Registering a branch of a business

  • 12 September 2021
  • Edited 20 March 2024
  • 1 min

Registering a branch of your business is easy. Whether the branch belongs to your business or to a legal entity engaging in commercial activities, such as an eenmanszaak (sole proprietorship), vof (general partnership), or bv (private limited company).

Fill in the form

Scroll down, click on ‘register branch’, and follow the steps to fill in the form digitally.

Sign the form

There are 2 ways to sign the registration form: digitally and by post  

Digital form

After you complete the digital form, you will see which documents to upload. Next, you can sign them by logging in with DigiD. KVK will officially register your new branch within 2 working days.

Post

After you complete the digital form, you can print it out and sign it. Send the form with all requested documents KVK by post. We will officially register your new branch within 10 working days.

Register branch

Frequently asked questions

How quickly we process your change depends on how you communicate your change to us. We process a change you make online faster than a change by post. Check the current processing times on our website.

If the information you provide is not correct, we will contact you.

Are you submitting a change for a future date? Then you will only see the change in the Business Register on that date. For the UBO register, you cannot submit changes with an effective date in the future. 

We cannot provide information about the status between the time of receipt and processing.

After your change has been processed in the Business Register and/or UBO register, you will receive official confirmation by letter, or digitally via your Message Box account. Are you submitting the change online? Then you will also receive confirmation by email.

You can see the details of all organisations you are currently registered with via My KVK. You also see the UBOs of an organisation for which you are allowed to file a report. And you can see your own UBO details if you yourself are listed as a UBO in the UBO register.Â