Form a Dutch BV remotely. Notary-led, coordinated by us.
An independent Dutch civil-law notary drafts and executes your deed of incorporation, registers your BV with the KVK and files its UBO details. We coordinate everything around that, for one fixed package price from €1,295 ex VAT, notary and KVK fees included. Built for founders in the UK, China, Hong Kong and Turkey, especially e-commerce sellers and importers expanding into the EU.
What is a Dutch BV?
A Dutch BV (besloten vennootschap) is a private limited liability company under Dutch law, broadly the equivalent of a UK Ltd, German GmbH or US LLC. Shareholders' personal assets are protected; the BV is its own legal person. Minimum share capital has been €0.01 since the 2012 flex-BV reform.
Liability
Limited to your share contribution, with narrow director-liability exceptions.
Tax
Dutch corporate income tax applies to the BV's profits. Get advice on your own situation.
Ownership
Any natural person or entity, of any nationality, can hold shares in a BV.
Operation
Trade across the EU on your Dutch VAT number once it's issued; Article 23 can defer import VAT if you're importing regularly.
What's included, and what's not.
Exactly what's in your package price, what the notary does, and what stays outside our service.
The notary
- Runs its own due diligence on you
- Drafts the deed, articles and power of attorney
- Holds a video call to explain the power of attorney
- Executes the deed, registers the BV with the KVK and files the UBO details
Included in your package
- Notary fees and the KVK registration fee (we pay the notary directly)
- Intake, company-name check and our own due diligence
- Documents collected in the notary's format, with translation of your standard documents
- The QES signing flow for your power of attorney
- VAT registration support, tracked in your client portal
Not included
- Dutch business address: arranged by you; cost varies. You arrange it yourself before we begin; Dutch law doesn't allow us to be involved in it.
- A business bank account. We're not allowed to make bank introductions under Dutch trust-office rules, but most digital banks are happy to work with non-EU founders.
Pick your package.
Article 23 support: €995 ex VAT, available with any package. Includes EORI application help.
Three founders we build for.
Illustrative profiles, not client results.
UK e-commerce seller
You already trade in the UK and want a Dutch base to sell to EU customers from inside the EU, without customs friction on every order. Solo UK founders here typically choose the Individual shareholder package.
Chinese or Hong Kong exporter
You manufacture or source in China or Hong Kong and want a Netherlands-based entity for EU distribution. Where a parent company holds the shares, corporate documents typically need review and, in some cases, certification with an apostille.
Turkish importer
You import goods from outside the EU and want to defer import VAT rather than pay it at the border. Our Article 23 add-on is built for this, applied for as soon as your VAT number is issued.
What actually gets signed.
Your deed of incorporation (akte van oprichting) is the single document that brings your BV into legal existence: its name, statutory seat, share structure, transfer restrictions, governance and financial year. An independent notary drafts it and executes it. We coordinate the process around that; we don't draft or execute the deed ourselves.
You don't sign in person. You sign a power of attorney with a qualified electronic signature (QES), after a short video call where the notary explains it to you. A local-notary certification with an apostille is used only as a fallback, or for corporate documents where a jurisdiction requires it.
Once the deed is executed, the notary registers your BV with the KVK and files its UBO details.
How it works, in brief.
1. Apply and upload
You submit your details and documents. We run our own due diligence and the company-name check.
2. We and the notary check and draft
The notary runs its own due diligence and drafts the deed, articles and power of attorney.
3. Sign and register
You sign the power of attorney by QES after a video call with the notary. The notary executes the deed and registers your BV with the KVK.
In the best case, a UK solo founder with an individual shareholding and documents already in English can be registered in about six working days. A typical estimate is roughly two to three weeks, including collecting your documents and arranging translations. All timelines are estimates, not guarantees.
See the full day-by-day breakdown, and what can add time, in how it works.
Everything founders ask before forming.
An independent Dutch civil-law notary drafts and executes your deed of incorporation, registers your BV with the KVK and files its UBO details. We coordinate everything around that: intake, our own due diligence, document collection, translations, the QES signing flow and VAT registration support, tracked in your client portal.
In the best case, a UK solo founder with an individual shareholding and documents already in English can be registered in about six working days. A typical estimate is roughly two to three weeks, including collecting your documents and arranging translations. All timelines are estimates, not guarantees.
Yes. Your BV needs a Dutch business address. We'd love to handle this for you, but Dutch law doesn't allow the firm that helps with your VAT and Article 23 applications to also be involved in your business address. So you arrange it yourself before we begin; it isn't part of our service.
One individual shareholder needs our Individual shareholder package. Two to 4 individual shareholders need Multiple shareholders (5 or more: contact us for a fixed quote). If a company will hold the shares, that's our Corporate shareholder package.
No. Article 23 support is a paid add-on, €995 ex VAT with any package, and includes EORI application help. It's a deferral of import VAT to your VAT return, not an exemption, applied for as soon as your VAT number is issued. The Belastingdienst decides within eight weeks, and approval isn't guaranteed.
If you cancel before we instruct the notary, you get a full refund minus a €145 administration fee. If the notary declines you after its own due diligence, you get a full refund minus the €145 fee and any third-party costs you'd approved in advance, such as translations or a QES certificate. Once the deed is executed, there's no refund.
No. Your VAT number isn't guaranteed; the Belastingdienst may ask questions, take longer, or decline where there's no evidence of real business activity. Our VAT registration support gives you an honest view before you commit.
One point of contact, from application to registration.
Packages start at €1,295 ex VAT, notary and KVK fees included. All timelines are estimates, not guarantees.