Does it return former names?

Yes, both former legal names and former trade names.

Does it list branches?

Yes, with branch number, type and status for each establishment.

Do I pay for lookups that come back empty?

No. You are charged per result, so a request that finds nothing costs nothing. Testing this against a messy list is free to get wrong.

What does a lookup cost?

5 points per resolved lookup, which is $5 per 1,000, and only successful lookups are charged. Points come out of your monthly plan allowance, so there is no separate per-country contract.

Corporate registry

Netherlands Company Registry (KVK) API and MCP — Company Profile by KVK Number

Send a KVK number and get the company as structured JSON: name, status, legal form, registration date, address, activity description, current and former legal names, trade names and the establishments registered under it.

Run it in the app Read the API docs

You send: a KVK number, or the link to the company page
You get back: status, legal form, registration date, address, activity, current and former names, trade names and establishments
Coverage: Netherlands — entities on KVK Handelsregister.
Price: 5 pts — $5 per 1,000; Charged only when the record resolves. A lookup that finds nothing is not billed.

Comparison

Ways to get this data

Three approaches teams use today, and where each one runs into trouble.

Approach	What it takes	Cost	Trade-off
KVK Handelsregister directly	Open KVK Handelsregister and read the record	Usually free, sometimes per-document	A different interface, language and data shape for every country you add
Collecting it yourself	Build and host a crawler per register, then keep each one alive	Infrastructure and maintenance	Registers change their pages without warning, and nobody is on the hook when yours breaks
NeuralVerge	One request, the same shape as every other source in the catalog	$5 per 1,000, misses not billed	Covers Netherlands — other countries are separate sources with the same request format

Response

What you get back

Every field in the example response below.

Field	Type	Description
`session_id`	string	Id of this run, for tracing.
`kind`	string	Source type of the response.
`company`	string	The identifier you sent.
`company_id`	string	The identifier as the register uses it.
`human`	string	Readable summary of the record.
`total_points`	number	Points charged for the run.
`machine.company.registration_number`	string	KVK number.
`machine.company.name`	string	Company name.
`machine.company.status`	string	Registration status, e.g. Ingeschreven (registered).
`machine.company.address`	string	Visiting address.
`machine.company.url`	string	Link to the company search page on the register.
`machine.company.company_type`	string	Legal form.
`machine.company.incorporation_date`	string	Registration date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`machine.company.activity`	string	Activity description in Dutch, shortened in the sample.
`machine.company.requested_id`	string	The identifier you sent.
`machine.company.legal_form_code`	string	Short code for the legal form, e.g. NV.
`machine.company.statutory_name`	string	Name as in the articles.
`machine.company.current_legal_names[]`	array	Current legal names.
`machine.company.former_legal_names[]`	array	Former legal names.
`machine.company.trade_names[]`	array	Trade names.
`machine.company.former_trade_names[]`	array	Former trade names.
`machine.company.postal_address`	null	Empty in the sample.
`machine.company.head_office`	object	Head office: branch_number, registration_type, name, status, address, registration_date, activity, trade_names and former_trade_names.
`machine.company.registrations_total`	number	Number of registrations.
`machine.company.establishments_total`	number	Total establishments.
`machine.company.establishments_active`	number	Active establishments.
`machine.company.establishments_listed`	number	Establishments included in the list.
`machine.company.establishments[]`	array	Establishments, same shape as head_office, with registration_type such as Hoofdvestiging (head office) or Nevenvestiging (branch).
`machine.company.source_rows_fetched`	number	Register rows read to build the record.
`machine.blocked`	boolean	Whether the register refused the request.
`machine.pages_opened`	number	Register pages read for the run.
`machine.proxy_traffic_bytes`	number	Size of the data transferred for the run, in bytes.

Response

Example response

A real response, as returned.

