Registering a chip: free or paid?
The short answer is below, with the full list underneath it.
Looking up and reporting are free, registering costs money. Looking up a chip number, reporting a missing pet, reporting a found animal and receiving the alerts cost nothing and need no account. Recording an animal in the register costs a one-off amount; changes and reports for that animal are then included. Separate extras such as a tag or extra reach for a report have their own price.
| What | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Look up a chip number | Free | Search our register and the other databases, without an account. |
| Report a missing pet | Free | On the map, with a WhatsApp alert to your province, for as long as needed. |
| Report a found animal | Free | On the map, compared automatically against the open missing reports. |
| Register an animal | 4,99 euro once | In the register for life, including passport, certificate and QR page. |
| Change details | Free | A move, a new phone number or a transfer to a new owner. |
| Tag with QR code | 4,99 euro once | A tag on the collar so a finder can reach you directly. |
| Extra reach for a missing report | 7,99 euro once | Put your report in front of people outside your own province. |
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Have the animal chipped at a vet
The chip itself is placed by a vet, who charges their own fee for it; that is separate from the registration. For dogs in the Netherlands, chipping and registering are required by law within eight weeks of birth and before handover to a new owner.
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Note down the chip number
You receive the fifteen-digit number on a sticker or in the passport. Keep it; without the number you can register nothing and look up nothing.
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Create an account
Free. It is where you manage your animals, your contact details and your reports. An account is needed to register, not to search or to report.
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Register the animal
The registration form asks for the chip number, the animal details and your contact details. The price is in the table above and is charged once.
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Keep your details current
This is the part that most often goes wrong. A chip is only worth something if the phone number behind it is right. If you move or change number, update it; that costs nothing.
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Transfer the animal if it changes owner
If you sell or rehome the animal, use the transfer. The new owner is put on the chip number and you are no longer the contact for that animal.
Why registering costs money
A chip registered nowhere is a number without meaning. What you pay for is not the chip but the register around it: storing the data, checking the reports, the link with the other databases, and the fact that there is someone who calls the owner when an animal is found.
That amount is one-off and covers the rest of the animal life. There is no subscription, no yearly renewal, and no charge for changing your details or reporting a disappearance.
What other registers charge
The Netherlands and Belgium have several registers side by side and their rates differ. Some charge per registration, others per change or per year. We do not quote other parties amounts here, because they change and we do not check them daily; look on that register own site for those.
The page about other databases lists which registers exist. If your animal is already registered elsewhere, you do not have to switch: on a miss we search those databases automatically.
What we measure ourselves
There are 390 missing reports open right now and 31 addresses where a chip is scanned free of charge. 1.443 chips have been scanned through that network so far.
The current counts, with the date they were taken, are on the statistics page.
Frequently asked questions
Is chipping the same as registering?
Do I have to pay to look up a chip number?
Does reporting a missing pet cost money?
Do I pay yearly or once?
What if I need to change my details?
Register your animal
One payment, valid for life, passport and certificate included.
Register an animal