Norway Company Register (Brreg) & Updates

Norway Company Register (Brreg) & Updates reads the official Brønnøysund Register Centre (Brreg) data for Norwegian companies. Add organisation numbers for an exact lookup, search Enhetsregisteret by name, municipality, NACE code, form and status, or fetch the latest register changes with a cursor. You get one clean row per company, with form, industry, employees, addresses, dates and a clear status: active, bankrupt, deleted or not found.

It is made for KYB checks, CRM cleaning, B2B prospect lists and change monitoring in Norway. No login and no API key are needed. A run with three organisation numbers finishes in a few seconds and costs about $0.0064.

Contents

• What it does
• Quick start
• Input
• Output
• Pricing
• Use cases
• Monitoring register changes
• API and integrations
• Limits
• Troubleshooting
• FAQ
• Data source and licence
• Support

What it does

The Actor reads the open Enhetsregisteret API of the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Each run uses one of three modes:

• Lookup. Each organisation number (organisasjonsnummer) is an exact match. The Actor checks the MOD11 check digit first. It finds both legal units (entities, hovedenheter) and their establishments (subentities, underenheter). An unknown number gives a not_found row, so no input is lost.
• Search. Filter the register by name words, municipality, NACE code, organisation form, bankruptcy, liquidation, VAT registration, employee count and registration date. Up to 500 rows per run.
• Updates. Read the official change feed: new units, changes, deletions and removals. Start from a date, then continue from nextUpdateId of the previous run without gaps or duplicates.

In lookup and search mode you can also add the subentities of each company (branches, shops, workplaces) as separate rows.

Good fit

• Check that a Norwegian supplier or customer exists, is active and is not bankrupt (KYB, onboarding).
• Fill CRM records with the official name, form, NACE code, address and VAT status.
• Build a list of companies in a municipality or with a NACE code.
• Watch the register every day for new, changed or deleted companies.

Not a fit

• Board members, CEOs, owners or other people. The Actor does not output roles or personal data.
• Street addresses and contacts of sole proprietorships (ENK). They belong to private persons, so the Actor hides them (see Personal data).
• Annual accounts, credit scores or official certificates (firmaattest).
• A full copy of the register. Brreg offers free bulk downloads for that.

Quick start

1. Open the Input tab. The form already has three organisation numbers: the Brønnøysund Register Centre, Equinor and one subentity.
2. Click Start.
3. Open the Companies view in the Output tab. Check name, registryStatus, orgForm and industryCode.
4. Replace the numbers with your own list (up to 100), or switch Mode to search or updates.

Expected result: three complete rows in a few seconds.

Input

Choose the mode with mode. Fields of other modes are ignored.

Field	Type	Default	Allowed values	What it does
mode	string	lookup	lookup, search, updates	Selects the mode.
orgNumbers	array of strings	none (form example: 3 numbers)	up to 100; 9 digits	Lookup mode. Spaces and the VAT form NO 923 609 016 MVA are accepted. A wrong check digit gives a free error row without a request. Duplicates are looked up once.
includeSubentities	boolean	false		Lookup and search: adds subentity rows for each entity found. One extra request per entity.
maxSubentitiesPerEntity	integer	20	1–100	Maximum subentity rows per entity. subentitiesTotal shows how many exist.
searchTarget	string	entities	entities, subentities	Search legal units or establishments.
name	string	none		Search: words in the registered name, e.g. rørlegger.
municipalityNumbers	array of strings	empty	4 digits, e.g. 0301 Oslo, 4601 Bergen	Search: business address (entities) or location (subentities).
naceCodes	array of strings	empty	NACE SN2025 codes or prefixes: 62, 62.1, 62.100	Search: industry filter.
orgForms	array of strings	empty	AS, ASA, ENK, NUF, DA, SA, STI, BEDR, …	Search: organisation form.
bankrupt	string	any	any, yes, no	Search, entities only.
underLiquidation	string	any	any, yes, no	Search, entities only.
vatRegistered	string	any	any, yes, no	Search: VAT register status.
minEmployees, maxEmployees	integer	none	min: 0, 1 or 5+; max: 0 or 4+	Search: registered employees. The register only accepts these values.
registeredFrom, registeredTo	string	none	YYYY-MM-DD	Search, entities only: registration date range.
maxResults	integer	50	1–500	Search: maximum rows. RUN_SUMMARY shows the total number of matches.
updatesTarget	string	entities	entities, subentities	Updates: change feed of entities or subentities.
updatesSince	string	none	date or ISO date-time with zone, not in the future	Updates: start point of the first run.
updatesFromId	integer	none	≥1	Updates: nextUpdateId from the previous run. Takes priority over updatesSince.
maxUpdates	integer	100	1–500	Updates: maximum events per run.
includeRecordDetails	boolean	true		Updates: adds the current record (name, form, address, status) to each event.
includeContactDetails	boolean	false		Adds e-mail, phone and mobile of companies. Never for sole proprietorships.

