": "11122233300012", "name": "Sophie BERNARD", "creationDate": "2020-09-01", "active": true }
  ]
}

Note: The entrepreneur is returned as the sole legal representative (role “Entrepreneur Individuel”) and as the ultimate beneficial owner (100%, direct). The shareholders datapoint returns datapoint_not_applicable at no charge. legalName is the individual’s name.

Non-profit -- Association déclarée (RNA Waldec)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "W751000001",
    "countryCode": "FR",
    "identifiers": { "rna": "W751000001" },
    "legalName": "ASSOCIATION SPORTIVE DU QUARTIER",
    "registrationDate": "2016-10-20",
    "activityDescription": "Promouvoir la pratique sportive et organiser des evenements.",
    "status": { "localName": "Active", "active": true },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Association déclarée", "englishTranslation": "Declared association", "standardized": "Nonprofit Organization", "iso20275Code": "BEWI" },
    "activities": {
      "RNA": [{ "code": "011000", "description": "SPORTS, ACTIVITES DE PLEIN AIR" }],
      "NACE": [{ "code": "93.12", "description": "Activities of sports clubs", "isAIInferred": true }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "9312", "description": "Activities of sports clubs", "isAIInferred": true }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "21 Rue des Associations", "city": "Paris", "postalCode": "75007", "countryCode": "FR" }
  }
}

Note: No legal representatives, shareholders, UBOs, or establishments. Activity codes use RNA nomenclature + AI-inferred NACE/ISIC.

Non-profit -- Association de droit local (RNA Alsace-Moselle)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "A2002THI000001",
    "countryCode": "FR",
    "identifiers": { "rnaAlsaceMoselle": "A2002THI000001" },
    "legalName": "ENTRAIDE SOLIDAIRE DE THIONVILLE",
    "registrationDate": "2002-11-03",
    "activityDescription": "Soutien aux familles en difficulte et aide alimentaire.",
    "status": { "localName": "Inscrite", "active": true },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Association de droit local Alsace-Moselle", "iso20275Code": "HF2L" },
    "activities": {
      "ALSACE_MOSELLE": [{ "code": "SOCIAL-SOLIDARITE", "description": "Divers social" }],
      "NACE": [{ "code": "88.99", "description": "Other social work activities without accommodation", "isAIInferred": true }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "889", "description": "Other social work activities without accommodation", "isAIInferred": true }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "1 Rue de la Gare", "city": "Thionville", "postalCode": "57100", "countryCode": "FR" }
  }
}

Note: Uses ALSACE_MOSELLE classification instead of RNA nomenclature. Status Inscrite (not Active). Court codes: THI (Thionville), MET (Metz), SAG (Sarreguemines).

UBO Response (dedicated datapoint)

Query with "dataPoints": ["ultimateBeneficialOwners"]:

{
  "ultimateBeneficialOwners": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "name": { "fullName": "Jean DUPONT", "firstName": "Jean", "lastName": "DUPONT" },
      "birthDate": { "month": 6, "year": 1985 },
      "nationality": "FR",
      "residenceAddress": { "city": "Paris", "postalCode": "75002", "countryCode": "FR" },
      "control": {
        "types": ["ownership-of-shares", "voting-rights"],
        "description": "Ultimate beneficial owner",
        "details": [
          { "type": "shares", "percentageValue": 75, "nature": "direct" },
          { "type": "voting-rights", "percentageValue": 75, "nature": "direct" }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Note: UBOs are only available for commercial companies in the RNE. Fetched live from INPI if not already available. Ownership and voting-right percentages are in control.details, each marked direct or indirect.

Available Documents (company example)

Documents are returned when "dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"] is requested.Commercial companies & sole entrepreneurs (SIREN):

API Category	Document	Notes
`certifiedTradeRegisterExtract`	K-Bis PDF	Active + in RNE + on Infogreffe
`tradeRegisterHistory`	Historique des modifications PDF	Active + in RNE + on Infogreffe
`tradeRegisterExtract`	INPI extract PDF	Active + in RNE
`ultimateBeneficialOwnersCertificate`	UBO declaration PDF	Active + in RNE
`otherDocuments[]`	Avis de situation INSEE	Active
`financialStatements[]`	Annual accounts (bilans)	When filed (formal mapping)
`articlesOfAssociation[]`	Statutes, decisions (actes)	Classified by the register’s document type

Non-profits (RNA):

API Category	Document	Notes
`otherDocuments[]`	Avis de situation INSEE	Active and in SIRENE, regardless of RNE registration
`officialPublications[]`	JOAF gazette publications	If published, paid (see pricing)
`financialStatements[]`	JOAF annual accounts	If published, priced as financial statements (see pricing)

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France coverage, pricing, and sources

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​Commercial companies & sole entrepreneurs

​Non-profits

​Data Source Priority & Routing

​Verification Status and Source Labels

​Attribute-Level Source Mapping

​UBO Data Handling

​Enriched UBO data with customer INPI credentials

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

​Search Capabilities

​Search Source Priority

​Active companies only

​Prefill mode (fast retrieval)

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Company Status

​RNE (primary source)

​SIRENE (fallback source)

​BODACC collective proceedings

​RNA Waldec / RNA Import

​RNA Alsace-Moselle

​Legal Forms

​Key Business Forms

​Sole Entrepreneurs

​Cooperatives

​Civil Companies

​Non-Profits

​RNA Non-Profit Legal Forms (deterministic, no AI)

​Public Entities

​Foreign Entities

​Other Private Structures

​Social Security & Mutual Organizations

​Legal Representatives

​Complete RNE Role Mapping (84 roles)

​Shareholders

​Activity Code Mapping

​Activity Codes by Source

​Data Availability

​Data Availability Matrix

​Other Key Persons

​Subsidiaries

​Employee Count Tranches (SIRENE)

​Documents by Company Type

​Commercial companies & sole entrepreneurs (SIREN)

​Non-profits (RNA Waldec, RNA Import, Alsace-Moselle)

​Example API Responses

Start here

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Commercial companies & sole entrepreneurs

Non-profits

Data Source Priority & Routing

Verification Status and Source Labels

Attribute-Level Source Mapping

UBO Data Handling

Enriched UBO data with customer INPI credentials

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Search Capabilities

Search Source Priority

Active companies only

Prefill mode (fast retrieval)

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

RNE (primary source)

SIRENE (fallback source)

BODACC collective proceedings

RNA Waldec / RNA Import

RNA Alsace-Moselle

Legal Forms

Key Business Forms

Sole Entrepreneurs

Cooperatives

Civil Companies

Non-Profits

RNA Non-Profit Legal Forms (deterministic, no AI)

Public Entities

Foreign Entities

Other Private Structures

Social Security & Mutual Organizations

Legal Representatives

Complete RNE Role Mapping (84 roles)

Shareholders

Activity Code Mapping

Activity Codes by Source

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Other Key Persons

Subsidiaries

Employee Count Tranches (SIRENE)

Documents by Company Type

Commercial companies & sole entrepreneurs (SIREN)

Non-profits (RNA Waldec, RNA Import, Alsace-Moselle)

Example API Responses