Company domiciliation in Brussels: the complete guide

Key takeaways

• Establishing your company's registered office at a dedicated address is perfectly legal in Belgium.
• The service provider supplying the address must be registered with the FPS Economy (law of 29 March 2018).
• The registered office can be located in a different region from your personal residence.
• The registered office address is recorded in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).

Company domiciliation involves establishing the official address — the registered office — of your company at an address other than your private home. In Brussels, this is a common solution for self-employed individuals and companies that want a professional company domiciliation address in Brussels without renting office space. Regulated since the law of 29 March 2018, it requires a compliant service provider and a correctly declared address. This guide covers the legal framework, the alternatives and the steps involved.

What is company domiciliation

Every Belgian company has a registered office: the official address recorded in its articles of association and in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises. This address is not necessarily where you work; it is the legal address of the company, where it receives its official correspondence and where it is registered administratively.

Domiciliation means fixing this registered office at the address of a specialist service provider rather than at your home or in rented offices. The provider makes the address available and, depending on the contract, receives and manages your mail.

Domiciliation in Brussels: what the law says

Domiciling a company is legal. However, providing a registered office address to companies is a regulated activity. The law of 29 March 2018 on the registration of service providers to companies, implemented by the Royal Decree of 11 October 2018, covers in particular the activity of "providing a statutory registered office to a company" as well as providing a commercial, postal or administrative address and related services.

In practice, a domiciliation service provider must register with the FPS Economy before carrying out this activity. This is a registration, not a licence. Carrying out the activity without registration is punishable by a fine of €250 to €100,000.

Domiciliation, home address or rented office

You have three options for establishing your company's registered office. Each addresses a different need.

	Domiciliation	Home address	Rented office
Separate professional address
Separation of private life and business
Delegated mail management
Physical workspace included
Real estate commitment

Using your private address as the registered office is possible and free, but your personal address then becomes public via the CBE and merges with your private life. Renting an office provides workspace but involves a lease and recurring costs. Domiciliation sits between the two: a professional address and mail management, without occupying premises.

Steps to domicile your company

1. 1

   Choose a registered service provider

   Select a domiciliation service provider registered with the FPS Economy and verify proof of registration.

2. 2

   Sign the domiciliation contract

   The contract formalises the provision of the address and the agreed mail management services.

3. 3

   Register the office with the CBE

   The registered office address is recorded in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises, in practice through an accredited business counter.

4. 4

   Organise mail management

   Official mail addressed to the registered office is received by the provider in accordance with the terms of the contract.

If you are forming a company at the same time, the registered office declaration is made at the time of the company's registration with the CBE. If the company already exists, domiciling at a new address involves a registered office transfer — that is, an update of the address recorded with the CBE (and, where applicable, of the articles of association).

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A registered office address in Brussels, with mail management, through a registered service provider.

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Further reading

• Forming an SRL in Belgium: the key steps, if you are domiciling a company you are forming.
• Our domiciliation offer in Brussels.
• The official framework for registration of service providers to companies on the FPS Economy website.