Incorporating a company
You want to set up your own professional business. Your first step will involve choosing the legal structure best suited to your project. There are two ways to structure your independent business:
- working as a self-employed person (self-employed natural person)
- setting up a company (legal entity)
Both options provide benefits and drawbacks, and your choice will have important consequences on the life of your business. To help you choose, you can consult the website of the Federal Public Service Economy (fr).
If you decide to incorporate a company, you must still choose the type of company.
When you have made your choice, you can take the first steps in setting up your company: incorporating the company and submitting your company's Articles of Association (fr):
- notarised deeds (SA, SPRL):
- the process of incorporation and submission of the Articles of Association will be handled via a notary public (directory of notaries in Belgium)
- the process of incorporation and submission of the Articles of Association will be handled via a notary public (directory of notaries in Belgium)
- private deeds: the Articles of Association can be filed with the Court Office of a Commercial Court
- Online (for companies set up as a SCS, SNC, SCRI, SAGRI and GIE) with eID authentication
- by physically filing the documents with the Court Office of a Commercial Court:
- via a one-stop shop (fr)