🇸🇪 Sweden

Company data, board members and Bolagsverket documents for Swedish businesses

Overview

AiPrise verifies Swedish businesses against the Swedish Companies Registration Office (Bolagsverket). A business verification returns the company profile, board members and other officers, and documents from Bolagsverket, including the registration certificate and the UBO extract.

Coverage

Data pointReturnedNote
Company profileYesLegal name, legal form, status, registration date, registered address
Directors and legal representativesYesBoard members and chairman
ShareholdersNo
Ultimate beneficial ownersYesAs the UBO extract (document), not as people
VAT number checkYesSeparate check against the EU VAT register
DocumentReturned
Certified register extractYes
Articles of associationYes
UBO extractYes
Financial statementsYes, when filed

Documents, as the register names them

  • Registreringsbevis (Certified Trade Register Extract)
  • Articles of Association
  • Ultimate Beneficial Owners Extract
  • Annual report
  • Current Assignments and Minutes

Speed

StepTypical9 in 10 within
Business verification (company data, officers)19 seconds70 seconds

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

Company types

Businesses registered with Bolagsverket are covered.

Company typeLegal formsCoveredWhat to expect
Private limited companyAB (Aktiebolag)YesFull data: officers, documents
Sole traderEnskild näringsverksamhetYesProfile and owner
Limited partnershipKB (Kommanditbolag)YesProfile and partners

Sources

RegisterWhat it gives
Bolagsverket (Swedish Companies Registration Office)Company profile, officers, registration certificate, articles, annual reports, UBO extract
VIES (EU VAT register)VAT number check

Identifiers

Send the 10-digit organisation number as business_entity_id, with country_code set to SE.

IdentifierFormatExample
Organisation number (organisationsnummer)10 digits. A hyphen after the 6th digit is optional.5561234567 or 556123-4567
VAT numberSE, the organisation number and 01. Used only for the VAT check.SE556123456701

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 statusNormalised status
AktivActive
KonkursIn Liquidation / Insolvency
Ingen verksamhet de senaste tio årenUnknown
Anmälan om att verksamheten har upphörtUnknown

Legal forms come back in Swedish in entity_type, for example Aktiebolag (AB) and Enskild näringsverksamhet (sole trader).

Quirks and gotchas

Country-specific behaviour to know before you integrate.

QuirkDetails
Deputies and auditorsDeputy board members (Deputy Board Member) and auditors come back with the normalised role UNKNOWN. Read the role name.
Ceased activity shows as UnknownAnmälan om att verksamheten har upphört (ceased activity reported) and Ingen verksamhet de senaste tio åren (no activity for ten years) map to Unknown.
No shareholdersShareholders are not returned. Use the UBO extract for the owners.

Limits

  • Shareholders are not returned.
  • Annual reports come back only when filed.

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