Q: I'm starting a business. What official arrangements are required?

Various organizations provide help to starters. Check out the municipality’s website .

Q: Where can I find information about the Dutch Tax Administration?

Visit the website of Tax Administration .

Question 1

I'm starting a business. What official arrangements are required?

Accepted Answer

Various organizations provide help to starters. Check out the municipality’s website.

Question 2

I'm a starter. Where can I find a relevant network, coaching and training?

Accepted Answer

The Business Coach Breda is ready for you! With coaching, training, and networking for start-ups. Contact us: call 076- 529 8080 or via e-mail: Info@businesscoachbreda.nl.

Question 3

I want to start a business at home. What do I need to know about zoning plans?

Accepted Answer

A zoning plan determines how spaces are used in the municipality. It determines what you can build or renovate in a certain area and how the land and buildings can be used. Check out the municipality’s website.

Question 4

Am I eligible for self-employment assistance?

Accepted Answer

If you live in Breda, are an entrepreneur or self-employed person and temporarily need extra money to run your business or support your family, then perhaps the municipality can provide aid or credit. At SOLO (Sociaal Ondernemersloket Online) you can investigate whether you are eligible for this, and request assistance or credit. View the municipality’s website or contact us via sso@breda.nl or telephone 14 076. Are you calling from abroad? Dial +31 76 529 30 01.

Question 5

How do I join a start-up support program for innovation starters?

Accepted Answer

Braventure is the provincial start-up support programme in West-Brabant, including Breda. A programme for innovative starters with growth ambitions, Rewin administers Braventure in West Brabant. See www.rewin.nl.

B'WISE offers a number of development programmes (B'ACCELERATED), access to finance (B'FUNDED) and a large network (B'CONNECTED) to start-ups with strong growth ambitions. B'WISE is also connected to Braventure: see Home - B'WISE - THE TURBO FOR YOUR START-UP.

Question 6

What European subsidies are there for me as an entrepreneur?

Accepted Answer

A large part of the European Union's expenditure is for subsidy schemes, funds and other funding for companies, governments, and researchers, to achieve the objectives of the different EU policies. See the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) for more information.

Question 7

What national subsidies are available for me as an entrepreneur (via the central government)?

Accepted Answer

Are you looking for a subsidy or financing scheme? This subsidy guide lists all subsidies and schemes that are open for an application. We carry out these subsidies and financing schemes on behalf of various ministries and the European Union. Check the website of RVO for more information.

Question 8

What business subsidies does the municipality of Breda offer to me?

Accepted Answer

The municipality supports initiatives by organizations and citizens of Breda that contribute to the policy goals. Check out the website for more info.

Question 9

I want to place a terrace, signboard or construction container. Where can I find information about concession tax?

Accepted Answer

You pay concession taxes for objects on, above or in municipal land, for example a terrace, signboard, or construction container. Check the municipality’s website for more information.

Question 10

Where can I find information about the Dutch Tax Administration?

Accepted Answer

Visit the website of Tax Administration.

Question 11

I want to (re)build or demolish. How do I arrange an environmental permit?

Accepted Answer

Do you want to build or renovate a property? Or demolish one? Plan to cut down a tree or change something else about your environment? In many cases, you need an environmental permit. You can apply for an environmental permit at the Environment Desk of the central government. Check the municipality’s website for more information.

Question 12

I want to sell or serve alcohol. How do I arrange for a liquor and catering license?

Accepted Answer

An entrepreneur who wants to sell or serve alcohol needs a liquor and catering license. You can request this from the municipality. To qualify for the permit, you meet a number of requirements. Check the municipality’s website for more information.

Question 13

Do I need a (catering) operating license?

Accepted Answer

For catering establishments that do not serve alcohol, you need an operating license in certain streets in Breda. You request this from the municipality. Examples include a sandwich shop, lunch café, snack bar, ice cream parlour or shawarma / kebab shop, but also for a smart shop, head shop, cell phone or internet shop. Check the municipality’s website for more information.

Question 14

I want to sell goods or give information from a stall or car in a public space for more than 15 minutes. How do I arrange a pitch permit?

Accepted Answer

If you want to sell goods or give information from a stall or car in a public space for more than 15 minutes then you need a pitch permit. Check the municipality’s website (in Dutch) for more information.

Question 15

How do I get Marketplace permit?

Accepted Answer

The municipality of Breda has made the organisation of the weekly markets independent. This means that these are not regulated by the municipality, but an independent organisation. You cannot apply for a new marketplace permit for the weekly markets until this has been established. As soon as more is known about the new organization, the details will be available on this web page.

