# Norwegian Company Registry Search (Brønnøysund)

> Norwegian Company Registry Search (Brønnøysund) is a paid API for AI agents from 2s.io, paid per call via x402, $0.0036/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Search the official Norwegian Brønnøysund Enhetsregisteret by company name and return structured company records including org number, industry, employees, and status flags.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://2s.io/api/business/no-companies
- Price: $0.0036/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/norwegian-company-registry-search-br-nn-ysund-c8ae7a0c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_z7QDVdzYyD71O7I92XMOi

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability norwegian-company-registry-search-br-nn-ysund-c8ae7a0c
```

Example prompt: Search the Norwegian company registry for 'Equinor' and show me the organisation number, industry code, employee count, and whether it's active or has gone bankrupt.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, government-sourced data on Norwegian companies. It is the canonical source for Norwegian org numbers, NACE codes, and legal status — prefer it over general business search APIs when the entity is Norwegian. Complements UK Companies House and LEI lookups for multi-country due diligence.

## Known failure modes

- No companies found matching the given name — returns empty results list
- Name string too short (under 2 chars) or too long (over 120 chars) — validation error
- Limit value out of range (must be 1–25) — validation error
- Brønnøysund registry temporarily unavailable — upstream timeout or 5xx error
- Payment failure via x402 — 402 Payment Required if USDC balance insufficient

## How this service works

Official Norwegian company registry search (Brønnøysund Enhetsregisteret). Search by company name. Each result: organisation number, name, organisation form, primary industry (NACE), employee count, registration date, website, bankruptcy and dissolution flags, and business address. Free, NLOD/CC BY 4.0. The authoritative NO company lookup — complements business.uk-companies and business.lei.

## Output

A list of up to 25 Norwegian company records matching the search name, each containing: organisation number, legal name, organisation form, primary NACE industry code, employee count, registration date, website URL, bankruptcy flag, dissolution flag, and business address.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "queryParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "const": "GET"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 120,
       "minLength": 2,
       "description": "Company name to search."
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 25,
       "minimum": 1
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/norwegian-company-registry-search-br-nn-ysund-c8ae7a0c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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