# Nordic Company Registry & Financials API (Norway, Finland) (`nordic-data/nordic-company-registry`) Actor

Look up or search Norwegian & Finnish companies in the official registers. One clean record per company: status, address, NACE, employees, VAT, board & roles, financial key figures.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nordic-data/nordic-company-registry.md
- **Developed by:** [Niklas Bergström](https://apify.com/nordic-data) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $6.00 / 1,000 company records

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

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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

## Nordic Company Registry & Financials API (Norway, Finland)

Look up **Norwegian and Finnish companies** by organisation number or name, and get **one clean, normalized JSON record per company**, straight from the official government registers. No scraping, no API keys, no registration.

Each record includes:

- legal name and former names
- status (active, bankrupt, in liquidation, dissolved)
- legal form
- addresses
- NACE/TOL industry codes
- employees
- VAT number
- share capital
- board and management roles
- **official annual-account key figures**: revenue, operating profit, net income, total assets, equity and liabilities

Norway and Finland share **one schema**, so you can mix countries in a single run and get identical columns in JSON, CSV or Excel.

**Coverage:** Norway & Finland (Sweden coming).

| Country | Register | Lookup by ID | Name search | Roles / board | Financials | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇴 Norway | Brønnøysundregistrene (Enhetsregisteret + Regnskapsregisteret) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ key figures (latest filed year) | NLOD 2.0 |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | PRH / YTJ open data + PRH XBRL financial statements | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (not in open data) | ⚠️ filing index + XBRL document links | CC BY 4.0 |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | Bolagsverket | 🔜 coming | – | – | – | – |

### What can I use it for?

- **KYC / KYB and supplier onboarding.** Check that a company exists, is active and is not bankrupt or in liquidation, and get its VAT number.
- **CRM and lead enrichment.** Turn a list of org numbers into addresses, industry codes, websites, employee counts and decision-makers.
- **Credit and risk screening.** Pull revenue, profit, equity and total assets for Norwegian companies.
- **Market mapping.** Search by name across both countries and build a list of companies in a niche.

### How to use it

1. Paste org numbers into **Company IDs**, or company names into **Search by name**.
2. Turn on **Include roles** and/or **Include financials** if you need them.
3. Click **Start**. Then download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or fetch them through the Apify API, from Make, Zapier or n8n, or with the Apify MCP server.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `companyIds` | array of strings | Norwegian org numbers (`923609016`) and/or Finnish Business IDs (`0112038-9`). The country is auto-detected and checksum-validated. Add a prefix to force a country: `NO:923609016`, `FI:0112038-9`. |
| `searchQueries` | array of strings | Company names to search for, e.g. `"Kesko"`. Results are ranked: active companies first, then exact match, then prefix match. |
| `country` | `AUTO` / `NO` / `FI` | Restricts IDs and searches to one country. `AUTO` detects the country of each ID and searches both Norway and Finland. |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | integer (default 10) | Maximum number of companies returned for each search query and country. |
| `includeInactive` | boolean (default true) | Whether search results include dissolved or bankrupt companies. |
| `includeRoles` | boolean (default false) | Adds CEO, board, auditor, accountant and similar roles (Norway). |
| `includeFinancials` | boolean (default false) | Adds annual-account key figures (Norway) or the XBRL filing index (Finland). |
| `includeRawData` | boolean (default false) | Attaches the untouched register response under `raw`. |
| `maxConcurrency` / `maxRetries` | integer | Tuning settings. The defaults are polite to the registers. |

```json
{
  "companyIds": ["923609016", "0112038-9", "NO:914778271"],
  "searchQueries": ["Kesko"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 3,
  "includeRoles": true,
  "includeFinancials": true
}
```

### Output

Every dataset item has `recordType` `company` or `error`. Dataset views are provided for **Overview**, **Financials**, **Contacts** and **Errors**.

Abridged example (Equinor ASA):

```json
{
  "recordType": "company",
  "country": "NO",
  "companyId": "923609016",
  "vatNumber": "NO923609016MVA",
  "name": "EQUINOR ASA",
  "alternativeNames": ["Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s", "STATOIL ASA", "STATOILHYDRO ASA"],
  "legalForm": { "code": "ASA", "description": "Allmennaksjeselskap" },
  "status": "active",
  "isActive": true,
  "registrationDate": "1995-03-12",
  "foundedDate": "1972-09-18",
  "businessAddress": { "street": "Forusbeen 50", "postalCode": "4035", "city": "STAVANGER", "municipality": "STAVANGER", "countryCode": "NO" },
  "industryCodes": [{ "code": "06.100", "description": "Utvinning av råolje", "scheme": "SN2025/NACE (Norway)", "primary": true }],
  "employees": 21231,
  "website": "www.equinor.com",
  "shareCapital": { "amount": 5976872600.0, "currency": "NOK" },
  "roles": [
    { "role": "Daglig leder", "roleCode": "DAGL", "roleGroup": "Daglig leder", "name": "Anders Opedal", "entityType": "person", "since": "2020-11-02" }
  ],
  "financials": {
    "available": true,
    "latestFiledYear": "2025",
    "currency": "USD",
    "periodEnd": "2025-12-31",
    "statementType": "company",
    "keyFigures": {
      "revenue": 67956000000.0, "operatingProfit": 5563000000.0, "profitBeforeTax": 6124000000.0,
      "netIncome": 5731000000.0, "totalAssets": 103432000000.0, "equity": 39182000000.0,
      "totalLiabilities": 64249000000.0, "cashAndBank": 17651000000.0
    }
  },
  "sourceUrl": "https://virksomhet.brreg.no/nb/oppslag/enheter/923609016",
  "license": "NLOD 2.0 (Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data)",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-27T04:07:13Z"
}
```

`status` is always one of `active`, `pending`, `restructuring`, `liquidation`, `bankrupt`, `dissolved` or `unknown`. The register's own wording is kept in `statusDetails`.

