# Belgian Company KBO/BCE Lookup (api.strale.io)

> Belgian Company KBO/BCE Lookup (api.strale.io) is a paid API for AI agents from api.strale.io, paid per call via x402, $0.054/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Look up Belgian company registration data from the KBO/BCE Crossroads Bank for Enterprises by enterprise number, VAT number, or fuzzy company name.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/belgian-company-data
- Price: $0.054/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/belgian-company-kbo-bce-lookup-api-strale-io-51f11f3c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RZpYdFmkttP0zFzqbcBQP

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability belgian-company-kbo-bce-lookup-api-strale-io-51f11f3c
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the Belgian company with enterprise number 0404.616.494 in the KBO/BCE register and tell me its legal status, registered address, and business type?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need official Belgian company registry data from the KBO/BCE, especially for due diligence, supplier verification, VAT validation, or compliance workflows involving Belgian entities. Prefer this over generic business search tools when you need structured, authoritative Belgian government registry data including legal status, registration date, and establishment count. It supports fuzzy name matching when you don't have the enterprise number.

## Known failure modes

- Enterprise number not found — returns empty or error if number doesn't match any KBO record
- Ambiguous company name — fuzzy match may return wrong company if name is common
- Invalid enterprise number format — malformed numbers may be rejected
- Rate limit or payment failure — x402 payment not processed
- Upstream KBO/BCE API unavailable — service dependency failure

## How this service works

Look up Belgian company data from the KBO/BCE Crossroads Bank for Enterprises via the CBEAPI.be JSON wrapper. Accepts enterprise number (10 digits, e.g. 0404.616.494), VAT-prefixed form (BE0404170701), or fuzzy company name. Returns name, status, juridica…

## Output

Returns a structured JSON object containing the company's official name, commercial name, abbreviation, current status (active/inactive), registered address, VAT/enterprise number, jurisdiction, legal business type, industry classification, registration date, registration number, and count of establishments.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "name": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Alias for company_name"
  },
  "task": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Free-text input — first matching enterprise number or name is used"
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Free-text alias — enterprise number or company name"
  },
  "company_name": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Belgian company name (fuzzy match)"
  },
  "enterprise_number": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "KBO/BCE enterprise number (e.g. 0404.616.494)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "status": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "address": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "industry": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "vat_number": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "abbreviation": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "company_name": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "jurisdiction": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "business_type": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "commercial_name": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "registration_date": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "registration_number": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "establishments_count": {
  "type": "integer"
 }
}
```

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