ESCOS Srl.
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.
Founded in 2000, ESCOS TRADING specializes in the import-export of fast-moving consumer goods, with a strategic focus on B2B distribution in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa. Initially centered on the import of baby products in Belgium, the company quickly expanded its catalog to meet the growing needs of its African partners. We offer a wide range of recognized international brands, covering the sectors: • Beverages (Pepsi, Evian, Capri-Sun, etc.) • FMCG (Unilever, Mondelez, Nestlé, etc.) • Cosmetics (Sebamed, Kamill, etc.) • Hair care (Wella, Paul Mitchell, Goldwell, etc.)
- Type
- distributor (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Distributor (official record)
- Location
- Saintes, Belgium
- Founded
- 2000 (from our catalogue record; not confirmed by the company or by a state register)
- Website
- escos.be
- Categories
- Skincare & Cosmetics
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 4 official records from 3 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 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
- 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 2026-08-08. 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 2004. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-04. Internet Archive (Wayback)
- 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 2026-10-21. 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 2026-10-21. OpenSanctions
- 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)
- 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 2026-09-10. GLEIF Global LEI record
- 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. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), full open-data file
- Registered for trade, not manufacturing (record type: registered-trade-only) [official record; status amber] Indicates the register lists trade, not production. checked 2026-10-15. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), full open-data file
Relationships
1 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.
Candidates, not confirmed
- escos.be: Website of this business. Source record
Import rules for these goods
- Cosmetic products must be notified in the EU Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP) before being placed on the EU market. European Commission (CPNP)
- For the US market, MoCRA requires cosmetic facility registration and product listing with the FDA. US FDA (MoCRA)
Check independently
Before a first order, ask whose products they sell and on what basis: a distribution agreement or the manufacturer's authorisation.