What Norid does

Norid AS operates the official registry for Norway's country-code top-level domain (.no), functioning as the authoritative infrastructure provider for domain name registration, DNS resolution, and policy administration in Norway. Founded as a project within the Uninett Group and later incorporated as Norid AS, the company is wholly owned by the Norwegian government through the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation (KMD), to which ownership was transferred from Uninett in 2021. Headquartered in Trondheim at Teknobyen technology park with 11-50 employees, Norid manages more than 800,000 registered .no domains and approximately 700 million DNS lookups per day.

The technical stack centers on the .no registry and supporting services: a public Whois lookup service, DNSSEC cryptographic signing of DNS responses, DMARC/SPF email authentication for municipal domains, a Personal ID system enabling private individuals to register without exposing national identity numbers, an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process, and the EPP protocol used by accredited registrars. The organization achieved ISO 27001 certification in June 2022 and, in June 2026, extended cross-border name server redundancy through a collaboration with Denmark's Punktum dk.

Norid monetizes exclusively through a flat annual wholesale subscription fee of 65 NOK per domain name (raised from 60 NOK on 1 April 2023), charged to registrars rather than end customers. Distribution is fully indirect via approximately 268 accredited registrars who compete on pricing and bundled services to Norwegian businesses (85% of which hold at least one domain), municipalities, entrepreneurs registering before formal incorporation, and private individuals, who represent roughly one in four new registrations. Joint services such as navnesok.no, developed with the Brønnøysund Register Center and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office, deepen Norid's role across the Norwegian internet ecosystem.

Name

Norid

Legal name

Norid AS

Website

https://norid.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Norid AS is the Norwegian government's registry operator for the .no country-code top-level domain, managing more than 800,000 domains through 268 accredited registrars at a flat 65 NOK annual wholesale fee. Headquartered in Trondheim, it runs core DNS infrastructure, DNSSEC, and DMARC/SPF email authentication services for Norwegian businesses, municipalities, and individuals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Trondheim

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Domain Name Subscription Fees: Norid charges registrars an annual subscription fee of 65 NOK plus VAT for each domain name subscription registered or extended. This fee is the same for both new subscriptions and renewals. The subscription period is one year. Registrars then add their own margins when billing end customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Norid operates the official registry for the Norwegian country-code top-level domain (.no), managing domain name registrations, renewals, transfers, and deletions through a network of accredited registrars. The company provides the underlying DNS infrastructure, security mechanisms (DNSSEC, DMARC/SPF), identity verification systems, and a public Whois lookup service for the Norwegian internet namespace. End customers transact exclusively through approximately 268 registrars, with Norid charging an annual per-domain subscription fee for each .no domain managed.

Product overview

Norid operates the registry for Norwegian domain names (.no TLD), providing the core internet infrastructure for domain name registration and management in Norway. The portfolio consists of the primary .no domain registry service, supported by the Domain Lookup Service (Whois), DNSSEC security extensions, and email authentication services including DMARC/SPF for municipalities. For domain registrants, Norid offers Personal ID (Person-ID) for privacy-protected domain registration by private individuals. The company also provides Alternative Dispute Resolution for domain name conflicts and collaborated on navnesok.no with Norwegian Industrial Property Office and Brønnøysund Register Center for unified name searching. Registrars interact with the registry via the EPP protocol.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• .no Domain Registry Service
• Domain Lookup Service (Whois)
• DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions)
• Personal ID (Person-ID)
• DMARC with SPF for Municipalities
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• navnesok.no (Name Search)
• EPP (Extensible Provisioning Protocol) Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 82 percent of Norwegian companies completely agree with the requirement for identification when registering domain names
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Punktum dkcoreTechnology or Integration · 2 June 2026Norid entered into a collaboration with its Danish counterpart Punktum dk to operate name servers for each other across Scandinavia. Norid runs a name server for Punktum dk and they run one for Norid. This strengthens the robustness of name services and contributes to the diversity of name servers for .no.
• Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation (KMD)coreOthers · 6 January 2021In 2021, Norid ownership was transferred from Uninett Group to the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, which is responsible for ICT Policy in Norway. This strengthened the strategic ownership follow-up of the company.
• ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorid participates in ICANN processes for global top-level domain governance, particularly focused on protecting country names and territories from being registered as generic TLDs. Norid took part in working groups drafting guidelines for new gTLD applications.
• CENTR (Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorid is an active member of CENTR, participating in awards, webinars, and industry collaboration with other European country code TLD registries.
• Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorid co-hosts the annual Internet Forum with Nkom. Nkom is responsible for promoting Norwegian interests within domain name administration in ICANN and has a cooperative relationship with Norid.
• The Brønnøysund Register Center and The Norwegian Industrial Property OfficecoreTechnology or IntegrationNorid jointly developed navnesok.no with these agencies, allowing users to search domain names, company names, and trademarks in a single search. This service simplifies the name registration process for entrepreneurs.
• TCCM (A Technical Community Coalition for Multistakeholderism)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorid is a member of TCCM, an organization bringing together key players responsible for day-to-day operation of critical internet infrastructure and core functions.
• UninettminorOthersNorid was part of Uninett Group for over 25 years. Ownership was transferred in 2021. Professional collaboration with Uninett continues, including co-location at Teknobyen in Trondheim.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/norid.no
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/norid

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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