# Iceland

Company data from the Iceland business register, through the Topograph API.

## Overview

Topograph reads Skatturinn (Icelandic Directorate of Internal Revenue) and returns the company profile, legal representatives, other key persons, shareholders and ultimate beneficial owners of Iceland companies through one API.

## Coverage

What comes back for each datapoint and document, as on the coverage matrix.

Requests run in prefill mode (fast) or verification mode (the authoritative register answer).

| Datapoint | Returned | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Company profile | Yes |  |
| Legal representatives | Yes |  |
| Other key persons | Yes | Comes back in Verify. |
| Shareholders | Rebuilt from filings | Comes back in Verify. |
| Ultimate beneficial owners | Yes | Comes back in Verify. |

| Document | Returned |
| --- | --- |
| Register extract | Yes |
| Articles of association | No |
| Financials | Yes |
| UBO extract | No |

### Documents, as the register names them

- Gjaldfrjálst yfirlit
- Ársreikningur

## Sources

The registers this country’s data comes from. Secondary sources only enrich or check what the registers return.

- **[Skatturinn (Icelandic Directorate of Internal Revenue)](https://www.skatturinn.is/fyrirtaekjaskra/)**: Ríkisskattstjóri – Directorate of Internal Revenue, maintaining the Company Register (Fyrirtækjaskrá)
- **[GLEIF (Legal Entity Identifiers)](https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-golden-copy/download-the-golden-copy)** (secondary): Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation – Legal Entity Identifier reference data

## Identifiers

Request a company by its Kennitala as the `id`, with `countryCode` set to `IS`. Its format, validation rules and an example value are in the full reference.

## The full Iceland reference

The full reference covers how each datapoint is sourced and mapped, the vocabularies the API returns, the documents you can order and exact example responses. It is free with a Topograph account.

| In the full reference | Entries |
| --- | --- |
| Identifiers and formats | 3 |
| Search patterns | 2 |
| Quirks | 8 |
| Legal forms | 7 |
| Officer roles | 16 |
| Company statuses | 2 |
| Documents | 2 |
| Example responses | 7 |

- Create a free account: https://www.topograph.co/sign-up?redirect_url=%2Fcountries%2Fis
- Sign in: https://www.topograph.co/sign-in?redirect_url=%2Fcountries%2Fis

With a session, https://www.topograph.co/countries/is.md returns the full reference as Markdown. Assistants signed in to the [Topograph Wizard MCP](https://docs.topograph.co/guides/topograph-mcp) can read it there too.

## Iceland business register guide

[Iceland business register guide](https://www.topograph.co/guides/business-registers-in-iceland): how the register works, what it publishes and which documents it issues.

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Source: https://www.topograph.co/countries/is