BG FRANCK BICHON
Company-provided description, not an official-source fact. Certifications, capacities, years and market positions stated in it are the company's own claims until a record below confirms them.
Musical instruments designed and manufactured for performers
BG FRANCK BICHON is listed in an instrument product category of the official NAMM 2025 exhibitor directory. Its exhibitor profile contains explicit manufacturing or instrument making evidence.
- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer (official record)
- Location
- FRA https, France
- Founded
- 1985 (as stated by the company, not confirmed by a state register)
- Current legal entity registered
- 1993 (state register record of the current legal entity)
- Website
- https://bgfrance.com
- Categories
- Musical Instruments
- Markets
- France
Listed in a source registry
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 11 official records from 6 official sources are on file. 4 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The company website was already online in 1996. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-21. Internet Archive (Wayback)
- Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Indicates the company is not dissolved or winding down. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 20 and 49 employees on the state record. Tells you whether the supplier can realistically take on your volume. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1993. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-08-26. Domain registry record
- Holds the state living-heritage craft label (record type: living-heritage-label) [official record; status green] A state label for rare craft and industrial know-how. checked 2026-09-02. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-08-26. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
- Line of business as recorded in the state register: 32.20Z (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-establishment) [official record; status green] The place of business the company itself declared when it registered. The register records the declaration; it does not inspect the site or show that anything is made there. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- Registered in the state craft register (record type: registered-artisan) [official record; status green] Shows it makes goods itself; resellers are not admitted to this register. checked 2026-09-02. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- Places goods on the market (national producer register) (record type: places-goods-on-market; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] A state register lists this company as placing these goods on the market, as their maker or importer. By itself it does not show who makes them. checked 2026-09-07. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-08-26. OpenSanctions
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-08-26. OpenSanctions
- Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. checked 2026-10-03. SIREN published in the company's own legal notice, confirmed in the French business register
- Listed in a source registry (record type: listed-in-registry) [official record; status amber] Listed in LYON; entry number 391280203. Matched to this company by name only; no second anchor confirms it is the same legal entity.. Found in a named public register, not only on its own website. checked 2026-08-26. BRIS, EU business registers interconnection (e-justice.europa.eu)
Import rules for these goods
- Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)