🇩🇰 Denmark

Overview

AiPrise verifies Danish businesses against the Central Business Register (CVR). A business verification returns the company profile, directors, shareholders, ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs), the register extract and annual reports.

Coverage

Data point	Returned	Note
Company profile	Yes	Legal name, legal form, status, registration date, registered address
Directors and legal representatives	Yes	Managing director and board
Shareholders	Yes	Legal owners registered in CVR
Ultimate beneficial owners	Yes	Real owners registered in CVR
VAT number check	Yes	Separate check against the EU VAT register

Document	Returned
Register extract	Yes
Financial statements	Yes, when filed

Documents, as the register names them

CVR Erhvervsudtog (register extract)
Årsrapport (annual report, as PDF, XHTML or XBRL)

Speed

Step	Typical	9 in 10 within
Business verification (company data, officers, shareholders, UBOs)	22 seconds	86 seconds

These are typical times from production, not a service-level commitment: set timeouts well above them, or use callbacks.

Company types

Every business in CVR is covered, including sole traders.

Company type	Legal forms	Covered	What to expect
Private limited company	ApS (Anpartsselskab)	Yes	Full data: officers, owners, UBOs, documents
Public limited company	A/S (Aktieselskab)	Yes	Full data
Sole trader	Enkeltmandsvirksomhed	Yes	Profile and owner
Limited liability association	F.M.B.A. (Forening med begrænset ansvar)	Yes	Profile and board
Association	Forening	Yes	Profile

Sources

Register	What it gives
CVR (Central Business Register)	Company profile, officers, owners, UBOs, register extract, annual reports
VIES (EU VAT register)	VAT number check

Identifiers

Send the CVR number as business_entity_id, with country_code set to DK.

Identifier	Format	Example
CVR number	8 digits	`12345678`
VAT number	`DK` followed by the CVR number. Used only for the VAT check.	`DK12345678`

You can also search by legal name.

Statuses and legal forms

Every result carries the register's own status in registration_info.status and an AiPrise status in registration_info.normalised_status. The normalised status is one of Active, Suspended, Dormant, Dissolved / Struck Off, In Liquidation / Insolvency or Unknown.

Register status	Normalised status
Normal	Active
Aktiv	Active
Ophørt	Dissolved / Struck Off
Opløst efter fusion	Dissolved / Struck Off
Under konkurs	Unknown
Opløst efter konkurs	Unknown
Opløst efter frivillig likvidation	Unknown

Legal forms come back in Danish in entity_type, for example Anpartsselskab (ApS), Aktieselskab (A/S) and Enkeltmandsvirksomhed (sole trader).

Quirks and gotchas

Country-specific behaviour to know before you integrate.

Quirk	Details
Bankruptcy shows as `Unknown`	`Under konkurs` (in bankruptcy) and `Opløst efter konkurs` (dissolved after bankruptcy) map to `Unknown`. Check the register status before approving.
Two active labels	Active companies show `Normal` or `Aktiv`. Both map to `Active`.
Many sole traders	About 1 in 3 businesses are sole traders (`Enkeltmandsvirksomhed`). They have no shareholders.
Send the CVR number	Put the 8-digit CVR number in `business_entity_id`, without the `DK` prefix.

Limits

Annual reports come back only when filed.