🇳🇴How to verify a supplier in Norway
To verify a supplier in Norway, look the company up in the official Bronnoysund Register Centre, Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret) for free and confirm it is registered and currently active. The registry returns the registered name, 9-digit organisation number, NACE activity code, address, bankruptcy and winding-up flags and VAT (MVA) registration status of any Norwegian entity, free with no account; the same data is a fully open keyless JSON API at data.brreg.no, which also serves the officer roll and filed annual accounts with revenue figures.
公的登記
- 登記
- Bronnoysund Register Centre, Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret)
- 企業識別番号
- organisation number (organisasjonsnummer, 9 digits)
- 費用
- 基本照会は無料
- 有効状態
- A live company has no konkurs (bankruptcy), under-liquidation or deletion-date flag on its Bronnoysund record; the record also states whether it is registered in the VAT register (Merverdiavgiftsregisteret), which a real trading business above 50,000 NOK turnover must be.
- Norway is NOT in the EU, so VIES does not apply: a Norwegian VAT number is simply the 9-digit organisation number followed by MVA, and the free Bronnoysund record itself confirms VAT registration. The standard VAT rate is 25 percent (15 on food, 12 reduced, confirmed at skatteetaten.no).
- The NACE activity code on the record shows the registered activity: a manufacturing code (divisions 10 to 33) shows registered production and a wholesale or retail code (45 to 47) points to a trader. Neither proves an operating plant; a facility permit, an inspection or shipment records confirm production.
- Bronnoysund is one of the most machine-readable registers in the world: the open API also returns the managing director (daglig leder) by name, registered sub-units (a company with several production sites shows them), and the latest annual accounts from the Regnskapsregisteret including the revenue line, all keyless and free.
- AS is the standard private limited company (30,000 NOK minimum capital), ASA is public, ENK is a sole proprietorship; a claimed manufacturer running as an ENK with no registered employees or filed accounts deserves extra questions.
分野別の輸出許可
Being a registered, active company is not the same as being allowed to export a specific product. In Norway, some goods need their own export licence or certificate from a named body. Each entry says which goods it covers and when it applies; an entry marked “scope not checked” names the body, but we have not yet checked its product scope and conditions against the legal text, so confirm with that body whether it applies to your goods.
- marine fish & tunascope not checked
health certificate from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.
Verify the processing plant's EU approval number in the Mattilsynet directory of approved seafood exporters.
Official source
This is a factual pointer to public records, not legal advice, and the list is not exhaustive.
Before you sign: five asks no registry can answer
The register proves the company exists and who signs. It says nothing about whether the supplier survives a bad quarter, a fire or a key person leaving. Serious suppliers answer these five asks without friction; hesitation on any of them is information too.
- Business continuity: what happens to your order if their plant loses power, a strike hits or their systems go down? Ask for the plan, not a reassurance.
- Liability insurance: is product or professional liability insured, with which insurer and to what ceiling? A certificate of insurance is a one-page email for a real firm.
- Exit terms: how do you terminate if it goes wrong, what notice and fees apply, and how do you get your tooling, molds or data back?
- Support in numbers: ask for response and resolution times as figures, not adjectives. A supplier who commits to hours in writing has a support process; one who writes fast support does not.
- Named people: who exactly runs production and who owns your account? Continuity of a named team matters more than a polished sales deck, and employee-review sites often show whether that team stays.
General commercial hygiene, not legal advice.
四つの手順で確認する
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Open the Bronnoysund Register Centre, Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret)
Bronnoysund Register Centre, Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret) is the official government record of companies in Norway. Basic name or number search is free.
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Search the exact legal name or ID
Search the supplier's registered name or its organisation number (organisasjonsnummer, 9 digits). If the name does not match cleanly, treat it as a red flag, it may be a trade name, a different entity, or wrong.
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Confirm it is active, not struck off
A live company has no konkurs (bankruptcy), under-liquidation or deletion-date flag on its Bronnoysund record; the record also states whether it is registered in the VAT register (Merverdiavgiftsregisteret), which a real trading business above 50,000 NOK turnover must be.
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Check it makes what it sells
A manufacturing activity code on the record supports the claim that the company makes rather than resells, but it is a registered activity, not proof of an operating plant: facility permits, inspections or product registrations are stronger.
This is a factual pointer to public records, not legal advice. For the full method, see the 7 checks that separate a real supplier from a scam.
この確認は当社が行います
On every Norway company we list, we show what the open record says, each linked to its free public source so you can re-check it yourself, no paid badge. And we go past the big directories to the local and craft makers who are too small for them but real, then verify and sort them, so you find genuine Norway suppliers, not just the loudest.
Norway suppliers by sector
Every company on these pages shows what the open record says about it, each fact linked to its free public source.
関連ガイド
よくある質問
Is checking a Norway supplier free?
Yes. A basic name or number lookup in the Bronnoysund Register Centre, Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret) is free. Some full official extracts are paid, but confirming a company exists and is active costs nothing.
What ID does a Norway company have?
Its organisation number (organisasjonsnummer, 9 digits). Ask the supplier for it, then confirm it in the Bronnoysund Register Centre, Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret) and check the registered name matches.
How do I know a Norway supplier is a real manufacturer, not a reseller?
The registry's activity code is the first signal: a manufacturing code supports a maker, a wholesale or retail code points to a trader. It records what the company is registered to do, not what it currently makes. Norway is NOT in the EU, so VIES does not apply: a Norwegian VAT number is simply the 9-digit organisation number followed by MVA, and the free Bronnoysund record itself confirms VAT registration. The standard VAT rate is 25 percent (15 on food, 12 reduced, confirmed at skatteetaten.no).