Norway
In Norway, the company registry is the Brønnøysund Register Centre, free to search online.
- Official company register
- Brønnøysund Register Centre (Brønnøysundregistrene): Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret) and Register of Business Enterprises
- Free online search
- Yes
- Company identifier
- Organization number (organisasjonsnummer), 9 digits with no embedded meaning, assigned by Enhetsregisteret
- Who can see beneficial owners
- Obliged entities and authorities only
- Data access for developers
- Free API
- Company search
- virksomhet.brreg.no
- Checked on
Search Norwegian organisations free on the Brønnøysund website. The service provides a certificate meeting the minimum legal requirements as a digitally signed PDF, while an English version can be ordered free from the webshop; notarisation costs NOK 424. Annual accounts are also free to download. The beneficial owner register is available only by API to reporting entities, selected authorities, media, qualifying NGOs and higher-education institutions. Companies are identified by the 9-digit organisation number.
- Region
- Europe
- Run by
- Brønnøysund Register Centre (Brønnøysundregistrene)
- Registry website
- brreg.no
- Visible for free
- Name, organization number, organization form, status, address and location, industry code, employee count range, roles, annual accounts (free to download)
- Paid documents and fees
- A certificate of registration meeting the minimum legal requirements is available in Information on organisations, with a digitally signed PDF. A version with additional information and an English version can be ordered free from the webshop; notarisation or an English product with a translated articles-of-association objective costs NOK 424.
- Beneficial ownership register
- Register of beneficial owners (Register over reelle rettighetshavere)
- Beneficial ownership access in detail
- Access is by API only, for reporting entities under Money Laundering Act s.4 (for customer due diligence), selected public authorities, media under the Media Liability Act, NGOs combating abuse of company structures and higher-education institutions. Filings are exempt from public disclosure.
- Beneficial ownership register website
- brreg.no
- API or data service
- Free: https://data.brreg.no/enhetsregisteret/api
- Search interface languages
- Norwegian, English
- What to know before a KYB check
- Organisation search, certificates meeting minimum legal requirements and annual accounts are available free. Beneficial-owner data is accessible only through an API to eligible bodies.
- Sources
Page URL Brønnøysund Register Centre - Home https://www.brreg.no/en/ Organisation search https://virksomhet.brreg.no/en/oppslag/enheter Information about our products (prices) https://www.brreg.no/en/how-can-we-help-you/information-about-our-products/ About the Register of Company Accounts https://www.brreg.no/en/about-us-2/our-registers/about-the-register-of-company-accounts/ Datasets and API https://www.brreg.no/en/use-of-data-from-the-bronnoysund-register-centre/datasets-and-api/ Data on beneficial owners https://www.brreg.no/en/use-of-data-from-the-bronnoysund-register-centre/datasets-and-api/data-on-beneficial-owners/ Beneficial owners https://www.brreg.no/en/beneficial-owners/ data.norge.no - Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities dataset https://data.norge.no/en/datasets/68d08f28-a16d-4fab-a953-ed4ab08ce2e2/central-coordinating-register-for-legal-entities - Verification
- All fields verified
Questions
How much is a Norwegian certificate of registration?
Are annual accounts free in Norway?
Who can access the Norwegian beneficial owner register?
Sources: each listing is compiled from the registry’s own website, the government body that runs it, official fee schedules and legislation, and the EU e-Justice portal. Every source is linked on the listing with the date it was checked. How we compile this reference