# France Company Search — SIREN & SIRET Lookup (SIRENE) (`gangary/france-company-search`) Actor

Search French companies by name, SIREN or SIRET against the official government SIRENE registry. Returns SIREN, headquarters SIRET, legal form, NAF activity code, employee range, address, directors and EU VAT number. Built for KYB, B2B prospecting and supplier verification in France.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gangary/france-company-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Gangary](https://apify.com/gangary) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 per company founds

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

![france-company-search](https://empresas-por-cnae.vercel.app/covers/france-company-search.png)

## France Company Search — SIREN & SIRET Lookup (SIRENE)

Search **French companies in bulk** against the official government SIRENE registry. Send company names, SIREN (9 digits) or SIRET (14 digits) numbers — get back the registered identity of each business: identifiers, legal form, NAF activity, employee range, headquarters address, **directors** and the **EU VAT number**.

Built for **KYB and supplier verification**, **B2B prospecting in France**, sales-ops enrichment and marketplace seller checks.

### What you get

Real output example:

```json
{
  "query": "Airbus",
  "found": true,
  "siren": "383474814",
  "siretSiege": "38347481400051",
  "name": "AIRBUS",
  "legalFormCode": "5710",
  "nafCode": "30.30Z",
  "employeeRange": "53",
  "city": "TOULOUSE",
  "postalCode": "31700",
  "address": "2 RDPT EMILE DEWOITINE 31700 BLAGNAC",
  "creationDate": "1991-10-18",
  "active": true,
  "directors": [
    { "nom": "FAURY", "prenoms": "GUILLAUME", "qualite": "Président de SAS" }
  ],
  "vatNumber": "FR48383474814",
  "error": null
}
```

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `siren` / `siretSiege` | Company number and headquarters establishment number |
| `name` | Registered name (nom complet) |
| `legalFormCode` | INSEE legal-form code (5710 = SAS, 5499 = SARL…) |
| `nafCode` | Main activity (NAF/APE code) |
| `employeeRange` | INSEE headcount bracket code |
| `active` | Administrative status — `false` means the company is closed |
| `directors` | Registered officers with role (qualité) |
| `vatNumber` | EU VAT (TVA intracommunautaire) when disclosed |

### How to use it

1. Paste names and/or SIREN/SIRET numbers into **queries** — mixing is fine.
2. Set **Max results per query** for name searches (default 10).
3. Run, export CSV/Excel, or consume via API from your CRM or agent workflow.

### Pricing

Small start fee + a fee per **company returned**.

| Scenario | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 lookups | ~US$ 0.41 |
| 500 lookups | ~US$ 2.01 |
| 2,000 companies returned | ~US$ 8.01 |

### FAQ

**Is this official data?**
Yes — the French government's own company-search API over the SIRENE registry (INSEE data). No scraping, no gray areas.

**Can I check if a supplier is still active?**
That's the `active` field: `false` means the registry marks it administratively closed.

**Does it return the VAT number?**
When the registry discloses it, yes — handy together with our EU VAT Validator to confirm it's currently valid.

### Honest limitations

- Companies with restricted-diffusion status (statut de diffusion protégé) expose only partial data by law.
- Employee range is an INSEE bracket code, not an exact headcount.

### From the same maker

- **[EU VAT Number Validator (VIES)](https://apify.com/gangary/eu-vat-validator)** — validate the VAT numbers you just found.
- **[LEI Code Lookup (GLEIF)](https://apify.com/gangary/lei-code-lookup)** — global legal entity identifiers for KYC.
- **[Website Contact Extractor](https://apify.com/gangary/website-contact-extractor)** — emails, phones and socials from company websites.
- **[Hiring Signals Scanner](https://apify.com/gangary/hiring-signals-scanner)** — which companies are hiring right now.

***

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# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Each entry is a company name, a 9-digit SIREN or a 14-digit SIRET.

## `maxPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

How many companies to return per name search.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "Airbus",
    "383474814"
  ],
  "maxPerQuery": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "Airbus",
        "383474814"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gangary/france-company-search").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 = { "queries": [
        "Airbus",
        "383474814",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gangary/france-company-search").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 '{
  "queries": [
    "Airbus",
    "383474814"
  ]
}' |
apify call gangary/france-company-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gangary/france-company-search"
        }
    }
}

```

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/lgvot8nJ0p3xga5gA/builds/sZS4Bw3iEqlA8AgDv/openapi.json