Comparison · Proff

Proff alternative: a multi-country registry API, not a Norwegian credit bureau

Proff and its Proff Forvalt product are Norway's company-information specialists: financial statements, credit ratings, payment remarks, ownership and roles, sold through the consumer site or three APIs. Prometiam's Norway coverage is companies and officers from Brønnøysundregistrene under the same key as other countries — a different product, not a cheaper version of the same one.

Proff and Proff Forvalt figures read from proff.no and forvalt.no on 15 September 2026

TL;DR

Proff and Proff Forvalt sell Norwegian financial statements, credit ratings, payment remarks and ownership data, through Proff Pluss (NOK 99/month) or Forvalt subscriptions from NOK 12,490/year, plus three APIs sold on request. Prometiam serves Norwegian companies and officers from Brønnøysundregistrene on the same key as every other registry the API covers, with public prices and a 14-day free trial — with Norwegian financial statements (the last three approved accounts, with no employee count in the accounts, from the Scale plan) but no ratings or ownership.

Being straight about Norway

Brønnøysundregistrene publishes Enhetsregisteret as free open data with no registration (see our guide to Brønnøysundregistrene, also in Norwegian). If Norway is the only market you need, querying Brreg directly costs nothing. The Norway company data API guide shows what an organisasjonsnummer lookup returns, and the free organisasjonsnummer search (in Norwegian) runs the same call. Prometiam's value for Norway on its own is small — the reason to use it is the same response shape, id format (Norway's own organisation number, not a substitute) and endpoint set as every other registry the API covers, plus Norwegian corporate insolvency notices and sanctions screening on the same key.

At a glance

Proff / Proff Forvalt column: proff.no, proff.no/produkter/plus, forvalt.no, forvalt.no/Om/om-proff-forvalt/Priser, forvalt.no/ProffAPI and proff.dk, read 15 September 2026, prices excluding VAT where stated. Prometiam column: /pricing and /risk-api/docs.

Who should pick Proff

• You need Norwegian financial statements, a credit rating or payment remarks in one place — Proff Forvalt's Credit API and its subscription tiers are built around exactly that.
• You need a shareholder register or beneficial owners for a Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or Finnish company. Forvalt's Premium API covers ownership across all of those countries; Prometiam has no ownership data for Norway beyond GLEIF LEI relationships.
• You want a browsable consumer site, not only an API: proff.no offers company valuations, side-by-side comparison and segmentation for prospecting, with a Proff Pluss subscription at NOK 99 a month.
• You need more than the register record outside Norway: Prometiam serves company records only for Sweden, Finland and Denmark, while Forvalt's Premium API covers Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, and proff.dk serves Denmark directly; Sweden runs under the Allabolag.se brand and Finland under proff.fi, per Enento Group's own site listing.

Who should pick Prometiam

• Your counterparties span several European registries, and you want one response shape and one key rather than a Norway-only tool plus separate products for the rest of Europe.
• You want prices you can read today: a free trial of 500 credits over 14 days with a card required and nothing charged for 14 days, then €9.99, €29.99 and €99.99 a month, cancel any time — no annual subscription, no quote for an API key.
• You want Norwegian corporate insolvency notices linked to the company record: Norway is one of only three insolvency markets — with France and the UK — where GET /insolvency/search cross-references a company registry, out of sixteen markets covered (corporate only). See customer insolvency monitoring.
• You screen names against sanctions lists in the same integration as company data, even though it is beta and PEP screening is Spain only for now.

Scope limits, stated plainly

• Norway has register-change events only, from 14 Oct 2026 (no gazette equivalent to BORME or BODACC), no credit rating and no ownership data beyond GLEIF Level-2 relationships for entities that hold an LEI. Financial statements cover the last three approved accounts, with no employee count in the accounts, on the Scale plan and above.
• Company monitoring (POST /monitor) covers every live country except France and Chile.
• Sanctions screening is beta; PEP screening is beta and Spain only, with no relatives or close associates.
• Ireland, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Latvia, Cyprus, Romania, Croatia, Lithuania, Canada, Australia, Japan, Israel, Singapore, Colombia, Taiwan, Germany, Ukraine, Serbia, Ecuador, Chile, Mexico, the Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina and the United States are company-level: no officers.
• Insolvency notices are corporate only, across sixteen markets (FR, DE, GB, AT, CH, NO, FI, US, NL, DK, HR, SE, ES, LV, EE, SG).
• Beneficial ownership is the UK PSC register only; every other registry, Norway included, returns officers and directors, which is not beneficial ownership.