Input examples

Lookup with subentities:

{
  "mode": "lookup",
  "orgNumbers": ["923609016", "NO 974 760 673 MVA"],
  "includeSubentities": true,
  "maxSubentitiesPerEntity": 10
}

Search for active IT companies in Oslo with 5 or more employees:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "municipalityNumbers": ["0301"],
  "naceCodes": ["62"],
  "bankrupt": "no",
  "minEmployees": 5,
  "maxResults": 200
}

First run of a change monitor:

{
  "mode": "updates",
  "updatesSince": "2026-10-11",
  "maxUpdates": 500
}

Output

Each Dataset row has rowType: entity, subentity or update. Use the Companies, Updates and Row status views, or export all fields. The key-value store has a RUN_SUMMARY record with the run status, counts and, in updates mode, the cursor.

Row status

status	Meaning	Charged
complete	The record was found. A deleted company is complete with isDeleted: true and registryStatus: "deleted".	yes
partial	The company was found, but its subentities could not be listed. Read statusReason.	yes
not_found	The number is not in the register, or Brreg removed it from open data (registryStatus: "removed_from_open_data").	not-found price
error	Wrong number (INVALID_ORG_NUMBER) or a source failure (RATE_LIMITED, SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE, …).	no

On a complete entity row, statusReason notes when maxSubentitiesPerEntity limited the subentity rows.

Output example

A trimmed entity row:

{
  "rowType": "entity",
  "status": "complete",
  "input": "923609016",
  "orgNumber": "923609016",
  "registryStatus": "active",
  "name": "EQUINOR ASA",
  "orgForm": "ASA",
  "industryCode": "06.100",
  "industryText": "Utvinning av råolje",
  "employees": 21272,
  "address": "Forusbeen 50",
  "postalCode": "4035",
  "city": "STAVANGER",
  "municipalityCode": "1103",
  "registeredDate": "1995-03-12",
  "vatRegistered": true,
  "vatRegistrationDate": "1989-07-01",
  "isBankrupt": false,
  "isDeleted": false,
  "historicalNames": [{ "name": "STATOIL ASA", "from": "2009-11-02", "to": "2018-05-16" }],
  "subentitiesTotal": 35,
  "url": "https://virksomhet.brreg.no/nb/oppslag/enheter/923609016",
  "provider": "Brønnøysundregistrene — Enhetsregisteret",
  "licence": "NLOD 2.0"
}

null means the register has no value. It never means zero.

