Belgium

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This guide contains public integration notes for Belgium. Use it for identifier formats, search behavior, and country-specific caveats. The live source of truth for coverage, pricing, data sources, documents, legal forms, roles, and status values is the pricing page.

Belgium coverage, pricing, and sources

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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Compliance Flags
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Data Availability
Example API Responses

Data Sources

Belgium combines open data with the official register service. For a given entity, base data comes from BCE Open Data and CBE Public Search adds the fields the open data does not carry (legal representatives, other key persons, share capital). Each datapoint is delivered as soon as it is ready.

All entity types

BCE Open Data (Banque-Carrefour des Entreprises / Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen): The Belgian open data portal operated by the FPS Economy. Updated regularly, this dataset covers ~2.5 million enterprises and provides base company data: legal name (multilingual), status, legal form, registration date, NACE activity codes, registered address, contact information (phone, website), and establishments. This is the primary source for fast company profiles.
CBE Public Search (kbopub.economie.fgov.be): The official public search service of the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises. It provides the data not available in the open dataset: legal representatives, other key persons (auditors, supervisory board) and share capital. For companies not found in BCE Open Data (e.g., closed companies), CBE provides the complete profile in verification mode.

Documents

NBB CBSO (National Bank of Belgium, Central Balance Sheet Office). Official API (consult.cbso.nbb.be) operated by the National Bank of Belgium. Provides financial statements (annual accounts, consolidated accounts, holding company accounts) filed by Belgian companies. Documents are available in PDF, XBRL, and CSV formats depending on how they were submitted.
eJustice / Moniteur Belge (Belgian Official Gazette): The official publication portal (ejustice.just.fgov.be) operated by the FPS Justice. Provides legal publications including articles of association, appointments/resignations, capital changes, registered office changes, and other official company modifications. All publications are in PDF format.
Belgian UBO Register: The official UBO register operated by the FPS Finance (Treasury). Provides ultimate beneficial owner data and UBO extract PDFs.

BCE Open Data only lists active entities. Companies missing from it (typically closed companies, or companies legally created but not yet active) are served from CBE Public Search in verification mode. In prefill mode, company and establishments are served from BCE Open Data only, so these companies return not found. Retry in verification mode to get the full profile.

How do the two sources work together?

BCE Open Data: base company data (name, status, legal form, activities, address, contact info, establishments)
CBE Public Search: legal representatives and other key persons (both modes), and share capital (verification mode only)

If a company is not found in BCE Open Data (e.g., closed or only legally created), CBE Public Search returns the full company profile in verification mode. In prefill mode, company and establishments return not found for these companies.Each datapoint (company, legalRepresentatives, establishments, …) is delivered as soon as it is ready. For current response times, see the Speed section of the pricing page.

Source labels in `dataSources`

In verification mode, fields from BCE Open Data are labelled live_from_registry (register bce_opendata) when our copy holds the register’s latest daily publication. That is checked on every request. If the copy cannot be confirmed current, verification does not use it. Company details and establishments are fetched live from CBE Public Search instead (register bce). If that live lookup fails, the datapoint fails with a retryable source_unavailable error rather than returning older data. The registration date is the one field only BCE Open Data carries, and it keeps cached_from_registry in that case. Prefill results always carry cached_from_registry for BCE Open Data fields. Share capital, legal representatives and other key persons come from CBE Public Search and are labelled live_from_registry (register bce).

Compliance Flags

Belgium covers two independent UBO compliance signals under company.complianceFlags. They describe register-reported obligations and notices; they do not change retrieval status in request.dataStatus or the company’s legal status.

Flag	Request in verification mode	Evidence and meaning
`uboConfirmationOverdue`	`ultimateBeneficialOwners`	The Belgian UBO Register explicitly reports whether annual confirmation is overdue. `active: true` means overdue; `active: false` means the register reports a valid confirmation. `lastConfirmedOn` is the last confirmation date when available.
`uboAdministrativeStrikingOff`	`company`	BCE Public Search explicitly publishes an administrative striking-off notice for non-compliance with UBO obligations. `active: true` means the notice is present; `since` is its effective date when available. Absence does not establish `active: false`.

Request both datapoints to obtain both signals. A UBO-only request can contain a company object limited to the confirmation flag; it does not include an unrequested company profile. A document-only request does not provide these flags. The SPF Finances guidance requires annual confirmation even when ownership has not changed. A modification date, an owner’s control-start date, or a document’s creation date cannot establish overdue confirmation. Topograph returns the register’s explicit statement; an absent flag means unknown, including when access or confirmation evidence is unavailable.

An administrative striking-off notice can coexist with an active company and a normal legal situation. It does not dissolve the entity. A valid annual UBO confirmation does not clear the BCE notice: the notice remains independent until BCE reports its removal.

Each flag carries its own source (ubo_register or bce) and an observedAt timestamp. This is when the statement was observed, not a confirmation or modification date. Reused results retain that observation time. Per-flag provenance is available under dataSources.company.

Example: valid confirmation and an administrative notice

The dates and identifiers in this example are placeholders. Both statements can be present together.

{
  "company": {
    "complianceFlags": {
      "uboConfirmationOverdue": {
        "active": false,
        "source": "ubo_register",
        "lastConfirmedOn": "2026-09-15",
        "observedAt": "2026-10-06T10:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "uboAdministrativeStrikingOff": {
        "active": true,
        "source": "bce",
        "since": "2024-10-02",
        "observedAt": "2026-10-06T10:00:01.000Z"
      }
    }
  },
  "dataSources": {
    "company": {
      "complianceFlags.uboConfirmationOverdue": { "type": "live_from_registry", "register": "ubo_register" },
      "complianceFlags.uboAdministrativeStrikingOff": { "type": "live_from_registry", "register": "bce" }
    }
  }
}

See Compliance signals for the shared response contract and the Belgium pricing details for current country coverage. The same country descriptions are available through the Topograph Wizard.

Company Identifiers

company.identifiers.euid is an optional European Unique Identifier. Supported for domestic company forms registered in BRIS: SA/NV, SRL/BV (and former SPRL/BVBA), SCA/Comm.VA, Societas Europaea and new-statute cooperatives (SC/CV), including their public-law and social-purpose variants. Example: BEKBOBCE.0403.170.701. It is returned as an output identifier and cannot be used as a search input. See EUID coverage and interpretation.

