Norway Brønnøysund Company Registry Scraper

Search Norway's official Brønnøysund Register Centre (Enhetsregisteret / Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities) for registered companies and organisations. Look up by name or exact organisation number and get organisation form, address, industry code, employee count, financial capital, bankruptcy/winding-up status, VAT registration, and registered board members / CEO. Pure HTTP, no login, no API key required — this is Norway's own free, official government open-data API.

Data Source & Usage Notes

• Free, public, no login, official government API. data.brreg.no/enhetsregisteret/api is the Brønnøysund Register Centre's own open-data REST API; no account, API key, or paywall stands between a user and this data.
• Two registries in one API. The source exposes both main units (enheter — companies, sole proprietorships, associations, foundations, government bodies) and sub-units (underenheter — individual physical business locations/branches belonging to a main unit); this actor exposes both as separate modes.
• Board members / CEO come from a separate endpoint. The source's own enheter/{orgNumber}/roller endpoint is a distinct API call per unit; this actor fetches it automatically when includeRoles=true (default).
• Not affiliated with the Brønnøysund Register Centre or the Norwegian government. This is an independent third-party tool using the source's own free, public, no-login open-data API.

What this actor does

• Three modes: search (main-unit search by name + filters), byOrgNumber (exact 9-digit organisation-number lookup, one or more per run), subUnits (sub-unit/branch search by name and/or parent organisation number)
• Full unit profile — organisation form, historical names, contact info (website/email/phone), postal and business addresses, registration dates, industry codes (up to 3), employee count, institutional sector code, share capital, bankruptcy/winding-up/VAT-registration flags, articles-of-association purpose text, and (for foundations/associations) statutory purpose
• Registered roles — CEO, board chair, board members, deputy members, auditor, contact person, each with name and (for individuals) date of birth
• Real enum-backed organisation-form filter — all 44 official organisation-form codes, extracted directly from the source's own /organisasjonsformer endpoint
• Empty fields are omitted

What's NOT included (and why)

• Annual financial statements (regnskap) line items. The source's separate regnskapsregisteret API exposes full profit/loss and balance-sheet data per fiscal year; that is a distinct, much larger dataset and out of scope for v1 (this actor does include sisteInnsendteAarsregnskap, the year of the most recently filed annual accounts, from the main unit record).
• Bulk full-registry export. The source offers a bulk CSV/JSON dump of the entire registry (millions of rows); this actor is a targeted search/lookup tool, not a full-registry mirror.

