Three company registers, one word: what "active" actually means in Norway, the UK and Sweden
An agent about to pay an invoice asks one question first: is this company still active? registry-mcp answers from three national registers — Brønnøysundregistrene / Enhetsregisteret ( brreg ) by organisasjonsnummer (orgnr, org.nr), Companies House by company number, and Bolagsverket by organisationsnummer — and returns the same field from all three: { "status" : "active" , "is_active" : true }…
In Norway, the Brønnøysundregistrene (brreg) does not provide a specific "status" field. Instead, it publishes a company's bankruptcy status, under-liquidation status, under-compulsory liquidation status, and dissolution date. A company is considered "active" only when none of these statuses apply. Similarly, in the UK, Companies House provides a single "status" field that can indicate a company is active, even if it is in the process of being struck off the register.
This status can be accompanied by a note stating that the company is subject to a proposal to strike it off. In Sweden, Bolagsverket does not have a "status" field either. Instead, it provides a dissolution date, a list of ongoing procedures such as bankruptcy, liquidation, or restructuring, and a flag from Statistics Sweden indicating whether the entity is economically active.
When the is_active flag is true, it means the company is registered and not winding down, but it does not necessarily mean the company is actively trading.
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