How many matches exist?

machine.total_found reports the register's count (25 for proximus in the sample).

How do I get directors?

Send the registration_number to KBO company.

Do I pay for lookups that come back empty?

No. You are charged per result, so a request that finds nothing costs nothing. Testing this against a messy list is free to get wrong.

What does a lookup cost?

1 point per returned record, which is $1 per 1,000, and only records that come back are charged. Points come out of your monthly plan allowance, so there is no separate per-country contract.

Corporate registry

Belgium Company Search (KBO/BCE) API and MCP — Find Companies by Name

Send a name and get back matching Belgian companies: enterprise number, name, status, address, start date, entity type and the number of establishment units, with a link to each record. Set max_items to control the batch.

Run it in the app Read the API docs

You send: a company name
You get back: matching Belgian companies with enterprise number, status, address, start date, entity type and number of establishment units
Coverage: Belgium — entities on KBO/BCE.
Price: 1 point per returned record — $1 per 1,000; Billed per record actually returned, capped by max_items. A request that returns nothing costs nothing.

Comparison

Ways to get this data

Three approaches teams use today, and where each one runs into trouble.

Approach	What it takes	Cost	Trade-off
KBO/BCE directly	Type the name into KBO/BCE and read the results	Usually free, sometimes per-document	A different interface, language and data shape for every country you add
Collecting it yourself	Build and host a crawler per register, then keep each one alive	Infrastructure and maintenance	Registers change their pages without warning, and nobody is on the hook when yours breaks
NeuralVerge	One request, the same shape as every other source in the catalog	$1 per 1,000, misses not billed	Covers Belgium — other countries are separate sources with the same request format

Response

What you get back

Every field in the example response below.

Field	Type	Description
`session_id`	string	Id of this run, for tracing.
`kind`	string	Source type of the response.
`keyword`	string	The search text you sent.
`max_items`	number	The cap you set on returned records.
`start_page`	number	Results page the search started from.
`partial`	boolean	Whether the result set is incomplete.
`human`	string	Readable summary with the number of results and matches found.
`total_points`	number	Points charged: one per returned record.
`machine.total_items`	number	Records returned in this batch.
`machine.first_item`	object	The first returned record, same shape as one entry of items.
`machine.items[]`	array	The returned records.
`machine.total_found`	number	Matches the register reports for the search; null when it does not report one.
`machine.page_count`	number	Result pages read.
`machine.blocked`	boolean	Whether the register refused the request.
`machine.proxy_traffic_bytes`	number	Size of the data transferred for the run, in bytes.
`machine.items[].registration_number`	string	Enterprise number, dotted.
`machine.items[].name`	string	Company name.
`machine.items[].status`	string	Status, e.g. Active or Stopped.
`machine.items[].address`	string	Registered office address.
`machine.items[].url`	string	Link to the company page on the register.
`machine.items[].company_type`	null	Null in the sample; the search listing shows entity_type instead.
`machine.items[].incorporation_date`	string	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`machine.items[].entity_type`	string	Entity type, e.g. Legal person.
`machine.items[].establishment_units`	number	Number of establishment units.
`machine.items[].remark`	null	Empty in the sample.

Response

Example response

A real response, as returned.

{
  "session_id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
  "kind": "be_companies_search",
  "keyword": "proximus",
  "max_items": 2,
  "start_page": 1,
  "partial": false,
  "human": "# Belgium — KBO/BCE — company search\n\n- **Keyword:** proximus\n- **Results:** 2 of 25 found\n- **Proxy traffic:** 18.2 KB",
  "machine": {
    "total_items": 2,
    "first_item": {
      "registration_number": "0740.991.809",
      "name": "AIRBUS-PROXIMUS",
      "status": "Active",
      "address": "Lambroekstraat 5 C, 1831 Machelen (Brab.)",
      "url": "https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/toonondernemingps.html?lang=en&ondernemingsnummer=0740991809",
      "company_type": null,
      "incorporation_date": "2019-11-21",
      "entity_type": "Legal person",
      "establishment_units": 1,
      "remark": null
    },
    "items": [
      {
        "registration_number": "0740.991.809",
        "name": "AIRBUS-PROXIMUS",
        "status": "Active",
        "address": "Lambroekstraat 5 C, 1831 Machelen (Brab.)",
        "url": "https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/toonondernemingps.html?lang=en&ondernemingsnummer=0740991809",
        "company_type": null,
        "incorporation_date": "2019-11-21",
        "entity_type": "Legal person",
        "establishment_units": 1,
        "remark": null
      },
      {
        "registration_number": "0453.918.428",
        "name": "BELGACOM MOBILE",
        "status": "Stopped",
        "address": "Boulevard du Roi AlbertII 27, 1030 Schaerbeek",
        "url": "https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/toonondernemingps.html?lang=en&ondernemingsnummer=0453918428",
        "company_type": null,
        "incorporation_date": "1994-12-22",
        "entity_type": "Legal person",
        "establishment_units": 10,
        "remark": null
      }
    ],
    "total_found": 25,
    "page_count": 1,
    "blocked": false,
    "proxy_traffic_bytes": 18588
  },
  "total_points": 2
}

Integration

How to run it

The same lookup works from the app, the API, or as a tool an agent can call mid-task.

Results come back in the same envelope as every other source: a session id, a readable summary, the structured result and the points charged.

curl -X POST https://api.neuralverge.ai/functions/v1/run-be-companies-search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keyword":"proximus","max_items":2}'

Use cases

What teams use it for

Where this field shows up in an actual workflow.

Resolve a name to an enterprise number

Get the number you need for a full KBO lookup.

Spot stopped entities

Tell active companies from stopped ones with the same or similar name.

Brand and group sweeps

Collect Belgian entities carrying a keyword, with start dates and sizes.

Screening lists

Check supplier names against the register in bulk.

Coverage & limits

Coverage, freshness and limits

What this source covers, how fresh it is, and where it stops.

Coverage

Belgium — entities on KBO/BCE.

Freshness

Read at request time, so the answer reflects the register as it stands when you ask.

Handling

KBO/BCE is a public register. Every response carries the source URL it was read from and a session id you can trace.

What it will not do

—company_type is null in search results; entity_type and the full lookup give more detail.
—Names are matched as text, so short or common keywords return unrelated entities.
—Directors, activities and capital are only in KBO company.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Yes, the sample includes an entity with status Stopped.

Related sources

KBO company

Full Belgian company record by enterprise number.

Netherlands company search

Search Dutch companies by name.

All corporate registries

Company registers across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific, plus global LEI lookup.

Try belgium company search on your own data

One request format across every source in the catalog.

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