# France Road Transport Companies: Hauliers, Coaches, Forwarders (`datacraft-studio/france-road-transport-companies`) Actor

All French road transport companies from the official national registers: goods hauliers, coach/bus/taxi operators and freight forwarders. SIRET, legal form, city, domestic and EU licences, fleet size (licence copies), expiry dates. Alert mode. Pay per company.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datacraft-studio/france-road-transport-companies.md
- **Developed by:** [Yahya Nouali](https://apify.com/datacraft-studio) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 transport company delivereds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## France Road Transport Companies: Hauliers, Coaches, Forwarders

Get **every licensed road transport company in France** from the official national registers kept by the Ministry of Transport (DREAL):

- **Goods hauliers** (transport routier de marchandises): about 59,000 establishments
- **Passenger carriers**: coach, bus, taxi and shuttle operators (transport routier de voyageurs): about 12,000 establishments
- **Freight forwarders** (commissionnaires de transport): about 20,000 establishments

The registers are updated by the administration every Monday and Thursday. Each run downloads the latest official files, so you always get fresh data.

### Who uses it

- **Truck, van and coach dealers, leasing and rental companies**: find carriers by fleet size and region.
- **Fuel cards, telematics, tyres, insurance, factoring, driver training**: build lead lists of hauliers with 5, 20 or 100+ vehicles.
- **Shippers and freight platforms**: check that a carrier holds a valid licence before booking it (KYC / subcontractor checks).
- **Market studies**: count carriers per department, EU-licensed carriers, last-mile van operators.

### What you get for each establishment

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| companyName, siret, siren, legalForm | COLAS FRANCE, 32933888302290, SAS |
| register | goods / passengers / freight_forwarder |
| city, postalCode, departmentCode, isHeadOffice | SAINT-PRIEST, 69800, 69, false |
| domesticLicenceNumber / ValidFrom / ValidTo / Copies | French domestic licence (LTI) |
| communityLicenceNumber / ValidFrom / ValidTo / Copies | EU community licence (LC) |
| lightVanCommunityCopies | EU copies for vans up to 3.5 t |
| totalLicenceCopies | fleet size proxy (one copy per vehicle in use) |
| nextLicenceExpiry, firstLicenceValidFrom | licence dates |
| companyProfileUrl | official page on annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr |
| changeType | alert mode: new or changed |
| sourceDataDate | date of the official register |

Licence copies are a company-wide figure, repeated on each establishment of the same company. Use **One row per company** to get one line per SIREN.

### Examples

- Hauliers in Rhône with 20+ vehicles: `{"registers":["goods"],"departments":["69"],"minLicenceCopies":20,"onePerCompany":true}`
- New carriers licensed since 1 September: `{"registers":["goods","passengers"],"licensedSince":"2026-09-01","onePerCompany":true}`
- Last-mile van operators in Paris area: `{"registers":["goods"],"departments":["75","92","93","94"],"onlyWithLightVans":true}`
- Check carriers: `{"sirens":["329338883","015450596"]}`
- Weekly alert of new or changed hauliers: set **Alert mode** and schedule the actor.

### Price

**$0.002 per company delivered** (pay per event). Rows removed by your filters, excluded sole traders, unchanged rows in alert mode and the summary row are free. The maximum number of results is set by **Maximum results**.

### Privacy

Only companies and public bodies are returned. **Sole traders** (personne physique, artisan, commerçant, exploitant agricole, unknown legal form) are excluded, and the names of transport managers or professional-capacity holders listed in the register are **never** read or returned.

### Source and licence

Data: *Registre électronique national des entreprises de transport par route* and *Registre des commissionnaires de transport*, Ministère chargé des Transports, published on [ecologie.gouv.fr](https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/politiques-publiques/liste-entreprises-inscrites-registre-electronique-national-entreprises) under the **Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)**. Each row includes the source, licence and register date. This actor is not affiliated with the French administration.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/datacraft-studio/france-road-transport-companies/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `registers` (type: `array`):

Which official registers to search. Leave empty for all three.

## `sirens` (type: `array`):

Check specific companies (9-digit SIREN) or establishments (14-digit SIRET), e.g. to verify that a carrier holds a valid licence. Leave empty to search with the filters below.

## `nameContains` (type: `string`):

Case- and accent-insensitive, e.g. transports or geodis.

## `departments` (type: `array`):

Department codes of the establishment, e.g. 75, 69, 2A, 974.

## `postalCodePrefixes` (type: `array`):

e.g. 690 or 13127.

## `minLicenceCopies` (type: `integer`):

One certified copy of a licence is needed per vehicle in use, so the number of valid copies is a good proxy for fleet size. Company-wide figure, repeated on each establishment. Goods and passenger registers only.

## `maxLicenceCopies` (type: `integer`):

e.g. 5 to target small fleets.

## `onlyCommunityLicence` (type: `boolean`):

Carriers allowed to work internationally in the EU.

## `onlyWithLightVans` (type: `boolean`):

Companies holding EU licence copies for vans up to 3.5 tonnes (last-mile and express delivery).

## `licensedSince` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Keeps companies whose current licence started on or after this date: new carriers and recent renewals.

## `licenceExpiresBefore` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Keeps companies with a licence ending before this date.

## `headOfficesOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Skip secondary establishments.

## `onePerCompany` (type: `boolean`):

Keep one establishment per SIREN and register (the head office when listed).

## `includePublicBodies` (type: `boolean`):

Municipalities, inter-municipal unions and public companies running their own transport.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Remembers what earlier runs delivered and only returns new establishments or changed licences (copies, dates). Schedule it weekly for fresh leads. The register is updated on Mondays and Thursdays.

## `stateStoreName` (type: `string`):

Use a different name for each saved search in alert mode.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies delivered (and charged). 0 means no limit. Results are sorted by fleet size, largest first.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "registers": [
    "goods"
  ],
  "departments": [
    "69"
  ],
  "onlyCommunityLicence": false,
  "onlyWithLightVans": false,
  "headOfficesOnly": false,
  "onePerCompany": false,
  "includePublicBodies": true,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "stateStoreName": "france-road-transport-companies-state",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

One row per establishment and register, largest fleets first.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts, excluded sole traders and register date.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "registers": [
        "goods"
    ],
    "departments": [
        "69"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datacraft-studio/france-road-transport-companies").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "registers": ["goods"],
    "departments": ["69"],
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datacraft-studio/france-road-transport-companies").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "registers": [
    "goods"
  ],
  "departments": [
    "69"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call datacraft-studio/france-road-transport-companies --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datacraft-studio/france-road-transport-companies"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hYMZqNc7lHU1e5QIK/builds/yAWib8c0FpHJ5ehte/openapi.json