Starting a business in Belgium
Legal Forms of Companies
- Société à Responsabilité Limitée (SRL) / Besloten Vennootschap (BV): Limited Liability Company
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Number of partners: Minimum one shareholder.
Capital (max/min): No minimum capital required.
Shareholders and liability: Partners' liability is limited to the amount contributed.
- Société Anonyme (SA) / Naamloze Vennootschap (SA/NV): Public Limited Company
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Number of partners: Minimum two shareholders.
Capital (max/min): EUR 61,500 totally subscribed and released.
Shareholders and liability: Partners' liability is limited to the amount contributed.
- Société Simple / Maatschap: Partnership
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Number of partners: Minimum two shareholders.
Capital (max/min): No minimum capital required.
Shareholders and liability: A partnership may acquire legal personality and become a general partnership (Société en nom collectif / Vennootschap onder firma) or a limited partnership (Société en commandite / Commanditaire vennootschap), depending on whether all or only certain partners will be jointly and severally liable.
- Société Coopérative (SC) / Coöperatieve Vennootschap (CV): Cooperative Company
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Number of partners: Minimum 3 partners.
Capital (max/min): No minimum capital required.
Shareholders and liability: Partners' liability is limited to the amount contributed.
Business Setup Procedures
Setting Up a Company |
Belgium |
OECD |
Procedures (number) |
5.0 |
5.2 |
Time (days) |
5.0 |
9.5 |
Source: Doing Business - Latest available data.
- The Competent Organisation
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Business.belgium.be provides all information needed to invest in, set up or manage a business in Belgium.
- For Further Information
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Doing Business: Belgium, to learn about procedures to start a business in Belgium
Belgian Companies Register (BCE/KBO)
Financial Information Directories
Dun & Bradstreet - Worldwide directory with financial information on businesses
Kompass - Belgian Business Directory
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