Change or add business activity

What are business activities and SBI codes?

What your business or organisation does is your business activity. For example, building houses, selling shoes, or accounting work for SMEs. If your business activities change, you have to report the change to us within 1 week. 
KVK uses the description of your business activities to determine the SBI codes with which your business or organisation must be listed in the Business Register.

Why is it important that your business activities and SBI codes are correct?

It is important that your details in the Business Register are correct. The government, banks, and insurance companies use the SBI code to know in which sector or industry your business or organisation is active. 

If your SBI code is incorrect, it may lead to:

• a wrong insurance premium and coverage;
• delays in subsidy applications;
• misunderstandings and miscommunications when applying for permits or tenders. 

When should you change your business activities listing?

You should add or change a business activity if: 

• you are going to do something new (for example, offer a different product or service) 
• you are ending an activity
• your main business activity changes

This is how you change your business activities in My KVK

Everybody registered in the Business Register can log into My KVK. Changing or adding a business activity is free of charge. 

1. Log into My KVK using your DigiD (Don't have one? Apply now).
2. Choose the business or organisation for which you want to report the change in activities.
3. Change the activities, check that everything is in order, and send your report to KVK. 

Please note: if you cannot log into My KVK, you can also report the change in business activity using Form 14.

What happens after you have reported the change?

Here is what you can expect:

• On the Current processing times page, you can see how long it will take for the change to be processed in the Business Register. 

• Once the change is registered in the Business Register, you will receive a letter from KVK. Keep this letter as proof of the change.