EP-online: the official register of energy labels
EP-online is the official national register in which every energy label in the Netherlands is recorded. It is managed by RVO (the Netherlands Enterprise Agency). The rule is simple: if your label is not in EP-online, you do not have a valid energy label. On this page you can read what the register contains, how to look up your own label and why that registration is so decisive.
What exactly is EP-online?
EP-online is not a company or a certification mark, but a database. As soon as a certified advisor has calculated an energy label, they submit it to EP-online. From that moment the label is official: it has a registration date, a period of validity and can be found by address. Buyers, tenants, estate agents and notaries use the register to check whether there is a valid label.
What is in the register?
| Detail | What it means |
|---|---|
| Label class | The class A++++ to G of the property |
| Registration date | The date the label was submitted — validity starts here |
| Valid until | Ten years after the registration date |
| Address / BAG data | The property unit the label relates to |
| Calculated value | The primary fossil energy use in kWh/m²/year |
| Issued by | The certified advisor or the certificate-holding company |
How do you look up your energy label?
You always search by address, not by name. With your postcode and house number you can see straight away whether a valid label is registered, which class it has and until when it runs.
You can do this directly at the register, but the quickest way is via our own free energy label check: enter your postcode and house number and you immediately see the label class, the registration date and the expiry date. That data comes live from EP-online.
Good to know: labels from before 2021 — calculated with the old Energie-Index — are also in EP-online, and remain valid there until their expiry date. You can recognise them by a registration date before 1 January 2021.
Why registration is decisive
When selling or renting out you must be able to present a valid energy label. The notary and the estate agent check this in EP-online. A report, a calculation or an online estimate that is not in the register has no value at all — however official it may look.
That is precisely why the provisional energy label was never legally valid: it was not in EP-online. And it is the reason we submit your label immediately after the calculation.
No label registered for your home?
Then either a valid label has simply never been issued for your property, or the old label has expired. For a new label, a BRL 9500-certified advisor visits for an inspection, calculates the home according to NTA 8800 and registers the result. After that your home is in the register and you have ten years of peace of mind.
Frequently asked questions
What is EP-online?
EP-online is the official national register of energy labels in the Netherlands, managed by RVO. Every energy label issued is recorded in it. Only after registration in EP-online is an energy label legally valid and usable when selling or renting.
How do I look up my energy label?
You search by address. Using our free energy label check you enter your postcode and house number and immediately see whether a valid label is registered, which class it has and until when it is valid. The data comes directly from EP-online.
My home is not in EP-online. What now?
Then you do not have a valid energy label. This means that when selling or renting you must have one drawn up by a BRL 9500-certified advisor. An old provisional label or an online estimate does not count, because those are not in the register.
Is EP-online public?
Yes. The register can be consulted by address, so buyers, tenants, estate agents and notaries can check whether there is a valid label and which class it has. You can see the label class, the registration date and the expiry date.
Who registers the energy label in EP-online?
The BRL 9500-certified advisor who carried out the inspection. As a homeowner you do not have to arrange this yourself: we submit the label directly after the calculation, after which it appears in the register.
More in the knowledge base
- Energy label A to G: what do the label classes mean?
- NTA 8800: the calculation method behind the label
- Provisional and definitive energy label: the difference
- Look up an energy label by address
- How long is an energy label valid?
No valid label in EP-online?
At Hollands Duurzaam you pay from €220 for an official energy label including free improvement advice — a fixed all-in price, with no travel costs in our service area. We submit your label directly to EP-online. BRL 9500-MWA-W certified, member of AVEPA. Express delivery within 24 hours possible.