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Private limited company

Besloten vennootschap (BV) / Société à responsabilité limitée SRLBelgium

What it takes to form, own and run a private limited company in Belgium, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.

This company type

At a glance

Owners' liability
Limited to what the owners put in
Officialbusiness.belgium.beRead 10 Oct 2026
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Liability Limited Limited Limited Unlimited Mixed Unlimited
Owners
At least 1
Officialejustice.just.fgov.beRead 14 Oct 2026
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Une société est constituée par un acte juridique par lequel une ou plusieurs personnes, dénommées associés, font un apport.
Directors
At least 1 · a company may be one
Officialejustice.just.fgov.beRead 14 Oct 2026
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La société est administrée par un ou plusieurs administrateurs constituant un collège ou non, qui sont des personnes physiques ou morales.
Minimum capital
Not in our records
Formation fee
EUR 111.5
Officialbusiness.belgium.beRead 10 Oct 2026
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De administratieve kosten via het ondernemingsloket bedragen € 111,50 per vestigingseenheid voor de schrapping van uw eenmanszaak en € 111,50 per vestigingseenheid voor de inschrijving van uw vennootschap.
Tax on profit
Varies · 20–25%1 special regime may apply
Officialbusiness.belgium.beRead 10 Oct 2026
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u betaalt dan een verminderd tarief van 20% op de eerste € 100.000 winst in uw vennootschap en daarna een vast tarief van 25%.
Notary needed: YesFormed without visiting: YesFormed online: Yes

Form it

Who registers it

Registry
Formed without visiting
Yes
Formed online
Yes

What it takes to form

A notary
Required
A resident director
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Paying up the capital
Not in our records

Own it

Who may own and run it

Directors
At least 1 · a company may be one
Official ejustice.just.fgov.be read 14 Oct 2026
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La société est administrée par un ou plusieurs administrateurs constituant un collège ou non, qui sont des personnes physiques ou morales.
Shareholders
At least 1
Official ejustice.just.fgov.be read 14 Oct 2026
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Une société est constituée par un acte juridique par lequel une ou plusieurs personnes, dénommées associés, font un apport.
Members
At least 1 · one person may form it alone
Official business.belgium.be read 10 Oct 2026
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Number of founders 1 1 3 2 2 2
A local company secretary
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

A local registered agent
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Each year, at the registry

Annual registry fee
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Accounts on the public record
Small exempt
Official ejustice.just.fgov.be read 14 Oct 2026
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ont la faculté de publier leurs comptes annuels établis, en vertu de l'article 3:2, alinéa 1er, ou en vertu de l'article 3:3, alinéa 1er, respectivement, selon un schéma abrégé ou un microschéma
Audit for a small company
Not required
Official ejustice.just.fgov.be read 14 Oct 2026
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le présent chapitre n'est pas applicable: 1° aux sociétés en nom collectif, aux sociétés en commandite et aux groupements européen d'intérêt économique dont tous les associés à responsabilité illimitée sont des personnes physiques; 2° aux petites sociétés visées à l'article 1:24, non cotées
Audit
Not in our records

Important dates

When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.

File the deed of incorporation with the business court clerk
30 days after incorporation

With Clerk's office of the business court

The page counts 30 days from signing of the deed.

File the annual accounts with the Central Balance Sheet Office
7 months after the end of the accounting period

With National Bank of Belgium

Also within 30 days of approval, whichever is earlier in practice; the page states both limits.

Submit the annual accounts to the general meeting for approval
6 months after the end of the accounting period

With General meeting

Held on the date and at the place set in the articles.

What is public

Directors
Public
Official ejustice.just.fgov.be read 14 Oct 2026
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Sont publiés pour les sociétés: 1° les extraits, déclarations et documents visés à l'article 2:8, § 1er, 2°, 5°, 6°, 7°, 8° et 10°, a), et § 3

Tax

Tax on profit

How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.

