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Drove a truck, bus or taxi in the Netherlands? Your pension is probably at Pensioenfonds Vervoer

Dutch law makes Pensioenfonds Vervoer compulsory for road transport, including care and taxi transport.Source: officielebekendmakingen.nl, read 2026-10-15

It also covers a driver or crane operator working at a transport company through an agency contract.Source: officielebekendmakingen.nl, read 2026-10-15

The current decision was signed on 30 October 2023, in force from 1 January 2024.Source: officielebekendmakingen.nl, read 2026-10-15

Which work it covers

Official text“alle werkgevers in de sectoren beroepsgoederenvervoer, besloten bus- en taxivervoer en het kraanverhuurbedrijf”Source: pfvervoer.nl, read 2026-10-15

Agencies themselves usually fall under StiPP; the fund says so.Source: pfvervoer.nl, read 2026-10-15

If you left the Netherlands

Report your new address abroad to the Dutch Non-Residents Register (RNI); the fund receives it from there.Source: pfvervoer.nl, read 2026-10-15

Deadline: Very small pensions, 2 euros a year or less, lapse when you stop building up pension, unless you moved to another EU country and told the fund at the time.Source: pfvervoer.nl, read 2026-10-15

How to reach Pensioenfonds Vervoer from abroad

Pensioenfonds Vervoer (Stichting Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds voor het Beroepsvervoer over de Weg)

The fund has a form for people who think a pension may be waiting for them from earlier work in transport.Source: pfvervoer.nl, read 2026-10-15

The fund's site offers instructions for machine translation and states that no rights can be derived from a translation.Source: pfvervoer.nl, read 2026-10-15

Once the pension is paid

Deadline: If the fund sends you a proof of life form, return it within eight weeks, stamped and signed by a local authority.Source: pfvervoer.nl, read 2026-10-15

The Dutch state pension is separate

AOW is paid by the SVB, not by the fund, and can be applied for from abroad without DigiD or a BSN.Source: svb.nl, read 2026-10-15

Questions people ask

What is Pensioenfonds Vervoer?

The compulsory industry pension fund for road transport in the Netherlands: goods transport, contract bus and taxi transport and crane hire.Source: pfvervoer.nl, read 2026-10-15

I drove through an agency. Which fund?

A driver placed at a transport company by an agency is covered by the Vervoer decision; agencies themselves usually fall under StiPP.Source: officielebekendmakingen.nl, read 2026-10-15

How do I call the fund from abroad?

The fund publishes an international number for calls from abroad; it is listed above with the other contact routes.Source: pfvervoer.nl, read 2026-10-15

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