French Company Search: SIREN, SIRET & Pappers Alternative

French company search across millions of businesses in the official SIRENE registry (SIREN / SIRET), a Pappers alternative with no subscription: legal form, NAF (APE) activity code, headquarters address with GPS coordinates, headcount range, revenue, net income and intra-community VAT number. Sole traders are excluded, so the output holds zero personal data. Filter by keyword, postal code, department, NAF code, headcount, company size or legal form. Data comes from the French government's official API: no API key, no login, and it costs $4 per 1,000 companies.

What you get vs a Pappers export

Field	Included
SIREN / SIRET	Yes
Legal form, NAF code	Yes
Address + GPS coordinates	Yes
Headcount range	Yes
Revenue, net income	Yes (latest published accounts)
Intra-community VAT number	Yes
Director / manager names	No, excluded as personal data

Use cases

• B2B lead generation in France: every bakery in Paris 11e, every software company in Lyon, every SME with 50-99 employees in a region.
• CRM enrichment: add SIRET, VAT number, NAF code, headcount and revenue to your accounts.
• KYB and supplier checks: confirm that a company exists, is active, and get its legal form and VAT number.
• Market sizing: count and map companies by activity, size and location.
• AI agents: give an agent live French company data through the Apify MCP server.

Input

{
  "query": "boulangerie",
  "postalCodes": ["75011", "75012"],
  "nafCodes": ["10.71C"],
  "employeeRanges": ["11", "12"],
  "companySize": "PME",
  "activeOnly": true,
  "maxResults": 500
}

At least one filter is required. Filters combine with AND; values inside a list combine with OR.

Field	Example
query	Name, brand, SIREN/SIRET or activity words: boulangerie, Renault, 812809234
postalCodes	75011, 69003
departments	75, 69, 2A, 971
nafCodes	62.01Z software, 10.71C bakeries, 56.10A restaurants, 43.21A electricians
employeeRanges	INSEE ranges: 11 = 10-19, 12 = 20-49, 21 = 50-99 …
legalCategories	5710 SAS, 5499 SARL, 5720 SASU, 9220 association
companySize	PME (SME), ETI (mid-size), GE (large)

Output

{
  "siren": "797515350",
  "siret": "79751535000024",
  "name": "BOULANGERIE CHAMBELLAND",
  "legalFormCode": "5710",
  "legalForm": "SAS",
  "nafCode": "10.71C",
  "address": "14 RUE TERNAUX 75011 PARIS",
  "postalCode": "75011",
  "city": "PARIS",
  "department": "75",
  "latitude": 48.86438301,
  "longitude": 2.37330495,
  "creationDate": "2013-09-23",
  "employeeRange": "20-49",
  "companySize": "PME",
  "active": true,
  "establishmentsCount": 3,
  "vatNumber": "FR31797515350",
  "financialYear": 2024,
  "revenue": 2646055,
  "netIncome": 2249,
  "url": "https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/797515350"
}

revenue and netIncome come from the latest published annual accounts (financialYear); they are null when the company does not publish its accounts.

Recipes

All companies with NAF X in department Y: set nafCodes and departments, leave query empty, raise maxResults up to 10,000.

Enrich a CRM by SIREN: run one search per SIREN with query set to the number; the first result is the match.

Pricing

You pay $0.004 per company returned ($4 per 1,000). A search with no results costs nothing.

FAQ

Do I need an API key or a Pappers / INSEE account? No. The Actor uses the free public API of the French government (recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr).

Does it return company directors or sole traders? No. To avoid personal data, directors are never returned and sole traders (entreprises individuelles, which are registered under a person's name) are excluded. You get companies, associations and public bodies only.

How many results can one search return? Up to 10,000 companies per search (a limit of the registry API). For larger extractions, split the search by department or postal code.

How fresh is the data? The registry is updated daily from INSEE and the RNE, and the Actor queries it live on every run.