VAN ROBAEYS FRERES

Listed in a source registry

France INSEE Sirene / INPI RNE state register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 20 official records from 12 official sources are on file. 6 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

• 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 2026-07-28. Domain registry record
• First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The web archive holds a page at this address from 2008. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-11. Internet Archive (Wayback)
• No insolvency proceedings on record (record type: insolvency-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] We searched the official bulletin and found no insolvency proceedings on that date. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1955. 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)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2026-04-21: 7 control points, 2 with follow-up: Détection et extinction automatique: proposed Mise en demeure, respect de prescription (formal notice), 3 mois; Plainte: proposed Mise en demeure, respect de prescription (formal notice), 6 mois. The inspector checked each regulatory point and wrote down which ones need a follow-up. A request for documents is an open question, not a proven breach; the report does not say how it was resolved later. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 100 and 199 employees on the state record. One indication of the company's size as the register records it; it does not establish production capacity. effective since 2026-07-01. 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)
• Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• The inspection report describes the site: Van Robaeys Frères exerce une activité de teillage, cardage et stockage de lin. L'installation est autorisée par arrêté préfectoral du 28/05/1999, complété par les arrêtés préfectoraux complémentaires des 09/06/2009 et 11/05/2020. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: Van Robaeys Frères exerce une activité de teillage, cardage et stockage de lin. L'installation est autorisée par arrêté préfectoral du 28/05/1999, complété par les arrêtés préfectoraux complémentaires des 09/06/2009 et 11/05/2020.. A state inspector wrote this after standing on the site, so it describes what the plant actually does, not what its own website claims. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• 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 2026-07-22. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 8 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-22. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €53.2M, profit €2.5M. Lets you size the supplier against your own volume: the figure comes from accounts filed with the state, not from a claim on a website. effective since 2025-09-30. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• 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 2026-10-21. OpenSanctions
• Mentioned in independent media (record type: media-mention) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The press has written about it. A fact, not an endorsement. effective since 2024-10-31. nordlittoral.fr
• 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 2026-10-21. OpenSanctions
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• A change to the company's registration was published on the official record (record type: registry-change-published) [official record; status green] Indicates the register still receives filings from this company, so the record is maintained rather than abandoned. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025 Matched to this company by name only; no second anchor confirms it is the same legal entity.. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-07-31. VIES (European Commission)
• 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 2026-09-10. GLEIF Global LEI record
• Registered feed-sector operator (record type: registered-feed-operator) [official record; status green] On the state register of feed-sector operators. A record, not a permit. checked 2026-10-26. French Ministry of Agriculture (DGAL), register of feed-sector operators under EU Regulation 183/2005
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 3 active business units of 5 on the register, 3 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 13.10Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. effective since 2026-07-24. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2026-04-21. An inspector came to the site on that date, so the site existed then and was not only licensed on paper. The visit itself does not show what was being made there. checked 2026-10-23. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 1 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 2 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Registered business units

3 active and 2 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 3 active units carry a manufacturing activity code (section C of the activity classification). The activity code is what the register records for each site, not a finding that goods are made there.

• 83 RUE SAINT-MICHEL 59122 KILLEM: SIRET 07555073100014, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 13.10Z (Préparation de fibres textiles et filature), staff 50-99 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 59380 WARHEM: SIRET 07555073100055, active, manufacturing activity code 13.10Z (Préparation de fibres textiles et filature), opened 1991-06-25. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• LE GRAND POT A FEU 62270 FORTEL-EN-ARTOIS: SIRET 07555073100063, active, manufacturing activity code 13.10Z (Préparation de fibres textiles et filature), opened 2016-10-15, staff 20-49 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 131 RUE DE WARNETON 59890 QUESNOY-SUR-DEULE: SIRET 07555073100030, closed 2016-03-31, manufacturing activity code 13.10Z (Préparation de fibres textiles et filature). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• CHEMIN DE CRECY LIEU-DIT LE BAMBOU 80150 BRAILLY-CORNEHOTTE: SIRET 07555073100048, closed 2008-01-01, trade activity code 47.71Z (Commerce de détail d'habillement en magasin spécialisé). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

9 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.

Recorded in a source

• 8 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• 83 RUE SAINT-MICHEL 59122 KILLEM: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• 83 RUE SAINT-MICHEL CS30014, 59122 Killem: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Candidates, not confirmed

• vanrobaeys.fr: Website of this business. Source record

Import rules for these goods

• Textiles sold in the EU must carry fibre-composition labelling under Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011. European Commission
• Textiles sold in the US must comply with FTC labeling rules (fiber content, country of origin, care instructions). US FTC

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)
• VAT number check (EU VIES)