MOTUL
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.
Motul: engine oils, lubricants, car and motorcycle care
Explore all Motul products, find the perfect oil for your engine, durable and high-performance products for all vehicles, cars, motorcycles, heavy goods vehicles, bicycles.
- Type
- Not established by any record (our catalog import lists it as manufacturer; that is not evidence of the role)
- Role
- Supplier (the state register lists manufacturing among its permitted activities; that is a right, not evidence of production, and no production site is confirmed); the register records manufacturing as the company's declared activity (19.20Z: 19.20Z), a declaration to the register, not an observation of a working plant
- Location
- Aubervilliers, France
- Founded
- 1957 (matches the state register)
- Website
- https://www.motul.com
- Categories
- Clean Energy & Environment
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 11 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. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, 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
- 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 1997. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-21. Internet Archive (Wayback)
- 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 1957. 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)
- 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 2026-08-22. VIES (European Commission)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €633.5M, profit €89.3M. 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)
- 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 2026-08-03. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 10 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 2026. 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 4 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 19.20Z. 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)
- 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 2025-10-10. 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, 5 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 2 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.
- 119 BOULEVARD FELIX FAURE 93300 AUBERVILLIERS: SIRET 57205584600016, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 19.20Z (Raffinage du pétrole), staff 200-249 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- ZONE INDUSTRIELLE CHEMIN DU CORPS DE GARDE 77360 VAIRES-SUR-MARNE: SIRET 57205584600024, active, manufacturing activity code 19.20Z (Raffinage du pétrole), staff 100-199 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- PONT DE FORGES 11 ROUTE DE CARCASSONNE 11800 TREBES: SIRET 57205584600081, closed 2002-12-25, activity code 63.1E, opened 1980-07-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- 8 RUE DU MARECHAL DE LATTRE 67520 MARLENHEIM: SIRET 57205584600099, closed 2008-10-13, trade activity code 46.69C (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de fournitures et équipements divers pour le commerce et les services), opened 1988-12-23. 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
- 10 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- 119 BOULEVARD FELIX FAURE 93300 AUBERVILLIERS: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
Candidates, not confirmed
- motul.com: Website of this business. Source record
Import rules for these goods
- Electronics for the EU need CE marking incl. RoHS substance limits, and producers must register for WEEE take-back in each member state of sale. European Commission (CE)
- Electronics for the US market need FCC equipment authorization under 47 CFR Part 15, which covers unintentional radiators such as switch-mode power supplies, not only radio devices. US FCC (Part 15)