SOCIETE DES COLORANTS DU SUD-OUEST

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. 22 official records from 15 official sources are on file. 2 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

• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2026-03-19: 19 control points, 14 with follow-up: Etat des matières stockées, périodicité et disponibilité -1510: proposed Demande d'action corrective, Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request for corrective action), 3 mois; Etat des matières stockées, périodicité et disponibilité: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant, Demande d'action corrective (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Etat des matières stockées - gestion accidentelle (A et E - 1510): proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant, Demande d'action corrective (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Etat des matières stockées d'information de la population (A et Enr - 1510): proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant, Demande d'action corrective (request to the operator for supporting documents); Zones à risques: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Protection incendie - détection: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Protection incendie - ressource en eau: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant, Demande d'action corrective (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Rétention des cellules liquides inflammable: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Dispositions constructives et compartimentage - bâtiment D: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Accessibilité au site: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Voie engins: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; Protection incendie - aires de stationnement (engin de secours): proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; Protection incendie - désenfumage bâtiment D: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Plan de défense contre l'incendie (PDI): proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant, Demande d'action corrective (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; capacité de stockage associée à la rubrique 1510 pour passer de 2756 t à 2803 t de matières combustibles. 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)
• The inspection report describes the site: La Société des Colorants du Sud-Ouest UNIKALO (dénommée SCSO UNIKALO dans la suite du dossier) est implantée à Mérignac (33). La SCSO UNIKALO développe, fabrique et commercialise des peintures pour les professionnels du bâtiment. Elle est spécialisée dans la fabrication de peintures en phase aqueuse et en phase solvant pour le bâtiment, principalement destinées au marché français (3% du chiffre d’affaire est hors de France). (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La Société des Colorants du Sud-Ouest UNIKALO (dénommée SCSO UNIKALO dans la suite du dossier) est implantée à Mérignac (33). La SCSO UNIKALO développe, fabrique et commercialise des peintures pour les professionnels du bâtiment. Elle est spécialisée dans la fabrication de peintures en phase aqueuse et en phase solvant pour le bâtiment, principalement destinées au marché français (3% du chiffre d’affaire est hors de France).. 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)
• 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 2026-08-03. 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 2026-08-03. OpenSanctions
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1973. 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)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €175.7M, profit €11.9M. 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 2025-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• 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 2026-10-15. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
• Legal entity ID lapsed (record type: lei-lapsed) [official record; status amber] The global finance identifier was not renewed. This does not mean the company closed. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• 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)
• 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)
• Certifications verified (record type: certs-verified) [official record; status green] Certificates were matched against the issuing register. checked 2026-10-16. EU Ecolabel product catalogue (European Commission)
• Listed in the national industrial register as an industrial site (record type: industrial-site-registered) [official record; status green] The country's industrial register lists this company as holding a working industrial establishment, with its own registry number and activity code. A trading office does not get one. Open the source for the entry. effective since 2024-12-31. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2026. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-08-03. BODACC (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 2026-08-03. 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 2026-08-03. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• 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. effective since 2026-07-22. Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE / INPI)
• 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)
• Takes part in public tenders (record type: public-contract-awarded) [official record; status green] 1 public contracts on record, the latest awarded 2026-03-20. A public buyer selected this supplier through an official tender. Open the source for the contracts themselves. effective since 2026-03-20. DECP, French public-procurement register Ici l'attribution porte aussi un contrôle fait par d'autres: dans l'UE et l'EEE, l'acheteur public doit exclure les candidats condamnés pour fraude, corruption ou blanchiment, ainsi que ceux dont une décision définitive a établi des dettes fiscales ou sociales. Ce contrôle valait pour cette procédure à la date de l'attribution: il ne montre pas la situation actuelle de l'entreprise, et une attribution ne montre pas que le marché a été exécuté. Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 57 (exclusion grounds)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 250 and 499 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)
• 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 2026-08-07. VIES (European Commission)
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 13 on the register, 2 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 20.30Z. 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)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2026-03-19. 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)
• 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. checked 2026-08-24. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 2 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 6 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Registered business units

2 active and 11 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 2 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.

• ZI DE L HIPPODROME 18 AVENUE MEILLEUR OUVRIER DE FRANCE 33700 MERIGNAC: SIRET 47320192900071, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 20.30Z (Fabrication de peintures, vernis, encres et mastics), opened 1989-01-01, staff 250-499 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• LIEUDIT LES PINS DE JARRY ROUTE DE SAUCATS 33610 CESTAS: SIRET 47320192900154, active, manufacturing activity code 20.30Z (Fabrication de peintures, vernis, encres et mastics), opened 2022-01-02, staff 100-199 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• CHE DU COURNEAU 33610 CANEJAN: SIRET 47320192900121, closed 2026-09-01, manufacturing activity code 20.30Z (Fabrication de peintures, vernis, encres et mastics), opened 2014-05-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 62 ROUTE DE BRACH 33480 SAINTE-HELENE: SIRET 47320192900170, closed 2026-09-01, manufacturing activity code 17.24Z (Fabrication de papiers peints), opened 2024-01-02. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 17 RUE FRANCOIS TOULLEC 56100 LORIENT: SIRET 47320192900055, closed 2001-12-31, trade activity code 51.5F, opened 1984-06-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• LIEU-DIT LES CHAMPS DE CLAIRGON 16400 PUYMOYEN: SIRET 47320192900063, closed 1999-12-31, trade activity code 51.5F, opened 1986-01-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ZONE INDUSTRIELLE 3 16340 L'ISLE-D'ESPAGNAC: SIRET 47320192900089, closed 2001-12-31, trade activity code 51.5F, opened 1999-06-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ZAC DE POULFANC 5 RUE DE LORRAINE 56860 SENE: SIRET 47320192900097, closed 2001-12-31, trade activity code 51.5F, opened 2000-09-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 95 AVENUE PASTEUR 33600 PESSAC: SIRET 47320192900105, closed 2005-10-26, trade activity code 51.5F, opened 2000-09-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ET 288 286B AVENUE PASTEUR 33600 PESSAC: SIRET 47320192900113, closed 2005-10-26, trade activity code 51.5F, opened 2002-09-25. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ZI AUGUSTE CHEMIN D'AUGUSTE 33610 CESTAS: SIRET 47320192900139, closed 2019-12-31, activity code 52.10B (Entreposage et stockage non frigorifique), opened 2017-09-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ZONE INDUSTRIELLE TOCTOUAU CHEMIN D'AUGUSTE 33610 CESTAS: SIRET 47320192900147, closed 2022-02-27, activity code 52.10B (Entreposage et stockage non frigorifique), opened 2019-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 7 AVENUE DE GUITAYNE BATIMENT B1 OUEST 33610 CANEJAN: SIRET 47320192900162, closed 2026-09-01, activity code 52.10B (Entreposage et stockage non frigorifique), opened 2023-06-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

17 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)
• 18 AVENUE MEILLEUR OUVRIER DE FRANCE 33700 MERIGNAC: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• ROUTE DE SAUCATS LIEUDIT LES PINS DE JARRY, 33610 Cestas: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• SOCIETE DES COLORANTS DU SUD-OUEST: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)

Import rules for these goods

• Chemical substances imported into the EU above 1 tonne/year must be REACH-registered. ECHA (REACH)

Check independently

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