Query Identifiers

Belgium uses a single identifier system through the BCE/KBO (Crossroads Bank for Enterprises):

Identifier	Format	Example	Notes
Enterprise Number	10 digits: `0XXX.XXX.XXX` or `1XXX.XXX.XXX`	`0403.227.515`	Primary identifier for all entity types. Numbers issued since September 2023 start with `1`. The last two digits are check digits (97 minus the first eight digits modulo 97)
Enterprise Number (no dots)	10 digits: `0XXXXXXXXX` or `1XXXXXXXXX`	`0403227515`	Also accepted, auto-normalized
Enterprise Number (9 digits)	9 digits: `XXXXXXXXX`	`403227515`	A number starting with `0` sent without that zero, auto-padded
VAT Number	`BE` + 10 digits	`BE0403227515`	Accepted by search only

Automatic Normalization: /v2/company accepts the enterprise number in any of the three enterprise-number formats above and normalizes it to the canonical dotted format (0XXX.XXX.XXX or 1XXX.XXX.XXX). The number must pass the register’s check digit. A BE-prefixed VAT number is rejected with a 400: use search to resolve it to the enterprise number first.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
`ondernemingsnummer`	`0XXX.XXX.XXX` or `1XXX.XXX.XXX`	`0403.227.515`	Always present, canonical format with dots
`VAT`	10 digits, no dots, no `BE` prefix	`0403227515`	The enterprise number without dots. Derived from it, so it is returned whether or not the entity is registered for VAT

Identifier naming: The identifier key in the API response is ondernemingsnummer (Dutch: enterprise number, issued by the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises). This is the single, universal identifier for all Belgian entities (commercial companies, sole proprietors, non-profits, and public entities alike). The legacy Numéro BCE key was retired on 1 September 2026. In verification mode, the VAT number is also returned in taxId with its VIES check (see VAT Verification).

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

GLEIF is the supplementary data source for this identifier. company.identifiers.lei is optional. It is returned when the enterprise number (ondernemingsnummer) matches exactly one LEI through a GLEIF registration or validation reference. The Legal Entity Identifier has 20 uppercase alphanumeric characters, ending in two check digits. Coverage varies by entity. An absent lei does not prove that the company has no LEI. Lapsed, retired or merged LEIs may be returned; annulled LEIs are excluded.

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By Enterprise Number (dots)	`0XXX.XXX.XXX` or `1XXX.XXX.XXX`	`0403.227.515`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By Enterprise Number (no dots)	`0XXXXXXXXX` or `1XXXXXXXXX`	`0403227515`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By VAT Number	`BE` + 10 digits	`BE0403227515`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By Company Name	Text string	`"KBC Group"`	Fuzzy	Multiple results

Search uses both a pre-built index and live registry lookups. Name searches query an index built from BCE Open Data for fast results. Identifier searches also perform live CBE Public Search lookups as a fallback to ensure the most up-to-date data.

Multilingual names: Belgian companies have names in up to four languages (French, Dutch, German, English). Search matches across all language variants. The API returns the English name when available, falling back to French, then Dutch, then German.

Active companies only

With activeOnly=true, every result is checked against the status the register reports, and entities it reports stopped are removed, also from streamed results. An entity that is legally created but not yet active is still returned.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Two sources	Company profiles are assembled from BCE Open Data and CBE Public Search. Each datapoint is delivered as soon as it is ready. In verification mode, `company` includes share capital from CBE Public Search.
Multilingual company names	Belgium has four official languages. Legal names follow priority: English > French > Dutch > German. Other language variants appear as `commercialNames`.
BCE Open Data has no legal reps	The open dataset does not include legal representatives, other key persons, or capital. These come exclusively from CBE Public Search.
Companies missing from BCE Open Data	BCE Open Data only lists active entities. In verification mode, closed or only legally created companies are served from CBE Public Search. In prefill mode, `company` and `establishments` return not found for them.
Shareholders are AI-extracted	Belgium has no structured shareholder register. Shareholders are reconstructed by AI from annual accounts and Official Gazette publications (constitution, capital increases). Quality depends on document availability. Sole traders and non-profit forms get a not-applicable response.
UBO data	UBO data is read from the official Belgian UBO Register. Responses take longer than company data and the register may occasionally be unavailable.
Company status uses juridical situation codes	BCE distinguishes `AC` (Active) and `ST` (Stopped/Ceased) at the top level. The `juridicalSituation` code provides a richer standardised status in `statusDetails`, including `UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING` for ongoing bankruptcy or reorganisation proceedings and specific `closureReason` values (e.g. `BANKRUPTCY`, `VOLUNTARY_DISSOLUTION`, `MERGER`, `SPLIT`). See Juridical Situation Codes for the full mapping.
Registration date = Incorporation date	Both `registrationDate` and `incorporationDate` return the same value, the BCE/KBO enterprise start date. In Belgium, registration and incorporation happen simultaneously upon filing with the BCE. The registry does not distinguish between the two concepts.
VAT is verified via VIES	In verification mode, the VAT number (which equals the enterprise number with a `BE` prefix) is verified against the EU VIES registry using a qualified check. The response includes a `consultationNumber` that serves as legal proof of verification. See VAT Verification for details.
Establishments are branch locations	Establishments represent physical branch/office locations where the company operates, separate from the registered office. A company can have multiple establishments, each with its own ID, name, creation date, and address. Only active establishments are returned, except for companies missing from BCE Open Data (see Establishments).
NACE-BEL national codes	Belgian registers use NACE-BEL (5-digit national extension). The API returns national codes under `NACE_BEL_2025`, `NACE_BEL_2008` or `NACE_BEL_2003`, per the edition stamped on each record, alongside standardized `NACE` and `ISIC`. Bare `NACE_BEL` contains only records whose edition could not be resolved. Where a NACE-BEL code has no single equivalent in NACE Rev.2.1, the shared parent class is returned rather than every candidate: see One code in, one code out.
Financial statements in 3 formats	NBB CBSO financial statements filed electronically (XBRL/ZIP) are available in PDF, XBRL, and CSV. Paper-filed statements are not downloadable.
eJustice publications	Moniteur Belge publications cover the full publication history of a company.
Establishment addresses as fallback	For sole proprietors with no registered seat address, the system uses the sole establishment address as the legal address.

Mappings

Company Status

Company status is determined deterministically from BCE Open Data and CBE Public Search. No AI inference is involved. The BCE status field provides a binary active flag (AC / ST). The juridicalSituation code adds a richer layer, surfaced in the status.statusDetails object:

Field	Description
`status.active`	`true` (BCE code `AC`) or `false` (BCE code `ST`)
`status.localName`	French label from the juridical situation code (e.g. `Ouverture de faillite`)
`status.statusDetails.status`	Standardised enum: `ACTIVE`, `UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`, `CLOSED`, `UNKNOWN`
`status.statusDetails.closureReason`	Closure reason enum when applicable (see table below)

Insolvency start dates and closure dates are not provided for Belgium.

