What VLF ECOM does

Societe.com, operated by SOCIETE SAS (RCS Paris B 428 116 065), is a French business information platform founded in 1999 and headquartered at 10 rue de Penthièvre, 75008 Paris. The company aggregates official French public registry data from INSEE/SIRENE, INPI, RCS via GIE Infogreffe, BODACC, RNE, and ADEME into a searchable database covering 13.5 million active companies and 5.8 million directors, with 25 years of historical archives. Societe.com serves a horizontal mix of customer segments including sales and marketing professionals (prospection, CRM enrichment), data and CRM managers (database cleansing, deduplication), finance and risk teams (counterparty monitoring), legal and compliance officers (Kbis retrieval, director verification), and general public users seeking free company information. The platform is self-described as the #1 online source for free legal and financial information on French companies, serving millions of monthly users.

The platform operates a tiered revenue model: a free Essentielle tier with 30 AI searches/month and 25 monitored companies; a Plus tier at €16.90–19.90/month with unlimited AI searches, 500 monitored entities, and 500 API credits; and a PRO tier at €39.90–49.90/month with 2,000 monitored entities and 2,500 API credits. Beyond subscriptions, revenue is generated from per-document sales (statutes, annual accounts, BODACC announcements), API credit bundles (€99 to €8,890), enterprise data file exports via fichier.societe.com, and monitoring/surveillance services. Distribution is anchored on self-serve website access with organic SEO, supported by 11+ integrations (Zapier, Make.com, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Sellsy, Axonaut, Odoo, Zendesk, Notion, Lemlist) and a dedicated commercial team for enterprise sales. AI features include document summarization, AI-powered search, and a beta generative-AI response tool launched in 2024. The company holds RGPD/GDPR compliance certification and is GDPR-compliant.

Name

VLF ECOM

Legal name

SOCIETE SAS

Website

https://societe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Societe.com is a French business information platform founded in 1999 that aggregates official registry data on 13.5 million companies and 5.8 million directors, offering subscription, API, and enrichment services to sales, CRM, finance, and compliance professionals across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Intelligence

NAICS

Directory and Mailing List Publishers (51314), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Q&A and Knowledge Discovery Platforms (BPAMAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Search, Indexing & Content Discovery (HDAEAGAH), Data Extraction & Structuring (Invoices, POs, Receipts, KYC) (BPAAAKAF)

Keywords

• Business information services
• Company registry data
• Financial intelligence platform
• Director network mapping
• Data enrichment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans (Essentielle, Plus, PRO): Three-tier subscription model with monthly or annual billing. Essential (free), Plus (from €16.90/€19.90 per month), PRO (from €39.90/€49.90 per month). Annual plans include 2 free months. Revenue from recurring subscriptions.
2. Per-Document Sales: One-time purchase of official documents including annual accounts (comptes annuels), articles of association (statuts), legal acts (actes), BODACC announcements, legal notices (annonces légales), and capital links (liens capitalistiques).
3. API Credits and Usage: Pay-per-call API access with tiered credit bundles (5,000 to 2,000,000 credits). Credit costs vary by data type (existence: 0.2 credit; legal info: 0.5; directors: 2; documents: 5). Also bundled in Plus (500 credits/month) and PRO (2,500 credits/month).
4. Enterprise Data Files and Prospecting Lists: Sale of customized company and director data files for commercial prospecting, targeting, and CRM enrichment. Offered via fichier.societe.com and API.
5. Surveillance/Monitoring Services: Premium monitoring services for company and director events, sector and territorial alerts, sold as part of subscription tiers or add-on.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Societe.com operates a French business intelligence platform that aggregates official public registry data (RCS via GIE Infogreffe, INSEE/SIRENE, INPI, BODACC, RNE, ADEME) on approximately 13.5 million companies and 5.8 million directors into a single searchable online service with AI-powered search, document summarization, director cartography, solvency scoring, real-time sector/territorial monitoring, and Kbis retrieval. It sells tiered subscriptions (free, Plus, PRO), API access with credit-based usage, data enrichment files, and prospection tools aimed at B2B sales, CRM, finance, and compliance users across France.

