Business Register and the government

The Business Register is one of the 10 key registers in the Netherlands. All Type-A organisations must register with and use the Business Register.

The Business Register: what you can do with it

You work for a government organisation and use KVK data to perform your public duties. These include supervision, enforcement, licensing, and procurement. Use the register to see who represents a business, who is liable, and whether a business is bankrupt. You can order documents, such as extracts, to be certain about a business.

Ordering products from the Business Register

Do you want to order products such as extracts, financial statements, address files, or filed data? Then you need a KVK access code. You can easily order products online.

Quality of business details

Basic registrations must be up to date and accurate. Businesses and organisations are therefore legally obliged to maintain their details in the Business Register. Strict quality standards apply to the data. KVK checks the register data. If you notice that the data in another organisation's basic registration is incorrect, please report this via Digimelding. Your report will then automatically be forwarded to the appropriate organisation.

Business Register products

There are various information products in different formats for all businesses or legal entities. An extract is an official document containing the main details of a record at the time of purchase. KVK also offers other products, such as articles of association, history, financial statements, and general terms and conditions.

Current files

You can update your own customer or relationship database of Dutch companies and organisations via the Business Register. KVK has address databases specifically selected by industry, region, or legal structure. Users can receive 24/7 updates with a KVK Mutation Service subscription. But you can also order a one-off KVK Business Register database comparison, between our records and your own customer or relationship database, including additions from the Business Register. Read more about keeping your customer database up to date.

Connect to the Business Register

There are various ways to receive digital information directly from the Business Register. Do you frequently use Business Register data? With a KVK API, you can link the Business Register to your own systems. An API allows you to automatically retrieve up-to-date company information. This is also possible with the KVK Dataservice. The KVK Dataservice links the Business Register (securely) directly to your computer system for each request. In addition, there is also the provision of (free) Open Data Sets from the Business Register and financial statements for research purposes. For more information about the KVK Dataservice for government bodies, please contact our Relationship Management Department directly: 088 585 34 34 (account@kvk.nl).

Costs

Type-A administrative authorities that purchase standard information products will not be invoiced by KVK for using the Business Register. Instead, they pay a fixed annual fee to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, known as inputfinanciering (in Dutch). Find out which products are covered by inputfinanciering (PDF, in Dutch) and how access to information works.