KWS FRANCE

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. 21 official records from 14 official sources are on file. 3 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

• The inspection report describes the site: La société KWS France produit des semences de betteraves sucrières, de colza et de maïs. Elle exploite des installations de traitement mécanique (concassage, criblage, tamisage...) et de stockage de semences. Le procédé de production est limité à des opérations de manutention, nettoyage, criblage, traitement, conditionnement et stockage des semences. L'établissement est autorisé par l'arrêté préfectoral du 27 août 2013 modifié par les arrêtés préfectoraux complémentaires du 13 octobre 2014 et du 23 septembre 2016. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La société KWS France produit des semences de betteraves sucrières, de colza et de maïs. Elle exploite des installations de traitement mécanique (concassage, criblage, tamisage...) et de stockage de semences. Le procédé de production est limité à des opérations de manutention, nettoyage, criblage, traitement, conditionnement et stockage des semences. L'établissement est autorisé par l'arrêté préfectoral du 27 août 2013 modifié par les arrêtés préfectoraux complémentaires du 13 octobre 2014 et du 23 septembre 2016.. 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 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)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2025-03-19: 12 control points, 8 with follow-up: Documents à disposition: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; Zone d'exclusion d'installation: proposed Mise en demeure, respect de prescription, Demande d'action corrective (formal notice), 6 mois; Risque d'incendie: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 1 mois; Signalisation: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; Alarme: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 3 mois; Dispositifs de coupure: proposed Mise en demeure, respect de prescription, Demande d'action corrective (formal notice), 6 mois; Isolement des onduleurs: proposed Mise en demeure, respect de prescription (formal notice), 6 mois; Connecteurs: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 1 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)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1975. 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)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 200 and 249 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)
• Certifications verified (record type: certs-verified) [official record; status green] Certificates were matched against the issuing register. checked 2026-09-07. Agence Bio, registre officiel des operateurs bio (open data)
• 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 for trade, not manufacturing (record type: registered-trade-only) [official record; status amber] Indicates the register lists trade, not production. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des 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)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €148.5M, profit €10.9M. 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 2025-06-30. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• Trade role recorded in the register (record type: registered-trade-role) [official record; status green] The state register itself records whether the company sells wholesale, retails, or acts as an agent - not a claim the company made about itself. effective since 2026-08-01. France SIRENE (INSEE StockUniteLegale)
• 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 2026-07-23. 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 2026-07-23. 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. 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 2026-07-23. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 2 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-23. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 6 active business units of 12 on the register. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• Organic certification in the state registry (record type: organic-certified) [official record; status green] Issued by an accredited body. We show the expiry date because a lapsed certificate proves nothing. checked 2026-10-15. EU organic operator register (TRACES NT), European Commission
• 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)
• 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 2026-10-15. 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 2025-03-19. 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)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 1 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 3 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Registered business units

6 active and 6 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 0 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.

• 1439 ROUTE DES TILLEULS 80700 ROYE: SIRET 30186223100059, active, head office, trade activity code 46.21Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de céréales, de tabac non manufacturé, de semences et d'aliments pour le bétail), opened 2005-07-01, staff 50-99 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 19 RUE DU BOIS MUSQUET 28300 CHAMPHOL: SIRET 30186223100067, active, trade activity code 46.21Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de céréales, de tabac non manufacturé, de semences et d'aliments pour le bétail), opened 2005-07-01, staff 20-49 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 721 ROUTE DE VIANNE 47160 BUZET-SUR-BAISE: SIRET 30186223100091, active, trade activity code 46.21Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de céréales, de tabac non manufacturé, de semences et d'aliments pour le bétail), opened 2005-07-01, staff 100-199 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• L D LE TRAM 11170 ALZONNE: SIRET 30186223100109, active, trade activity code 46.21Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de céréales, de tabac non manufacturé, de semences et d'aliments pour le bétail), opened 2005-07-01, staff 20-49 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ZI 13 LIEU-DIT LES ENAUDIERES 37270 ATHEE-SUR-CHER: SIRET 30186223100117, active, activity code 72.19Z (Recherche-développement en autres sciences physiques et naturelles), opened 2008-01-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 11 RUE DE LA BUTTE A MADAME 35150 JANZE: SIRET 30186223100133, active, trade activity code 46.21Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de céréales, de tabac non manufacturé, de semences et d'aliments pour le bétail), opened 2025-11-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 50 RUE DES LOMBARDS 60680 LE FAYEL: SIRET 30186223100026, closed 1998-08-01, trade activity code 51.2A, opened 1983-06-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ROUTE DE MONT DE MARSAN 47190 AIGUILLON: SIRET 30186223100034, closed 1994-12-25, trade activity code 51.2A, opened 1994-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 7 PLACE DE LA GARE 57200 SARREGUEMINES: SIRET 30186223100042, closed 2005-07-01, trade activity code 51.2A, opened 1998-08-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ZA LES GRAND SILLONS 35150 CORPS-NUDS: SIRET 30186223100075, closed 2025-11-01, trade activity code 46.21Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de céréales, de tabac non manufacturé, de semences et d'aliments pour le bétail), opened 2005-07-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• CHEMIN RURAL DIT DE LA GALETTE 60710 CHEVRIERES: SIRET 30186223100083, closed 2005-08-31, trade activity code 51.2A, opened 2005-07-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 1439 ROUTE DES TILLEULS 80700 ROYE: SIRET 30186223100125, closed 2023-11-06, trade activity code 46.21Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de céréales, de tabac non manufacturé, de semences et d'aliments pour le bétail), opened 2023-11-06. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

14 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

• 2 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• 721 ROUTE DE VIANNE, 47160 Buzet-sur-Baise: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

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