Helsedirektoratet TBR

Norwegian alcohol and tobacco sales licenses — which companies are licensed to sell what.

Source attribution

Source: Helsedirektoratet (TBR — Tobakks- og alkoholregister)
Data: Alcohol and tobacco sales licenses
License: NLOD 2.0
Attribution required: Yes — "Helsedirektoratet"
Link: https://tbr.helsedirektoratet.no
Update cadence: Weekly full refresh (Monday 07:00), all three sub-registers

What it is

TBR is Norway's central register for alcohol and tobacco sales licenses. It covers three sub-registers: alcohol licenses (Alkoholsbevilling), tobacco licenses (Tobakksbevilling), and tobacco sales registrations. Each record links to a company by orgNumber and specifies the license type (pouring, retail, wholesale, import), the product groups covered, the venue, the issuing municipality, and the validity period.

Orakel fetches each register in full once a week and upserts on (licenseNumber, registerType).

Fields provided

Field	Type	Notes
`licenseNumber`	int	Bevillingsnummer (or Registreringsnummer for tobacco sales) — unique within a `registerType`
`orgNumber`	string (9 digits)	Norwegian organisation number of the license holder
`holderName`	string	Innehaver as filed
`venueName`	string	Sted — the venue or selling location
`venueOrgNumber`	string	Sub-unit org number of the venue where different from the holder
`registerType`	string	`Alkoholsbevilling` or `Tobakksbevilling` (both tobacco licenses and tobacco sales use the latter)
`licenseTypeCode` / `licenseTypeDesc`	string	Tillatelsestype — e.g. `01SKJE` (pouring), `11ENGR` (wholesale), `18TBIM` (tobacco import), `19TBEK` (tobacco retail)
`productGroups`	string[]	Varegrupper — `GRP1` (≤4.7% beer), `GRP2` (4.7–22% wine), `GRP3` (>22% spirits), `TROY` (smoking tobacco), `TINN` (non-smoking tobacco)
`address` / `postnr` / `poststed`	string	Venue address
`municipality` / `municipalityNo`	string	Issuing municipality (name + SSB 4-digit code)
`validFrom` / `validTo`	date	License validity window
`syncedAt`	datetime	Last time Orakel refreshed this record

Endpoints that surface this data

GET /api/licenses — search licenses; filter by orgNumber, registerType, licenseTypeCode, municipalityNo, or activeOnly=true (validTo ≥ today). Cursor-paginated.

Limitations

Coverage is licensed sellers only — the vast majority of Norwegian companies have no TBR record.
License type vocabulary follows Helsedirektoratet's scheme. Per-municipality quirks exist upstream but are not re-mapped here.
Expired licenses are retained. Use activeOnly=true or filter on validTo to exclude them.

Gotchas

One company can hold many licenses — one per venue and per register type. Join on orgNumber rather than assuming a single row.
venueOrgNumber can differ from orgNumber: the parent holds the license, the sub-unit is the physical venue. A value of "0" upstream is normalised to null.
Some tobacco sales records carry Registreringsnummer rather than Bevillingsnummer — both land in licenseNumber, with registerType disambiguating.