# Netherlands

Company data from the Netherlands business register, through the Topograph API.

## Overview

Topograph reads KVK (Netherlands Chamber of Commerce) and returns the company profile, legal representatives, other key persons and shareholders of Netherlands companies through one API.

## Coverage

What comes back for each datapoint and document, as on the coverage matrix.

Requests run in prefill mode (fast) or verification mode (the authoritative register answer).

| Datapoint | Returned | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Company profile | Yes |  |
| Legal representatives | Yes | Comes back in Verify. |
| Other key persons | Yes | Comes back in Verify. |
| Shareholders | Yes | Comes back in Verify. |

| Document | Returned |
| --- | --- |
| Register extract | Yes |
| Articles of association | Yes |
| Financials | Yes |
| UBO extract | No |

### Documents, as the register names them

- Uittreksel Handelsregister
- Akte van oprichting
- Jaarrekeningen

### Speed

A company profile typically comes back from the register in 2 s in prefill mode and 30 s in verification mode. These are typical observations, not a service-level commitment: set your timeouts well above them.

## Sources

The registers this country’s data comes from. Secondary sources only enrich or check what the registers return.

- **[KVK (Netherlands Chamber of Commerce)](https://www.kvk.nl)**: Kamer van Koophandel – Dutch Chamber of Commerce, official register of Dutch businesses (Handelsregister)
- **[GLEIF (Legal Entity Identifiers)](https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-golden-copy/download-the-golden-copy)** (secondary): Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation – Legal Entity Identifier reference data

## Identifiers

Request a company by its KVK number as the `id`, with `countryCode` set to `NL`. Its format, validation rules and an example value are in the full reference.

## The full Netherlands reference

The full reference covers how each datapoint is sourced and mapped, the vocabularies the API returns, the documents you can order and exact example responses. It is free with a Topograph account.

| In the full reference | Entries |
| --- | --- |
| Identifiers and formats | 5 |
| Search patterns | 3 |
| Quirks | 12 |
| Legal forms | 48 |
| Officer roles | 37 |
| Company statuses | 2 |
| Documents | 4 |
| Example responses | 7 |

- Create a free account: https://www.topograph.co/sign-up?redirect_url=%2Fcountries%2Fnl
- Sign in: https://www.topograph.co/sign-in?redirect_url=%2Fcountries%2Fnl

With a session, https://www.topograph.co/countries/nl.md returns the full reference as Markdown. Assistants signed in to the [Topograph Wizard MCP](https://docs.topograph.co/guides/topograph-mcp) can read it there too.

## Netherlands business register guide

[Netherlands business register guide](https://www.topograph.co/guides/business-register-in-netherlands): how the register works, what it publishes and which documents it issues.

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Source: https://www.topograph.co/countries/nl