Does your organisation have to report UBOs?

Use the legal structures below to determine whether your organisation needs to register UBOs.

Do you make UBO reports for more than one organisation? Then you need to do this separately for each KVK number.

Religious organisations

Certain organisations with 'kerkgenootschap' (religious organisation/congregation) as their legal structure also have to register UBOs. These organisations will receive a letter from KVK. Religious organisations only have to register UBOs if: 

• registration in the Business Register is required for the organisation, and
• there is no Dutch umbrella organisation that supersedes your organisation  

Registering UBOs for religious organisations can be done online.

> Prepare to register the UBOs for your religious organisation. 

These legal structures do not have to register UBOs

• sole poprietorships / sole traders (eenmanszaken)
• private and public limited companies (BVs and NVs) that operate on the stock exchange
• 100% subsidiaries of limited companies that operate on the stock exchange
• owners’ associations (VVE)
• legal structures in formation (for example, a BV or NV in oprichting)
• associations with limited legal capacity and without commercial activities
• statutory bodies
• other private bodies, including historical legal entities like guilds and courtyards (hofjes)

Foreign legal structures, like an Ltd or GmbH, and foreign legal structures that only have branch offices in the Netherlands, register their UBOs in the country wehere the main office is registered.

This page is part of a step-by-step plan to help you prepare for registering your UBOs. Make sure you go through all the steps. Find more information on the starting page.