Knowledge base
Working guides to the public sources behind Belgian company intelligence: the enterprise registry, the National Bank's annual accounts, the Belgian Official Gazette, and the sector classifications that tie them together. Written for analysts and researchers who need to use the data, not just describe it.
Understanding the Belgian Enterprise Number (CBE / KBO)
The 10-digit identifier behind every Belgian company, where it comes from, and how to read it correctly.
How to read a Belgian annual account
The three filing formats, what gets disclosed at each level, and how to compare a micro-format filer with a full-format filer.
EBITDA in Belgian GAAP: rubrics 9901 and 630
Why EBITDA is not a line item in a Belgian annual account, and the exact formula that produces a comparable EBITDA from the rubrics that are reported.
What the Belgian Official Gazette publishes
The Staatsblad / Moniteur belge is the legal record of corporate life in Belgium — appointments, mergers, dissolutions. Here is what each notice type means.
NACE codes explained for Belgian deal sourcing
How the European NACE classification works, the Belgian extensions, and why a single sector usually requires a cluster of codes rather than just one.
Reading Belgian shareholder structures from the registry
What the public registry tells you about ownership, what it does not, and how to triangulate a control picture from filings and the Official Gazette.