Product overview

Societe.com is a comprehensive business intelligence platform offering a tiered subscription model (ESSENTIELLE free, PLUS at €16.90-19.90/month, and PRO at €39.90/month) that provides access to French company data. The platform integrates core search and monitoring capabilities with specialized services including a data enrichment tool (Siretiseur), API access for programmatic data retrieval, export services for bulk company lists, territorial/sectoral monitoring (Veille), and AI-powered prospecting tools. The ecosystem also includes Societe Maps for geographic visualization. All tiers include AI-powered search and document features, with progressively more API credits and monitoring limits at higher tiers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Societe.com Platform Main business intelligence platform providing free and subscription-based access to French company data including directors, financial statements, legal documents, and business monitoring services.
• Societe.com API Programmatic API access for developers and businesses with credit-based pricing covering existence checks, legal information, directors, beneficial owners, financial statements, establishments, collective proceedings, events, scoring, search, cartography, contact information, and trademarks.
• Data Enrichment Service Service for cleaning, deduplicating, and enhancing customer databases with verified official company and director data from French registries.
• Company and Director Surveillance Service Monitoring of selected companies and directors with real-time alerts on key events, financial distress signals, and changes relevant to partners and competitors.
• Market Monitoring (Veille) Territorial and sectoral monitoring service tracking 36,000 French territories and 732 NAF codes for company creations, closures, and business failure signals.
• Export Service File export service enabling download of complete company and director lists with 100+ targeting criteria, daily updated data on 13.5M companies and 5.8M directors.
• Siretiseur SIRET matching and enrichment tool that identifies missing SIRET numbers from company names and addresses, enriching files with official registry data.
• Societe Maps Interactive map service for visualizing company locations and geographic distribution across French territories.
• Prospecting Service AI-assisted prospect identification service for finding companies and directors in France, with CRM synchronization and territorial opportunity monitoring.
• AI Response Tool (Beta) Generative AI-powered intelligent response tool providing AI-generated answers to user queries on the platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Data refresh cycle: weekly (Monday) for RCS/Infogreffe data, monthly for INSEE data, daily for key financial data
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• L-Expert-Comptable.comminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMarketing partnership with accounting advisory service targeting entrepreneurs and small business owners. L-Expert-Comptable.com promotes Societe.com as a resource for company information alongside accounting services.
• GIE InfogreffecoreOthersData source partnership. Infogreffe (GIE des Greffes des Tribunaux de Commerce) distributes RCS registration data to Societe.com. This is the primary official registry data feed for company registration information.
• INSEE (Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques)coreOthersPrimary data source for SIRENE registry data, providing company identification, activity codes (NAF/APE), and establishment information for non-RCS entities. Data distribution service handled by INSEE itself.
• INPI (Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle)coreOthersData source for trademark registry information and company legal formalities filed at Tribunaux d'Instance. Provides brand/deposit data integrated into Societe.com's information offering.
• BODACC (Bulletin Officiel des Annonces Civiles et Commerciales)coreOthersOfficial source for civil and commercial announcements including company registrations, account deposits, and establishment changes published in the official bulletin.
• RNE (Répertoire National des Entreprises)coreOthersNational business registry providing official company registration extracts used by Societe.com to supplement its data offering.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Manageo: French company information and credit risk platform serving sales, marketing, and finance teams. Directly comparable to Societe.com on database access, SIRET enrichment, prospection lists, and tiered subscription pricing.
• Pappers: French business information platform offering free access to company filings, financials, and director data. Directly competes with Societe.com in the same SMB/prospect/compliance segment with a similarly broad free tier and aggregated official registry data.
• Societeinfo: French B2B data vendor specializing in company and director data, prospection files, and API-driven enrichment. Competes for the same customer base (CRM managers, sales ops) using similar registry data sources.

Broad incumbents

• Clearbit: Global company and contact data API used for B2B enrichment, segmentation, and prospection. Comparable to Societe.com's API and enrichment products, but with broader geographic coverage and a more enterprise SaaS go-to-market.
• Altares-D&B: Major French business data and credit information provider with global reach via Dun & Bradstreet. Overlaps with Societe.com on company financials, scoring, and compliance data, with a stronger enterprise/credit-risk positioning.
• Ellisphere: French subsidiary of Creditreform offering business information, financial data, and CRM enrichment services. Comparable to Societe.com's prospection and enrichment products, with a more enterprise-leaning customer base.
• Infogreffe (GIE): Official registry body operated by French commercial courts that publishes RCS registrations and legal notices. Acts as both a data source for Societe.com and a competing direct channel for accessing official company documents.
• Salesforce Data Cloud (ZoomInfo-style enrichment): Enterprise CRM and data platform that bundles third-party company and contact data for prospection and segmentation. Competes with Societe.com for enterprise enrichment budgets, primarily at the global enterprise end of the market.

Emerging players

• OpenCorporates: Global open database of companies with significant French coverage. Comparable to Societe.com on global company-data aggregation and API access, but operates at a multi-jurisdictional scale rather than deep French specialization.

Regional players

• Companies House (UK): UK official public company registry providing free company data and document access. A regional functional comparator to Societe.com's French registry aggregation model, demonstrating the regulatory-style public alternative that informs competitive dynamics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Societe_com

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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