Sophim

Listed in a source registry

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What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 17 official records from 11 official sources are on file. 5 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

• An environmental inspector visited the plant, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2025-03-28. 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 2026-10-13. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 50 and 99 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 2005. 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)
• 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 2026-08-31. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• 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 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)
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• Legal entity ID lapsed (record type: lei-lapsed) [official record; status amber] The global finance identifier was not renewed. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• The inspection report describes the site: L'établissement Sophim, basé à Peyruis, est spécialisé dans la fabrication d'ingrédients pour l'industrie cosmétique. Les matières premières sont principalement des sous-produits provenant du raffinage des huiles végétales. Le principal produit fabriqué est le squalène, représentant à lui seul 75% du chiffre d'affaires. Sophim emploie actuellement 50 salariés, son chiffre d'affaires en 2023 (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: L'établissement Sophim, basé à Peyruis, est spécialisé dans la fabrication d'ingrédients pour l'industrie cosmétique. Les matières premières sont principalement des sous-produits provenant du raffinage des huiles végétales. Le principal produit fabriqué est le squalène, représentant à lui seul 75% du chiffre d'affaires. Sophim emploie actuellement 50 salariés, son chiffre d'affaires en 2023. 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 2026-10-13. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2024-10-10: 21 control points, 10 with follow-up: Procédure aire de dépotage: proposed Mise en demeure, respect de prescription (formal notice), 3 mois; Gestion des eaux: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; PFAS: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 3 mois; Quantité susceptible d’être présente hydrogène: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; Conformité électrique: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 3 mois; Isolement du stockage d’hydrogène: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 3 mois; Refroidissement réacteurs d’hydrogénation: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Rejets atmosphériques laveur de gaz: proposed Mise en demeure, respect de prescription (formal notice), 12 mois; Rejets atmosphériques purges réacteurs d'hydrogénation: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 3 mois; Rejets atmosphériques dépoussiéreur nickel: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 3 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 2026-10-13. 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 2026-08-26. 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
• Line of business as recorded in the state register: 20.53Z (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. checked 2026-07-09. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• 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)
• 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
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 3 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-09. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Indicates the company is not dissolved or winding down. checked 2026-07-09. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €26.6M, profit €1.6M. 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)
• Site address listed in a government regulator's register (record type: facility-registered) [official record; status green] Shows the regulator records a site of this company at a named address. A registration is not an observation of current production. checked 2026-09-07. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• 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 2026-07-09. VIES

Import rules for these goods

Product-specific import rules not established for the catalog category Chăm sóc da và mỹ phẩm: neither the company's own description nor an official activity code shows that its own goods are of this kind. A catalog category alone is our classification, not proof of what the company makes or sells.

Check independently

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