France SIRENE Company Registry Scraper

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🎯 What this scrapes

France's recherche-entreprises API is the state's own keyless, public SIRENE company registry — no auth, no API key — but its JSON nests head-office address, workforce range, VAT numbers and officer data several levels deep inside each SIREN entity. This Actor flattens every matching company into one clean, English-labelled row, keeps running through malformed entries and genuine zero-match searches, and prices at $4.20 per 1,000 results at scale.

🔥 What we handle for you

• 🧊 Flattens SIRENE's nested JSON — head-office address, workforce range, VAT and size-category data flattened into one clean, English-labelled row per company.
• 🧱 Honest zero-match handling — a narrow filter combination that matches nothing still finishes SUCCEEDED with a clear status message, never billed as a failed run.
• 🩹 Per-row fault isolation — one malformed registry entry is logged and skipped; it never crashes the rest of the page.
• 🔁 Retries transient 429/5xx responses with exponential backoff instead of failing the whole run.
• 🎯 Typed, validated dataset rows — Pydantic-checked, stable SIREN identifiers, JSON / CSV / Excel export straight from the Apify Console.
• 💰 Pay-Per-Event pricing — you only pay for results that hit your dataset. No data, no charge.

💡 Use cases

• Build a French B2B prospect list filtered by NAF industry code, department or commune.
• Run a KYC/AML supplier or counterparty check against France's authoritative SIRENE registry.
• Screen a partner list for ceased companies before contracting.
• Support market-entry research by pulling every registered company in a department, commune or industry line.

⚙️ How to use it

1. Click Try for free at the top of the page.
2. Fill in the input form — most fields have sensible defaults.
3. Click Start. Output streams into the run's dataset.
4. Export from Storage → Dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel — or fetch via the API.

📥 Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Notes
nameQuery	string	no	'—'	Match companies whose name, SIREN or SIRET contains this text.
nafCode	string	no	'—'	French NAF/APE industry code, format NN.NNL, e.g. 56.10C. Leave empty for all industries.
departmentCode	string	no	'—'	INSEE department code, e.g. 13, 75, 2A. Leave empty to search all of France.
communeCode	string	no	'—'	INSEE commune code, e.g. 13027. Leave empty to skip this filter.
workforceRange	string	no	'—'	INSEE workforce-range code, e.g. 22. Leave empty to skip this filter.
administrativeStatus	string	no	'A'	A = active, C = ceased. Defaults to active companies only.
maxResults	integer	no	100	Stop after this many companies. Each company is one billed result row.
proxyConfiguration	object	no	{'useApifyProxy': False}	This is a public French government API and does not need a proxy.

Example input

{
  "administrativeStatus": "A",
  "maxResults": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

📤 Output

Every row is one dataset item.

Field	Type	Notes
siren	string	French SIREN (9-digit company identifier).
siret_headquarters	string	SIRET of the head-office establishment.
company_name	string	Full display name (nom_complet).
legal_name	string	Registered legal name (nom_raison_sociale).
acronym	string	Company acronym/sigle, when registered.
legal_form_code	string	INSEE legal-form numeric code (nature_juridique).
company_size_category	string	INSEE size category: GE/ETI/PME/TPE.
company_size_label	string	Decoded company size category.
naf_code	string	NAF/APE activity code, e.g. 56.10C.
naf_section_code	string	Single-letter NACE Rev.2 section, e.g. I.
naf_section_label	string	Decoded NACE Rev.2 section name.
workforce_range_code	string	INSEE workforce-range code.
workforce_range_year	string	Reference year for the workforce range.
administrative_status	string	A (active) or C (ceased).
is_active	boolean	True when administrative_status == 'A'.
creation_date	string	Company creation date (YYYY-MM-DD).
closure_date	string	Cessation date (YYYY-MM-DD), if ceased.
last_updated	string	Registry last-update timestamp.
street_address	string	Head-office street address.
postal_code	string	Head-office postal code.
city	string	Head-office commune name.
department_code	string	Head-office INSEE department code.
establishment_count	integer	Total establishments for this SIREN.
open_establishment_count	integer	Currently-open establishment count.
vat_number	string	First registered VAT number, when available.
url	string	Public annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr lookup URL.

Example output

{
  "siren": "552100554",
  "siret_headquarters": "55210055400015",
  "company_name": "TOTALENERGIES SE",
  "legal_name": "TOTALENERGIES SE",
  "acronym": null,
  "legal_form_code": "5710",
  "company_size_category": "GE",
  "company_size_label": "Grande entreprise (large enterprise)",
  "naf_code": "70.10Z",
  "naf_section_code": "M",
  "naf_section_label": "Professional, scientific and technical activities",
  "workforce_range_code": "53",
  "workforce_range_year": "2023",
  "administrative_status": "A",
  "is_active": true,
  "creation_date": "1924-03-28",
  "closure_date": null,
  "last_updated": "2026-08-20T04:12:00",
  "street_address": "2 PLACE JEAN MILLIER",
  "postal_code": "92400",
  "city": "COURBEVOIE",
  "department_code": "92",
  "establishment_count": 412,
  "open_establishment_count": 287,
  "vat_number": "FR69542051180",
  "url": "https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/552100554"
}

💰 Pricing

Pay-Per-Event — you pay only when these events fire:

Event	USD	What it is
actor-start	$0.2	One-off warm-up charge per run
result	$0.004	Per dataset item

Example: 1 000 results at the rates above ≈ $4.20. No subscription, no minimum, no card to start — Apify gives every new account $5 of free credit.

🚧 Limitations

• Returns current registry data only — no financials, shareholders, beneficial owners or historical name/address change logs.
• Company size category and NACE section labels are decoded from bounded, standard INSEE/NACE Rev.2 tables — not a full free-text industry description.
• The url field links to the public annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr lookup page, which renders client-side and cannot be verified per-SIREN without a browser.

❓ FAQ

Do I need an API key?

No. The SIRENE recherche-entreprises API is open French government data and needs no credentials — leave the proxy setting off too.

What happens if my filters match nothing?

The run finishes successfully with zero rows and a status message naming the filters you searched — you're never billed for a failed run just because a search was narrow.

Can I pull every company in an industry or department?

Yes — set a NAF code, department or commune and raise Maximum companies (up to 1,000 per run); the Actor pages until the registry runs out or your cap is reached.

Why do I need at least one filter?

The underlying API itself refuses a completely unfiltered search. Administrative status defaults to Active, which already satisfies this — you only need to add another filter if you clear that field too.

💬 Your feedback

Spotted a bug, hit a weird edge case, or need a new field? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab on Apify Console — we ship fixes weekly and we read every report.

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