Sonepar

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 10 official records from 7 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 trading role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes. Nothing here confirms manufacturing or ownership beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 6 and 9 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 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 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)
• Registered for trade, not manufacturing (record type: registered-trade-only) [official record; status amber] Indicates the register lists trade, not production. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• 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 2001. 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)
• 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)
• Business email on the company's own domain (record type: corporate-mail-on-domain) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows the domain runs its own email rather than a free mailbox. It describes the domain, not who owns it. checked 2026-08-26. Mail server of the company domain
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €34.7M, profit €494.4M. 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)
• 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)
• 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 2026-08-19. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 7 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-08-19. 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. checked 2026-10-17. SIREN published in the company's own legal notice, confirmed in the French business register
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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. checked 2026-07-18. CMS.law
• Listed in a source registry (record type: listed-in-registry) [official record; status amber] Listed in NANTERRE; entry number 824484653. 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)

Relationships

2 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

• 7 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)

Candidates, not confirmed

• sonepar.com: Website of this business. Source record

Import rules for these goods

• Electronics for the EU need CE marking incl. RoHS substance limits, and producers must register for WEEE take-back in each member state of sale. European Commission (CE)
• Electronics for the US market need FCC equipment authorization under 47 CFR Part 15, which covers unintentional radiators such as switch-mode power supplies, not only radio devices. US FCC (Part 15)
• Machinery sold in the EU needs CE marking with a declaration of conformity under the EU machinery rules. European Commission
• No public registry exists for certificates of this kind in this sector: conformity is declared by the manufacturer. European Commission: CE marking, manufacturer's conformity assessment

Goods family established: Apparecchiature elettriche e di potenza (the company's own text), Automazione industriale e robotica (the company's own text). The exact product, operation and trade route needed to determine a product-specific requirement are not established here. Product-specific import rules not established for the catalog category Smart home e IoT: no record or company text names goods of this kind. A catalog category alone is our classification, not proof of what the company makes or sells.

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• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)