JEAN CHEREAU SAS
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.
CHEREAU - Refrigerated vehicles - Expert in refrigerated bodywork
CHEREAU expert in the design and manufacture of refrigerated vehicles and refrigerated bodywork: refrigerated semi-trailers, refrigerated trucks, etc.
- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer (official record)
- Location
- Ducey-Les Cheris, France
- Founded
- 2003 (matches the state register)
- Website
- chereau.fr
- 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. 21 official records from 15 official sources are on file. 4 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
- 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 2026-08-03. 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 2026-08-03. Domain registry record
- The inspection report describes the site: La société Chereau est spécialisée dans la conception et la fabrication de véhicules frigorifiques poids-lourds. Les activités sont réparties sur deux sites, l'un à Ducey (objet de la présente inspection), l'autre à Avranches. Les deux sites représentent environ un millier d'emplois. La capacité de production est d'environ 82 véhicules par semaine, soit environ 4 200 véhicules produits par an. L'entreprise réalise également les chassis de semi-remorque (essieux et pneus en externe). (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La société Chereau est spécialisée dans la conception et la fabrication de véhicules frigorifiques poids-lourds. Les activités sont réparties sur deux sites, l'un à Ducey (objet de la présente inspection), l'autre à Avranches. Les deux sites représentent environ un millier d'emplois. La capacité de production est d'environ 82 véhicules par semaine, soit environ 4 200 véhicules produits par an. L'entreprise réalise également les chassis de semi-remorque (essieux et pneus en externe).. 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 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
- inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2026-06-03: 5 control points, 1 with follow-up: Entretien des réseaux: 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 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
- 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 2026-08-03. 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 2026-08-03. OpenSanctions
- On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 2003. 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)
- Authorised Economic Operator in the EU customs register (record type: aeo-certified) [official record; status green] Customs granted trusted-trader status after auditing its procedures. checked 2026-08-30. EU AEO register (European Commission)
- financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2024: revenue €239.1M, profit €8.4M. 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 2024-12-31. 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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 2026-10-15. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
- 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)
- 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 2026-08-03. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-08-03. BODACC (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 2026-08-03. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
- 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)
- 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 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 500 and 999 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 2026-08-06. VIES (European Commission)
- Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 3 active business units of 3 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2026-06-03. 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: 2 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 7 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.
Registered business units
3 active and 0 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.
- ZI LE DOMAINE 50220 DUCEY-LES CHERIS: SIRET 45037234700010, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 29.20Z (Fabrication de carrosseries et remorques), opened 2003-10-01, staff 500-999 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- 52 BOULEVARD DU LUXEMBOURG 50300 LE VAL-SAINT-PERE: SIRET 45037234700028, active, manufacturing activity code 29.20Z (Fabrication de carrosseries et remorques), opened 2003-10-01, staff 250-499 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- SECTEUR EST PARC DE LA BAIE 50300 AVRANCHES: SIRET 45037234700036, active, activity code 52.10B (Entreposage et stockage non frigorifique), opened 2017-10-24, staff 6-9 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
Relationships
8 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)
- JEAN CHEREAU SAS: Site named in the record, registry number 0005301659. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
- JEAN CHEREAU SAS: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
- ZI le Domaine, 50220 Ducey-les Chéris: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
Candidates, not confirmed
- chereau.fr: 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