Registration in National Childcare and Playgroup Register

If you intend to set up a childcare organisation (childcare centre, childminding agency or playgroup) in the Netherlands, you must submit a registration application to your local municipality at least 10 weeks before you start. You enclose, among other things, the pedagogical policy plan and the safety and health risk inventory of the facility with your application. If you run a childminding agency, you must also register your childminders and substitute childminders. The Municipal Health Authority (GGD) will first assess whether your organisation meets all of the requirements. Within 10 weeks after you submit your application, the municipal authority will decide whether your childcare organisation will be included in the public National Childcare and Playgroup Register (Landelijk Register Kinderopvang en Peuterspeelzalen, LRKP). You will receive written confirmation of its inclusion. The municipal authorities must be notified immediately of any changes to any information and details provided about them on registration.

You can find the application and change forms for the registration of a childcare facility in Dutch at the website Rijksoverheid.nl.

Multiple branches or franchise

You must register each branch in the National Childcare and Playgroup Register (Landelijk Register Kinderopvang, LRKP). In the event of a franchise, the franchisee must register as the owner. The franchisor is not included in the LRKP.

Forms

The (Dutch-language) application forms and change of details forms are available from your municipal authority and/or the website of the Association of Dutch Municipalities (Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten, VNG).

Online notification procedure via Message Box

You can submit the application to register your childcare organisation also online via Message Box.