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Could your business qualify?

These six questions provide an initial indication. The detailed conditions follow. The result is not approval or a decision from the Region.

By Dan Martens · Checked on 10 September 2026

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Do you qualify? Six questions.

No email, no form. The answer appears straight away.

01 An operating establishment in the Brussels Region?

An establishment unit registered at the BCE, with real activity and its own resources. The registered office can be elsewhere.

02 Does your business meet the SME definition?

Fewer than 250 FTE, and annual turnover of no more than € 50 million or a balance sheet total of no more than € 43 million. Partner and linked enterprises also count.

03 Is your sector eligible?

Check your NACE code in the official list. Exclusions depend on the exact activity, with some exceptions for starters. A broad sector description is not enough.

04 Has the mission not started yet?

The Region must receive your application at the latest the day before it begins.

05 A one-off project lasting no more than six months?

A one-off problem, with a start and an end. Not maintenance, not regular subcontracting.

06 Is the estimated grant at least € 500?

The minimum applies to the grant, not the quote. At the 25% base rate, it implies a € 2,000 project: our calculation, not a published threshold. With an uplift, a smaller budget may qualify.

This tool reflects the conditions published by the Region. It does not replace the assessment of a file and guarantees no decision.

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What the Region checks.

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An SME

Self-employed people and companies meeting the European SME definition: fewer than 250 FTEs and within the financial thresholds. Non-profit associations may qualify in specific cases; confirm their situation with BEE. Links with other businesses can change the size category.

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An operating establishment in Brussels

At least one establishment unit registered with the CBE in one of the nineteen Brussels communes: Brussels City, Anderlecht, Auderghem, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Etterbeek, Evere, Forest, Ganshoren, Ixelles, Jette, Koekelberg, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Schaerbeek, Uccle, Watermael-Boitsfort, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. With real activity and its own means. The registered office can be elsewhere.

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An eligible sector

The NACE code for the relevant activity must be eligible. The official list includes exclusions and exceptions for some starter activities. Also check the conversion from NACE-BEL 2008 to 2025.

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A bounded mission

A one-off problem you cannot solve in-house, with a start and an end, six months at most. Not regular subcontracting, not your running costs.

The three areas are digitalisation of processes, production tools, products or services; IT security; and website development or technical improvement.

Hardware, recurring subscriptions and standalone training are not covered by this consultancy assignment.

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A consultant who meets the criteria

Specialised, active in consultancy for at least two years, with references and independent of your business. The relevant services must be among the provider’s main activities. The provider must not already have delivered two projects to you subsidised under this decree in the past two years.

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The standing obligations

Annual accounts filed, under 300,000 € of de minimis aid over three years, no more than 75% public funding, and a diversity plan above 50 staff.

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Are you eligible for the Digitalisation Grant? Seven checks in order: company size, Brussels operating site, admitted NACE code, subject of the assignment, one-off nature, provider profile, and submission before the assignment starts. Are you eligible? SEVEN CHECKS, IN THIS ORDER A single negative answer blocks the file. 1. Micro, small or medium-sized enterprise? Headcount, turnover, balance sheet total No: large enterprise, outside the scheme 2. Operating site in Brussels? At least one establishment unit in the Region No: see the aid in Flanders or Wallonia 3. Admitted NACE code? Exact code in the official list, in NACE-BEL 2008 No: the exact code is excluded or reserved for starters. Check the code, not the sector 4. Does the assignment fit the three categories? Process digitalisation, IT security, or technical creation and improvement of the site No: content, graphic design and advertising are not funded 5. One-off problem, not recurring? Six months maximum, skill not available in-house, outside normal operating expenses No: maintenance, support, subscription, regular subcontracting 6. Does the provider meet the conditions? Two years of activity, specialised, independent of you, consultancy among its main activities No: file refused, even if everything else is in order 7. Is the application sent before the start? BEE must receive it at the latest the day before, and the annual ceiling is not yet reached No: no retroactive effect, it is lost for this assignment You can prepare the application Subject to the other conditions and to BEE's decision digitalisation.brussels
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An overview to help you read the rules. The detailed conditions and the Region’s decision remain decisive.

Non-profit associations: which conditions should you check?

Some non-profit associations (ASBL/VZW and AISBL/IVZW) may qualify. Their legal form alone neither grants nor rules out access: the other grant conditions still apply.

An eligible activity. BEE considers, among other things, the NACE codes registered as VAT activities in the CBE and the association’s statutes. Code 94, “Activities of membership organisations”, is excluded in the grant’s NACE-BEL 2008 list. Not every non-profit association falls under this code. Check the activity concerned and its corresponding NACE-BEL 2025 code. Eligible sectors and code conversion.

An economic and commercial purpose. Article 5 provides several routes: being subject to corporate income tax, having turnover of at least €25,000 in the previous financial year, or demonstrating the economic and commercial nature of the statutes or actual activity. €25,000 is therefore not a mandatory minimum for every association.

Public funding. Public funding above 75% in the previous financial year rules out access. For this criterion, public revenue that forms part of turnover is not counted as public funding. General decree of 22 February 2024, article 5 (FR).

Have BEE confirm your association’s situation. If the grant appears in its tool, BEE advises associations to get in touch. Gather your CBE number, VAT activity codes, statutes and a breakdown of the previous financial year’s revenue, then email primespme@sprb.brussels. BEE tool and guidance for associations (FR).

Clarification checked on 11 September 2026.

Dan Martens

IT, automation and AI in Brussels.

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  • Master’s in computer science (UCLouvain) and postgraduate in management (Vlerick Business School).
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