# Nordic Company Registry (Norway + Finland) (`grunkage/nordic-company-registry`) Actor

Search official company registries of Norway (Brønnøysund Enhetsregisteret, NLOD) and Finland (PRH YTJ, CC BY 4.0) by name, org number, industry code, municipality and registration date.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/grunkage/nordic-company-registry.md
- **Developed by:** [Nika Kakhidze](https://apify.com/grunkage) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 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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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Nordic Company Registry (Norway + Finland)

Search the **official open company registries** of Norway and Finland in one Actor and get clean, uniform rows.

- 🇳🇴 **Norway** – Brønnøysundregistrene, Enhetsregisteret API (`data.brreg.no`)
- 🇫🇮 **Finland** – PRH / Finnish Business Information System (YTJ) open data API v3

### What it does

Filter by country, company name, organisation number, industry code, municipality and registration date range. Results are capped by `maxItems`. Requests are rate-limited (≈1 request/second, retries with back-off on 429/5xx).

### Input example

```json
{ "country": "both", "name": "nokia", "industryCode": "", "municipality": "", "registrationDateFrom": "2020-01-01", "maxItems": 20 }
```

Finland's API needs at least one filter (name, ID, industry, municipality or date).

### Output example

```json
{
  "orgNumber": "989479997", "name": "NOKIA B.I.L.", "legalForm": "FLI",
  "legalFormDescription": "Forening/lag/innretning", "industryCode": "93.292",
  "address": { "street": "Martin Linges vei 25", "postalCode": "1364", "city": "FORNEBU", "municipality": "BÆRUM", "country": "NO" },
  "registrationDate": "2006-03-20", "status": "active", "country": "NO", "isSoleTrader": false,
  "url": "https://virksomhet.brreg.no/nb/oppslag/enheter/989479997"
}
```

Fields: `orgNumber, name, legalForm, legalFormDescription, industryCode, industryDescription, address, registrationDate, status, country, isSoleTrader, url, source`.

### Personal data & privacy

- **No emails, phone numbers or contact persons are output.**
- **Sole traders:** In Norway a sole proprietorship (*enkeltpersonforetak*, `ENK`) is usually named after its owner, so the name and address can be **personal data** under GDPR. Such rows have `isSoleTrader: true`. Filter them out if you have no lawful basis to process them. Finland's PRH open data does not include private traders.

### Data sources, licences & attribution

- Norway: © Brønnøysundregistrene, licensed under the [Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD 2.0)](https://data.norge.no/nlod/en/2.0).
- Finland: © Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), Finnish Business Information System, licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Data has been reformatted (changes made). This Actor is not a PRH/YTJ service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by PRH or Brønnøysundregistrene.

### Limits

- Norway API returns at most 10,000 results per query (page × size ≤ 10,000). Use narrower filters for more.
- Finland API pages at 100 companies; data updated daily by PRH.
- Free Apify plan users get limited results per run.

### Pricing

Pay per result (price set by the Actor owner in Apify Console).

# Actor input Schema

## `country` (type: `string`):

Which registry to search.

## `name` (type: `string`):

Name search (partial match).

## `orgNumber` (type: `string`):

Norwegian org nr (9 digits, comma-separated list allowed) or Finnish Business ID (e.g. 0112038-9).

## `industryCode` (type: `string`):

Norway: NACE/SN2007 e.g. 62.010. Finland: TOL 2008 e.g. 62010.

## `municipality` (type: `string`):

Norway: municipality number (e.g. 0301) or name (OSLO). Finland: city/municipality name (e.g. Helsinki).

## `registrationDateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD

## `registrationDateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD

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

Hard cap on companies returned (split across countries when both).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "country": "both",
  "name": "nokia",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset items in the Overview view

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

All dataset items with every field

# 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 = {
    "country": "both",
    "name": "nokia",
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("grunkage/nordic-company-registry").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 = {
    "country": "both",
    "name": "nokia",
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("grunkage/nordic-company-registry").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 '{
  "country": "both",
  "name": "nokia",
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call grunkage/nordic-company-registry --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,grunkage/nordic-company-registry"
        }
    }
}
```

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/ox8zGo9r2H1t0QaM1/builds/XpxKs5IKB5ULQMPkt/openapi.json