Disclaimer Financing Guide

Choosing Financing Tool 

The results of the Choosing Financing Tool are based on the information you have provided and are intended as general help. We do our best to ensure that the results are accurate and reliable, but we cannot guarantee their completeness or suitability for your situation. Or that the financiers listed can offer you the financial products.

Eligibility criteria for the Financing Guide

The Financing Guide provides information on lenders and financial advisers who meet the following criteria:

Lenders

• Banks and credit institutions that adhere to the Gedragscode Kleinzakelijke Financiering (Code of Conduct for lending to small businesses).
• Lenders with the Erkend MKB Financier (Approved SME Financier) quality mark because they adhere to the following codes of conduct:
  • Gedragscode Erkend MKB Financier (Code of Conduct Approved SME Financier) and/or
  • Gedragscode Kort Zakelijk Krediet (Code of Conduct Short-term Business Credit).

Financial Advisory Services (which do not also provide funding)

• Financial advisers must have the quality mark Erkend Financieringsadvies MKB (Approved SME Financing Adviser), which means they follow the Gedragscode Erkend MKB Financier (Code of Conduct Approved SME Financier).

The above eligibility criteria are reviewed every year and adjusted if necessary by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Users of the Financing Guide can be confident that only parties that meet strict rules and quality requirements are included. For further questions on the eligibility criteria, please email financieringsgids@kvk.nl. The message will be forwarded to the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Participating financiers

Links to the (Dutch) websites of financiers that participate in the Financing Guide:

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