🏢 KvK Dutch Company Registry Scraper

Search the Dutch Business Register (KVK Handelsregister) and export companies in bulk into clean, structured JSON, CSV or Excel. Look up any company name, trade name, KVK number or keyword and pull the KVK number, name, trade names, legal form, registration type, address, city and business activity — one tidy row per company. Built for lead lists, market research, due diligence, data enrichment and automations covering companies registered in the Netherlands.

Features

• 🔎 Search by name or keyword — type a company name, trade name or keyword (e.g. bakker, Philips, cafe amsterdam) and collect every matching company.
• 🔢 Look up by KVK number — drop a KVK number straight into the search terms to pull that specific company.
• 🏷️ Trade names & legal form — current trade names plus the legal form (BV, eenmanszaak, maatschap and more).
• 📍 Address & city — street, postal code and city for each company.
• 🧾 Business activity — a short description of what the company does.
• 🟢 Registration status — whether the entry is active, and whether it is a main branch, sub-branch or legal entity.
• 🧮 Volume control — set maxItems to balance coverage and cost.
• 📤 Clean export — one row per company as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML.

Input

{
  "queries": ["bakker", "Philips"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Field	Description
queries	One or more company names, trade names, KVK numbers or keywords to look up. Each term runs its own search and the results are combined.
maxItems	Maximum number of companies to collect across all searches (0 = no limit).

How to search

Put any company name, trade name, KVK number or keyword into queries and run. Each term is searched separately and duplicate companies are removed automatically, so you can pass a whole list of names in one go.

Use cases

• Build targeted lead lists of companies in the Netherlands by name or keyword.
• Enrich your CRM or spreadsheet with KVK number, legal form and registered address.
• Run due-diligence and supplier checks against official Dutch registry data.
• Map competitors, franchises or a whole industry by searching sector keywords.
• Feed structured company records into an analytics pipeline or automation.

What you get

Each company is one dataset record:

{
  "kvkNumber": "86491911",
  "name": "Bakker Bakker Bond",
  "tradeNames": ["Bakker Bakker Bond"],
  "legalForm": "Maatschap",
  "registrationType": "Hoofdvestiging",
  "branchNumber": "000052464644",
  "active": true,
  "street": "Slotlaan 20",
  "postalCode": "1829BC",
  "city": "Oudorp",
  "activityDescription": "Verkrijgen, beheren, exploiteren en vervreemden van onroerende zaken.",
  "registrationDate": "2009-03-20",
  "branchCount": null,
  "url": null,
  "collectedAt": "2026-09-06T09:00:00.000Z"
}

Field	Description
kvkNumber	The 8-digit KVK registration number.
name	The company's registered name.
tradeNames	List of current trade names.
legalForm	Legal form (e.g. Besloten Vennootschap, Eenmanszaak, Maatschap).
registrationType	Main branch, sub-branch or legal entity.
branchNumber	The establishment (vestiging) number, when present.
active	Whether the registry entry is active.
street, postalCode, city	Registered address.
activityDescription	Short description of the company's activity.
registrationDate	Date the entry was registered.
collectedAt	Timestamp of when the row was collected.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay per result: you are charged per company returned to your dataset, plus a small Actor start fee. Set maxItems to cap your spend.

FAQ

What is the KVK Handelsregister? It is the official Dutch Business Register, which lists companies and legal entities registered in the Netherlands.

Can I search by KVK number? Yes — put the KVK number in queries and the matching company is returned.

How many companies can I collect per search? Set maxItems to whatever you need, or 0 for no limit. Very broad keywords return large result sets, so a specific name gives the cleanest list.

What formats can I export? JSON, CSV, Excel and XML, via the dataset export or the Apify API.

Is this official data? The data reflects public business-registry information for companies in the Netherlands.