Infogreffe

France: choosing and checking the right record

Choose the correct source

Identify the legal unit with its SIREN, then distinguish it from a particular establishment identified by SIRET. Use the relevant official register or document service for the company's filings and extract.

Confirm the entity

A SIREN has nine digits; a SIRET has 14 and identifies an establishment. Compare legal form, registered name and headquarters before matching a branch address to an invoice.

When the search returns nothing

Search the exact identifier and check whether the location is an establishment rather than the headquarters. Name-only matches may include unrelated businesses with similar trading names.

What the record cannot establish

A directory listing, registry extract and VAT check have different evidential scope. A listed representative is not automatically a beneficial owner. Check which source supplies each field and whether a document is paid.

INPI beneficial-ownership access conditions

Check current access and document options on the official Infogreffe / INSEE site. Keep the exact entity identifier, source URL and retrieval date with your evidence. A LemReveal record PDF is not a government-certified extract.