Prevent problems
New client, business partner, or supplier? You want to be sure you can do business with them. Check the Business Register and minimise your risk.
Prevent problems
New client, business partner, or supplier? You want to be sure you can do business with them. Check the Business Register and minimise your risk.
What are your options?
Fast check
Search our register by company name or KVK number. In just a few seconds, you will know whether your business partner is registered. A starting point for doing business more securely.
Basic check
Our company check helps you reduce your risk. Order an extract and find out, for example, whether the person you wish to do business with is authorised to make decisions.
Extended check
Sometimes you need more information. Fortunately, you can get further details from KVK, for example by ordering financial statements.
Is your business relation trustworthy? Do these checks
Is your business relation trustworthy? Do these checks
How the Business Register works
Using KVK APIs to gather data
Using KVK APIs to gather data
Regularly check your registration with KVK
Regularly check your registration with KVK
Customers and suppliers may choose to go elsewhere because they lose confidence in you as soon as they realise that the information in the Business Register does not match reality.
Questions about the Business Register
The KVK Business Register is the public key register in which businesses and organisations in the Netherlands are required to be registered. You can see who you are dealing with and who is authorised to sign contracts on behalf of a business or is liable. You can find address details and see whether a business has gone into liquidation. This enables you to do business with confidence.
1. You do not want to miss out on contracts
If the information in the Business Register differs from what you say about your business, clients may question your reliability and choose someone else instead.
2. You want that permit or subsidy
Government organisations check your details in the Business Register when you apply for a subsidy or permit. So it is important that you have kept everything up to date.
3. You want to be able to borrow money
Banks and other organisations use the information in the Business Register to approve your application for a loan, lease agreement, or mortgage.
First, check that the company really exists. Search the Business Register for the name or KVK number. This will show you whether the company is registered in the Business Register. To determine whether a business is reliable, you will need more information. Order an extract and check the details of your business partner. You can conduct more extensive research by also looking at the financial statements, group relations, and history of a company. Also look for reviews and check the company's social media. In addition, you can order information products from reliable KVK partners, who use data from the Business Register.
A KVK Business Register Extract gives you more information about your business partner. The extract contains information about the legal entity, the business, and its establishment(s). It shows the name, address, date of incorporation, and, in most cases, the officials of a business or organisation. This also allows you to check whether your contact person has signing authority and is authorised to make certain decisions. With an extract, you know who you are doing business with and reduce the risk of fraud.