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94 - ACTIVITIES OF MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATIONS Companies in Belgium

Approximately 18,310 real businesses classified under 94 - Activities of membership organisations in Belgium, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.

NACEBEL 2008 94
Sector Overview — Belgium

Approximately 18,310 real businesses classified under 94 - Activities of membership organisations operate in Belgium. Covers companies officially classified under NACEBEL 2008 code 94 (Activities of membership organisations), part of Belgium's NACEBEL 2008 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Other Service Activities sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Other Service Activities in Belgium.

5 companies under this specific code are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.

Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Other Service Activities companies in Belgium follow the same national framework as every other sector there.

Full Belgium beneficial ownership overview

Top 94 - Activities of membership organisations Companies in Belgium

Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.

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Data Coverage

Record counts for SIC Code S in Belgium, as of the last reconciliation.

223,084
Total Companies
185,536
Currently Active
83%

Section S is 7% of the Belgium register by entity count and its 4th largest sector — see all sectors.

Analysis

What this data actually tells you

Other Service Activities in Belgium mixes personal-service businesses with the vzw (vereniging zonder winstoogmerk, non-profit association), a legal form registered in the KBO like commercial companies but shown with its own distinct legal-form label. A vzw only acquires legal personality on the day it deposits its statutes and director-appointment documents at the competent court registry — filing can now be done online via JustAct, with the older e-griffie system due to be phased out by June 2026 — at which point it automatically receives a KBO enterprise number.

Once formed, a vzw carries real statutory obligations: maintaining a membership register, holding an annual general meeting, keeping accounting records, filing annual accounts, publishing statute and management changes in the Belgian State Gazette, and registering its ultimate beneficiaries in the UBO register — a genuine compliance burden. A group can alternatively operate as a feitelijke vereniging (unincorporated association) without ever acquiring legal personality or KBO registration, a looser form recently affected by legislative changes. For verification, a Belgian non-profit counterparty’s actual legal status and paper trail depend entirely on whether it’s a properly-formed vzw or an unincorporated feitelijke vereniging — the two leave very different records.

Belgium Other Service Activities, by the register

Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.

Entities by sub-sector

94 Activities of membership organisations
18,310
95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods
34,045
96 Other personal service activities
172,237

SIC division level, live from official registries.

Active vs. inactive

83% active

Section S entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.

Company size, by disclosed headcount

0
81,943
1-9
135,530
10-49
4,957
50+
501

By number of employees on file, Section S, Belgium. 153 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.

Who uses Belgium other service activities ownership data

The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.

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VZW (non-profit association) legal-personality check

A vzw (vereniging zonder winstoogmerk) acquires legal personality only on the day it deposits its statutes and director-appointment documents at the competent court registry — automatically receiving a KBO enterprise number and registration at that point, not before.

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VZW statutory obligations check

A vzw carries real, ongoing statutory obligations: a membership register, an annual general meeting, accounting records, filed annual accounts, publication of statute changes in the Belgian State Gazette, and UBO register registration — a genuine compliance burden, not a lighter-touch alternative to a commercial company.

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Feitelijke vereniging (unincorporated association) distinction

A group can also operate as a feitelijke vereniging (unincorporated, de facto association) without ever acquiring legal personality or KBO registration at all — recent legislative changes affect this looser form specifically, so confirming whether an association is actually a registered vzw or an unincorporated feitelijke vereniging changes what record, if any, to expect.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many companies are classified under 94 - Activities of membership organisations in Belgium?

Approximately 18,310 businesses are classified under 94 - Activities of membership organisations in Belgium.

What does NACEBEL 2008 code 94 cover?

94 - Activities of membership organisations is the official name for this activity under Belgium's NACEBEL 2008 classification of economic activities. It is a sub-category within the broader Other Service Activities sector.

How is this different from the broader Other Service Activities category?

Other Service Activities is the top-level sector; NACEBEL 2008 code 94 identifies one specific activity within it, letting you narrow a search to exactly this business type rather than the whole sector.

What ownership information is available for these companies?

The same beneficial-ownership, shareholder and officer disclosure framework applies as for any other company in Belgium, regardless of its specific activity classification. See the individual company profile for the full ownership picture, or the Other Service Activities sector overview for the general national framework.

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