# Norway BRREG Scraper (`aurenic/norway-brreg-scraper`) Actor

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.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aurenic/norway-brreg-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Aurenic](https://apify.com/aurenic) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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

```json
{
  "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.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to fetch.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Free-text search on company name (e.g. 'Sesam', 'consulting').

## `orgNumbers` (type: `array`):

9-digit Norwegian organisasjonsnummer (e.g. 923609016). Used in lookup mode.

## `naceCode` (type: `string`):

NACE/SN2007 industry code (e.g. 62.010 for software, 73.110 for advertising, 69.201 for accounting).

## `municipalityCode` (type: `string`):

4-digit Norwegian municipality code (0301 Oslo, 4601 Bergen, 5001 Trondheim).

## `orgForm` (type: `string`):

Legal form code: AS (limited company), ASA, ENK (sole proprietorship), ANS, DA, NUF, SA.

## `vatRegistered` (type: `string`):

Filter by VAT registration.

## `bankrupt` (type: `string`):

Filter by bankruptcy status.

## `includeRoles` (type: `boolean`):

Also fetch CEO, chair, board members, and auditor for each company. Slower — one extra request per company.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on companies (BRREG paginates up to 10,000 per query).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on all records including roles.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Delay between requests. BRREG has no hard rate limit; 250ms is polite.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "consulting",
  "orgNumbers": [
    "923609016"
  ],
  "naceCode": "",
  "municipalityCode": "",
  "orgForm": "",
  "vatRegistered": "",
  "bankrupt": "",
  "includeRoles": false,
  "maxResults": 2000,
  "maxItems": 5000,
  "requestDelayMs": 250
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "orgNumbers": [
        "923609016"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aurenic/norway-brreg-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "orgNumbers": ["923609016"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aurenic/norway-brreg-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "orgNumbers": [
    "923609016"
  ]
}' |
apify call aurenic/norway-brreg-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,aurenic/norway-brreg-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/CgT9TI7R9fZPWMP6R/builds/uzLqS68ROjhyKcilc/openapi.json