| name | Belgium — KBO/BCE Lookup |
| description | Live, real-time queries to **KBO/BCE — Crossroads Bank for Enterprises** (Belgium). Drops the OpenRegistry MCP toolset onto a single-country workflow when the user names KBO/BCE, the country, or its registry directly. ID format: 10-digit Belgian enterprise number (e.g. `0403.201.185` formatted, `0403201185` raw — Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV). Returns the registry's response unmodified — every field name, status string, and filing byte preserved verbatim. Use this skill when the user explicitly mentions: Belgian company, KBO, BCE, Kruispuntbank, Banque-Carrefour des Entreprises, BV, NV, SA, SRL, Belgian SA, Belgian NV, Belgian directors. KYC Belgium, AML Belgium, due diligence Belgium, company search Belgium. |
Belgium — KBO/BCE Lookup
Live, direct-to-government access to Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE / KBO / BCE) — FOD Economie.
Single-country variant of the cross-border Cross-Border UBO Chain Walker. Use this skill when the user is explicitly focused on Belgium.
What you get
- Direct query to KBO/BCE. Every tool call hits Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE / KBO / BCE) — FOD Economie at the moment you ask. No nightly scrape, no aggregator middle layer.
- Unmodified responses. Field names, status codes, and (where available) raw filing bytes are returned exactly as the registry's own system emits them.
- Native ID format support. 10-digit Belgian enterprise number (e.g.
0403.201.185 formatted, 0403201185 raw — Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV).
- Sample entity: Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.
Available tools (jurisdiction = BE)
search_companies, get_company_profile, get_officers, list_establishments
For every tool, pass jurisdiction: "BE" (case-insensitive).
Example prompts
Find Anheuser-Busch InBev's current bestuurders + all establishments
Confirm KBC Bank NV's enterprise number and registered office
List Solvay SA's establishment branches across Belgium
Workflow
Step 1 — Resolve the entity
search_companies({ jurisdiction: "BE", query: "<name or ID>" })
get_company_profile({ jurisdiction: "BE", company_id: "<id>" })
Step 2 — Pull the relevant register slice
Pick from the available tools list above. For UBO walks across borders, return to the Cross-Border UBO Chain Walker.
Quirks specific to Belgium
- Belgium is bilingual — KBO (Dutch) and BCE (French) are the same register. Company names appear in both languages where applicable.
- Post CJEU C-37/20 — Belgium's UBO register is access-restricted.
get_persons_with_significant_control returns 501.
list_establishments returns the company's vestigingseenheden / unités d'établissement (branches) — useful for disentangling holding-vs-operating entities.
- Officers data covers bestuurders / administrateurs (directors).
Provenance
- Registry: Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE / KBO / BCE) — FOD Economie
- Government URL: https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/
- OpenRegistry jurisdiction code:
BE
- Underlying MCP server:
https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/mcp
See also
OpenRegistry is a platform by Sophymarine. Skills licensed CC-BY-4.0.