How do I get a K or Kbis extract?

Verified 31 January 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The K or Kbis extract is used to prove that your company is registered in the trade and businesses register (SCR). It can be obtained online and for free.

Find out before making an administrative step, the K or Kbis extract became optional in many steps, only the Siren number is requested.

Warning  

If you run a company handcrafted or an activity liberal, you are not not concerned by the extract K or Kbis. You must provide only your Siren number which makes it possible to proof of registration to RNE: titleContent (the equivalent of extract K or Kbis). You just have to do it download for free on theCompany Directory.

Companies with a commercial activity may still be concerned by a request for K or Kbis extract.

  • The extract K concerns individual companies (EI), i.e. natural persons. It therefore also concerns micro-entrepreneurs. The extract is called L if it is the creation of a secondary establishment.
  • The extract Kbis concerns legal persons, i.e. all forms of commercial businesses. It is called Lbis if it is the creation of a secondary school.

Warning  

If you run a company handcrafted or an activity liberal, you are not not concerned by the extract K or Kbis. You must provide only your Siren number which makes it possible to proof of registration to RNE: titleContent (the equivalent of extract K or Kbis). You just have to do it download for free on theCompany Directory.

Individual business business When it is created, any commercial activity must sign up for SCR: titleContent. We're talking about theregistration.

Extract K or extract Kbis is one of the official documents proving such registration.

It contains all the information about the company.

Warning  

Many administrative procedures no longer require the K or Kbis extract from the commercial company. These steps require only the Siren number, which allows you to obtain the proof of registration to RNE: titleContent (equivalent to extract K or Kbis). It is downloadable for free on theCompany Directory.

Extract K or Kbis provides information on the company's activity and includes all the information given in SCR: titleContent :

  • Name of the registrar of the commercial court (who signed the registration)
  • Name (name) of company, abbreviation, sign
  • Siren Number
  • EPA code (or NAF code))
  • Legal form (SARL, SA, GIE, SCI...)
  • Amount of share capital
  • Addresses of head office and principal place of business and any secondary establishments in the European Union or the European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Age of business (lifetime) 
  • Date it was created
  • Detailed activity (text)
  • Domain name of the company's website(s) 
  • Position, surname, forename, date of birth, municipality of birth, nationality and address of chief executive officer, directors and auditors
  • Reference of compulsory authorizations for regulated professions

In addition, it includes all decisions of the commercial court in the field of collective proceedings: safeguards, remedies and liquidation.

The extract K or Kbis proves theregistration to  SCR: titleContent.

It must be provided during procedures such as opening a professional bank account or purchasing equipment from a supplier.

Please note

It is no longer necessary to attach a K or Kbis extract in order to carry out certain administrative procedures. Simply communicate the unique identification number (Siren) (which provides the proof of registration to RNE: titleContent, equivalent to extract K or Kbis). This voucher is free download on theCompany Directory.

For example, it is no longer necessary to provide a K or Kbis extract in the following steps:

  • Any manager can request a digital K or Kbis extract from his company or business free of charge commercial (of monidenum.fr or on theCompany Directory)
  • Anyone other than the head of company can also request free K or Kbis extracts from any company registered in France (on theCompany Directory)

Warning  

If you run a company handcrafted or an activity liberal, you are not not concerned by the extract K or Kbis. You must provide only your Siren number which makes it possible to proof of registration to RNE: titleContent (the equivalent of extract K or Kbis). You just have to do it download for free on theCompany Directory.

Manager: the free K or Kbis extract of your company

By creating a personal account

You're a company manager commercial.

You can get for free an extract K or Kbis on your company.

For this, you have the choice between 2 online services, both free.

You can use the online service monidenum.fr (managed by commercial court registries).

To do this you need to create a personal account and then log in using an identifier to get the K or Kbis of your company.

Just download it by mentioning your name, the name of your business or the Siren number or Siret of your company.

MonIdenum: the digital identity recognized to access your online services

Warning  

If you run a company handcrafted or an activity liberal, you are not not concerned by the extract K or Kbis. You must provide only your Siren number which makes it possible to proof of registration to RNE: titleContent (the equivalent of extract K or Kbis). You just have to do it download for free on theCompany Directory.

Without creating a personal account

As a manager you can also use the online service of theCompany Directory.

This service is free .

He is open to all and without the need for personal accounts.

Company Directory: Find all information in a company

You can download your K or Kbis extract on theCompany Directory, mentioning your Siren number. You can also find the legal information of your company by doing a search by its Siret number, or simply your name, company name or geographical location.

Warning  

If you run a company handcrafted or an activity liberal, you are not not concerned by the extract K or Kbis. You must provide only your Siren number which makes it possible to proof of registration to RNE: titleContent (the equivalent of extract K or Kbis). You just have to do it download for free on theCompany Directory.

Please note

You can order the K or Kbis extract of a company on the Infograft site. This command is paying.

All: proof of registration free of charge of any company in France

You want the public legal information of any company registered in France.

In particular, you want to get your proof of registration to RNE: titleContent (which is theequivalent of extract K or Kbis).

You can get all that information for free thanks to the online service of theCompany Directory.

Company Directory: Find all information in a company

The search is done freely without creating a personal account.

Simply mention something such as the manager's name, or the Siren number or Siret of the company you are looking for, its business name, or even do a search by municipality or geographical area.

You access information such as name, Siren number, Siret numbers, addresses of the head office or secondary school, number of partners, employees, etc.

You can download for free the proof of registration to RNE: titleContent of the desired company.

Please note

You can order the K or Kbis extract of a company (yours or any company) on the Infograft site. This command is paying.

The communication of the extract K or Kbis is free.

The document is free download if you use either the online serviceCompany Directory, or the service monIdenum.fr.

Please note

If you order a K or Kbis extract on Infograft, (yours or any company), this service is paying.

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