Juridical Situation Codes

The KBO/CBE assigns each enterprise a juridical situation code from the official A152 code list. The mapping to standardised values is:

Active states

Code	French label	Standardised status
000	Situation normale	`ACTIVE`
001	Création juridique	`ACTIVE`
002	Prorogation	`ACTIVE`
003	Remplacement du numéro	`ACTIVE`
090	Nouveaux statuts	`ACTIVE`
100	Identification de l’entreprise	`ACTIVE`

Insolvency proceedings (company still exists)

Code	French label	Standardised status	Closure reason
048	Ouverture faillite (excusable)	`UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`	`BANKRUPTCY`
049	Ouverture faillite (inexcusable)	`UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`	`BANKRUPTCY`
050	Ouverture de faillite	`UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`	`BANKRUPTCY`
091	Sursis (réorganisation)	`UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`	-
040	Sursis provisoire	`UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`	-
041	Sursis définitif	`UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`	-
030	Concordat avant faillite	`UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`	`BANKRUPTCY`

Closed: dissolution

Code	French label	Standardised status	Closure reason
010	Dissolution de plein droit	`CLOSED`	`ADMINISTRATIVE_DISSOLUTION`
012	Dissolution anticipée	`CLOSED`	`VOLUNTARY_DISSOLUTION`
013	Dissolution judiciaire	`CLOSED`	`COURT_ORDER`
014	Clôture de liquidation	`CLOSED`	`LIQUIDATION`
011	Arrêt des activités en Belgique	`CLOSED`	`OTHER`
015	Arrêt d’une entreprise	`CLOSED`	`OTHER`
016	Cessation d’activité	`CLOSED`	`OTHER`
017	Transfert d’une entreprise	`CLOSED`	`OTHER`
018	Cessation de l’identification	`CLOSED`	`OTHER`
019	Cessation EDRL ou Non UE	`CLOSED`	`OTHER`

Closed: mergers & splits

Code	French label	Standardised status	Closure reason
020	Réunion des parts	`CLOSED`	`MERGER`
021	Fusion par absorption	`CLOSED`	`MERGER`
022	Fusion par constitution	`CLOSED`	`MERGER`
023	Scission	`CLOSED`	`SPLIT`
024	Scission par absorption	`CLOSED`	`SPLIT`
025	Scission par constitution	`CLOSED`	`SPLIT`
026	Scission mixte	`CLOSED`	`SPLIT`

Closed: bankruptcy concluded

Code	French label	Standardised status	Closure reason
051	Clôture faillite (excusable)	`CLOSED`	`BANKRUPTCY`
052	Clôture faillite (inexcusable)	`CLOSED`	`BANKRUPTCY`
053	Clôture de faillite	`CLOSED`	`BANKRUPTCY`
031	Concordat après faillite	`CLOSED`	`BANKRUPTCY`
042	Révocation du sursis	`CLOSED`	`OTHER`
043	Fin du sursis	`CLOSED`	`OTHER`
006	Arrêtée pour remplacement	`CLOSED`	`OTHER`

Other / Unknown

Code	French label	Standardised status
999	Dossier annulé	`UNKNOWN`

BCE Open Data and CBE Public Search both provide the juridical situation code, which is mapped to the same standardised values. Both paths converge on status.statusDetails.

Registration & Incorporation Dates

Both registrationDate and incorporationDate return the same value, the BCE/KBO enterprise start date. In Belgium’s BCE/KBO system, registration and legal creation happen simultaneously upon filing. The register maintains a single date per enterprise.

Field	Value	Source
`registrationDate`	Enterprise start date	BCE/KBO enterprise start date
`incorporationDate`	Enterprise start date (same)	BCE/KBO enterprise start date

Both dates come from BCE Open Data. Companies missing from BCE Open Data and served from CBE Public Search are returned without registrationDate and incorporationDate.

This is distinct from establishment creation dates (establishments[].creationDate), which represent when individual branch locations were opened, and these can differ from the enterprise start date.

VAT Verification

Verification mode only. The Belgian VAT number equals the enterprise number prefixed with BE (e.g. BE0403227515). VAT verification is performed against the EU VIES registry (VAT Information Exchange System) using a qualified check that includes a requester VAT number.

Field	Description
`taxId.type`	`EU_VAT`
`taxId.value`	Enterprise number without `BE` prefix (e.g. `0403227515`)
`taxId.country`	`BE`
`taxId.verification.status`	`VERIFIED`, `UNVERIFIED`, or `UNAVAILABLE`
`taxId.verification.verifiedAt`	ISO 8601 timestamp of the verification
`taxId.verification.verifiedName`	Company name as registered with VIES
`taxId.verification.verifiedAddress`	Address as registered with VIES
`taxId.verification.consultationNumber`	Legal proof of the VIES verification

Legal proof: The consultationNumber returned by VIES serves as official proof that the VAT number was verified at the given time. This is the same identifier you would get from the EU VIES web portal.

Establishments

Establishments represent physical branch locations where a company operates (offices, warehouses, retail locations), separate from the company’s registered office. A company can have multiple establishments.

Field	Company Registration	Establishment
Identifier	Enterprise number (`0XXX.XXX.XXX` or `1XXX.XXX.XXX`)	Establishment number (separate ID)
Date	`registrationDate` / `incorporationDate`	`creationDate` (when the branch was opened)
Address	`legalAddress` (registered office)	`address` (branch physical location)
Count	One per company	Multiple per company

Each establishment includes:

Field	Description
`id`	Unique establishment number
`name`	Branch name (from denominations, or fallback to company name + city)
`creationDate`	Date the branch was established
`active`	Whether the branch is currently active
`address`	Physical address of the branch
`activities`	Branch-level activity codes (`NACE_BEL` + `NACE` + `ISIC`), when the register records them. An establishment’s activity can differ from the company-level activity.

Only active establishments are returned for companies listed in BCE Open Data. For companies missing from BCE Open Data, in verification mode, the establishment list comes from CBE Public Search and may include closed establishments. If a sole proprietor has no registered office address but has exactly one establishment, that establishment’s address is used as the legalAddress.

Legal Forms

Belgium uses the KBO/BCE juridical form codelist maintained by the FPS Economy. The mapping to standardized forms and ISO 20275 (ELF) codes is deterministic: a formal lookup table maps each code to its French name, English translation, standardized category, and ISO 20275 code.

Old codes resolve to their current form. Codes for forms abolished by the 2019 Code of Companies and Associations (for example 015, the former SPRL/BVBA) are returned under their current equivalent (Société à responsabilité limitée, 3W7E). The tables below show the values the API returns for each code.

Sole Proprietors (Natural Persons)

Natural-person enterprises have no juridical form code in the register. They are returned with this legal form:

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
-	Personne physique	Natural Person (Sole Proprietor)	Sole Proprietorship	3N94

Key Business Forms (2019 Code of Companies and Associations)

These are the modern legal forms introduced by the 2019 Code of Companies and Associations (CSA/WVV), which replaced most older forms:

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
610	Société à responsabilité limitée	Private Limited Company (BV/SRL)	Limited Liability Company	3W7E
014	Société anonyme	Public Limited Company	Corporation	R85P
612	Société en commandite	Limited Partnership (CommV/SComm)	Partnership	MQH3
706	Société coopérative	Cooperative Company	Cooperative	28FE
027	Société européenne (Societas Europaea)	European Company (Societas Europaea)	Corporation	36KV

Pre-2019 Business Forms (Old Statutes)

Companies incorporated before the 2019 reform may still carry these codes. Each is returned under its current equivalent form:

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
015	Société à responsabilité limitée	Private Limited Company (BV/SRL)	Limited Liability Company	3W7E
010	Société à responsabilité limitée	Private Limited Company (BV/SRL)	Limited Liability Company	3W7E
011	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
012	Société en commandite	Limited Partnership (CommV/SComm)	Partnership	MQH3
013	Société anonyme	Public Limited Company	Corporation	R85P
016	Société coopérative	Cooperative Company	Cooperative	28FE

