GELCO

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. 16 official records from 12 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 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

• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1986. 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 20 and 49 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)
• 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)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €6.0M, profit -€768.1K. 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)
• 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 2026-09-12. Domain registry record
• 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 2026-07-24. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• 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 2026-07-24. OpenSanctions
• 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. effective since 2026-02-27. lemoniteur.fr
• 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 2026-07-24. 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Places goods on the market (national producer register) (record type: places-goods-on-market; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] A state register lists this company as placing these goods on the market, as their maker or importer. By itself it does not show who makes them. checked 2026-10-15. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 5 on the register. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 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)
• Installation on the French ICPE register (Géorisques), regime and status as published (record type: icpe-installation-on-record) [official record; status green] The French register of classified installations lists a site tied to this company's SIRET, with the regime and status exactly as published. This shows the state knows the site; it is not an operating permit, not an inspection and not proof that anything is produced there today. checked 2026-10-23. 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 2020-06-30. 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: 0 site(s) under a permit, 1 other site(s) on the register, 1 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Registered business units

2 active and 3 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.

• 55 RUE LA CONDAMINE 75017 PARIS: SIRET 33784961600079, active, head office, activity code 70.10Z (Activités des sièges sociaux), opened 2026-06-15. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 1 RUE EMMY NOETHER 37100 TOURS: SIRET 33784961600061, active, trade activity code 46.44Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de vaisselle, verrerie et produits d'entretien), opened 2026-04-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ZA DE COURTABOEUF 6 AVENUE DE SCANDINAVIE 91940 LES ULIS: SIRET 33784961600038, closed 1993-12-25, manufacturing activity code 25.2G, opened 1991-06-29. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 26 AVENUE GUSTAVE EIFFEL 37100 TOURS: SIRET 33784961600046, closed 2020-06-22, trade activity code 46.44Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de vaisselle, verrerie et produits d'entretien), opened 1993-08-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 5 AVENUE DU DANEMARK 37100 TOURS: SIRET 33784961600053, closed 2026-04-01, trade activity code 46.44Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de vaisselle, verrerie et produits d'entretien), opened 2020-06-22. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

7 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)

Candidates, not confirmed

• gelco.fr: Website of this business. Source record

Import rules for these goods

• Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)

Check independently

Before a first order, ask whose products they sell and on what basis: a distribution agreement or the manufacturer's authorisation.

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