# French Company Registry Search (FR Companies)

> French Company Registry Search (FR Companies) is a paid API for AI agents from 2s.io, paid per call via x402, $0.0036/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Searches the official French company registry (annuaire des entreprises / data.gouv.fr) by company name, SIREN, SIRET, or director name, returning authoritative company metadata.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://2s.io/api/business/fr-companies
- Price: $0.0036/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/french-company-registry-search-fr-companies-e6579072
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qy6IPhxNS3KaDglfLOi8i

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability french-company-registry-search-fr-companies-e6579072
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the official French registry details for 'Carrefour SA' — I need their SIREN, legal form, NAF activity code, employee count range, and whether they're still active?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, government-sourced data about French companies — especially for SIREN/SIRET verification, director lookups, or legal status checks. Prefer over third-party business data providers when accuracy and official source are required for French entities. Complements UK companies (business.uk-companies) and LEI lookups (business.lei) for multi-jurisdiction coverage.

## Known failure modes

- Query too short (under 2 characters) — validation error
- No matching companies found — empty results array
- Invalid SIREN/SIRET format — may return no results or error
- Upstream data.gouv.fr registry unavailable — service error
- Rate limit or payment failure — 402/429 response

## How this service works

Official French company registry search (annuaire des entreprises / data.gouv.fr). Search by company name, SIREN, SIRET, or director. Each result: SIREN, legal name, legal-form code, primary NAF activity code, enterprise category (PME/ETI/GE), employee-count range, creation date, administrative status (active/ceased), head-office SIRET and address. Free, Licence Ouverte. The authoritative FR company lookup — complements business.uk-companies and business.lei.

## Output

Returns up to 25 matching French companies, each with: SIREN, legal name, legal-form code, primary NAF activity code, enterprise category (PME/ETI/GE), employee-count range, creation date, administrative status (active or ceased), head-office SIRET, and registered address.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "q": "Carrefour",
   "limit": 5
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "queryParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "const": "GET"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 120,
       "minLength": 2,
       "description": "Company name, SIREN, SIRET, or director name."
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 25,
       "minimum": 1
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/french-company-registry-search-fr-companies-e6579072/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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