Check the municipality’s website for all information.

Question 16

I want to organise an event. Do I need an event permit?

Accepted Answer

Do you want to organise an event in Breda? For example, a fair, parade, sporting event, dance party or street barbecue? Then register the date and place of your event on the event reservation calendar. If you register before 1 October of the year prior to the event, you do not need to pay concession reimbursement tax (precariobelasting in Dutch).

Check the municipality’s website for more information.

Question 17

May I hand out flyers or promotional items on the street?

Accepted Answer

You can hand out flyers or promotional items on the street, such as small cans of drinks and small packages of candy.

Check the municipality’s website (in Dutch) for more information.

Question 18

Can I offer goods for sale on the street or door to door (peddling)?

Accepted Answer

Under certain conditions, you can offer goods for sale on the street or door-to-door, thus, peddling or hawking. Check the municipality’s website for more information.

Question 19

How do I get in touch with job seekers?

Accepted Answer

As an employer, you can go to the Work Department (Afdeling Werk), for information and support in hiring job seekers. At the Work Department we believe in the power of people. Many employers are looking for a candidate who acts as a jack-of-all-trades. Unfortunately, today's supply-side labour market does not offer a solution to this demand. That is why we like to contact you to analyse the issue. Our specialists then get to work to establish a 'match,' looking, in particular, at the required skills and working environment. Based on this, candidates, with background information, are introduced without obligation. Realizing a win-win situation for both employer and candidate is the starting point.

Question 20

I am looking for a Business plot in Breda. How can I find it?

Accepted Answer

The municipality has business plots at various locations. Happy to look with you, including the municipal plots but also private development locations. Check out the municipality's website for more information and check out our page on business locations.

Question 21

How do I get in touch with the Stadsmakelaar (City realtor) Breda?

Accepted Answer

The Stadsmakelaar Breda is part of the Municipality of Breda and offers building plots, homes, business premises, green strips (fragmented municipal plots, so-called ‘snippergroen’) and agricultural plots. Check the website of the municipality for more information.

Question 22

I am a start-up entrepreneur and I am looking for a suitable location. Where can I establish myself as a starter?

Accepted Answer

- Incubator Breda, a breeding ground for starting companies (provides units, coaching)
- Business Coach Breda, where starting companies are linked to vacant buildings in the city.

Question 23

I have questions about doing business in Breda. How do I get in touch with the municipality as an entrepreneur?

Accepted Answer

Team Breda Business is ready for you. We are happy to help you. Via Contact you will find different ways to reach us.

Question 24

What is the entrepreneur consultation hour? How do you sign up for this?

Accepted Answer

Entrepreneurs with a plan, comment or question about the economy, employment, and use plans, or contacts within the municipality are welcome at the business consultation hour of Boaz Adank, alderman for Economic Affairs. You can register for the entrepreneur consultation hour via ondernemersspreekuur@breda.nl. Please send us your question and explanation in the email.

Question 25

I am looking for information about municipal purchasing. As an entrepreneur, how do I qualify for municipal contracts for supplies, services and works? How do I register for the purchasing consultation hour?

Accepted Answer

I am looking for information about municipal purchasing. As an entrepreneur, how do I qualify for municipal contracts for supplies, services and works? How do I register for the purchasing consultation hour?

During the monthly purchasing consultation hour, entrepreneurs ask questions directly to the municipal buyers. Entrepreneurs receive information about how the municipallity purchasing works. How entrepreneurs are eligible for municipal contracts for supplies, services and works. We cannot answer questions about specific (ongoing) tendering procedures.

Sign up for the hour at inkoop@breda.nl. In the mail please include your question and explanation.

Question 26

How do I digitize as an entrepreneur?

Accepted Answer

Entrepreneurship is looking ahead. Constantly adapting to new techniques, to the wishes of the customer, adjusting your revenue model and including your people in all this. It’s quite a challenge. You're not alone. MKB West-Brabant helps with projects, tools, and events. To take new steps together towards a bright, healthy future. Click here to view the website of MKB Vernieuwt or contact us.

Question 27

How do I do business sustainably?

Accepted Answer

Do you have a sustainable mission and are you looking for like-minded people or (sparring) partners to accelerate the circular transition together? Then we would like to welcome you to Breda Circulair Foundation, an initiative and platform for and by sustainable entrepreneurs, the Municipality of Breda and Avans University of Applied Sciences. Do you have a circular issue, and want to connect with others, do you want to delve into environmental entrepreneurship or do you need (structurally) reusable material or are you available? With the Breda Ecosystem, we bring circular organisations, initiatives and supply and demand into clear focus. View the website of Breda Circulair or get in touch with us.

