Norway Company Register (Brreg) & Updates
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Look up Norwegian companies by organisation number, search Brreg Enhetsregisteret by municipality, NACE, form and status, list subentities, and track register changes with a cursor. Official open data (NLOD).
rowType
Required
Row type: entity (hovedenhet / legal unit), subentity (underenhet / establishment) or update (one event of the register change feed).
status
Required
Row result: complete, partial, not_found or error. See statusReason and errorCode.
statusReason
Optional
Plain-English reason for a partial, not_found or error row; on a complete entity row, a note when subentities were limited by maxSubentitiesPerEntity; otherwise null.
errorCode
Optional
Machine code for error rows, e.g. INVALID_ORG_NUMBER, RATE_LIMITED, SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE; null otherwise.
input
Optional
The value as you entered it (lookup mode); null for search and update rows.
orgNumber
Optional
Norwegian organisation number (organisasjonsnummer), 9 digits. Null only when the input was not a 9-digit number.
checksumValid
Optional
Whether the input passes the MOD11 check digit (lookup mode); null for search and update rows.
registryStatus
Optional
Summary status: active, bankrupt, under_liquidation, under_forced_liquidation, closed (subentity closed), deleted (slettet) or removed_from_open_data (HTTP 410 / Fjernet).
name
Optional
Registered name (navn).
orgForm
Optional
Organisation form code, e.g. AS, ASA, ENK, NUF, BEDR.
orgFormText
Optional
Organisation form description in Norwegian, e.g. Aksjeselskap.
isSoleProprietorship
Required
True for ENK (enkeltpersonforetak) and for subentities of an ENK; their street address and contacts are withheld.
personalDataMinimized
Required
True when street address and contact fields were withheld to protect a natural person (sole proprietorship).
parentOrgNumber
Optional
Parent unit (overordnetEnhet): the legal unit of a subentity, or the superior body of a public entity.
industryCode
Optional
Main NACE industry code (næringskode 1, SN2025), e.g. 62.100.
industryText
Optional
Main industry description.
industryCode2
Optional
Second NACE industry code.
industryText2
Optional
Second industry description.
industryCode3
Optional
Third NACE industry code.
industryText3
Optional
Third industry description.
sectorCode
Optional
Institutional sector code (entities only).
sectorText
Optional
Institutional sector description.
employees
Optional
Number of employees registered in the Aa-register; null when none are registered (not zero).
hasRegisteredEmployees
Optional
Whether employees are registered.
employeesRegisteredDate
Optional
Date the employee count was last registered (YYYY-MM-DD).
address
Optional
Street address lines joined with a comma (forretningsadresse, or beliggenhetsadresse for subentities). Null for sole proprietorships.
postalCode
Optional
Postal code of the business address.
city
Optional
Post town of the business address.
municipality
Optional
Municipality (kommune) name.
municipalityCode
Optional
Municipality number, 4 digits, e.g. 0301 (Oslo).
countryCode
Optional
Country code of the business address, e.g. NO.
postalAddress
Optional
Postal address lines (postadresse). Null for sole proprietorships.
postalPostalCode
Optional
Postal code of the postal address.
postalCity
Optional
Post town of the postal address.
website
Optional
Website (hjemmeside) as registered.
Optional
Registered e-mail; only with includeContactDetails and never for sole proprietorships.
phone
Optional
Registered phone; only with includeContactDetails and never for sole proprietorships.
mobile
Optional
Registered mobile; only with includeContactDetails and never for sole proprietorships.
foundedDate
Optional
Founding date (stiftelsesdato), YYYY-MM-DD.
registeredDate
Optional
Date registered in Enhetsregisteret, YYYY-MM-DD.
startDate
Optional
Start-up date (oppstartsdato) of a subentity, YYYY-MM-DD.
closedDate
Optional
Closing date (nedleggelsesdato) of a subentity, YYYY-MM-DD.
vatRegistered
Optional
Registered in the VAT register (Merverdiavgiftsregisteret).
vatRegistrationDate
Optional
Date registered in the VAT register, YYYY-MM-DD.
inBusinessRegister
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Registered in the Register of Business Enterprises (Foretaksregisteret).
inNonProfitRegister
Optional
Registered in the Register of Non-Profit Organisations (Frivillighetsregisteret).
inFoundationRegister
Optional
Registered in the Register of Foundations (Stiftelsesregisteret).
inPartyRegister
Optional
Registered in the Party Register (Partiregisteret).
inGroup
Optional
Part of a corporate group (morselskap/konsern flag).
isBankrupt
Optional
Bankrupt (konkurs). Entities only.
bankruptcyDate
Optional
Bankruptcy date, YYYY-MM-DD.
underLiquidation
Optional
Under voluntary liquidation (under avvikling). Entities only.
underLiquidationDate
Optional
Liquidation date, YYYY-MM-DD.
underForcedLiquidation
Optional
Under forced liquidation or forced dissolution (tvangsavvikling/tvangsoppløsning). Entities only.
forcedLiquidationDate
Optional
Earliest forced-liquidation date, YYYY-MM-DD.
isDeleted
Optional
Deleted from the register (slettet).
deletedDate
Optional
Deletion date (slettedato), YYYY-MM-DD.
lastAnnualAccountsYear
Optional
Year of the last submitted annual accounts (sisteInnsendteAarsregnskap).
activityDescription
Optional
Registered business activity or purpose text (aktivitet), joined into one line. Null on personalDataMinimized rows.
historicalNames
Required
Earlier names known to the register: list of {name, from, to}. Empty list when none.
subentitiesTotal
Optional
Number of subentities of this entity in the register (only with includeSubentities).
subentitiesReturned
Optional
Number of subentity rows written for this entity (only with includeSubentities).
updateId
Optional
Update event ID (oppdateringsid); update rows only.
updateType
Optional
Update event type: Ny (new), Endring (change), Sletting (deleted), Fjernet (removed from open data) or Ukjent.
updateDate
Optional
Update event timestamp (UTC ISO 8601).
changedFields
Optional
Names of changed fields in the event (values are not output); update rows only.
searchRank
Optional
Position in the search result (search mode).
url
Optional
Public register page on virksomhet.brreg.no.
sourceUrl
Optional
Brreg API URL the row was read from.
fetchedAt
Required
When the row was fetched (UTC ISO 8601).
provider
Required
Data provider: Brønnøysundregistrene — Enhetsregisteret.
licence
Required
Data licence: NLOD 2.0.
