Are you ready to officially start your business?
Then register your business at KVK.
The exact registration procedure depends on the legal structure you choose.
Go to KVK.nl/registration to find out how to arrange it.
KVK then passes on your details to the Tax Administration.
So you don't have to register your business separately with them.
You will receive a notification from the Tax Administration, including your VAT tax number and your VAT ID.
After registering your business, KVK can also be of further help.
For example, with your questions about financing, international business...
innovation, and new legislation.
What was the start like for these entrepreneurs?
Yes, the registration. I remember it.
I can't forget that. That was very exciting.
I thought: OK, I'm really going to do this now.
Registering went really smoothly, right? It's just easy, online.
And then we did stop by, the 2 of us, also to take a photo.
KVK has been a great help to me.
You register, but then for a moment, you think: Okay, now what?
These days, of course, you can find a lot of information online and that's great...
but you can still call and ask someone for advice.
I remember that time I was given a book.
Really, a huge book, with all these tips and tricks.
So I already knew something, and when we started the business...
we did find a lot online as well.
Some people think we have the best job ever, and we do.
We have a very nice job, but it's hard work.
Before this, if you worked for someone...
you had to follow certain standpoints and a company handbook.
Then you might have ideas, but of course you couldn't realise them very quickly...
if your boss didn't agree to them.
But now you have the freedom that you can do that...
and can see for yourself that it actually has an effect.
The best thing about entrepreneurship, that we find...
is that you are reasonably free in what you do. It's not that you...
We can't say, for example: I'm going to take 3 weeks off.
The business isn't that far along yet, but we can determine things for ourselves...
and by steering things correctly, you see that it can have an impact.
And now it is time for action.
Find all the information about registering with KVK at KVK.nl/registration.
Are you starting from a situation where you receive benefits?
Then make sure you have permission from authority issuing the benefit...
such as UWV or your municipality, before you register.
Want to know more?
Visit KVK.nl/en/starting.