RGE: France's certified contractors and new RGE firms
The list of RGE companies (Reconnu garant de l'environnement) is published as open data by ADEME, the French environment agency: every qualification held by a contractor, with its field of work, certifying body and validity dates. Reachable imports it every day and matches it to the SIREN number. You get one column per company and lists of RGE contractors, including newly certified ones.
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Sources: ADEME, list of RGE companies (Licence Ouverte), as of 12 November 2026, Reachable public API, /v1/public/companies/{siren}/labels/rge (read on 12 November 2026) · Updated on
What is the RGE connector?
The RGE connector gives, for every French company, the RGE qualifications it holds: field of work, certifying body, start and end of validity. The label gates French public grants for energy renovation (MaPrimeRénov', zero-rate eco-loan, energy savings certificates).
| Publisher | ADEME (French agency for ecological transition) |
| Licence | Licence Ouverte (Etalab) |
| Coverage | Every current RGE qualification in France: 157,158 qualifications for 59,053 establishments on 12 November 2026 |
| Certifying bodies | Qualibat, Qualit'EnR, Qualifelec, Cerqual, Certibat, Qualiclimafroid, Order of Architects |
| Refresh at Reachable | Daily; the date of the latest collection is shown on the connectors hub |
| History | ADEME's list only keeps current qualifications; Reachable has captured it daily since 10 November 2026 and dates entries and exits from then on |
| Price per run | Shown on pricing and on the hub, read from the current price grid |
What RGE data do you get?
The connector provides one column and one row source. Every value carries its source (ADEME's RGE list) and its date.
| Column | Fields |
|---|---|
| RGE | label held or not, and for each qualification: name, field of work, certifying body, establishment SIRET, start and end of validity; date the label was lost if the company leaves the list |
| "RGE" source | companies holding an RGE qualification, filtered by area and by category of works (ADEME meta-domain), or those that just obtained the label, as rows of a list |
Real sample: establishments in Isère (Alps) that entered the RGE list in October 2026 with no older current qualification, as ADEME publishes them and as Reachable's public API returns them (data as of 12 November 2026, source ADEME).
| SIREN | Name | Town | Field of work | Body | Valid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 496 545 | RL MENUISERIE | Agnin | Exterior windows, shutters and doors | Qualibat | 2026-10-01 |
| 754 022 291 | SECER RENOVATION FACADES | Voreppe | External wall insulation | Qualibat | 2026-10-01 |
| 518 436 837 | SARL CCF ENERGIES | Claix | Heat-pump water heater | Qualit'EnR | 2026-10-08 |
| 523 189 751 | GF SYNERGIE | Saint-Savin | Heat pump: heating | Qualit'EnR | 2026-10-10 |
| 992 112 813 | ST PLOMBERIE | Vienne | Heat pump: heating | Qualit'EnR | 2026-10-23 |
Which prospecting signals does RGE give?
RGE flags contractors investing in energy renovation: they buy equipment, training and software.
- New qualification: a contractor newly certified for heat pumps or solar will buy equipment and tools, and sometimes hire. That is the moment for a supplier or distributor.
- Qualification nearing expiry: a contractor whose qualification ends in the coming months must renew it (audit, training). Training and consulting firms reach out first.
- Lost label: a company that leaves the list can no longer pass grants on to its customers. Check before trusting it with subsidised works.
- Field of work: the qualification says precisely what the contractor does, better than its NAF activity code.
A list whose source is "RGE", rerun every week, adds at each run the companies that entered the filter since the previous one.
How many new RGE firms in October 2026?
In October 2026, 4,527 RGE qualifications started, for 2,199 establishments; 1,355 of them held no other, older current qualification, according to ADEME's list as of 12 November 2026.
| New RGE firms in October 2026, by département | Establishments |
|---|---|
| Isère | 70 |
| Nord | 59 |
| Gironde | 41 |
| Morbihan | 41 |
| Ille-et-Vilaine | 37 |
| Pas-de-Calais | 32 |
| Bas-Rhin | 30 |
| Maine-et-Loire | 30 |
| Seine-et-Marne | 30 |
| Finistère | 28 |
| All of France (99 départements) | 1,355 |
Paris has 18, Rhône 19, Bouches-du-Rhône 17 and Haute-Garonne 23.
Method: ADEME's list of RGE companies as of 12 November 2026 (157,158 qualifications). An "October" qualification has a start date between 1 and 31 October 2026. A "new RGE firm" is an establishment (SIRET) whose current qualifications all started in October 2026 or later, with at least one in October. The département comes from the establishment's postcode. The list only keeps current qualifications: a contractor whose older qualification expired counts as new, and a qualification opened then closed before 12 November is not counted.
Which connectors should you combine with RGE?
RGE says what a contractor can do; other connectors say who it is, whether it is healthy and how to reach it. Three recipes:
- New RGE firms + SIRENE: contractors newly certified for renewable energy this month in your region, with their creation date and headcount band, for an equipment distributor.
- RGE + Google Maps: RGE insulation contractors in a département, then their Google listing (rating, reviews, declared website). A well-rated contractor with no website is a lead for a web agency.
- Supplier file + RGE + BODACC: your subcontractors, matched to their SIREN, with the RGE and BODACC columns rerun monthly, to spot an expired qualification or insolvency before a subsidised job.
Every connector and its price per run are listed on the connectors hub.
How do you use it from an AI agent (MCP)?
Your agent (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) queries the RGE list in plain language through Reachable's MCP server. Example request:
List the companies in Isère that became RGE this week for renewable energy installations, with their certifying body and end of validity.
The agent returns a table: SIREN, SIRET, name (except sole traders or restricted records), town, qualification, certifying body, validity dates, each row with its ADEME source. It can then turn it into a list rerun every week.
What are the limits of RGE?
The RGE list says a contractor is qualified; it guarantees neither the quality of its work nor its availability.
- Current qualifications only: ADEME publishes no history. Reachable dates entries and exits from 10 November 2026, its first daily capture; before that, only the validity start date is known.
- Matching: the list identifies each establishment by its SIRET. The SIREN is taken from it as is, with no approximation.
- Contact details: ADEME's list includes the phone and email declared by the contractor; Reachable does not keep them.
- Names: a sole trader or a company with restricted publication is counted, never named.
- Delay: a qualification appears in the list once the certifying body has entered it, sometimes after its start date.
- Rows without SIREN: a row from a CSV or Google Maps is matched to a SIREN with a method and a confidence score; below your list's threshold (0.95 by default), the RGE column does not run. The method is described on the methodology page.