Download: Form 5 Registration Foundation, association or owners' association

With form 5, you can register a stichting (foundation), vereniging (association), or VVE (owners' association) in the Business Register. You can also use this form to report that an informal association has changed into a formal association.

Please note: when you fill in this English form digitally, the corresponding field in the Dutch form is filled in automatically. Sign, print, and send the completed Dutch form to KVK. Is this not the form you need?

In addition to this form, you will probably need to fill in some other forms. For example, to register a branch or the directors of the foundation, association, or VVE. You can find those forms on this overview page for KVK forms.

Filling in address

The following rules apply to addresses entered on this form: KVK may only enter addresses in the Business Register that are 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. Otherwise, KVK cannot register the eenmanszaak in the Business Register.

Only send this form to KVK once the correct details are listed in the BAG and BRP.

Digital mail from KVK

Do you prefer to receive KVK mail digitally? Then sign up for Message Box for businesses. This is a secure system for email between entrepreneurs and the government. You need a KVK number to apply for Message Box. Read about creating a Message Box account.