Norway BRREG Scraper

Extract Norwegian company registry data from Brønnøysundregistrene (Enhetsregisteret). 1.1M+ companies with NACE codes, VAT status, bankruptcy flags, board roles, and recent-update feeds. No API key, no login, no proxy.

What does Norway BRREG Scraper do?

Scrape Norway's official business registry — the Enhetsregisteret — through Brønnøysundregistrene's open data API, in three modes:

• Search companies — filter by company name, NACE industry code, municipality, legal form, VAT registration, and bankruptcy status. Auto-paginates up to 10,000 results per query.
• Lookup by org number — pass a 9-digit organisasjonsnummer, get the full record plus optionally all registered roles (board, CEO, chair, auditor).
• Recent updates feed — the live feed of entity changes for monitoring new registrations, bankruptcies, and status shifts.

The API is free, open, and keyless. Data is published under the Norwegian License for Open Government Data (NLOD) [citation:5][citation:7].

Output fields

Company

Field	Description
orgNumber	9-digit organisasjonsnummer
name	Registered name
orgForm / orgFormText	Legal form code and description
industryCode / industryText	Primary NACE/SN2007 code and description
industryCode2/3	Secondary NACE codes
address / postalCode / city	Business address
municipality / municipalityCode	Municipality
postAddress / postPostalCode / postCity	Postal address
employees	Number of employees
registrationDate	Registration date in Enhetsregisteret
vatRegistered	VAT registration flag
vatRegistrationDate	VAT registration date
bankrupt	Bankruptcy flag
underLiquidation	Liquidation status
underForcedLiquidation	Forced liquidation status
sectorCode / sectorText	Institutional sector
activityDescription	Articles of association purpose
lastUpdated	Last registry update
url	Direct link to virksomhet.brreg.no

Role (when includeRoles: true)

Field	Description
orgNumber	Company the role belongs to
roleType / roleTypeText	Role code and description (CEO, chair, board member, auditor)
name	Person or entity name
personFodselsdato	Date of birth (where published)
entityOrgNumber / entityName	For entity roles
isPerson / isEntity	Role subject type
resigned	Whether the role has ended
lastUpdated	Role last-updated timestamp

Update (updates mode)

Field	Description
orgNumber	Company that changed
date	Update date
changeType	Type of change
changedFields	Array of changed fields
updatedBy	Updating system

Who is it for?

• B2B sales teams building Norwegian prospect lists filtered by NACE code, municipality, and VAT status
• KYB and compliance teams verifying Norwegian counterparties and monitoring bankruptcy/liquidation flags
• Market researchers analyzing company formation by industry and region
• Procurement teams enriching supplier records with registry data
• Risk analysts monitoring portfolio companies for konkurs (bankruptcy) and avvikling (liquidation) events
• Data journalists investigating Norwegian business activity

Pricing

$1.20 per 1,000 results. No subscription.

Results	Cost
100	$0.12
1,000	$1.20
10,000	$12.00

How to use it

1. Pick a Mode.
2. For search: enter a Company Name, or use NACE Code, Municipality Code, Legal Form, VAT, and Bankruptcy filters.
3. For lookup: enter Org Numbers.
4. Optionally enable Include Board Roles for CEO/chair/board enrichment.
5. Click Start.

Output example

{
  "recordType": "company",
  "orgNumber": "923609016",
  "name": "SESAM STASJON AS",
  "orgForm": "AS",
  "orgFormText": "Aksjeselskap",
  "industryCode": "52.292",
  "industryText": "Skipsmegling",
  "address": "Tyvholmen 1",
  "postalCode": "0301",
  "city": "OSLO",
  "municipality": "OSLO",
  "municipalityCode": "0301",
  "country": "NO",
  "employees": 12,
  "registrationDate": "2017-10-20",
  "vatRegistered": true,
  "vatRegistrationDate": "2017-10-21",
  "bankrupt": false,
  "underLiquidation": false,
  "sectorCode": "2100",
  "lastUpdated": "2023-11-21",
  "url": "https://virksomhet.brreg.no/nb/oppslag/enheter/923609016",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Technical details

• Source: Brønnøysundregistrene Open Data API at data.brreg.no/enhetsregisteret/api. Free, keyless, no authentication [citation:7][citation:9].
• Data license: NLOD (Norwegian License for Open Government Data). Free to use and redistribute [citation:5].
• Auto-pagination via size and page params. BRREG caps deep pagination at ~10,000 results per query [citation:5].
• No browser, no proxy, no rate limit — pure REST JSON.
• Three modes — search, lookup, updates feed.
• Optional role enrichment — one extra request per company for board/CEO/chair/auditor data.

Known limits

• BRREG paginates to ~10,000 results per query. For the full 1.1M-company registry, use their nightly bulk-download files instead [citation:5].
• Financial statements are not in this API. Revenue and profit live in the separate Regnskapsregisteret behind an agreement [citation:18].
• Contact data is not collected by BRREG. Email, phone, and website are not in the registry. Pair with an enrichment actor if needed [citation:18].
• Person identifiers are restricted. Roles with personal ID numbers require Maskinporten authentication and are not exposed [citation:13].
• Some historical records may be incomplete. Newly registered entities and recently changed records may lag by up to 24 hours.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. The BRREG open data API is fully keyless [citation:7].

Do I need a proxy? No. Datacenter IPs work. BRREG has no hard rate limit; 250ms delay is polite [citation:5].

What is an organisasjonsnummer? The 9-digit Norwegian company identifier, equivalent to a VAT number or company registration number.

How do I find a company's org number? Search by name first — the orgNumber field is in every result.

What's the difference between search and updates mode? Search queries the current registry state. Updates mode returns the live feed of entity changes for monitoring new registrations and status shifts.

How do I export data? After a run, go to Storage → Export as JSON, CSV, Excel.

Support

Open an issue on the Actor's page for bugs or feature requests.