Fields

Field	Type	Meaning	Example
rowType	string	entity, subentity or update	"entity"
status, statusReason, errorCode	string	Row result, see above	"complete"
input, checksumValid	string, boolean	Your value and its MOD11 check (lookup only)	"923609016", true
orgNumber	string	Organisation number, 9 digits	"923609016"
registryStatus	string	active, bankrupt, under_liquidation, under_forced_liquidation, closed, deleted, removed_from_open_data	"active"
name	string	Registered name	"EQUINOR ASA"
orgForm, orgFormText	string	Organisation form	"ASA", "Allmennaksjeselskap"
isSoleProprietorship, personalDataMinimized	boolean	ENK flag, and whether personal data was hidden	false
parentOrgNumber	string or null	Parent entity (for subentities) or parent organisation	null
industryCode … industryText3	string or null	Up to three NACE codes (SN2025) with Norwegian text	"06.100", "Utvinning av råolje"
sectorCode, sectorText	string or null	Institutional sector	"1120"
employees, hasRegisteredEmployees, employeesRegisteredDate	integer, boolean, string	Registered employees. null means not registered, never zero.	21272, true
address, postalCode, city, municipality, municipalityCode, countryCode	string or null	Business address (entities) or location (subentities)	"Forusbeen 50", "4035", "STAVANGER"
postalAddress, postalPostalCode, postalCity	string or null	Postal address	"Postboks 8500"
website, email, phone, mobile	string or null	Website; contacts only with includeContactDetails	"www.equinor.com"
foundedDate, registeredDate, startDate, closedDate	string or null	Dates YYYY-MM-DD; start and closed dates are for subentities	"1972-09-18", "1995-03-12"
vatRegistered, vatRegistrationDate	boolean, string	VAT register (Merverdiavgiftsregisteret)	true, "1989-07-01"
inBusinessRegister, inNonProfitRegister, inFoundationRegister, inPartyRegister, inGroup	boolean or null	Other registers and group flag (entities)	true
isBankrupt, bankruptcyDate	boolean, string	Bankruptcy (konkurs)	false, null
underLiquidation, underLiquidationDate, underForcedLiquidation, forcedLiquidationDate	boolean, string	Liquidation flags	false
isDeleted, deletedDate	boolean, string	Deleted from the register	false
lastAnnualAccountsYear	string or null	Last submitted annual accounts	"2025"
activityDescription	string or null	Registered activity text; null on minimized rows	"Selv, eller gjennom deltakelse …"
historicalNames	array	Earlier names: {name, from, to}	[{"name": "STATOIL ASA", …}]
subentitiesTotal, subentitiesReturned	integer or null	Subentities in the register and rows written	35, 10
updateId, updateType, updateDate, changedFields		Update rows: event ID, Ny/Endring/Sletting/Fjernet, time, changed field names	"Endring"
searchRank	integer or null	Position in search results	1
url, sourceUrl	string	Public register page and the API URL read
fetchedAt, provider, licence	string	Read time, source and licence	"NLOD 2.0"

Personal data

A sole proprietorship (ENK) is a private person's business. For ENK rows and their subentities the Actor sets personalDataMinimized: true and hides the street address, postal address, e-mail, phone, mobile and activity text. Name, form, industry, municipality and postal code stay, as the public minimum. The same applies to a subentity whose parent form cannot be read. The Actor never outputs roles (board members, CEO, owners).

Run summary

RUN_SUMMARY.status is one of COMPLETE, PARTIAL, NOT_FOUND, NO_RESULTS, CAPPED (stopped at your cost limit), ERROR, INVALID_INPUT or CANCELLED. counts shows rows by status and charged rows. In search mode, search.total is the number of matches. In updates mode, updates has nextUpdateId and hasMore.

Pricing

Pay per event. Platform usage is included.

Event	Price	When
Actor start	$0.001	Once per run (per GB of memory; the default 256 MB counts once)
Company record	$0.0018	Each complete or partial entity or subentity row. Lower on higher Apify plans: $0.0017 Bronze, $0.0016 Silver, $0.0015 Gold.
Not-found lookup	$0.0005	Each not_found row
Update event	$0.0005	Each row in updates mode

error rows are free. An empty search costs only the start.

Run	Example cost (Free plan)
3 organisation numbers (form example)	$0.0064
10 organisation numbers	$0.019
100 organisation numbers	$0.181
Search, 500 rows	$0.901
500 update events	$0.251
100 unknown numbers	$0.051

Subentities add up fast: 100 large employers with up to 100 subentities each gave 5,840 rows in our test. Set Maximum cost per run in the run options to cap your spend. The Actor stops before a paid row that does not fit and reports CAPPED.

Use cases

Buyer job	Mode and input	Key output fields
Verify a company (KYB)	lookup, orgNumbers	status, registryStatus, isBankrupt, underLiquidation, isDeleted, vatRegistered
Clean CRM records	lookup, orgNumbers	name, orgForm, industryCode, address, postalCode, city, website
Map branches of a company	lookup + includeSubentities	subentity rows: orgNumber, parentOrgNumber, address, employees, closedDate
Prospect list by area and industry	search, municipalityNumbers + naceCodes	name, employees, industryText, registeredDate, searchRank
Daily change monitor	updates, updatesSince, then updatesFromId	updateType, updateDate, changedFields, registryStatus
New companies in a region	search, registeredFrom + municipalityNumbers	name, orgForm, registeredDate, industryCode

Monitoring register changes

1. Run updates mode once with updatesSince (for example yesterday).
2. Read RUN_SUMMARY.updates.nextUpdateId.
3. Next time, start with updatesFromId set to that value. You get the events after the last one, with no gaps or duplicates.
4. If hasMore is true, more events are waiting: run again with the new nextUpdateId.

