Start a company with us

Read about how to establish a private limited company (AS) and become a customer in DNB. We will help you along the way, step by step.

Start a private limited company step by step

To start a private limited company, you need to create a founding document with articles of association. The founding documents describe who the founders of the company are, the distribution of shares and how much the shares are worth. The articles of association are the company’s internal rules.

We recommend that you create this via Altinn to ensure that we approve the documents. You just need to fill out the information, then all of the statutory requirements will be met.
Create the founding documents and articles of association in Altinn
The documents must be signed electronically by everyone involved via Altinn. A few minutes after signing, you will receive a text message and will be able to retrieve the signed founding document from your Altinn inbox.
NB! Double check that you have the signed founding document from your Altinn inbox – this is not the same as the form you can download when signing.

When the founding documents and articles of association have been created and signed, you are ready to open a customer account in DNB. You must do this in order to open an account to pay in the share capital. You can also order various services you may need for your business.
Remember that the signed founding documents and articles of association must be provided in order for us to process your application.
NB! If you have created this via Altinn, it is important that you upload the signed founding document. You will find this in your Altinn inbox, and it is not the same as the form you can download when signing. This is just a receipt.
Click ‘Start application’ below, under ‘Become a corporate customer’.
You will be given a temporary customer account with us until you have received an organisation number.
When the bank has opened an account, you need to transfer the share capital, a minimum of NOK 30 000 and a maximum of NOK 1 million. For a higher share capital than this, you will need to get confirmation from an accountant, auditor or lawyer.
We will send you a confirmation of the deposited share capital. When you receive this, you are ready to register the company with Altinn.

It is now time to register your company with Altinn.
Start your registration with the Samordnet registermelding (coordinated register notification).
Here you will also need to provide your founding document and articles of association, and confirmation of deposited share capital.
You will also be asked to enter the organisation number of the entity that needs to sign to confirm the confirmation is correct.
Here you should enter our organisation number:
DNB Bank ASA, no. 984 851 006.

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Video: a brief review of all of the steps in the process (2:24 min, in Norwegian only)

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