Company Records for Netherlands, on demand

The Dutch Business Register (Handelsregister) is operated by the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, Kamer van Koophandel (KVK), which manages it as one of its statutory tasks. It holds information on all businesses and organisations in the Netherlands, and its public data can be viewed by anyone. On registration every business receives a unique 8-digit KVK number, which by law must appear on its letters, quotations, invoices, website and business emails; companies and organisations other than sole proprietorships also receive an RSIN, the Legal Entities and Partnerships Information Number, used to exchange data with other government organisations such as the Netherlands Tax Administration.

The KVK Business Register Extract is the register's standard product: official proof of a company's registration, showing registered data such as trade names, legal form, establishments and the persons authorised to act for the business. Legal entities including the BV, the NV, the cooperative and the mutual insurance association must file their annual accounts with KVK within eight days of adopting them, and filed financial statements and deposited documents can be ordered from the register.

KVK also keeps the Dutch UBO register, which is separate and not public. Only designated authorities can view all UBO data, other authorised organisations see defined subsets, and a UBO can view their own registration. Company Records resolves beneficial ownership by following the registered shareholders up the ownership chain, entity by entity, from official registry filings, which works even though the UBO register itself is not public.