# France Company Search (Insee Sirene) - company-level (`itulo/france-sirene-company-search`) Actor

Search and look up French companies in Insee Sirene via the official API Recherche d'entreprises: SIREN, legal form, NAF, size, head-office commune, status, computed VAT number. No sole traders, no directors. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Not affiliated with Insee/DINUM.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/itulo/france-sirene-company-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Italo Armenti](https://apify.com/itulo) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.50 / 1,000 french company records

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## France Company Search — Insee Sirene via API Recherche d'entreprises (`itulo/france-sirene-company-search`)

Search and look up **French companies** in the official Insee **Sirene** base through the French government's free API *Recherche d'entreprises* (`recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr`, DINUM). No API key, no scraping. **Company-level fields only:** no sole traders, no directors, no home addresses. Every record carries the Licence Ouverte 2.0 attribution.

### What you get per company

SIREN, name and acronym, legal form (code + label), NAF/APE activity (NAF rév. 2 and NAF 2025) and section, company category (PME/ETI/GE), headcount band, active/closed status, creation and closure dates, establishment counts, head office (SIRET, postcode, commune, département, région, employer flag; **no street address**), computed intra-EU VAT number (`FR` + key + SIREN), collective agreements (IDCC), labels (ESS, société à mission, Qualiopi…), Insee diffusion status, the RNE marketing opt-out flag (`marketingOptOut`), update timestamps and a link to annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr.

### Modes

- **search** — free-text `query` (name, SIREN, address words) and/or filters: `nafCodes`, `section`, `postCodes`, `communeCodes`, `departements`, `regions`, `legalForms`, `companyCategory`, `headcountBands`, `status`, `ess`, `societeMission`. Up to 10,000 results per query (API limit). Location filters match any establishment of the company, not only the head office.
- **lookup** — list of SIREN (9 digits) or SIRET (14 digits) numbers; invalid checksums are rejected before calling the API.

```json
{ "mode": "search", "query": "airbus", "maxResults": 20 }
{ "mode": "search", "nafCodes": ["62.01Z"], "departements": ["31"], "companyCategory": "PME", "maxResults": 200 }
{ "mode": "lookup", "sirenNumbers": ["383474814", "552032534"] }
```

### Sample record (abridged)

```json
{ "siren": "383474814", "name": "AIRBUS", "legalForm": { "code": "5710", "label": "SAS (société par actions simplifiée)" },
  "activity": { "naf": "30.30Z", "naf2025": "30.31Y", "section": "C" }, "companyCategory": "GE", "headcountLabel": "10,000+",
  "status": "active", "creationDate": "1991-10-18",
  "headOffice": { "siret": "38347481400100", "postCode": "31700", "city": "BLAGNAC", "departement": "31", "region": "76" },
  "vatNumberComputed": "FR89383474814", "diffusionStatus": "O", "marketingOptOut": true, "marketingOptOutSource": "rne",
  "attribution": "Source : Insee, base Sirene des entreprises et de leurs établissements (via API Recherche d'entreprises, DINUM), Licence Ouverte 2.0, ..." }
```

### Personal-data filtering (company level only)

- **Sole traders / individual entrepreneurs (EI, legal form 1xxx, `est_entrepreneur_individuel`) are excluded** at query time and again client-side; groupings without legal personality (2xxx) are dropped too.
- **Insee diffusion status is always respected.** Units in partial diffusion (`statut_diffusion` / `statut_diffusion_etablissement` = `"P"`, i.e. they filed an opposition with Insee) are output only with the fields Insee keeps public: for legal persons Insee masks the exact address and geolocation (everything but the commune), so `headOffice.postCode` is withheld, any `[ND]` value is dropped, and `partialDiffusionMasked` lists what was withheld. `diffusionStatus` is on every record. Any other status is dropped.
- Director / officer names (`dirigeants`) and elected officials are never requested or output; no street addresses or coordinates.

