Pappers Fr Pappers API

What is the difference between SIREN and SIRET?

SIREN is a 9-digit identifier for a French company (legal entity), while SIRET is a 14-digit identifier for a specific establishment (location). Use siren parameter to get all establishments or siret parameter to get a single establishment in the etablissement key.

Can I validate French VAT numbers?

Yes. Set validite_tva_intracommunautaire=true and the API will validate the company's TVA intracommunautaire number against the European Commission registry. The validation result appears in the validite_tva_intracommunautaire field of the response.

How do I retrieve company trademarks?

Set marques=true in the request to include registered trademarks in the response. This returns the marques array with trademark names, registration numbers, and status for IP research and brand due diligence.

What are partial disclosure companies?

Some French companies have opted for partial disclosure (diffusion partielle) and publish limited information. Set integrer_diffusions_partielles=true to receive available partial data for these companies rather than an empty response.

How does Pappers meter usage of its API?

Pappers meters the API in credits, which it calls jetons, drawn from either a monthly subscription or a pay as you go balance. Its published consumption table charges 1 credit for a company record, 0.1 credit per search result, 3 credits for a PDF or XLSX document such as an INPI, Pappers or INSEE extract, 2 credits for a compliance check, and nothing for tracking your own usage. A pack of 100 free credits is granted once when an API account is created from a professional email address. GET /suivi-jetons returns your initial subscription credits, the credits you have used, and your remaining pay as you go credits.

Is there a Pappers MCP server?

Yes. Pappers runs its own MCP server, advertised as 35 tools spanning its Entreprises, Justice, Immo and Politique data. You can also connect the Pappers API directly through Jentic: your agent gets this API's full 22 operation surface from the specification without loading another server's tool definitions into its context, your api_token is injected at call time by your self-hosted Jentic One instance instead of sitting inside the server URL in an MCP config file, and your own rules decide which operations the agent may call.

Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Pappers API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which operations and credentials your agent may use. Pappers carries the company identifier in the query string rather than in the URL path, so rules bound which operations your agent may call, not which company it may look at. Of the 22 operations, 19 only read data; the three that change state are POST /liste and DELETE /liste, which manage director monitoring lists, and POST /liste-informations, which annotates their notifications. A read-only agent is therefore a matter of allowing the lookup, search and download operations and withholding those three.