Error items (`errorType`: `invalid_id`, `not_found`, `needs_credentials`, `api_error`) tell you exactly which inputs failed, so a run never fails silently.

### Pricing (pay per event)

| Event | Price | When |
|---|---|---|
| `company-record` | $0.006 | One company record delivered |
| `financial-record` | $0.03 | Key figures included in a record (Norway) |

Invalid IDs, IDs that don't exist in the register, Swedish IDs and API errors are **free** (you get an error item explaining why). Apify platform usage is included in the price.

The Actor respects your **maximum cost per run**. It checks the remaining budget before each record. When the budget cannot cover the financials, it delivers the record without key figures and does not charge for them. When the budget cannot cover the record itself, it stops cleanly.

Examples:

- 1,000 companies with basic data cost **$6**.
- 1,000 Norwegian companies with financial key figures cost **$36**.

### Data sources and licences

- **Norway:** [Brønnøysundregistrene open data](https://data.brreg.no/) (Enhetsregisteret API and Regnskapsregisteret API), licensed under NLOD 2.0.
- **Finland:** [PRH open data (YTJ API v3)](https://avoindata.prh.fi/) and the PRH XBRL financial statements API, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Every record carries `sourceName`, `sourceUrl` and `license`, which makes attribution easy.

This Actor only uses official, keyless public APIs. It does not scrape websites. It rate-limits itself per host and retries with exponential backoff, honouring `Retry-After`.

### Limitations

- **Finland:**
  - Roles and board members are not part of PRH's open data; they are only available through PRH's paid Virre service, so `roles` is empty and `rolesNote` explains why.
  - Employee counts are not published.
  - Financials are returned as a list of filed XBRL statements with document links. Key figures are not parsed yet, so no `financial-record` charge applies.
  - Name search is a register text search. Very generic names may need a more specific query.
- **Norway:** The open Regnskapsregisteret API returns the **latest** filed annual accounts only, not a multi-year history. Small companies and some company types (e.g. housing co-ops) may have no accounts.
- **Sweden:** Coming in a future version. Swedish org numbers are recognised today and return a free `needs_credentials` item.
- **Denmark (CVR):** Not supported.

### Privacy / GDPR

Role holders are natural persons. This Actor exports only their **name, role and start date**, which is what the registers publish openly. It does **not** export birth dates, even where the register provides them.

You are responsible for having a lawful basis for processing personal data under GDPR (e.g. legitimate interest for KYB or B2B prospecting), and for honouring data-subject rights.

### FAQ

**How do I find the organisation number?** Use `searchQueries` with the company name. Every result includes `companyId`.

**Can I monitor companies for changes?** Schedule the Actor and diff `status`, `roles` and `financials.latestFiledYear` between runs.

**Is the data real-time?** Yes. Every record is fetched live from the registers at run time (`fetchedAt`).

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/nordic-data/nordic-company-registry/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `companyIds` (type: `array`):

Official company IDs. Norway: 9-digit organisasjonsnummer (923609016). Finland: Y-tunnus / Business ID (0112038-9). Prefix with 'NO:' or 'FI:' to force a country; otherwise the country is detected from the checksum-validated format. Sweden is coming: Swedish IDs currently return a free 'needs_credentials' item.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Free-text company names. Each match is returned as a full company record. With country 'AUTO', Norway and Finland are both searched.

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

Restrict to one registry, or auto-detect the country from each ID (name searches then cover both Norway and Finland).

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies returned per search query and country.

## `includeInactive` (type: `boolean`):

When off, bankrupt, liquidating and dissolved companies are skipped in name searches (direct ID lookups always return the record).

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

Add CEO, board members, auditor etc. where the registry publishes them openly (Norway). Finland's open data does not include roles. Birth dates are never exported.

## `includeFinancials` (type: `boolean`):

Norway: latest official annual-account key figures (revenue, operating profit, net income, assets, equity, liabilities), charged as an extra 'financial-record' event. Finland: index of digitally filed financial statements with links to the official XBRL documents (no extra charge).

## `includeRawData` (type: `boolean`):

Attach the unmodified registry JSON under 'raw' (larger output).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel lookups. Requests are additionally rate-limited per registry host.

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

Retries with exponential backoff on HTTP 429/5xx and network errors.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companyIds": [
    "923609016",
    "0112038-9"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "country": "AUTO",
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 10,
  "includeInactive": true,
  "includeRoles": false,
  "includeFinancials": false,
  "includeRawData": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "maxRetries": 4
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

All company records and error items from the default dataset, opened in the Overview view (other views: Financials, Contacts, Errors).

## `runStats` (type: `string`):

Counts of companies, financial records, misses, errors and HTTP requests for this run.

# 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 = {
    "companyIds": [
        "923609016",
        "0112038-9"
    ],
    "searchQueries": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nordic-data/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 = {
    "companyIds": [
        "923609016",
        "0112038-9",
    ],
    "searchQueries": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nordic-data/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 '{
  "companyIds": [
    "923609016",
    "0112038-9"
  ],
  "searchQueries": []
}' |
apify call nordic-data/nordic-company-registry --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nordic-data/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/k54g5BmdJwLdP9hPv/builds/PNwew3NohB3rlW8lx/openapi.json