Cooperative Companies

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
001	Société coopérative européenne	European Cooperative Society	Cooperative	YBHM
006	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
007	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
008	Société coopérative	Cooperative Company	Cooperative	28FE
009	Société coopérative	Cooperative Company	Cooperative	28FE
106	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
107	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
108	Société coopérative de droit public	Public Law Cooperative Company	Cooperative	JAM3
109	Société coopérative de droit public	Public Law Cooperative Company	Cooperative	JAM3
116	Société coopérative de droit public	Public Law Cooperative Company	Cooperative	JAM3
716	Société coopérative de droit public	Public Law Cooperative Company	Cooperative	JAM3

Non-Profit Organizations

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
017	Association sans but lucratif	Non-Profit Association	Nonprofit Organization	W3WH
018	Établissement d’utilité publique	Public Utility Institution	Nonprofit Organization	QZIS
019	Mutualité / Société Mutualiste	Mutual Society / Mutual Insurance Company	Nonprofit Organization	-
020	Association sans but lucratif	Non-Profit Association	Nonprofit Organization	W3WH
021	Association d’assurances mutuelles	Mutual Insurance Association	Nonprofit Organization	-
022	Organisation scientifique internationale de droit belge	International Scientific Organization under Belgian Law	Nonprofit Organization	-
026	Fondation privée	Private Foundation	Nonprofit Organization	Y1Q4
028	Institution sans but lucratif	Non-Profit Institution	Nonprofit Organization	8YLB
029	Fondation d’utilité publique	Public Utility Foundation	Nonprofit Organization	ZUHK
070	Association des copropriétaires	Co-Owners’ Association	Nonprofit Organization	-
117	Association sans but lucratif de droit public	Public Law Non-Profit Association	Nonprofit Organization	EDMK
123	Corporation professionnelle / Ordre	Professional Corporation / Order	Nonprofit Organization	-
125	Association internationale sans but lucratif	International Non-Profit Association	Nonprofit Organization	V03J
128	Temporel des cultes / Établissement cultuel public	Religious Temporal / Public Religious Institution	Nonprofit Organization	-
217	Parti politique européen	European Political Party	Nonprofit Organization	-
218	Fondation politique européenne	European Political Foundation	Nonprofit Organization	-
325	Association internationale sans but lucratif de droit public	Public Law International Non-Profit Association	Nonprofit Organization	V03J
724	Syndicat	Trade Union	Nonprofit Organization	-

Civil Companies

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
206	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
208	Société coopérative	Cooperative Company	Cooperative	28FE
211	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
212	Société en commandite	Limited Partnership (CommV/SComm)	Partnership	MQH3
213	Société anonyme	Public Limited Company	Corporation	R85P
214	Société anonyme	Public Limited Company	Corporation	R85P
215	Société à responsabilité limitée	Private Limited Company (BV/SRL)	Limited Liability Company	3W7E
225	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
506	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
508	Société coopérative	Cooperative Company	Cooperative	28FE
510	Société à responsabilité limitée	Private Limited Company (BV/SRL)	Limited Liability Company	3W7E
511	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
512	Société en commandite	Limited Partnership (CommV/SComm)	Partnership	MQH3
513	Société anonyme	Public Limited Company	Corporation	R85P
514	Société anonyme	Public Limited Company	Corporation	R85P
515	Société à responsabilité limitée	Private Limited Company (BV/SRL)	Limited Liability Company	3W7E
560	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
606	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
608	Société coopérative	Cooperative Company	Cooperative	28FE
614	Société anonyme	Public Limited Company	Corporation	R85P
651	Autre forme légale	Other Legal Form	Other	-

Public Law & Government Entities

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
110	État, Province, Région, Communauté	State, Province, Region, Community	Government-Owned Entity	-
114	Société anonyme de droit public	Public Law Public Limited Company	Government-Owned Entity	TPTU
124	Établissement public	Public Institution	Government-Owned Entity	QZIS
126	Centre public d’action sociale	Public Social Welfare Centre	Government-Owned Entity	-
127	Monts-de-Piété	Pawnshop	Government-Owned Entity	-
129	Polder / wateringue	Polder / Wateringue	Government-Owned Entity	-
155	Zone de police locale	Local Police Zone	Government-Owned Entity	-
160	Organisme public étranger ou international	Foreign or International Public Body	Government-Owned Entity	-
301	Service public fédéral	Federal Public Service	Government-Owned Entity	-
302	Service public fédéral de programmation	Federal Public Programming Service	Government-Owned Entity	-
303	Autre service fédéral	Other Federal Service	Government-Owned Entity	-
310	Autorité de la Région flamande et de la Communauté flamande	Flemish Region and Community Authority	Government-Owned Entity	-
320	Autorité de la Région wallonne	Walloon Region Authority	Government-Owned Entity	-
330	Autorité de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale	Brussels-Capital Region Authority	Government-Owned Entity	-
340	Autorité de la Communauté française	French Community Authority	Government-Owned Entity	-
350	Autorité de la Communauté germanophone	German-speaking Community Authority	Government-Owned Entity	-
370	Ministère des Affaires économiques	Ministry of Economic Affairs	Government-Owned Entity	-
371	Ministère des Affaires étrangères	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Government-Owned Entity	-
372	Ministère de l’Agriculture	Ministry of Agriculture	Government-Owned Entity	-
373	Ministère des Classes moyennes	Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises	Government-Owned Entity	-
374	Ministère des Communications	Ministry of Communications	Government-Owned Entity	-
375	Ministère de la Défense	Ministry of Defence	Government-Owned Entity	-
376	Ministère de l’Éducation nationale et de la Culture	Ministry of National Education and Culture	Government-Owned Entity	-
377	Ministère de l’Emploi et du Travail	Ministry of Employment and Labour	Government-Owned Entity	-
378	Ministère des Finances	Ministry of Finance	Government-Owned Entity	-
379	Ministère de l’Intérieur	Ministry of the Interior	Government-Owned Entity	-
380	Ministère de la Justice	Ministry of Justice	Government-Owned Entity	-
381	Ministère de la Prévoyance sociale	Ministry of Social Welfare	Government-Owned Entity	-
382	Ministère de la Santé publique et de la Famille	Ministry of Public Health and Family	Government-Owned Entity	-
383	Services du Premier Ministre	Prime Minister’s Services	Government-Owned Entity	-
384	Ministère des Communications et de l’Infrastructure	Ministry of Communications and Infrastructure	Government-Owned Entity	-
385	Ministère de la Communauté flamande	Flemish Community Ministry	Government-Owned Entity	-
386	Ministère de la Communauté française	French Community Ministry	Government-Owned Entity	-
387	Ministère de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale	Brussels-Capital Region Ministry	Government-Owned Entity	-
388	Ministère de la Région wallonne	Walloon Region Ministry	Government-Owned Entity	-
389	Ministère de la Communauté germanophone	German-speaking Community Ministry	Government-Owned Entity	-
390	Ministère de la Fonction publique	Ministry of Public Service	Government-Owned Entity	-
391	Ministère des Classes moyennes et de l’Agriculture	Ministry of SMEs and Agriculture	Government-Owned Entity	-
392	Ministère des Affaires sociales, de la Santé publique et de l’Environnement	Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and Environment	Government-Owned Entity	-
400	Autorité provinciale	Provincial Authority	Government-Owned Entity	-
401	Organisme immatriculé par l’ONSS-APL	Organization Registered with NSSO-LPA	Government-Owned Entity	-
411	Ville / commune	Town / Municipality	Government-Owned Entity	-
412	Centre public d’action sociale	Public Social Welfare Centre	Government-Owned Entity	-
413	Zone de police locale	Local Police Zone	Government-Owned Entity	-
414	Intercommunale	Intermunicipal Company	Government-Owned Entity	-
415	Association de projet	Project Association	Government-Owned Entity	-
416	Association prestataire de services (Région flamande)	Service Provider Association (Flemish Region)	Government-Owned Entity	6DGX
417	Association chargée de mission (Région flamande)	Mission-Assigned Association (Flemish Region)	Government-Owned Entity	MGCM
418	Régie communale autonome	Autonomous Municipal Enterprise	Government-Owned Entity	-
419	Régie provinciale autonome	Autonomous Provincial Enterprise	Government-Owned Entity	-
420	Association de CPAS	PCSW Association	Government-Owned Entity	-
421	Prézone	Pre-Zone	Government-Owned Entity	-
422	Zone de secours	Emergency Zone	Government-Owned Entity	-
616	Société à responsabilité limitée de droit public	Public Law Private Limited Company	Government-Owned Entity	L05H
617	Société en commandite de droit public	Public Law Limited Partnership	Government-Owned Entity	-