Beyond the registry record

Two derived signals, neither of them a rating. Both are dated facts carrying the source they came from, so whoever reviews your file can check them.

• Companies that stopped filing. A company that quietly stops trading rarely dissolves; the register notices first. The registry_compliance flag returns that state in one shape for Spain (provisional closure of the registry sheet), the United Kingdom (a strike-off proposal, or annual accounts overdue), Ireland (the strike-off list) and Norway (compulsory liquidation). Read it on GET /companies/{id}?include=risk_flags, or list those companies with risk_flag_type=registry_compliance. It is a compliance signal, not an insolvency: read it together with status.
• Public contracts, and the buyer behind them. GET /procurement/awards returns public-contract awards from Spain, France, the UK, Ireland, Poland and Norway by supplier, buyer, identifier, CPV code and date, linked to the supplier’s registry record where the identifier resolves. GET /procurement/buyer/{id} scores the contracting body itself: the probability that its next award draws a single bid, and the probability that a supplier it awards to enters insolvency within two years.

Both are ordinary REST calls on the published price and included in the 14-day trial. Procurement awards cover Spain, France, the UK, Ireland, Poland and Norway (Ireland, Poland and Norway above the EU thresholds only), the buyer scores are Spain and France and in beta, and a score is a prompt to look, never a finding of wrongdoing.

FAQ

What does Proff cost?
As at 5 Nov 2026 Proff Forvalt lists Forvalt Pluss at NOK 12,490, Forvalt Premium at NOK 14,990 and Forvalt XL at NOK 24,990 a year, excluding VAT, with reports priced per report. Prometiam: Starter EUR 9.99 a month with a 14-day trial, Professional EUR 29.99, Scale EUR 99.99, Enterprise custom.

Does Proff have an API, and how is it priced?
Yes: a Premium API, a Credit API and a Compliance API, documented at apidocs.proff.no. As at 5 Nov 2026 no price is published; Forvalt says to contact them for a quote, and the documentation site has a Request access button. Prometiam prices by credits per successful call inside a published plan.

Is there a free option?
Proff Forvalt states no free plan or trial on the pages read on 5 Nov 2026. Norwegian register facts are free from Brønnøysundregistrene. Prometiam has no free plan; its 14-day Starter trial needs a card and charges nothing during it, and the docs demo key is open to try.

Does Prometiam cover Norwegian accounts and credit ratings like Proff?
Partly. Prometiam serves Norwegian companies and officers from Brønnøysundregistrene, and financial statements (the last three approved accounts, with no employee count in the accounts) from the Scale plan. There are no credit ratings, payment remarks or shareholder registers for Norway, and register-change events only (from 14 Oct 2026), because Norway publishes no gazette equivalent to Spain's BORME or France's BODACC. Ownership is limited to GLEIF Level-2 relationships for entities that hold an LEI.

Is Norwegian company data free without either vendor?
Yes. Brønnøysundregistrene publishes Enhetsregisteret as free open data with no registration required. If Norway is the only market you need, querying Brreg directly costs nothing. Prometiam's value for Norway is not exclusive access to that data — it is the same response shape, id format and endpoints as every other registry the API covers, plus Norwegian corporate insolvency notices and sanctions screening on the same key.

Can I switch from Proff to Prometiam?
For what overlaps — company name, organisation number, address, industry code and roles — yes, through GET /companies/search?country=NO. Prometiam has no equivalent to Proff's credit rating or ownership products, and the Prometiam accounts cover only the last three approved ones, so keep Proff or Forvalt for those and use Prometiam for its other registries and the sanctions (beta) and insolvency endpoints.

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