Professional card in Brussels, Wallonia and the German-speaking community

As a foreign national, you can work as a self-employed person throughout Belgium if you are in possession of a professional card. It is, however, the Flemish, Walloon, Brussels-Capital Region or the German-speaking Community that decides on your application.

The Flemish Region decides about your professional card, if:

• the address of the establishment unit (operating address) of your self-employed professional activity is in the Flemish Region
• and is registered (or will be registered) as such in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).

If your company has several branches in different regions and/or the German-speaking Community, your application will be assessed by the region or the German-speaking Community in which the registered office of the company is situated.

If you received a professional card for the Flemish Region, then the principle of ‘mutual recognition’ applies and you may provide your services in the Walloon Region, the Brussels Capital Region and the German-speaking Community, without having to apply for an additional professional card. This principle also applies vice-versa.

Do you have any questions about the issuing of the professional card by the Brussels-Capital Region? If so, contact the authorised service in Brussels.

Brussel economie en werkgelegenheid
Directie Economische Migratie
Sint-Lazarusplein 2
1035 Brussel
E-mail: beroepskaarten@gob.brussels(opens in your email application)

Do you have any questions about the issuing of the professional card by the Walloon Region? If so, contact the authorised service in Wallonia:

Direction générale de l’Economie, de l’Emploi et de la Recherche
Service Public de Wallonie
Département de l’Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle
Place de la Wallonie 1
5100 Jambes
E-mail : professionalcard@spw.wallonie.be(opens in your email application)
Website(opens in new window)

Do you have any questions about the issuing of the professional card by the German-speaking Community? If so, contact the authorised service in the German-speaking Community:

Ministerium der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft, Abteilung Beschäftigung, Gesundheit und Soziales,
Gospertstraße 1,
4700 Eupen,
Tel: 087 59 64 86, fax: 087 55 64 73,
http://www.ostbelgienlive.be