{
  "session_id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
  "kind": "nl_company",
  "company": "17001910",
  "company_id": "17001910",
  "human": "# Netherlands — KVK Handelsregister — company\n\n- **Number:** 17001910\n- **Pages opened:** 1\n- **Proxy traffic:** 5.5 KB\n- **Name:** Koninklijke Philips N.V.\n- **Status:** Ingeschreven\n- **Type:** Naamloze Vennootschap\n- **Registered:** 1912-09-11\n- **Address:** High Tech Campus 34, 5656AE Eindhoven",
  "machine": {
    "company": {
      "registration_number": "17001910",
      "name": "Koninklijke Philips N.V.",
      "status": "Ingeschreven",
      "address": "High Tech Campus 34, 5656AE Eindhoven",
      "url": "https://www.kvk.nl/zoeken/?source=handelsregister&q=17001910",
      "company_type": "Naamloze Vennootschap",
      "incorporation_date": "1912-09-11",
      "activity": "Het oprichten van, het deelnemen in en het beheren en financieren van rechtspersonen, vennootschappen en andere rechtsvormen ten dienste van fabricage en verhandeling van elektrische, elektronische, m",
      "requested_id": "17001910",
      "legal_form_code": "NV",
      "statutory_name": "Koninklijke Philips N.V.",
      "current_legal_names": [
        "Koninklijke Philips N.V."
      ],
      "former_legal_names": [
        "Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.",
        "PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V."
      ],
      "trade_names": [
        "Koninklijke Philips N.V.",
        "Royal Philips"
      ],
      "former_trade_names": [
        "\"PHILIPS' GLOEILAMPENFABRIEKEN\"",
        "\"PHILIPS INDUSTRIES\""
      ],
      "postal_address": null,
      "head_office": {
        "branch_number": "000064349039",
        "registration_type": "Hoofdvestiging",
        "name": "Koninklijke Philips N.V.",
        "status": "Ingeschreven",
        "address": "High Tech Campus 34, 5656AE Eindhoven",
        "postal_address": null,
        "registration_date": "1912-09-11",
        "activity": "Het oprichten van, het deelnemen in en het beheren en financieren van rechtspersonen, vennootschappen en andere rechtsvormen ten dienste van fabricage en verhandeling van elektrische, elektronische, m",
        "trade_names": [
          "Koninklijke Philips N.V.",
          "Royal Philips"
        ],
        "former_trade_names": []
      },
      "registrations_total": 6,
      "establishments_total": 5,
      "establishments_active": 4,
      "establishments_listed": 5,
      "establishments": [
        {
          "branch_number": "000064349039",
          "registration_type": "Hoofdvestiging",
          "name": "Koninklijke Philips N.V.",
          "status": "Ingeschreven",
          "address": "High Tech Campus 34, 5656AE Eindhoven",
          "postal_address": null,
          "registration_date": "1912-09-11",
          "activity": "Het oprichten van, het deelnemen in en het beheren en financieren van rechtspersonen, vennootschappen en andere rechtsvormen ten dienste van fabricage en verhandeling van elektrische, elektronische, m",
          "trade_names": [
            "Koninklijke Philips N.V.",
            "Royal Philips"
          ],
          "former_trade_names": []
        },
        {
          "branch_number": "000006060609",
          "registration_type": "Nevenvestiging",
          "name": "Koninklijke Philips N.V.",
          "status": "Ingeschreven",
          "address": "High Tech Campus 52, 5656AG Eindhoven",
          "postal_address": null,
          "registration_date": "1912-09-11",
          "activity": "Het oprichten van, het deelnemen in en het beheren en financieren van rechtspersonen, vennootschappen en andere rechtsvormen ten dienste van fabricage en verhandeling van elektrische, elektronische, m",
          "trade_names": [
            "Koninklijke Philips N.V.",
            "Royal Philips"
          ],
          "former_trade_names": [
            "\"PHILIPS' GLOEILAMPENFABRIEKEN\"",
            "\"PHILIPS INDUSTRIES\""
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source_rows_fetched": 6
    },
    "blocked": false,
    "pages_opened": 1,
    "proxy_traffic_bytes": 5596
  },
  "total_points": 5
}

Integration

How to run it

The same lookup works from the app, the API, or as a tool an agent can call mid-task.

One company per request. Pass the registration number or the link to the record on the register.

curl -X POST https://api.neuralverge.ai/functions/v1/run-nl-companies \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"company":"17001910"}'

Use cases

What teams use it for

Where this field shows up in an actual workflow.

Dutch counterparty checks

Confirm a company is registered, its legal form and its visiting address.

Name-history matching

Match an invoice or contract that carries a former legal or trade name to the current entity.

Branch mapping

Separate the head office from branches, and count active ones.

KYC enrichment

Fill legal form, registration date and trade names from a KVK number.

Coverage & limits

Coverage, freshness and limits

What this source covers, how fresh it is, and where it stops.

Coverage

Netherlands — entities on KVK Handelsregister.

Freshness

Read at request time, so the answer reflects the register as it stands when you ask.

Handling

KVK Handelsregister is a public register. Every response carries the source URL it was read from and a session id you can trace.

What it will not do

—The activity text in the sample is cut short, so treat it as a description, not a full statement.
—Postal address is null in the sample.
—Statuses and activity text are in Dutch as published.

FAQ

Questions, answered

The 8-digit KVK number, such as 17001910, or the link to the company page.

Related sources

Netherlands company search

Find a KVK number by company name.

KBO company

Belgian company record by enterprise number.

Luxembourg company

Luxembourg company record by RCS number.

All corporate registries

Company registers across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific, plus global LEI lookup.

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