SIRENE base of companies and their establishments (SIREN, SIRET)

— To subscribe to our newsletter **Sirene open data news**, follow this link: https://insee.fr/fr/information/1405555 — To view our newsletters **Sirene open data news**, follow this link: https://insee.fr/fr/information/3711739 **Stock files** Five compacted monthly stock files (ZIP format) are made available: • the enterprise stock file (all enterprises active and discontinued in their current status in the directory) • the stock file of the company’s historical values (for all enterprises, set of values of certain variables that are historicalised in the Sirene directory) • the stock file of establishments (all establishments active and closed in their current state in the directory) • the stock file of the institution’s historical values (for all institutions, set of values of certain variables in the Sirene directory) • the stock file of the succession links of the institutions (predecessors and successors of establishments) Each compacted file (ZIP format) contains a data file in CSV format. A stock file for a given month replaces that of the previous month. It includes discontinued businesses and closed establishments, offering access to Sirene data since 1973. **Updates** Monthly updates to these files, including daily updates, are possible: • using the**[SIRENE API](https://api.insee.fr/catalogue/site/themes/wso2/subthemes/insee/pages/item-info.jag?name=Sirene&version=V3&provider=insee)** available in the API catalog of Insee https://api.insee.fr. With the API, you have access to variables indicating, for both institutions and legal units, the date of the last processing carried out. These are the date variablesLastTreatmentUniteLegale and DateLastTreatmentEstablishment. As soon as this date is different from that of the same record in your stock file, you know that an update has been made. Documentation on Sirene API variables and services is available on the API catalog, Documentation tab: https://api.insee.fr/catalogue/site/themes/wso2/subthemes/insee/pages/item-info.jag?name=Sirene&version=V3&provider=insee ; • using Constitute a list on **[sirene.fr](https://www.sirene.fr/sirene/public/creation-fichier#date-maj)** (select Update Date tab) to be able to download files consisting of daily updates. You can consult [the letter Sirene open data news n°2] (https://insee.fr/fr/information/3897526#titre-bloc-22). **In the Sirene database containing personal data, INSEE draws your attention to the legal obligations arising therefrom:** • The processing of these data falls under the reporting obligations of Law 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, known as the CNIL Law: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/loi-78-17-du-6-janvier-1978-modifiee • Depending on your use of the dataset, it is your responsibility to take into account the most recent distribution status of each individual. Article A123-96 of the Commercial Code provides that: ‘Any natural person may request, either directly during his creation or modification formalities, or by letter to the Director-General of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, that the information in the register concerning him may not be used by third parties other than bodies authorised under Article R. 123-224 or the administrations, for the purposes of prospecting, in particular commercial.’ **If you are a company:** • Attention, for any request to create, modify or change your administrative situation, we invite you to contact the Business Formalities Centre on which you depend: [https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/1401387](https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/1401387) • Attention, no such request arriving on this site can be satisfied.