The Register of Business Enterprises is responsible for registering all Norwegian and foreign enterprises in Norway. The register shall ensure legal protection and financial overview and is an important source for anyone needing correct information about Norwegian business participants.

All operating businesses – with limited as well as unlimited liability – are obliged to register in the Register of Business Enterprises. The same applies to sole proprietorships engaging in trade with purchased goods or having more than five fully employed personnel. Other sole proprietorships may register on a voluntary basis.

A registration in the Register of Business Enterprises provides the business:

• the right to conduct business activity
• legal protection of business names
• a certificate of registration as identification to lenders, judicial registration, tax and customs authorities
• organization number as an important identification to the authorities and for the coordination of public and private business registers.
• credentials for executives in an enterprise