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Open data · CC BY 4.0How many companies hold a French IDU?
ADEME publishes every company holding a French unique identifier (IDU) as open data. We downloaded the whole file and counted it, rather than relying on an estimate.
250,793 companies hold at least one French IDU. 170,018 of them are registered outside France.
Counted on 4 October 2026 from ADEME's file updated on 4 October 2026. ADEME — open dataset « REP : producteurs, IDU » (SYDEREP)
By EPR stream
A company in several streams is counted once in each. The two columns differ slightly because 284 company-and-stream pairs hold more than one IDU and 48 IDUs are listed under more than one company.
| Stream | IDUs | Companies | Registered outside France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Household packaging & graphic paper (EMPAP) | 212,508 | 212,252 | 157,360 |
| Electrical & electronic equipment (EEE) | 26,829 | 26,809 | 18,668 |
| Textiles, linen & shoes (TLC) | 15,751 | 15,751 | 11,990 |
| Furniture (EA) | 13,750 | 13,770 | 5,230 |
| Batteries (BAT) | 13,444 | 13,443 | 10,380 |
| Building products & materials (PMCB) | 10,641 | 10,864 | 517 |
| DIY & garden items (ABJ) | 3,871 | 3,890 | 2,137 |
| Toys (JOUET) | 3,502 | 3,502 | 1,837 |
| Sports & leisure items (ASL) | 2,827 | 2,826 | 1,695 |
| Tyres (PNEU) | 1,264 | 1,264 | 46 |
| Professional packaging (EPRO) | 1,063 | 1,063 | 44 |
| Chemical products (PCHIM) | 978 | 978 | 107 |
| Mineral & synthetic oils (LUB) | 456 | 456 | 25 |
| Single-use sanitary textiles & wipes (TSUU) | 268 | 268 | 25 |
| Medicines (MNU) | 237 | 237 | 22 |
| Pleasure boats (BPS) | 140 | 140 | 7 |
| Medical sharps (DASTRI) (DISP_MED) | 91 | 91 | 4 |
| Vehicles (VEHICULE) | 91 | 91 | 4 |
| Tobacco products (TABAC) | 66 | 66 | 10 |
| PAP | 6 | 6 | 1 |
By registered country
The country the register gives for each company. It is where the company is registered, not proof of where it is established.
| Country | Companies |
|---|---|
| CN | 125,719 |
| FR | 80,775 |
| DE | 9,205 |
| HK | 7,010 |
| GB | 4,066 |
| IT | 3,397 |
| ES | 3,179 |
| PL | 2,739 |
| NL | 2,328 |
| US | 1,329 |
| BE | 1,147 |
| RO | 1,016 |
| AT | 553 |
| CY | 412 |
| CH | 402 |
| All other countries | 5,749 |
| Listed with more than one country | 1,767 |
How it was counted
- We downloaded the complete file ADEME publishes for the dataset « REP : producteurs, IDU » and checked it against the MD5 checksum ADEME publishes for the original file (030cac2b8461545826eca553c3b73d25).
- Each row is one IDU in one approval category. IDUs are distinct values of Identifiant_unique; companies are distinct values of Identifiant_societe.
- “Registered outside France” means the Pays field is not FR.
- Cross-check: the companies by country add up to the total once the 1,767 companies listed with more than one country are counted on their own line.
- ADEME's API also returns a distinct count, but it is approximate at this size: on the same day it gave 169,507 where the file holds 170,018. We publish the exact figure.
What the count does not tell you
- An IDU means a company is registered for a stream. It does not tell you whether the company is compliant, or whether it needs a French mandataire.
- The registered country is not the same as establishment: a company registered abroad may have a French establishment, and the reverse.
- One stream code in the file, PAP, matches none of the 19 current streams; it is shown as ADEME publishes it.