Geolocation of establishments in the SIRENE directory-for statistical studies

The geolocation of establishments in the Sirene directory for statistical studies is made available to users. The data concern the geocoding of the establishments (X,Y coordinates) with their georeferencing in the infra-communal zonings (IRIS, QPV, ZUS, QVA, see the associated documentation).

• As of November 2023, the common codes and the clusters for statistical information (IRIS) shall use the geographical information of 2023.
• As of March 2024, geo-referencing in ZFU is no longer provided.

• The monthly file corresponds to establishments whose data are diffusible and present in the Sirene database on the 1st of the month.
• It is uploaded on the 21st of the month with the following geographical information: siret, coordinates (X,Y), common code, geolocation quality variables, zoning positioning (IRIS, QPV, ZUS, QVA).
• Geolocation concerns the French territory outside Mayotte (Metropole, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion). The coding used for the metropolis follows the geodetic system RGF93 Lambert 93, for the Dom the system is different (see related documentation).
• Geolocation is carried out by an application of automatic geocoding developed at INSEE. This is backed by a repository of geolocated addresses built from the Directory of Localised Buildings (RIL), which integrates the geographical coordinates of the addresses positioned at the access to the building for the purposes of the Census of Population in municipalities with more than 10 000 inhabitants, and the geolocation of cadastral plots.
• The geolocation ** of active establishments with 200 employees or more has been systematically verified by geolocation takeover managers, as well as that ** of establishments with 20 to 199 employees for which automatic geolocation is uncertain.