Download: Form 2 Registration VOF or CV (general or limited partnership)

Please note: when you fill in this English form digitally, the corresponding field in the Dutch form is filled in automatically.

You can also register a VOF or CV online.

What is this form for?

You can use Form 2 to:

• register a new VOF or CV
• report that you are taking over an existing company and continuing it as a VOF or CV.

Help with filling in

Address

The following rules apply to addresses entered on form 2:

• The address must be listed in the Basic Registration of Addresses and Buildings (BAG).
• A residential address must also match the Personal Records Database (BRP) of the Dutch municipalities.

Use the BAG Viewer (in Dutch) to check whether the address of the company or legal person is correct in the BAG. This includes the street name, house number, addition (such as 24a or 24b), or designated use (such as retail premises). If something is incorrect, you can report the error on the BAG Viewer website.

The Business Register is linked to the Personal Records Database (BRP) (in Dutch) of the Dutch municipalities. If your residential address is not listed in the BRP or is incorrect, you must first have it corrected by your municipality. 

If the address in the BAG or BRP is not correct, KVK cannot enter the parnership’s registration in the Business Register. Only send form 2 to KVK once the correct details are listed in the BAG and BRP.

Dates

The dates you enter on this form may also be in the future. KVK will ensure that they are visible in the Business Register from that moment on.

Appointment or send in by post?

Check whether you need to visit KVK or can send the documents by post. The following questions will help you settle this.

Has a civil-law notary signed this form?

If the civil-law notary signs and sends the documents to KVK, you do not need to do anything.

Does a partner sign this form?

Is that partner a person? Then they must make an appointment to visit a KVK office. Does a director of a partnership or legal entity who is a partner sign the documents? Then give the documents to the person who must visit KVK to register as a partner with form 10. Are all the partners partnerships or legal entities? Then you can send the documents by post.

Does the partner signing live abroad?

Then there are 3 possibilities:

1. The partner visits KVK.
2. The partner gives the documents to a person who has to visit the KVK to register as a partner using form 10.
3. If no partner has to visit KVK, you can send the documents by post.

How do you make an appointment?

You make an appointment online. If more than 1 partner must visit KVK, make an appointment together.

What is KVK’s postal address?

Find the right postal address.

Which documents do you need to bring or send?

Check which documents you need to send to KVK to register a VOF or CV. The questions below will help you with this.

What must a person who is signing form 2 always bring?

• A valid ID
• Form 2
• Form 10 Registration partner
• Form 32 Registration UBO

Is the partner a partnership or legal entity from abroad?

If so, KVK also requires legalised proof of registration of the partnership or legal entity. For example, an extract from a foreign Chamber of Commerce. That extract must list the directors.

What should a partner living abroad bring or send?

A partner must bring a valid ID and a legalised proof of residential address abroad to the appointment. If the foreign partner does not come to the appointment, KVK requires a legalised copy of a valid ID and a legalised proof of the residential address.

What is proof of a foreign residential address?

Proof of a foreign residential address abroad can be an original extract from the municipality's foreign population register. Or a legalised copy. A legalised copy from an official agency or bank showing the residential address can also be proof.

What is a legalised copy of a document?

A copy of a document is legalised by a stamp from, for example, a civil-law notary, consulate, embassy, or municipality.

What are the requirements for a foreign document?

The proof must not be older than 1 month. The document must be in Dutch, English, German, or French. If this is not the case, you must have the document translated. KVK will then need the translation and the original document.

Does the VOF or CV have more than 1 branch?

Register each branch using form 9.

Do you want to register an authorised representative or authorised commercial agent for the VOF or CV in the Business Register?

Register the authorised representative or commercial agent using form 13.

Has the VOF or CV taken over another company or branch?

The ex-owner of the company or branch must report this to KVK. For an eenmanszaak or branch office, they may use form 14. To report the end and takeover of a partnership (a VOF, CV, or maatschap), they can use form 17. To dissolve a legal entity (a BV, NV, or cooperative), they can use form 17A. KVK needs the original form (no copy or scan).

Digital mail from KVK

Would you like to receive mail from KVK digitally? Then register with the Message Box for businesses, the secure email communication system for communication between governments and businesses. You need to have a KVK number to apply for a Message Box account.