Codes 370 to 392 are historical ministry forms, replaced by Federal Public Services (301 to 303) following the 2002 Copernicus reform. They remain in the KBO to preserve historical records.

Foreign Entities & Branch Offices

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
023	Association étrangère privée avec établissement en Belgique	Foreign Private Association with Establishment in Belgium	Branch or Representative Office	3LMA
030	Entité étrangère	Foreign Entity	Branch or Representative Office	3LMA
230	Entité étrangère avec un bien immobilier en Belgique	Foreign Entity with Real Estate in Belgium	Branch or Representative Office	3LMA
235	Entité étrangère sans établissement belge avec représentant responsable TVA	Foreign Entity without Belgian Establishment with VAT Representative	Branch or Representative Office	3LMA
453	Société étrangère sans établissement belge cotée en bourse	Foreign Listed Company without Belgian Establishment	Branch or Representative Office	3LMA
454	Entité étrangère avec un bien immobilier en Belgique (sans personnalité juridique)	Foreign Entity with Real Estate in Belgium (without Legal Personality)	Branch or Representative Office	3LMA

Economic Interest Groupings & Partnerships without Legal Personality

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
025	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
060	Société en nom collectif	General Partnership	Partnership	UW1Y
065	Groupement européen d’intérêt économique	European Economic Interest Grouping	Partnership	7SJP
260	Groupement d’intérêt économique sans siège avec établissement en Belgique	Economic Interest Grouping without Headquarters with Establishment in Belgium	Partnership	J5OU
265	Groupement européen d’intérêt économique sans siège avec établissement en Belgique	European Economic Interest Grouping without Headquarters with Establishment in Belgium	Partnership	7SJP
701	Société commerciale irrégulière	Irregular Commercial Company	Other	CFH5
702	Société de droit commun	Civil Law Partnership	Partnership	KM6O
703	Société momentanée	Temporary Partnership	Partnership	CFH5
704	Société interne	Internal Partnership	Partnership	CFH5
721	Société ou association sans personnalité juridique	Company or Association without Legal Personality	Other	CFH5
722	Association momentanée	Temporary Association	Other	CFH5
723	Association de frais	Cost-Sharing Association	Other	CFH5

Other & Miscellaneous Forms

Code	French Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
002	Organisme de financement de pensions	Pension Financing Institution	Other	-
003	Unité TVA	VAT Unit	Other	-
040	Société congolaise (loi de 1927)	Congolese Company (1927 Law)	Other	-
051	Autre forme de droit privé avec personnalité juridique	Other Private Law Form with Legal Personality	Other	-
121	Association d’assurances mutuelles de droit public	Public Law Mutual Insurance Association	Government-Owned Entity	-
151	Autre forme légale	Other Legal Form	Other	-
200	Société en formation	Company in Formation	Other	-
393	Divers	Miscellaneous	Other	-
451	Organismes immatriculés pour l’O.N.P.	Organizations Registered with NPO	Government-Owned Entity	-
452	Organisme immatriculé pour l’Administration des Pensions	Organization Registered with Pension Administration	Government-Owned Entity	-
790	Divers sans personnalité juridique	Miscellaneous without Legal Personality	Other	CFH5
999	Forme légale inconnue (ONSS)	Unknown Legal Form (NSSO)	Other	-

Legal Representatives

The same entityId can appear in several entries when a person holds multiple roles. For example, Administrateur (Director) and Membre du comité de direction (Member of the management committee) are separate roles, but both have role.standardized: "Director". Group by entityId to identify the person while preserving each role and its appointment dates. See Person identities and role entries. Legal representatives come from CBE Public Search. Role classification is deterministic: a formal lookup table maps each official CBE function code to its French name, English translation, and whether it constitutes a legal representative role. Both individuals and companies can hold legal representative roles. When a company is a legal representative, it is returned with its enterprise number and legal name. Its permanent representative (the natural person acting on behalf of the company) appears as a separate legal representative entry with the role Représentant permanent.

Legal Representative Roles

Code	French Role	English Translation	Standardized
00001	Fondateur d’une entité enregistrée personne physique	Founder registered entity natural person	Owner
00002	Mandataire général	General agent	Authorized Signatory
00005	Représentant permanent suppléant	Deputy permanent representative	Director
10002	Administrateur	Director	Director
10003	Représentant permanent	Permanent representative	Director
10004	Personne déléguée à la gestion journalière	Person in charge of daily management	Manager
10005	Membre du comité de direction	Member of the management committee	Director
10006	Gérant	Manager	Manager
10007	Administrateur délégué	Managing Director	Managing Director
10008	Syndic	Property manager	Manager
10010	Président	Chairman	President
10013	Directeur général	Managing Director	Managing Director
10014	Directeur général adjoint	Deputy Managing Director	Other
10015	Vice-président	Vice President	Vice President
10017	Membre du conseil de direction	Member of the management committee	Director
10018	Représentant personne morale	Legal person representative	Director
10022	Représentant (non administrateur)	Representative (non-administrator)	Authorized Signatory
10023	Administrateur général	General administrator	Other
10030	Liquidateur	Liquidator	Liquidator
10031	Représentant légal	Legal representative	Authorized Signatory
10032	Représentant (succursale)	Representative (branch)	Authorized Signatory
10033	Secrétaire (Région flamande)	Secretary (Flemish Region)	Secretary
10041	Bourgmestre	Mayor	Other
10042	Secrétaire / Directeur général	Secretary / Managing director	Other
90000	Séquestre (désignation par tribunaux)	Receiver (designated by court)	Other
90001	Curateur (désignation par tribunaux)	Curator (designated by court)	Other
90002	Administrateur provisoire (désignation par tribunaux)	Provisional administrator (designated by court)	Other
90005	Mandataire de justice	Judicial trustee	Other

The complete function catalogue includes 42 codes, including historical functions whose code-table end dates are marked as discontinued. Office categories identify the appointment; they do not establish unrestricted individual signing authority.