Event types: Ny (new), Endring (change), Sletting (deleted) and Fjernet (removed from open data; the Actor does not keep or show the old record). Brreg publishes a few thousand entity events on a normal weekday.

To run this every day, save the input as an Apify task and add a schedule. A schedule cannot change updatesFromId by itself, so for a gap-free monitor read nextUpdateId from each run through the API.

API and integrations

Start a run through the Apify API (POST /v2/acts/cliqtomedia~norway-brreg-company-register/runs) with the same JSON input, then read the Dataset. Export to CSV, Excel or JSON, or connect the run to other tools with Apify integrations. Join rows on orgNumber; subentities link to their parent through parentOrgNumber.

Coming from another Brreg tool? Common field names here: postalCode (zip), postalAddress / postalPostalCode / postalCity (post address), countryCode, isBankrupt, registeredDate (registration date in Enhetsregisteret), inNonProfitRegister (Frivillighetsregisteret), underForcedLiquidation. Missing values are null, not empty strings.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

AI agents can call this Actor through the Apify MCP server: add https://mcp.apify.com?tools=cliqtomedia/norway-brreg-company-register to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code and others). The MCP server needs your Apify account (OAuth sign-in or an Apify API token); Brreg itself needs no key. The smallest useful input:

{ "orgNumbers": ["923609016"] }

Key output fields for an agent: status, name, registryStatus, orgForm, industryCode, employees, isBankrupt, isDeleted. A lookup of 10 numbers takes a few seconds and costs about $0.019. A lookup of 100 numbers with many subentities can take about a minute, so the agent may need to poll the run. Search results match on name words, so an agent should confirm a company by orgNumber.

Limits

• Lookup: up to 100 organisation numbers per run. Search: up to 500 rows. Updates: up to 500 events.
• Up to 100 subentities per entity.
• The Actor sends about 3 requests per second and stops source work after 240 seconds. Our largest test (100 numbers, 5,840 rows) took 55 seconds.
• Search uses the register's own filters. Employee filters accept only the values the register supports (see Input).
• NACE codes follow SN2025 (for example 62.100). Old SN2007 codes like 62.010 find nothing.
• Data is read live. Brreg updates the open data during the day; there is no separate source timestamp per record.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Check	Action
error row with INVALID_ORG_NUMBER	checksumValid	The number has a typo. Check the 9 digits.
not_found for a real company	registryStatus	removed_from_open_data means Brreg removed it. Otherwise check the number.
A deleted company	isDeleted, deletedDate	This is correct register data, not an error.
Address or contacts are null	personalDataMinimized	Sole proprietorships are minimized on purpose. Contacts need includeContactDetails.
Search returns NO_RESULTS	NACE codes, employee values	Use SN2025 codes and allowed employee values.
Fewer subentity rows than subentitiesTotal	statusReason, maxSubentitiesPerEntity	Raise the limit (up to 100).
CAPPED	Run options	Raise Maximum cost per run or send fewer numbers.
INVALID_INPUT	RUN_SUMMARY.message	Common causes: no valid number in lookup mode, a date in the future, updates mode without updatesSince or updatesFromId.
RATE_LIMITED or SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE rows	RUN_SUMMARY.http	Run the failed numbers again later.

FAQ

Do I need an API key or a Norwegian account?

No. Brreg's open API is free and needs no key. You only need your Apify account.

What is the difference between an entity and a subentity?

An entity (hovedenhet) is the legal unit, for example an AS. A subentity (underenhet) is an establishment of that unit, such as a shop or an office, with its own organisation number. Lookup finds both kinds.

Why are board members and owners not included?

They are personal data. This Actor gives company data only.

How fresh is the data?

Each run reads Brreg live. fetchedAt is the time of reading. The updates mode shows each change with its event time.

Can I use the data commercially?

Yes. Enhetsregisteret data is published under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD 2.0), which allows commercial reuse with attribution. Personal data is outside that licence; contact data must be used within GDPR and Norwegian marketing law.

Data source and licence

Data: Enhetsregisteret of the Brønnøysund Register Centre (Brønnøysundregistrene), through its open API, under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD 2.0). When you reuse the data, name the source. This Actor is independent and not endorsed by the Brønnøysund Register Centre.

Support

Use the Issues tab of this Actor. Add the run ID, the mode and the statusReason or errorCode you saw. Do not send API tokens or private data.