Official company documents from 1,980,110 companies in Belgium
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What is Dato Capital Belgium
Dato Capital Belgium is a dedicated search engine for the companies and directors of Belgium. Search by company name or enterprise number to find a company, its legal form, its status and its history, and the people who run it, with links to companies and directors of the same name in other countries.
What Belgian companies are used for
Belgium sits at the heart of Europe, home to the institutions of the European Union, one of the continent's largest ports in Antwerp and a highly skilled, multilingual workforce. Belgian companies serve as European headquarters and distribution centres, holding and finance companies, and leaders in life sciences, chemicals, logistics, the diamond trade and services. The private limited company (BV/SRL) is the standard form, the public limited company (NV/SA) carries larger and listed groups, and sole traders form a dense local economy in every region.
Typical company documents
The usual documents of a Belgian company are its deed of incorporation and articles of association, the publications of each change (appointments and resignations of directors, transfers of the registered office, amendments to the articles, capital changes, mergers and demergers, dissolution and liquidation), its annual accounts and its register extract.
Financial statements
Companies file their annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, and the annual accounts of Belgian companies are publicly available. Small companies file an abridged version.
Directors
The appointments and resignations of directors are published and public, and the directors of a company also appear in its annual accounts.
Shareholders
Each company keeps its own register of shares, which is not public. The annual accounts of many companies show their shareholder structure and their participations in other companies.
Beneficial ownership
Companies report their beneficial owners to the UBO register; access is limited to the authorities and to persons with a legitimate interest.
Company numbers
Every enterprise is identified by its enterprise number, which is also the base of its VAT number. A search by number finds an exact company faster than a search by name.