Person Enrichment

Base person data (names, roles, start dates) comes from the register. When agenticEnrichment: true is passed in the request, the system attempts to enrich the details of individuals in legalRepresentatives, otherKeyPersons, shareholders and ultimateBeneficialOwners from eJustice publications (Moniteur Belge). This is best effort. Enrichment depends on publication availability and content. Not all fields are guaranteed for every person. Older founding acts typically contain birth date, birth place and nationality; appointment notices typically contain residence addresses. Recent founding acts print the birth details as ”(…)”, so a newly incorporated company rarely gets a birth date from its publications. Recently appointed representatives or companies with sparse publication history may have partial or no enrichment. Sole traders and co-ownership associations publish nothing in the Moniteur Belge and get no enrichment from it. What can be enriched:

Birth date
Birth place (birthAddress.city)
Nationality
Residence address (geocoded)
Signing powers of legal representatives (signingPowers, signingAuthority), for individuals and companies alike

How it works: founding acts and appointment notices are OCR’d and parsed with AI to extract person details, then matched to the corresponding people. Identity from the UBO register: when a person is also a beneficial owner, the birth date, nationality and residence address the UBO register holds for them are copied onto their legal representative, other key person and shareholder entries. These register values come first; publications only fill what they leave empty. They come from the ultimateBeneficialOwners of the same request, or, when the request asks for no UBOs, from the latest UBO register read your account made for the company (birth date and nationality only, since an address may have changed). Enrichment never runs a UBO lookup of its own, uses no other customer’s data, and copies nothing when UBO access is turned off for the workspace. Signing powers: the articles of association say how the company is represented towards third parties: every director alone, two directors jointly, the managing director alone within daily management, and so on. The notarial extracts published in the Moniteur Belge restate that clause. Enrichment reads the most recent publication that restates it, not the founding act, since companies change the rule over time. It then keeps, for each legal representative, the sentences that apply to their role:

signingPowers.localText is the publication’s own wording, verbatim, and signingPowers.englishTranslation its translation.
signingAuthority is an AI reading of that text: a verdict (sole, sole_within_limits, joint or unclear), one rule per scope with its mode and any required co-signers, and the verbatim excerpt each rule was read from.
representationMode is also set when that reading is confident and one mode covers the representative’s general representation of the company: sole when they can bind the company alone for all acts, joint (with minimumSignatories) when every way they can bind it needs a co-signer. It is absent when the authority is conditional, for example a managing director who may sign alone only within daily management. Read signingAuthority for those. For Belgium this mode is read from the published articles, not stated by the register as a field.

A representative whose role the clause does not address gets no signing powers rather than a guess. A signing rule is never derived from the role alone. Signing powers are left out when the recent publications do not restate the clause, which is common for companies with a long filing history. Billing: enrichment is billed separately, only when at least one field was enriched from the publications. Values copied from the UBO register alone are not billed. See the pricing page. While enrichment is running, affected datapoints show the enriching status. Enriched fields are attributed to ejustice in dataSources. Values copied from the UBO register are attributed field by field, under keys such as individual.birthDate and individual.nationality, to ubo_register: live_from_registry when they come from the same request, cached_from_registry when they come from an earlier read.

Other Key Persons

Other key persons include supervisory, audit, advisory and membership offices whose title does not establish general authority to bind the company. A non-administrator representative can hold a delegated representation mandate and appears among legal representatives; its scope still depends on the appointment and applicable law.

Other Key Person Roles

Code	French Role	English Translation	Standardized
00003	Associé ou membre	Associate or member	Other
00004	Représentant de l’unité TVA	VAT-grouping representative	Other
10001	Fondateur d’une entité sans personnalité juridique	Founder of a body without legal personality	Other
10011	Secrétaire	Secretary	Secretary
10012	Trésorier	Treasurer	Other
10016	Membre du conseil de surveillance	Member of the supervisory board	Supervisory Board Member
10020	Commissaire	Statutory Auditor	Auditor
10021	Représentant permanent du commissaire	Permanent representative of the auditor	Auditor
10045	Membre du collège de zone	Member of area association	Board Member
10500	Personne de contact EDRL	EDRL contact person	Other
11000	Notaire suppléant	Supply solicitor	Other
12000	Huissier de justice faisant fonction	Acting bailiff	Other
90003	Commissaire au sursis (désignation par tribunaux)	Deferment auditor (designated by court)	Auditor
90004	Conseil judiciaire (prodigues)	Judicial board (prodigals)	Other

Shareholders

Belgium has no structured shareholder register. Shareholder data is reconstructed by AI from company documents: annual accounts filed with NBB CBSO and Moniteur Belge publications (constitution, capital increases). Sole traders and non-profit forms (ASBL/VZW, foundations and similar) have no share capital. For these, shareholders returns a not-applicable response.

AI-extracted data: Shareholders are inferred by AI from PDF documents. The quality and completeness depends on document availability and readability. This is not structured registry data.

Field	Description	Source
`sharePercentage`	Ownership percentage	AI-extracted from company documents
`type`	Individual or Company	AI-inferred from document context

Activity Code Mapping

Belgium uses the NACE-BEL classification, the Belgian extension of the European NACE standard. BCE Open Data provides three versions of NACE codes (2003, 2008, 2025); the system automatically selects the most recent version available.

NACE-BEL (Belgian) --> NACE Rev. 2.1 (European) --> ISIC Rev. 5 (International)

Classification	Source	Example	AI Inferred?
NACE_BEL	BCE Open Data / CBE	`69.201`	No (official)
NACE	Derived from NACE-BEL (truncated to class level)	`69.20`	No (formal mapping)
ISIC	Derived from NACE (formal mapping)	`6920`	No (formal mapping)

NACE-BEL codes are 5-digit national extensions (e.g., 69.201). Standard NACE codes are class-level codes (e.g., 69.20), derived by truncating the 5th digit. Multiple NACE-BEL codes can map to the same NACE class and are de-duplicated. If a code is already at class level, it appears in NACE only, not in NACE_BEL. You get one NACE and one ISIC code per declared NACE-BEL code. A company with three declared activities returns three of each. Where a Belgian code has no single equivalent in NACE Rev.2.1, the shared parent class is returned rather than every candidate — see One code in, one code out.

NACE-BEL 2025 codes use their NACE Rev. 2.1 class directly; 2008 codes use the formal Rev. 2 transition. Legacy 2003 and unstamped codes retain their national wording without a fabricated standard conversion. Deterministic mappings are never AI-inferred. National descriptions use the source revision; standard descriptions use NACE Rev. 2.1. The response uses canonical NACE_BEL_2025, NACE_BEL_2008 or NACE_BEL_2003 keys for stamped national records and NACE and ISIC for standardized codes. Bare NACE_BEL contains only unstamped records. See the standardization guide.