### Marketing opt-out (GDPR art. 21(2), Code de commerce R.123-320)

- `marketingOptOut` comes from the official API field **`opposition_diffusion_commerciale`** (source: RNE, the national companies register): `true` = the company objected to reuse of its data for commercial prospecting. When the unit is not in the RNE the API returns `null`; we report `marketingOptOut: false` with `marketingOptOutSource: "not_in_rne"`.
- **`excludeMarketingOptOut` is ON by default:** these companies are dropped (counted in the run summary under `excluded.marketing_opt_out`) — the safe default for lead lists.
- **If you turn it OFF**, records with `marketingOptOut: true` may only be used for **non-marketing purposes such as KYB, compliance and credit checks — never for prospecting** (no cold email, calls, mailing or ad audiences). **You are the data controller** for your use of the data and are responsible for honouring the opposition.
- Note: many large companies (e.g. Airbus SAS) have filed this opposition, so a default `airbus` search omits them.

### Pricing (pay per event)

- Apify's standard start fee (`apify-actor-start`, $0.00005 per run, covers the first 5 s of compute)
- `company-result`: **$0.0025** per company record ($2.50 per 1,000)

### Licence

Data © Insee, base Sirene, via API Recherche d'entreprises (DINUM), under **Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0** (Etalab). Attribution and the data update date are included in every record. Rate-limited to ≤ 2 requests/s (the API allows 7/s). Not affiliated with Insee, DINUM or the French government.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

search = query/filters; lookup = list of SIREN/SIRET numbers.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Company name, acronym, SIREN or address words (search mode).

## `sirenNumbers` (type: `array`):

Lookup mode: 9-digit SIREN or 14-digit SIRET (head office or any establishment). Max 1,000.

## `nafCodes` (type: `array`):

Main activity codes (NAF rév. 2 format, e.g. 62.01Z, 70.22Z).

## `section` (type: `string`):

Activity section letter A-U (e.g. J = information & communication).

## `postCodes` (type: `array`):

Companies with an establishment in these postcodes (e.g. 75008).

## `communeCodes` (type: `array`):

Insee commune codes (e.g. 31069 Blagnac).

## `departements` (type: `array`):

Département codes (e.g. 75, 69, 2A).

## `regions` (type: `array`):

Insee region codes (e.g. 11 Île-de-France, 84 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).

## `legalForms` (type: `array`):

Insee legal-form codes, e.g. 5710 SAS, 5499 SARL, 5599 SA, 9220 association. Codes 1xxx (entreprises individuelles) are always excluded.

## `companyCategory` (type: `string`):

Insee category: PME (SME), ETI (mid-cap), GE (large).

## `headcountBands` (type: `array`):

Insee headcount band codes: 00, 01, 02, 03, 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, 41, 42, 51, 52, 53.

## `status` (type: `string`):

active or ceased (default: both).

## `ess` (type: `boolean`):

Only ESS companies.

## `societeMission` (type: `boolean`):

Only sociétés à mission.

## `excludeMarketingOptOut` (type: `boolean`):

ON (default): drop companies that objected in the RNE to reuse of their data for commercial prospecting (API field opposition_diffusion_commerciale; GDPR art. 21(2), Code de commerce R.123-320). If you turn it OFF, records with marketingOptOut=true may only be used for non-marketing purposes such as KYB, compliance and credit checks, never for prospecting; you are the data controller.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum companies to return (search mode). The API caps a query at 10,000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "airbus",
  "ess": false,
  "societeMission": false,
  "excludeMarketingOptOut": true,
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Company-level records from Insee Sirene (via API Recherche d'entreprises).

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

Pages, exclusions by reason, attribution.

# 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 = {
    "query": "airbus",
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("itulo/france-sirene-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 = {
    "query": "airbus",
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("itulo/france-sirene-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 '{
  "query": "airbus",
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call itulo/france-sirene-company-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,itulo/france-sirene-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/xGWqK2bAfNFoZ2CIt/builds/QZ8jaW32wYkGulxhW/openapi.json