{
  "id": 6150079,
  "title": "Three company registers, one word: what \"active\" actually means in Norway, the UK and Sweden",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/three-company-registers-one-word-what-active-actually-means-in-norway",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-07T16:45:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/fargeroddotcom/three-company-registers-one-word-what-active-actually-means-in-norway-the-uk-and-sweden-51e2"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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 }…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}