🇫🇷 France
Company data, officers, shareholders, UBOs and Kbis for French businesses
Overview
AiPrise verifies French businesses against the National Business Register (RNE, run by INPI), with SIRENE (INSEE) and Infogreffe for documents. A business verification returns the company profile, officers, shareholders, ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs), and register documents including the Kbis.
Coverage
| Data point | Returned | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Company profile | Yes | Legal name, legal form, status, registration date, registered address |
| Directors and legal representatives | Yes | Gérant, Président, Directeur général |
| Shareholders | Yes | |
| Ultimate beneficial owners | Yes | From the register of beneficial owners |
| VAT number check | Yes | Separate check against the EU VAT register |
| Document | Returned |
|---|---|
| Register extract | Yes |
| Certified register extract (Kbis) | Yes |
| UBO extract | Yes |
| Register history | Yes |
| Articles of association | Yes, when filed |
| INSEE registration notice | Yes |
Documents, as the register names them
- Extrait du registre du commerce (register extract, not certified)
- Extrait K-bis (certified register extract)
- Extrait des bénéficiaires effectifs (UBO extract)
- Historique des modifications (register history)
- Copie des statuts (articles of association)
- Avis de situation INSEE (SIRENE registration notice)
- Attestation d'immatriculation au RNE (RNE registration certificate)
Speed
| Step | Typical | 9 in 10 within |
|---|---|---|
| Business verification (company data, officers, shareholders, UBOs, documents) | 44 seconds | 3 minutes |
These are typical times from production, not a service-level commitment: set timeouts well above them, or use callbacks.
Company types
Every business in the RNE is covered, including sole traders and associations listed in SIRENE.
| Company type | Legal forms | Covered | What to expect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simplified joint-stock company | SAS | Yes | Full data: officers, shareholders, UBOs, documents |
| Private limited company | SARL | Yes | Full data |
| Public limited company | SA | Yes | Full data |
| Real-estate partnership | SCI (Société civile immobilière) | Yes | Full data |
| Sole trader | Entrepreneur individuel | Yes | Profile and owner; no shareholders or UBOs |
| Association | Association déclarée | Yes | Profile |
| Foreign company | Société commerciale étrangère immatriculée au RCS | Yes | French branch data |
Sources
| Register | What it gives |
|---|---|
| RNE (Registre National des Entreprises, INPI) | Company profile, officers, shareholders, UBOs, register extract, articles of association |
| SIRENE (INSEE) | Registration notice (Avis de situation) |
| Infogreffe (RCS) | Kbis, register history |
| VIES (EU VAT register) | VAT number check |
Identifiers
Send the SIREN as business_entity_id, with country_code set to FR.
| Identifier | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| SIREN | 9 digits. Spaces are optional. | 123456789 or 123 456 789 |
| SIRET | 14 digits (SIREN + 5-digit establishment number). Accepted; the SIREN part is used. | 12345678900012 |
| VAT number | FR, a 2-character key, then the SIREN. Accepted; the SIREN part is used. | FR12123456789 |
You can also search by legal name.
Statuses and legal forms
Every result carries the register's own status in registration_info.status and an AiPrise status in registration_info.normalised_status. The normalised status is one of Active, Suspended, Dormant, Dissolved / Struck Off, In Liquidation / Insolvency or Unknown.
| Register status | Normalised status |
|---|---|
| Actif | Active |
| Inscrite | Active |
| En sommeil | Dormant |
| En liquidation judiciaire | In Liquidation / Insolvency |
| Fermé | Dissolved / Struck Off |
| Dissoute | Dissolved / Struck Off |
| Clôturée (liquidation judiciaire) | Dissolved / Struck Off |
| Supprimée | Dissolved / Struck Off |
| En redressement judiciaire | Unknown |
| Sous plan (procédure collective) | Unknown |
Legal forms come back in French as the register writes them in entity_type, for example SAS, société par actions simplifiée, SARL, Société à responsabilité limitée (sans autre indication) and Entrepreneur individuel.
Quirks and gotchas
Country-specific behaviour to know before you integrate.
| Quirk | Details |
|---|---|
| SIRET and VAT number work too | A SIRET or a French VAT number in business_entity_id is reduced to its SIREN. Spaces, dots and dashes are removed. |
| Officers are not normalised | Officers come back with role names such as Manager (Gérant) and President of SAS, and the normalised role UNKNOWN. Read the role name. |
| Many sole traders | About 1 in 6 businesses are sole traders (Entrepreneur individuel). They have no shareholders or UBOs. |
Court proceedings show as Unknown | En redressement judiciaire (receivership) and Sous plan (under a court plan) map to Unknown. Check the register status before approving. |
| Slow tail | About 1 in 10 verifications take over 3 minutes. Use callbacks. |
Limits
- Articles of association come back only when filed.
- Associations come back with profile data only.
Updated about 20 hours ago