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Belgian company terms, clearly explained

What is an insolvency signal? What is the difference between bankruptcy, dissolution and liquidation? Which legal forms exist? Here we explain the terms you meet in Checked, grounded in official Belgian sources and in plain language.

Company register and identity

Who a company is: enterprise number, legal form, activity and seat.

Governance and mandates

Who runs a company and how mandates appear in the gazette.

Annual accounts and financial terms

Reading filed annual accounts: schemas, ratios and benchmarks.

Insolvency and risk signals

From early signal to bankruptcy, liquidation and reorganisation.

All articles are general information, not legal advice, and rely on official sources such as the Code of Economic Law, the Companies and Associations Code, the CBE, the NBB and the Belgian Official Gazette.