Reverse your Business Register deregistration? What you can do

You want to reverse the deregistration of your business or organisation from the Business Register because. For example, because you wish to continue trading after all. In that case, the legal structure of your business or organisation is important.

• Please contact KVK to reverse the deregistration of a partnership or legal entity.
• You can reverse the deregistration of an eenmanszaak (sole proprietoship) under certain conditions. You can read more about this below.

Reversing deregistration Eenmanszaak

In the first 6 weeks after you have deregistered your eenmanszaak, you can restore the registration. Have 6 weeks passed? Then it is no longer possible to reverse the deregistration. You will have to register a new eenmanszaak.

Deregistered less than 6 weeks ago

You can restore your registration if you can show that your business has been operating continuously.

Use Form 18, Additional information regarding other Business Register forms  and enclose evidence that de eenmanszaak has remained active. Examples include:

• Purchase and sales invoices and order confirmations with a date after the deregistration date.
• Declaration from the bookkeeper or accountant stating that your business is still active.
• Proof of declaration of profit from business (winst uit onderneming, WUO, in Dutch) or income from other work (inkomsten uit overig werk, in Dutch) from the Netherlands Tax Administration or other forms of administration that can show that your business is still active.

Fill in and sign Form 18 and then send it to KVK, together with a copy of a valid proof of identity and the supporting documents. Do so within 6 weeks of the confirmation of deregistration date. You have received this confirmation from us by post. 

• If the supporting documents are sufficient, the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce KVK will reverse the deregistration. You will receive confirmation of this by post. Your eenmanszaak will keep the same KVK number. If you need proof that your business still exists, you can apply for a new authenticated Certified KVK Business Register Extract.
• If the supporting documents you have provided are not sufficient, your eenmanszaak will remain deregistered. You will receive confirmation of this by post.

If reversing the deregistration is no longer possible

Register a new eenmanszaak, if you want to continue doing business. Use the online registration form. Then make an appointment at a KVK office to finalise your registration. You can go to any KVK office in the Netherlands. 

You will receive a new KVK number and a new VAT-ID number. You pay a registration fee to register the new eenmanszaak.

Contact the Netherlands Tax Administration

The Netherlands Tax Administration is not automatically notified that your deregistration has been reversed. You should therefore contact them yourself and ask the Tax Administration if you can start using your old VAT number again.

Deregistered a different legal structure

Have you deregistered another legal structure from the Business Register unintentionally or too soon? For example, a BV or VOF? Please contact KVK.