French RGE Certified Contractors Finder (ADEME) 🇫🇷

Search, export and verify French RGE certified contractors (Reconnu Garant de l'Environnement) straight from the official ADEME open data registry — the same database behind france-renov.gouv.fr. RGE certification is mandatory for homeowners to receive French state renovation aid (MaPrimeRénov', éco-PTZ, CEE), which makes this registry the single source of truth for energy renovation lead generation and contractor verification (KYB) in France: artisan RGE, pompe à chaleur, isolation, photovoltaïque, chauffage, audit énergétique and more. The registry is updated daily by ADEME and covers 60,000+ companies (160,000+ qualification certificates). This Actor is free — you only pay your own Apify platform consumption.

What it does

Two modes in one Actor:

• Search mode — filter the national registry by work domain (heat pump, insulation, solar…), department, postal code or city, and export companies with SIRET, address, GPS coordinates, phone, email, website and the full list of their qualifications with validity dates.
• Verify mode — paste a list of SIREN/SIRET numbers and get the RGE status of each one: rge_active, rge_expired or not_rge, with every certificate and its validity period. Inputs are Luhn-validated. Ideal for marketplaces and platforms that must check RGE status before MaPrimeRénov' work.

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	search (default) or verify
workDomain	string	Keyword matched on the certified domain, accent-insensitive: isolation, pompe à chaleur, photovoltaïque, chauffage, fenêtres, ventilation, audit énergétique, architecte…
departments	array	Department codes, e.g. 75, 59, 69
postalCodes	array	Exact 5-digit postal codes
communes	array	City names, e.g. LILLE, ANNECY
searchQuery	string	Optional free-text search (company name…)
sirets	array	SIREN (9 digits) or SIRET (14 digits) — required in verify mode
activeOnly	boolean	Keep only currently valid certificates (default true)
groupByCompany	boolean	One item per company with aggregated certificates (default true); off = one row per certificate
maxResults	integer	Cap on dataset items (default 200)

Output

One item per company (search mode, grouped):

{
  "status": "found",
  "siret": "82454695600023",
  "siren": "824546956",
  "companyName": "EL ARCHITECTURE",
  "address": "4 RUE D'HALLENNES",
  "postalCode": "59320",
  "city": "ENGLOS",
  "department": "59",
  "latitude": 50.622205,
  "longitude": 2.957894,
  "phone": "06 37 51 96 32",
  "email": "e.lannoyarchitecture@gmail.com",
  "website": "",
  "worksWithIndividuals": true,
  "domains": ["Architecte"],
  "metaDomains": ["Rénovation globale"],
  "certificates": [
    {
      "domain": "Architecte",
      "metaDomain": "Rénovation globale",
      "qualificationName": "Architecte sur le site faire.fr (2)",
      "certificateName": "Tableau de l´Ordre",
      "certifyingBody": "cnoa",
      "validFrom": "2019-10-16",
      "validTo": "2099-01-01",
      "isActive": true,
      "attestationUrl": "https://ws-api.architectes.org/faire/v2/attestation/…"
    }
  ],
  "activeCertificatesCount": 1,
  "hasActiveCertificate": true,
  "source": "ADEME liste-des-entreprises-rge-2"
}

Verify mode adds input, inputType, luhnValid and rgeStatus (rge_active / rge_expired / not_rge). Every input always produces exactly one item — invalid numbers yield status: "error" with an explicit message, the run never crashes.

Use cases

• Lead generation — export every RGE heat-pump installer of a department with phone and email, ready for your CRM or cold outreach (manufacturers, brokers, courtiers en travaux, insulation material suppliers).
• KYB / compliance — verify that a contractor's RGE certification is active before subcontracting MaPrimeRénov'-eligible work; batch-check your whole supplier list.
• Marketplace enrichment — auto-badge "RGE certified" profiles on home-improvement platforms, with the attestation URL as proof.
• Market mapping — count and map RGE companies per domain and region (GPS coordinates included) to spot under-served areas.

Limitations & fair use

• Data comes from the official ADEME dataset liste-des-entreprises-rge-2, published under the Licence Ouverte / Etalab open licence and refreshed daily. This Actor queries it politely (throttled, identified User-Agent).
• A company can hold several certificates; use groupByCompany (default) for one row per SIRET.
• rge_expired means the company had RGE qualifications that are no longer valid — always check certificates[].validTo for details.
• The registry only contains companies in the RGE scheme; not_rge does not mean the company doesn't exist, only that it holds no RGE qualification.

More actors by this developer

More French B2B data tools (SIRENE company search, SIREN enrichment, legal notices, EU VAT validation, IDCC collective agreements…) on my profile: apify.com/fit_melon — issues and feature requests welcome on the Issues tab.