Activity Code Versions

NACE Version	Priority	Notes
NACE 2025	Highest	Newest version, preferred when available
NACE 2008	Medium	Most common in existing data
NACE 2003	Lowest	Legacy national code retained; no formal standard conversion available

Within each version, activities are ordered by classification: MAIN (primary activity) first, then SECO (secondary), then ANCI (ancillary). The MAIN-classified activity (the register’s “activité principale” / “hoofdactiviteit”) carries isMainActivity: true on the NACE_BEL code, and the derived NACE and ISIC codes inherit the flag. At most one code per classification is flagged; activities without the flag are not necessarily secondary, the register may simply not classify them.

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Data Type	BCE Open Data	CBE Public Search	Notes
Company name (multilingual)	Yes	Yes	BCE: EN > FR > NL > DE priority. CBE: French legal name
Company status	Yes	Yes	Binary: Active / Ceased
Legal form	Yes	Yes	Formal mapper with ISO 20275 codes
Registration date	Yes	No	Start date of the enterprise
NACE-BEL / NACE activity codes	Yes	Yes	NACE-BEL (5-digit national) + standard NACE + ISIC with descriptions, one standardized code per declared activity
Registered address	Yes	Yes	Available from both sources
Contact info (phone, website)	Yes	No	Only from BCE Open Data
Establishments	Yes	Yes	BCE: active only. CBE: only for companies missing from BCE Open Data (verification mode), may include closed establishments
Legal representatives	No	Yes	Mapped from the register’s official function codes
Other key persons	No	Yes	Auditors, supervisory board, etc.
Share capital	No	Yes	Amount and currency (verification mode)
Shareholders	No	No	AI-reconstructed from annual accounts and Official Gazette publications
Subsidiaries	No	No	AI-extracted from the participating-interests section of the annual accounts (separate source)
Ultimate Beneficial Owners	No	No	From Belgian UBO Registry (separate source)

Subsidiaries

subsidiaries is available for Belgium. It returns the equity participations the queried company holds in other entities, AI-extracted from section 6.5.1 “Participating interests and other rights in other companies” of the latest annual accounts filed at the National Bank of Belgium Central Balance Sheet Office. Verify the values against the filing before relying on them for compliance. Availability follows the filing: a company that has filed no annual accounts returns no subsidiaries, and small or micro-schema filers frequently omit the participating-interests section entirely. subsidiaries is a separate data block from company, and it is available in verification mode only. See the Subsidiaries guide for the response shape.

Documents by Company Type

Document Type	API Category	Format	Availability	Notes
Trade Register Extract	`tradeRegisterExtract`	PDF	All companies	From the BCE/KBO register
UBO Extract	`ultimateBeneficialOwnersCertificate`	PDF	All companies	From Belgian UBO Registry
Financial Statements	`financialStatements[]`	PDF, XBRL, CSV	When filed	From NBB CBSO
Official Publications	`officialPublications[]` / `otherDocuments[]`	PDF	When published	From eJustice / Moniteur Belge
Articles of Association	`articlesOfAssociation[]`	PDF	Notarial BV/CV/NV incorporated or amended since 1 May 2019	Full coordinated statutes from the Belgian notaries’ database

Articles of Association vs Official Publications. articlesOfAssociation[] is the full coordinated text of a company’s statutes, held in the Belgian notaries’ database and covering legal persons incorporated or amended before a Belgian notary since 1 May 2019 (BV/SRL, CV/SC, NV/SA). officialPublications[] holds the Moniteur Belge publications, which are short deed extracts — including statute-change extracts — and never the complete statutes. Entities whose statutes were never amended after 1 May 2019, and forms with no notarial deed (CommV/SComm, VOF/SNC, maatschap), have no coordinated version and must be ordered from the enterprise court registry.

Financial statement formats: Statements filed electronically (XBRL/ZIP submission) are available in PDF, XBRL, and CSV formats. Statements originally filed on paper or microfilm are not downloadable.

Publication types from eJustice include: Articles of Association, Appointments, Resignations, Capital changes, Shares, Company Name changes, Registered Office changes, Corporate Purpose changes, General Assembly decisions, Legal Form changes, Restructuring, Formation, Dissolution, Annual Accounts, and more. Each publication is categorized by type and available as a PDF download.

Example API Responses

All examples use placeholder data. Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "<id>", "countryCode": "BE", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"] }

Active SA (Société anonyme), with legal representatives

{
  "company": {
    "id": "0403.227.515",
    "countryCode": "BE",
    "identifiers": { "ondernemingsnummer": "0403.227.515" },
    "legalName": "Banque Exemple",
    "commercialNames": ["Voorbeeld Bank", "Beispielbank"],
    "registrationDate": "1935-12-19",
    "incorporationDate": "1935-12-19",
    "status": { "localName": "Situation normale", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Société anonyme", "englishTranslation": "Public Limited Company", "standardized": "Corporation", "iso20275Code": "R85P" },
    "capital": { "amount": 24500000, "currency": "EUR", "formatted": "24.500.000 EUR" },
    "activities": {
      "NACE_BEL": [{ "code": "64.192", "description": "Other monetary intermediation", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "NACE": [{ "code": "64.19", "description": "Other monetary intermediation", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "6419", "description": "Other monetary intermediation", "isAIInferred": false }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "Avenue du Port 2", "postalCode": "1080", "city": "Molenbeek-Saint-Jean", "countryCode": "BE" },
    "phones": ["+32 2 555 01 01"],
    "website": "https://www.exemple-banque.be"
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Administrateur délégué", "englishTranslation": "Managing Director", "standardized": "Chief Executive Officer" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Jan De Smedt", "firstName": "Jan", "lastName": "De Smedt" } },
      "startDate": "2020-06-15"
    },
    {
      "entityId": "company_001",
      "type": "company",
      "role": { "localName": "Administrateur", "englishTranslation": "Director", "standardized": "Director" },
      "company": { "id": "0874.162.515", "legalName": "Conseil SA", "countryCode": "BE" },
      "startDate": "2021-01-10"
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "entityId": "company_002",
      "type": "company",
      "role": { "localName": "Commissaire", "englishTranslation": "Statutory Auditor", "standardized": "Auditor" },
      "company": { "id": "0446.334.711", "legalName": "Audit Partners SCRL", "countryCode": "BE" }
    }
  ],
  "establishments": [
    { "id": "2012345678", "name": "Banque Exemple - Bruxelles", "active": true, "creationDate": "1935-12-19", "address": { "addressLine1": "Avenue du Port 2", "postalCode": "1080", "city": "Molenbeek-Saint-Jean", "countryCode": "BE" } },
    { "id": "2087654321", "name": "Banque Exemple - Antwerpen", "active": true, "creationDate": "1990-03-01", "address": { "addressLine1": "Meir 48", "postalCode": "2000", "city": "Antwerpen", "countryCode": "BE" } }
  ]
}