Output per unit

• organisasjonsnummer, navn, organisasjonsformKode, organisasjonsformBeskrivelse
• historiskeNavn — array of {navn, fraDato, tilDato} for every prior registered name
• hjemmeside, epostadresse, telefon, mobil
• postadresse, forretningsadresse, beliggenhetsadresse — each {gate, postnummer, poststed, kommune, kommunenummer, land, landkode}
• registreringsdatoEnhetsregisteret, stiftelsesdato
• oppstartsdato, nedleggelsesdato — sub-unit start/closure dates (sub-units only, when registered)
• registrertIMvaregisteret, registreringsdatoMerverdiavgiftsregisteret, registreringsdatoMerverdiavgiftsregisteretEnhetsregisteret
• frivilligMvaRegistrertBeskrivelser, registreringsdatoFrivilligMerverdiavgiftsregisteret — voluntary VAT registration reason(s) and date, when applicable
• naeringskode1 / naeringskode2 / naeringskode3 — each {kode, beskrivelse} (NACE industry codes)
• antallAnsatte, harRegistrertAntallAnsatte, registreringsdatoAntallAnsatteEnhetsregisteret, registreringsdatoAntallAnsatteNAVAaregisteret
• institusjonellSektorkodeKode, institusjonellSektorkodeBeskrivelse
• registrertIForetaksregisteret, registreringsdatoForetaksregisteret, registrertIStiftelsesregisteret, registrertIFrivillighetsregisteret, registrertIPartiregisteret
• konkurs, konkursdato, underAvvikling, underTvangsavviklingEllerTvangsopplosning, erIKonsern
• tvangsopplostPgaManglendeRegnskapDato, tvangsopplostPgaManglendeRevisorDato, tvangsopplostPgaMangelfulltStyreDato, tvangsavvikletPgaManglendeSlettingDato — compulsory-dissolution reason dates, when applicable
• fravalgRevisjonDato, fravalgRevisjonBeslutningsDato — audit opt-out dates, when applicable
• maalform, sisteInnsendteAarsregnskap
• vedtektsdato, vedtektsfestetFormaal, aktivitet
• kapital — {belop, antallAksjer, type, valuta, innfortDato} (share capital, when registered)
• overordnetEnhet — parent organisation number (sub-units only)
• roller — array of {roleType, personName, personBirthDate} or {roleType, companyName, companyOrgNumber} for company-held roles (present when includeRoles=true)
• sourceUrl — the unit's own bookmarkable public profile page
• recordType: "unit" / "subUnit", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search / byOrgNumber / subUnits
navn	string	Equinor	Name to search for (mode=search / subUnits). Optional — leave blank to browse purely by the filters below instead of by name.
organisasjonsnumre	array	["923609016"]	Exact org numbers to look up (mode=byOrgNumber)
overordnetEnhet	string	–	Parent org number filter (mode=subUnits)
organisasjonsform	array	–	Filter by organisation-form code(s), e.g. AS, ENK, STI
naeringskode	string	–	Filter by exact industry code, e.g. 62.010
kommunenummer	string	–	Filter by municipality number, e.g. 0301 (Oslo)
fraRegistreringsdatoEnhetsregisteret / tilRegistreringsdatoEnhetsregisteret	string	–	Registration-date range in the Central Coordinating Register, format YYYY-MM-DD (mode=search / subUnits)
postnummer	string	–	Filter by exact postal code
fraAntallAnsatte / tilAntallAnsatte	int	–	Employee-count range
konkurs	boolean	–	Bankruptcy status filter (mode=search)
underAvvikling	boolean	–	Winding-up status filter (mode=search)
registrertIMvaregisteret	boolean	–	VAT registration filter (mode=search)
institusjonellSektorkode	array	–	Filter by institutional sector code(s) (SSB classification), e.g. 2100 (mode=search)
sisteInnsendteAarsregnskap	int	–	Filter by exact year of last filed annual accounts, e.g. 2023 (mode=search)
fraStiftelsesdato / tilStiftelsesdato	string	–	Founding-date range, format YYYY-MM-DD (mode=search)
includeRoles	boolean	true	Fetch board members / CEO per unit
maxItems	int	20	Hard cap (1–1000)

Example: search by name

{
  "mode": "search",
  "navn": "Equinor",
  "includeRoles": true,
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: filtered browse, no name needed (active AS companies in Oslo with 50+ employees)

{
  "mode": "search",
  "organisasjonsform": ["AS"],
  "kommunenummer": "0301",
  "fraAntallAnsatte": 50,
  "konkurs": false,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: lookup by exact organisation number(s)

{
  "mode": "byOrgNumber",
  "organisasjonsnumre": ["923609016"]
}

Use cases

• Vendor/customer due diligence — confirm a Norwegian counterparty's registration status, bankruptcy status, and registered address before signing a contract
• Compliance & KYC — verify board members and CEO of record for a Norwegian entity
• Lead generation — build lists of Norwegian companies by industry code, municipality, or employee-count range
• Corporate research — track historical name changes, share capital, and financial-year filings of a company
• Registry enrichment — bulk-append Norwegian entity status and roles to an existing business dataset

FAQ

Is this an official Norwegian government product? No. This is an independent tool that uses the Brønnøysund Register Centre's own free, public, no-login open-data API.

Why are some numeric/boolean fields absent from a record? Norwegian entities self-report much of this data; fields like antallAnsatte or konkurs are only present on the source's own record when actually registered. This actor omits absent fields rather than emitting a fake 0/false value.

Can I get full financial statements (revenue, profit, balance sheet)? Not in v1 — see "What's NOT included" above. This actor does include the year of the most recently filed annual accounts (sisteInnsendteAarsregnskap).