Frequently asked questions

Checked is a Belgian company-intelligence platform. For every company we bundle public data, incorporation, directors, annual accounts and court publications, into one clear dossier, with a readable risk read-out on top.

Exclusively from official Belgian sources: the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), the Belgisch Staatsblad / Moniteur belge, and the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium (NBB/BNB). We add no opinions or rumours of our own.

Core KBO data is updated daily. Insolvency publications from the Belgisch Staatsblad (bankruptcy, judicial reorganisation, administration) usually appear in a dossier within 24 hours. The company acts in the annexes are read in order and that reading lags publication; the dossier says how many known acts are still unread. Annual accounts are shown shortly after they are filed with the NBB.

The risk score is a transparent, rule-based estimate. It adds up hard signals from the Belgian Official Gazette and the KBO, an open or past bankruptcy, a judicial reorganisation, an interim administrator and ex officio strike-offs, into one readable number from 0 to 100. It is a decision aid, not an official verdict, and every factor is shown next to the score so you can see why it is high or low. The bankruptcy probability is a separate statistical model; the methodology page explains both.

The health barometer is a score Checked computes itself from the filed annual accounts (profitability, solvency, liquidity and growth). It summarises a company's financial condition at a glance and is only shown when enough figures are available.

The financial profile is a five-axis chart Checked builds from the filed annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette signals. Each axis, health, profitability, solvency, growth and stability, is scored 0 to 100, so you can see at a glance where a company is solid and where it is thin. Axes for which we have read no data stay empty and do not enter the average.

The underlying data comes straight from official Belgian registers and is therefore reliable. Checked itself is not a government service: we present and interpret that official data. For a legally binding extract, the source (KBO, Belgisch Staatsblad, NBB) remains authoritative.

Yes, entirely for now. Checked is under active development: there is no subscription and nothing is charged. Searching companies, viewing the public dossier and reading the risk score cost nothing, and a free account adds a watchlist. What changes after that will be on the pricing page.

Our pages mirror public registers, so corrections start at the source: change the data via the Belgian Business Counter (KBO) or the relevant court registry, and our dossier follows automatically within 24-72h. Personal data such as director names is processed on the basis of legitimate interest (art. 6.1.f GDPR). For privacy requests: privacy@checked.be.

Create a free account and add a company to your watchlist. We then keep an eye on the dossier for you and notify you when something changes, for example a new Belgisch Staatsblad publication or a changed risk score.

Three things: access, clarity and openness. Checked is entirely free for now and has no lookup cap, surfaces early signals such as an interim administrator prominently, and keeps the risk score fully transparent, every factor sits next to the number, no black box.