BRREG Scraper — Norwegian Official Business Register (Brønnøysund)

Search and extract Norwegian company data straight from the official government register: data.brreg.no, the open API run by the Brønnøysund Register Centre (Brønnøysundregistrene), Norway's central business registry authority. Look up companies by name and get the organisasjonsnummer, address, industry code (næringskode), organisation form, registration and founding date, VAT registration, bankruptcy status, and winding-up status for every match. No API key, no login required.

Norway has more than 1.1 million registered business entities in the Enhetsregisteret (Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities). This actor turns a plain company-name search into a clean, structured list you can drop straight into a CRM, a lead list, or a compliance workflow.

How to scrape BRREG company data

This actor queries the official data.brreg.no enheter (entities) endpoint and returns structured records for every matching Norwegian company. Because it reads the government's own open-data API — not a scraped HTML page — the data is authoritative, current, and free to access at any volume the API allows.

Search by company name

Enter a company name to find that business and related entities. Example: rema, equinor, byggmester. The actor returns every entity whose registered name matches, including holding companies, franchisees, and local units registered as separate entities.

Filter by organisation form

Set the Organisation Form Filter to a Brønnøysund organisation-form code to keep only entities of that type. Common codes: AS (aksjeselskap, limited company), ASA (public limited company), ENK (enkeltpersonforetak, sole proprietorship), NUF (Norwegian-registered foreign branch), ANS/DA (general partnership), FLI (association/foundation/other entity).

Filter by municipality

Set the Municipality Number Filter to a 4-digit Norwegian municipality code (kommunenummer) to keep only entities registered there. Example: 0301 (Oslo), 4601 (Bergen), 5001 (Trondheim).

Active companies only

Turn on Active Companies Only to exclude entities that are bankrupt (konkurs) or under winding-up (underAvvikling), keeping only companies in normal operation.

What data does BRREG Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
name	String	Registered company name (navn)
orgNumber	String	9-digit organisation number (organisasjonsnummer)
orgFormCode	String	Organisation form code (e.g. AS, ENK, NUF)
orgForm	String	Organisation form label (e.g. "Aksjeselskap")
industryCode	String	Primary industry/NACE code (næringskode)
industryLabel	String	Industry description
address	String	Business address (forretningsadresse), street lines joined
postalCode	String	Postal code (postnummer)
city	String	Postal area (poststed)
municipality	String	Municipality name (kommune)
municipalityNumber	String	4-digit municipality code (kommunenummer)
registrationDate	String	Date registered in the Enhetsregisteret
foundingDate	String	Company founding date (stiftelsesdato)
vatRegistered	Boolean	Whether registered in the VAT register (Merverdiavgiftsregisteret)
hasRegisteredEmployees	Boolean	Whether the entity has a registered employee count
employeeCount	Number	Registered number of employees, if available
bankrupt	Boolean	Whether the entity is in bankruptcy proceedings (konkurs)
windingUp	Boolean	Whether the entity is under voluntary winding-up (underAvvikling)
forcedWindingUp	Boolean	Whether under forced winding-up/dissolution
partOfGroup	Boolean	Whether the entity is part of a corporate group (konsern)
sector	String	Institutional sector classification (e.g. "Private aksjeselskaper mv.")
url	String	Link to the entity's public lookup page
scrapedAt	String	ISO timestamp of extraction

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
Company Name	String	rema	Search by company name
Organisation Form Filter	String	—	Keep only entities with this form code (AS, ENK, NUF, …)
Municipality Number Filter	String	—	Keep only entities in this municipality (0301, 4601, …)
Active Companies Only	Boolean	false	Exclude bankrupt or winding-up entities
Max Results	Integer	50	Maximum companies to return (actor paginates 100 per request)
Proxy Configuration	Object	none	Optional — this is an open government API, no proxy required

Example output

{
    "name": "REMA 1000 AS",
    "orgNumber": "883409442",
    "orgFormCode": "AS",
    "orgForm": "Aksjeselskap",
    "industryCode": "77.400",
    "industryLabel": "Leasing av immateriell eiendom og lignende produkter, unntatt opphavsrettsbeskyttede verker",
    "address": "Gladengveien 2",
    "postalCode": "0661",
    "city": "OSLO",
    "municipality": "OSLO",
    "municipalityNumber": "0301",
    "registrationDate": "2001-06-12",
    "foundingDate": "2001-04-25",
    "vatRegistered": true,
    "hasRegisteredEmployees": false,
    "employeeCount": null,
    "bankrupt": false,
    "windingUp": false,
    "forcedWindingUp": false,
    "partOfGroup": true,
    "sector": "Private aksjeselskaper mv.",
    "url": "https://virksomhet.brreg.no/nb/oppslag/enheter/883409442",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-14T21:00:00.000Z"
}

Common use cases

• Build B2B prospecting lists for a specific industry or municipality.
• Enrich a CRM with organisasjonsnummer, org form, and industry codes.
• Verify a Norwegian counterparty's legal status, bankruptcy, or winding-up flags before signing.
• Map competitors in a region by industry code.
• Feed Norwegian company data into market-research, compliance, and lead-scoring pipelines.

Cost estimate

Pricing is pay-per-result. Each run paginates the official API in batches of 100, so cost scales with the number of companies returned. Because the actor reads a single lightweight JSON endpoint with no browser rendering, compute cost per run is negligible.

Limitations

• This actor searches the Enhetsregisteret (main entity register), not the Underenhetsregisteret (sub-unit register) — individual store or branch locations that are registered only as sub-units of a parent company won't appear as separate rows.
• employeeCount is only populated for entities that have voluntarily reported headcount to Brønnøysund; many small entities leave it blank.
• Results depend entirely on the official government API's uptime and rate limits.

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Data source and legality

This actor reads publicly available company data directly from the Norwegian government's official open-data API (data.brreg.no), operated by the Brønnøysund Register Centre. It does not access any login-protected or paid area. Data from the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities is published under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD).

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