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What data is expected?

List of registered (limited liability) companies including name, unique identifier and additional information such as address, registered activities. The submissions in this data category does not need to include detailed financial data such as balance sheet etc.

What data is available

•   Does the data exist? Yes
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes published by KBO)
•   Is the data available for free? Unsure
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Is the data machine readable? Yes (CSV)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Openly licensed? Unsure (No URL given)
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

There are three ways to obtain this data. One is as an Open Data CSV file that is updated monthly and available for free after registration, in this dataset however you can only see the publicly available information about the companies. There is also a daily updated webservice where users pay 50 euro per 2000 queries. And there is a full xml catalogue, daily updated with more up-to-date information on the companies (current and stopped). For this you pay a license of 75000 euro per year.