GRUAU LAVAL
Company-provided description, not an official-source fact. Certifications, capacities, years and market positions stated in it are the company's own claims until a record below confirms them.
Gruau - European leader in multi-specialist bodywork for Commercial Vehicles - Gruau Group
- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer (official record)
- Location
- Saint-Berthevin, France
- Founded
- 1996 (matches the state register)
- Website
- https://www.groupegruau.com
- Categories
- Vehicle Parts & Accessories
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. 17 official records from 11 official sources are on file. 6 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
- 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 2026-07-29. Domain registry record
- First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The web archive holds a page at this address from 2023. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-19. Internet Archive (Wayback)
- On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1996. 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)
- 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 2026-08-21. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
- 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 2026-08-30. 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 2026-08-21. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
- financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2021: revenue €92.5M, profit -€2.0M. 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 2021-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
- Legal entity ID lapsed (record type: lei-lapsed) [official record; status amber] The global finance identifier was not renewed. This does not mean the company closed. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
- Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-establishment) [official record; status green] The place of business the company itself declared when it registered. The register records the declaration; it does not inspect the site or show that anything is made there. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- Named on the older group company's own website (record type: named-by-affiliate) [our inference from comparing records, not an official record; status green] Suggests the older company in the group stands behind this one. checked 2026-09-08. Official website of gruau.com
- Takes part in public tenders (record type: public-contract-awarded) [official record; status green] 1 public contracts on record, the latest awarded 2025-02-17. A public buyer selected this supplier through an official tender. Open the source for the contracts themselves. effective since 2025-02-17. TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), EU public procurement award notices Here the award carries someone else's check: in the EU and the EEA a public buyer must exclude bidders convicted of fraud, corruption or money laundering, and those found by a final decision to owe taxes or social contributions. That check applied to this tender on the date of the award: it does not show the company's situation today, and winning a contract does not show that it was carried out. Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 57 (exclusion grounds)
- 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 2026-07-29. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- Registered in the state craft register (record type: registered-artisan) [official record; status green] Shows it makes goods itself; resellers are not admitted to this register. checked 2026-07-29. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- 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 2026-07-29. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- 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 2026-07-29. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
- 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 2026-07-29. 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 2026-07-29. OpenSanctions
- Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 250 and 499 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)
- 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 2026-07-29. VIES
- 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)
- Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 6 on the register, 2 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 29.20Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
Government supervision
No matching installation in the published Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE) data as of 2026-10-23. Limit: a zero only excludes a matching published Georisques record, not regulatory supervision generally.
Registered business units
2 active and 4 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 2 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.
- 9 BOULEVARD RENE ET MARIUS GRUAU 53940 SAINT-BERTHEVIN: SIRET 41027519200012, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 29.20Z (Fabrication de carrosseries et remorques), opened 1996-12-16, staff 250-499 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- ZONE INDUSTRIELLE RUE DE CHAMPELLE 57255 SAINTE-MARIE-AUX-CHENES: SIRET 41027519200020, active, manufacturing activity code 29.20Z (Fabrication de carrosseries et remorques), opened 1998-02-02, staff 20-49 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- 2 RUE ANTONIN DUMAS 69200 VENISSIEUX: SIRET 41027519200038, closed 2019-01-01, manufacturing activity code 29.20Z (Fabrication de carrosseries et remorques), opened 2013-06-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- 3 RUE FERNAND RAYNAUD 91100 CORBEIL-ESSONNES: SIRET 41027519200046, closed 2021-01-31, manufacturing activity code 29.20Z (Fabrication de carrosseries et remorques), opened 2014-01-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- 3 RUE CONDORCET 95150 TAVERNY: SIRET 41027519200053, closed 2022-12-31, manufacturing activity code 29.20Z (Fabrication de carrosseries et remorques), opened 2014-01-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- 4 RUE FERNAND PELLOUTIER 69200 VENISSIEUX: SIRET 41027519200061, closed 2022-12-31, manufacturing activity code 29.20Z (Fabrication de carrosseries et remorques), opened 2019-01-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
Relationships
11 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)
- 9 BOULEVARD RENE ET MARIUS GRUAU 53940 SAINT-BERTHEVIN: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- GRUAU LAVAL: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
- gruau.com: Named on the group's website. Official website of gruau.com
Candidates, not confirmed
- groupegruau.com: Website of this business. Source record
Import rules for these goods
- Vehicle parts affecting safety sold in Europe generally require UNECE type approval (E-mark). UNECE