Duty to register with the Register of Business Enterprises for NUF
Last updated: 1 July 2026.
Foreign businesses which are operating business in Norway or on the Norwegian continental shelf are to register in the Register of Business
Business activity are operations where the intent is to make profit of a certain scope and duration. If your business has a turnover of NOK 50,000 or more within a 12 month period, and the activity is running for more than 90 days, it is regarded as business operations.
Business operations in Norway
A foreign business must be doing business operations in Norway or on the Norwegian continental shelf to have the right to register in The Register of Business Enterprises. There is no exact limit as to when a business is considered to be operating business in Norway.
- Does your business have employees in Norway?
- Does your business enter into contracts in Norway?
- Does your business have an inventory in Norway?
- Do your customers have the impression that he/she is dealing with a business in Norway?
- Are your services carried out in Norway?
The registration in The Register of Business Enterprises does not require that the business has a Norwegian business address.
- Businesses that only do capital investments in Norway
- Businesses that are participants in Norwegian businesses
- Businesses which operate web shops where the sales are not primarily towards Norwegian customers and the businesses do not have an inventory or employees in Norway
- Businesses which need an organisation number in order to open a Norwegian bank account.
Obligation to register in the Register of Beneficial Owners
When a Norwegian registered foreign business (NUF) is registered in the Register of Business Enterprises, the company is also obliged to register information in the Register of Beneficial Owners. The deadline for reporting information about beneficial owners through the digital form in Altinn is two weeks after the registration in the Register of Business Enterprises. If this is not done, the Register of Beneficial Owners will issue daily fines (coercive fines) to the company.