Starting a business
There are many things to arrange when starting a business. Where will you base your business and how you will finance its launch. There are permits and registrations to consider, as well as your business structure, and finding financing and clients. Find out everything you need to know to get started.
Preparations
- Step-by-step plan: How to start a business in the Netherlands
- Personal to-do list: Begin a company in the Netherlands
- Permits for your business
- Finding the right business location
- Checklist for setting up at a new business premises
Legal forms and governance
- Which legal structure suits your company?
- Sole trader or sole proprietorship
- General partnership (vof)
- Private limited company (BV) in the Netherlands
- Foreign entities and branches
Registering your business
- What qualifies you as a Dutch entrepreneur?
- Registration at the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce KVK
- Registering with the Netherlands Tax Administration
- Registration for EU self-employed professionals
- Foreign company registration in the Netherlands
Business taxes
- Filing your income tax return in the Netherlands
- Submit your VAT return in the Netherlands
- How to keep business records: Step-by-step plan
- All tax schemes for new companies
- Tax deductions and tax schemes
Pension and insurance
- Zzp'er in the Netherlands: pension
- Pension schemes for your employees, a step-by-step plan
- Arrange business insurance
- Business liability insurance
- Disability insurance for self-employed professionals
Starting as a self-employed professional
- Get started as a freelancer or zzp’er
- Avoid false self-employment
- Benefits for zzp'ers
- Regulations
- Healthcare professional
Starting situations
- As a student
- With unemployment benefit
- Online business
- Restaurant, cafe, or hotel
- Starting a business in the Netherlands from abroad