Accredited business counters
There are currently eight major accredited business counters where you can submit your application to have your company or NPO registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE). They will be gladly assist you to obtain your enterprise number!
Contact information off the accredited business counters
| Contact info | |
|---|---|
| ACERTA GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES ASBL |
Buro & Design Center, Esplanade du Heysel, BP 65 - 1020 Bruxelles |
| XERIUS GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES ASBL |
Rue Vésale 31 - 1000 Bruxelles |
| EUNOMIA ASBL |
Rue Colonel Bourg, 113 - 1140 Bruxelles |
| FORMALIS ASBL |
Rue du Lombard, 34-42 - 1000 Bruxelles |
| SECUREX GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES |
Avenue de Tervuren, 43 - 1040 Bruxelles |
| PARTENA GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES ASBL |
Rue des Chartreux, 45 - 1000 Bruxelles |
| LIANTIS GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES ASBL |
Quai de Willebroeck, 37 - 1000 Bruxelles |
| U.C.M. GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES ASBL |
Rue Colonel Bourg, 123-125 - 1140 Bruxelles |
The website of the Federal Public Service Economy provides more information on the accredited business counters. Each accredited business counter has several offices throughout the country:
- list of offices of a particular business counter
- list of offices of all the business counters in a given municipality
Right to registration in the CBE
The registration fee is EUR 90.50 per establishment unit for:
- the registration of an establishment subject to registration
- the registration of an additional establishment
- the amendment or deletion
Appeal
If the accredited business counters refuses your request for (amendment of) the registration in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises, you may appeal against this decision to the Conseil d'Etablissement (Council of Establishments) within thirty days after notification of the refusal by the business counter.
The appeal is signed by the applicant and sent by registered mail to the following address:
Brussels Economy and Employment - Service Economie, Conseil d'Etablissement - Place Saint-Lazare 2 - 1035 Bruxelles
The Conseil d'Etablissement is an administrative court composed as follows:
- the chairman (a magistrate or a lawyer);
- two assessors representing the Minister of Economy;
- one assessor representing the middle classes
The clerk summons the parties at least eight days before the hearing. The files may be consulted by the persons lodging an appeal or their representatives from the time of the summons to the hearing. The Conseil d'Etablissement can take all measures to inform itself, including questioning witnesses. The Conseil d'Etablissement deliberates in camera, decides by majority vote and announces its decision within 60 days of the appeal being lodged.