Closed Company

{
  "company": {
    "id": "0414.138.629",
    "countryCode": "BE",
    "identifiers": { "ondernemingsnummer": "0414.138.629" },
    "legalName": "Ancien Restaurant SPRL",
    "status": { "localName": "Clôture de liquidation", "active": false, "statusDetails": { "status": "CLOSED", "closureReason": "LIQUIDATION" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Société à responsabilité limitée", "englishTranslation": "Private Limited Company (BV/SRL)", "standardized": "Limited Liability Company", "iso20275Code": "3W7E" },
    "activities": {
      "NACE_BEL": [{ "code": "56.101", "description": "Restaurants and mobile food service activities", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "NACE": [{ "code": "56.10", "description": "Restaurants and mobile food service activities", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "5610", "description": "Restaurants and mobile food service activities", "isAIInferred": false }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "Rue de la Montagne 12", "postalCode": "1000", "city": "Bruxelles", "countryCode": "BE" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Gérant", "englishTranslation": "Manager", "standardized": "Manager" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Pierre Vandenberghe", "firstName": "Pierre", "lastName": "Vandenberghe" } }
    }
  ]
}

Note: Closed companies have active: false, and status.localName carries the juridical situation label. Closed companies are not in BCE Open Data, so in verification mode all data comes from CBE Public Search, without registrationDate and incorporationDate. The pre-2019 legal form code (015, SPRL) is returned as its current equivalent. In prefill mode, company returns not found for these companies.

Sole Proprietor (Entreprise individuelle)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "0715.648.281",
    "countryCode": "BE",
    "identifiers": { "ondernemingsnummer": "0715.648.281" },
    "legalName": "Dupont, Marc",
    "registrationDate": "2018-04-01",
    "incorporationDate": "2018-04-01",
    "status": { "localName": "Situation normale", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Personne physique", "englishTranslation": "Natural Person (Sole Proprietor)", "standardized": "Sole Proprietorship", "iso20275Code": "3N94" },
    "activities": {
      "NACE_BEL": [{ "code": "90.021", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "NACE": [{ "code": "90.02", "description": "Support activities to performing arts", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "9002", "description": "Support activities to performing arts", "isAIInferred": false }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "Steenweg 45", "postalCode": "3000", "city": "Leuven", "countryCode": "BE" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Fondateur d'une entité enregistrée personne physique", "englishTranslation": "Founder registered entity natural person", "standardized": "Owner" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Dupont, Marc", "firstName": "Marc", "lastName": "Dupont" } }
    }
  ],
  "establishments": [
    { "id": "2282534813", "name": "Dupont, Marc", "active": true, "creationDate": "2018-04-01", "address": { "addressLine1": "Steenweg 45", "postalCode": "3000", "city": "Leuven", "countryCode": "BE" } }
  ]
}

Note: Sole proprietors have no legal form code in the register, so the natural-person legal form (3N94) is returned instead. The legalName is the individual’s name. The founder role (00001) is mapped as the legal representative.

Non-Profit Association (ASBL)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "0456.123.789",
    "countryCode": "BE",
    "identifiers": { "ondernemingsnummer": "0456.123.789" },
    "legalName": "Association Sportive de Bruxelles",
    "commercialNames": ["Brusselse Sportvereniging"],
    "registrationDate": "2010-09-15",
    "incorporationDate": "2010-09-15",
    "status": { "localName": "Situation normale", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Association sans but lucratif", "englishTranslation": "Non-Profit Association", "standardized": "Nonprofit Organization", "iso20275Code": "W3WH" },
    "activities": {
      "NACE_BEL": [{ "code": "93.129", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "NACE": [{ "code": "93.12", "description": "Activities of sports clubs", "isAIInferred": false }],
      "ISIC": [{ "code": "9312", "description": "Activities of sports clubs", "isAIInferred": false }]
    },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "Rue du Sport 8", "postalCode": "1050", "city": "Ixelles", "countryCode": "BE" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Président", "englishTranslation": "Chairman", "standardized": "President" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Sophie Peeters", "firstName": "Sophie", "lastName": "Peeters" } }
    },
    {
      "entityId": "person_002",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Administrateur", "englishTranslation": "Director", "standardized": "Director" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Luc Van Damme", "firstName": "Luc", "lastName": "Van Damme" } }
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_003",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Secrétaire", "englishTranslation": "Secretary", "standardized": "Secretary" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Emma Claes", "firstName": "Emma", "lastName": "Claes" } }
    },
    {
      "entityId": "person_004",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Trésorier", "englishTranslation": "Treasurer", "standardized": "Other" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Thomas Willems", "firstName": "Thomas", "lastName": "Willems" } }
    }
  ]
}

UBO Response (dedicated datapoint)

Query with "dataPoints": ["ultimateBeneficialOwners"]:

{
  "ultimateBeneficialOwners": [
    {
      "entityId": "be-ubo-12345",
      "name": { "fullName": "Jan De Smedt", "firstName": "Jan", "lastName": "De Smedt" },
      "birthDate": { "day": 15, "month": 3, "year": 1975 },
      "nationality": "BE",
      "residenceAddress": { "addressLine1": "Koningsstraat 100", "postalCode": "1000", "city": "Brussel", "countryCode": "BE" },
      "control": {
        "types": ["ownership-of-shares", "voting-rights"],
        "details": [
          { "type": "shares", "percentageValue": 60, "nature": null },
          { "type": "voting-rights", "percentageValue": 60, "nature": null }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "entityId": "be-ubo-67890",
      "name": { "fullName": "Marie Janssens", "firstName": "Marie", "lastName": "Janssens" },
      "birthDate": { "day": 22, "month": 8, "year": 1982 },
      "nationality": "BE",
      "residenceAddress": { "addressLine1": "Avenue Louise 200", "postalCode": "1050", "city": "Ixelles", "countryCode": "BE" },
      "control": {
        "types": ["ownership-of-shares", "voting-rights"],
        "details": [
          { "type": "shares", "percentageValue": 40, "nature": null },
          { "type": "voting-rights", "percentageValue": 40, "nature": null }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Note: UBO data comes from the Belgian UBO Registry. The nature field is always null because the Belgian registry does not specify whether ownership is direct or indirect. null means the register stated the control but not its nature; an absent nature means the source said nothing about nature at all. Birth dates are in DD/MM/YYYY format from the API, parsed into structured components.

Available Documents (example list)

Documents are returned when "dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"] is requested.

API Category	Document	Source	Notes
`tradeRegisterExtract`	Register extract as PDF	CBE Public Search	Always available
`ultimateBeneficialOwnersCertificate`	UBO extract PDF	Belgian UBO Registry	Always listed
`financialStatements[]`	Annual accounts	NBB CBSO	Multiple years, up to 3 formats per filing
`articlesOfAssociation[]`	Coordinated statutes (statuts coordonnés)	Fednot STAPOR	Notarial BV/CV/NV amended since 1 May 2019
`officialPublications[]`	Moniteur Belge deed extracts	eJustice	When published — 2-page extracts, not the full statutes
`otherDocuments[]`	Other publications	eJustice	Appointments, capital changes, etc.

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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

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Active companies only

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Juridical Situation Codes

Registration & Incorporation Dates

VAT Verification

Establishments

Legal Forms

Legal Representatives

Person Enrichment

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Activity Code Mapping

Activity Code Versions

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Subsidiaries

Documents by Company Type

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