Varies · 20–25%+1 regime

Company profit up to EUR 100,000 at 20%, the rest at 25% (the portal's description of a vennootschap; the eligibility conditions for the reduced rate are not stated on the page)

Official business.belgium.be read 10 Oct 2026
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u betaalt dan een verminderd tarief van 20% op de eerste € 100.000 winst in uw vennootschap en daarna een vast tarief van 25%.

Work it out on a profit figure: the company’s tax, the owner’s, and what is left.

Special regimes that may apply

  • Bénéfices provenant de la navigation maritime déterminés sur base du tonnage tonnage
    Resident companies and Belgian establishments of non-resident companies, in respect of profits from maritime navigation Loi-programme du 2 août 2002, art. 116

Whether a company qualifies depends on its activity and conditions set in each statute.

CFC rules in Belgium
Yes

Close it

Closing it

The other end, which most guides leave out.

Route
Dissolution before a notary (published in the Belgian Official Gazette), then liquidation, then a notarial deed closing the liquidation; the business court clerk records both in the CBE, and the registration is then deleted at an accredited business counter.
Official business.belgium.be read 10 Oct 2026
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avant de demander la radiation de votre société, vous devez d’abord suivre trois phases successives : dissolution, liquidation et clôture de la liquidation.
Statutory fee
EUR 111.5
Official business.belgium.be read 10 Oct 2026
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Vous devez ensuite faire radier l'inscription auprès d'un guichet d’entreprises agréé (111,50 € par unité d'établissement, tarif 2026).

Every business in Belgium

VAT

Standard rate
21%
Official European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database situation on 2026/07/01
Other rates
  • 12% Intermediate rate (return grid R02); the page does not list the goods and services
  • 6% Reduced rate (return grid R01); the page does not list the goods and services
  • 0% Zero rate (grid R00), which the page says applies exceptionally to certain goods and services
Official finances.belgium.be read 23 Oct 2026
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Taux intermédiaire : 12 % (R02) Taux réduit : 6 % (R01)
Registration threshold
No threshold: from the first taxable supply

taxable supplies

Official finances.belgium.be read 23 Oct 2026
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Introduisez votre demande d’identification à la TVA minimum deux jours après l’inscription de votre entreprise dans la BCE, mais avant de débuter votre activité économique.
Voluntary registration
No

Registration follows from being a taxable person: the VAT identification must be applied for before the activity starts. A business whose annual turnover does not exceed EUR 25,000 (excluding VAT) may instead opt into the small-business franchise scheme (régime de la franchise de taxe), but it stays a taxable person with a VAT identification number and does not charge or deduct VAT.

Official finances.belgium.be read 23 Oct 2026
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Vous pouvez prétendre au régime de la franchise de taxe si le chiffre d’affaires annuel de votre entreprise ne dépasse pas 25.000 euros (hors TVA). Peu importe la forme juridique de votre entreprise (personne physique, société, etc.).
A foreign company
See the note

The authority says foreign businesses (domicile or seat abroad, no permanent establishment in Belgium) must also register for VAT if they carry out operations for which they themselves owe Belgian VAT. A non-established taxable person applies directly to the Centre PME Matières spécifiques. The pages read state no turnover threshold for foreign businesses and no fiscal-representative rule.

Official finances.belgium.be read 23 Oct 2026
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qui ne disposent pas d’un établissement stable en Belgique) doivent aussi s’enregistrer à des fins de TVA si elles effectuent des opérations pour lesquelles elles doivent elles-mêmes satisfaire à la TVA en Belgique
Returns filed
Monthly
Official finances.belgium.be read 23 Oct 2026
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Le dépôt des déclarations de TVA mensuelles est la règle.
Tax authority
Registration page read 2026-10-23

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Reference

Its name and code

Kind
Private limited company
Derived our grouping, the same words in every country
Name in law
Besloten vennootschap (BV) / Société à responsabilité limitée (SRL)
ISO 20275 code
3W7E