Question 28

What do I do with industrial waste?

Accepted Answer

For the collection of small business waste, you conclude a contract with the municipality. This applies to offices, shops, small businesses, and non-profit institutions. Check the municipality’s website for more information or contact us.

Question 29

I want to park my car. Do I need a parking permit?

Accepted Answer

Check the municipality's website for more information.

Question 30

I have a few questions about safe & secure entrepreneurship/business. Where do you get answers?

Accepted Answer

You will receive answers to your questions about safe & secure entrepreneurship or business from the specialists of Safe Business Breda (Veilig Ondernemend Breda). See here for more information or get in touch with us and we'll help you out further!

Question 31

What does the participation act (participatiewet) mean?

Accepted Answer

The Participation Act is a Dutch legislation in which benefit recipients of governmental support achieve self-reliant citizenship. The task and implementation of this act is entrusted to municipalities and UWV (Employee Insurance Agency). The law provides for financial assistance to people who are (temporarily) unable to support themselves. For more information, see business.gov.nl.

Question 32

What does the job agreement (baanafspraak) mean?

Accepted Answer

Since 2013, the government and social partners – employers and employees – have joined forces for people with an (in)visible work disability. The starting point is the realization of an inclusive society so that this target group has paid work with regular employers. Would you like to know more about the Jobs Agreement, related schemes, eligible contributions and/or the possibilities of inclusive entrepreneurship? A specialist from WSP Breda is happy to come by to tailor make a win-win situation!

Question 33

Are there eligible schemes if I hire a candidate?

Accepted Answer

Customisation is the credo of our services! There are numerous support options locally, regionally and/or nationally. These vary from a wage cost subsidy to eligible contributions for tailor-made training courses in combination with paid work. We always look at a win-win situation and try to create sustainable 'matches.' On behalf of the WSP Breda, we have sector-specific specialists who are happy to come by for a personal interview before creating a tailor-made process.

Question 34

What is a trial placement?

Accepted Answer

A trial placement is a useful tool to test whether the employer and candidate share reciprocal interest. The trial placement can be used for a maximum of one month. As a result, the candidate retains his/her benefits and has no consequences if there is no mutual click. Prior to the test placement, the specialist of the WSP Breda formulates clear goals and expectations with candidate and employer. As a result, expectations are well managed in advance so that one can work constructively towards a successful match.

Question 35

Where can I advertise vacancies?

Accepted Answer

The platform West-Brabant Werkt Door has been developed especially for job seekers and employers from the region. In a special portal – protected environment on the world wide web that makes the data untraceable – candidates and employers can meet in a relaxed way. Within this portal, vacancies become visible to job seekers and via the so-called 'candidate scout' it is possible to search for regional talent yourself. Of course, you can – if desired – always call upon one of WSP Breda’s specialists. Creating a profile is simple and completely free of charge.

Question 36

As an entrepreneur are there any restrictions to hiring international staff?

Accepted Answer

If your company is based in the Netherlands, you must prioritize hiring European staff—thus, from the Netherlands, the rest of the EU, the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland—before you can recruit from outside of Europe. In addition to having to prove that there is no appropriate European candidate, non-European employees must have a work permit (tewerkstellingsvergunning TWV) or a ‘single work permit’ which is a combined residence and work permit (Gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid, GVVA). These are not required for European workers. For more information about permits and employing non-European staff, see government.nl and IND.

Question 37

Are there any incentives and tax-breaks available for international businesses?

Accepted Answer

When moving to the Netherlands, highly skilled migrants have tax advantages and benefit from a 30% reimbursement ruling. Providing certain requirements apply, an employer can grant a tax-free allowance equal to 30% of the gross salary, subject to Dutch payroll tax. The employer is usually responsible for applying for this reimbursement on behalf of the employee, which is granted for a total of five years. Application is made through the Dutch tax authority (Belastingdienst). For more information, visit business.gov.nl.

Are you an international employee working in the Netherlands and do you want to know whether you meet the conditions to apply for the 30% ruling? Then, we strongly advise you to read more about this on the Belastingdienst website.

Question 38

Are there any other official requirements for long-term residence in the Netherlands?

Accepted Answer

To get a valid resident permit, you will need to take a civil integration course (inburgering). The IND (Immigratie en Naturalisatiedienst), the Immigration and Naturalisation Service, a Dutch government agency that handles the admission of foreigners in the Netherlands. Visit IND for more information about integration in the Netherlands.

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